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US singlehandedly blocks Palestine from full UN membership, $26 billion to Israel reaches House floor – Day 195

[email protected] April 19, 2024 al-Shifa Hospital, arms transfer, Columbia, columbia university, google, icc, Ilhan Omar, Iran, Isra Hirsi, mass grave, palestinian statehood, unsc, West Bank

US singlehandedly blocks Palestine from full UN membership, billion to Israel reaches House floor – Day 195

Biden mulls massive arms sale to Israel; Israeli “limited” strike in Iran takes world’s eyes off Rafah; another mass grave discovered at Al Shifa Hospital, where Israeli forces stashed at least 30 bodies; ICC may issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders; Israeli violence in West Bank refugee camp; pro-Palestinian students arrested at Columbia U, receive death threat;; Google fires employees who stood for Palestine

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Leaked New York Times Memo Tells Journalists To Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory”

[email protected] April 18, 2024 Censorship, Gaza, genocide, history, media bias, new york times, occupation

Amid the internal battle over the New York Times’s coverage of Israel’s war, top editors handed down a set of directives.

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Aid workers risk their lives to deliver food in Gaza: the need is “so great” – Day 189

[email protected] April 13, 2024 anera, famine, genocide, germany, hostages, humanitarian aid, Iran, Israeli settlers, khan younis, Netanyahu, pogrom, water crisis, West Bank

Risking life to feed the hungry in Gaza; journalists reportedly targeted; Khan Younis in ruins; Hamas apparently running out of living hostages, as Netanyahu continues to delay deal; Biden stands with Israel against Iran as Israel tries to drag the US into a war with Iran; rash of attacks in West Bank by illegal Israeli settlers; Germany “silences a witness to genocide”; France, Germany face legal action over arming Israel

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UNICEF vehicle targeted, Hamas leader’s family members assassinated – Day 187

[email protected] April 11, 2024 centcom, Erez Crossing, Erik Kurilla, humanitarian aid, Iran, ismail haniyeh, unicef, water in gaza

UNICEF says its vehicle hit by live fire while waiting to enter northern Gaza; Israeli airstrike kills 3 sons, 4 grandchildren of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ top political leader; 13,000 Palestinians reportedly missing in the Gaza Strip; Israel’s dubious plan to ‘flood Gaza with aid’; Israel allows Gaza authorities to restore water pipeline that Israel damaged; Senior U.S. general to visit Israel to coordinate on Iran attack threat

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Israeli Soldier’s Video Undercuts Medic’s Account of Sexual Assault

[email protected] March 25, 2024 hamas, october 7, rape, sexual violence

Israel and its friends have struggled to bring credibility to allegations of systematic rape by Hamas members on October 7th – once again, a testimony falls apart.

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A moment of hope, a day of outrageous Israeli crimes – Day 169

[email protected] March 24, 2024 Antonio Guterres, flour massacre, Gaza, genocide, hospital siege, Israel, UN Security Council, unrwa

UN chief offers words of solidarity with Gaza; meanwhile, Israeli forces commit another “flour massacre,” atrocities in multiple hospitals; kill 3 journalists, torch houses with residents still inside; reports of rapes; upcoming UNSC vote on ceasefire, loss of livestock and livelihoods in Gaza, Israeli hostage dies…

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Here’s what Pramila Patten’s UN report on Oct 7 sexual violence actually said

[email protected] March 13, 2024 hamas, pramila patten, sexual violence, zaka

The UN report on sexual violence on October 7 has found no evidence of systematic rape by Hamas or any other Palestinian group, despite widespread media reporting to the contrary. But there are deeper problems with the report’s credibility.

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Israel rejects 14-truck convoy of food aid, as Gazans starve – Day 151

[email protected] March 6, 2024 ceasefire, gallup poll, gazan journalist, genocide, girl scouts gaza, humanitarian aid, new york times, northern Gaza, palestinian prisoner, prisoner abuse, Super Tuesday, unrwa

Food aid convoy turned away after trend through February shows 75% rejection for northern Gaza aid; UNRWA reports on extensive abuse of Palestinian prisoners; another Gazan journalist killed; reports on ceasefire progress; Gallup poll shows Israel’s popularity is waning; West Bank deaths, arrests; New York Times piece on Hamas rape debunked again; Girl Scout troop harassed for supporting Gazan children; more

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Israeli rapes of Palestinian women and children, past & present

[email protected] March 3, 2024 ilan pappe, Mustafa Dirani

Israeli soldiers have raped & sexually assaulted Palestinian women & girls from Israel’s 1948 founding war through the present – see multiple reports, including video testimony by Israeli historian Ilan Pappé

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As Gazans die, Biden “unwilling to shift Israel policy,” pushes aid pkg to Israel – Day 147

[email protected] March 2, 2024 airdrop gaza, Biden, christiane amanpour, CNN, flour massacre, humanitarian aid, military aid, West Bank

Biden wants to “help ensure that Israel can defend itself” (to the tune of $14 billion in free money); “Flour Massacre” update (spoiler alert: Israel lied); Biden airdrops into Gaza questionable; Amanpour & colleagues confront CNN over “myriad leadership failings” in coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza; NYT claims of Hamas sexual crimes further debunked…

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