Closure of the crossings would affect fuel supplies, power plants, and access to drinking water and medicine. Should the complete closure of Gaza by Israel continue, this would exacerbate the already grim living and humanitarian conditions of more than two million Palestinian living in the Strip.
The death of hunger striker Khader Adnan underscores Israel’s cruel, often illegal treatment of Palestinian prisoners, the overuse of administrative detention, & the decades of tyrannical military orders that keep Palestinians subjugated and miserable.
Supreme Court Justices Abe Fortas, Stephen Bryen, Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are known as ‘liberals’ and ‘progressives,’ but all have histories of being closely connected to a state long known for a deeply discriminatory system… and at times of taking actions that benefited that state
A 26-year-old Palestinian woman was shot in the chest, and 3 Palestinian men were killed in a massive invasion by Israeli forces. In both cases, paramedics were blocked from assisting the injured. (Israelis have now killed 108 Palestinians in 2023, including 19 minors; in response, Palestinians have killed under 20 Israelis, including 4 minors.)
Palestinian children and their families describe what it was like when Israel assaulted Gaza in 2021 and 2022…
Most Americans are unaware that the over 5 million inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza are living in virtual prisons, prohibited from leaving until & unless Israel gives them permission. Israel often refuses. Jamal Niser, a US senior citizen from Ohio, is one example. Even his Congressman Tim Ryan couldn’t get him out…
In 1967 Israel ordered the razing of Emmaus (the site where the Bible says the resurrected Jesus broke bread with two of his disciples). Israeli soldiers forced the inhabitants to trek for days to refuge – 22 people & an infant died. Israel then built its famous Canada Park on the location. This was part of a long pattern of Israeli attacks on Christian sites… (see video)
The deaths of So’oud al-Titi and Mohammad Abu Thera’ bring the number of Palestinians killed in April to eight; Israel has killed 95 Palestinians in 2023 (plus 3 more who died indirectly).
Palestinian teen Mohammad Fayez Balhan was killed Monday by Israeli soldiers as they raided a refugee camp. Israel has taken nearly 100 Palestinian lives so far this year; Palestinians have killed 16 Israelis.
In Part Three of the in-depth article from the Intercept on Israel’s decades-long campaign to rid the land of Palestinians, read about the current situation under Israel’s extremist government, and Israel’s ruthless efforts to evict Palestinian Bedouin inside Israel from their historic land and lifestyle.