2016 was the deadliest year in the past decade for Palestinian children in the West Bank. Some were killed on their way to class, or coming home from. Several were shot dead while protesting the occupation. A brother and sister were killed in their home when their neighborhood was hit in an Israeli airstrike. See their photos and learn the details.
“Israel’s military attorney general just gave his soldiers license to rape – so long as the victim is Palestinian,” said one Israeli rights group.
Israel’s bombardment of Iran strikingly resembles its previous wars against Hamas and Hezbollah: a form of perpetual conflict management which can never achieve the ‘total victory’
Whether intended or unintended, the US and Israel are in the process of severely damaging the economies of the Gulf States
The conflict has already cost more than $11 billion in its first six days. Pentagon prepares $50B funding request.
The U.S. official said Israel was involved in the process to select the targets that led to a likely U.S. strike on the school. NBC News has reached out to the Israeli embassy in Washington, which had no immediate comment.
Critical headlines, updates on US-Israel war on Iran, Israel’s war on Lebanon ■ Palestinians killed in Gaza and West Bank ■ Israel drops rape charges against its soldiers ■ many more headlines
“Last year, I warned about the possibility that Israel might drag the United States into a regional conflict. What’s happening now is worse than I could have ever imagined.”
Round-up of latest news in and around Iran, Palestine, including: damage to US assets ■ Latest from Trump, other politicians ■ Impact of war on children ■ Al Aqsa Mosque ■ Much more
For decades, Israel has had a hit list of countries that must be weakened in order to “remake the Middle East” into a region where Israel can call the shots.