Israel invents new cruelty every day for Gaza, breaks records in West Bank (and not in a good way) ■ Israel has become world’s most boycotted state ■ War on Iran may be ending, as occupation of Syria and Lebanon ramp up ■ More
Former detainees detail systematic torture and sexual violence, including rape, while in Israeli custody.
In the Syrian governorate of Quneitra, Israel is seizing land, attacking and abducting residents, mauling them with army dogs, and spraying chemical agents over farmland. The Syrian government remains silent.
Gaza pays the price for Israel’s war on Iran ■ West Bank Palestinians suffer under Israel’s ethnic cleansing ■ Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem under Israeli threat ■ Europe is buying up Israel-made weapons ■ Iran, Lebanon, US pay high price for Israel’s recklessness ■ and on and on.
Israeli attorney Michael Sfard writes: At the source of our regime of violence is the worldview of Jewish supremacy, the axiom that we’re eternally on the side of justice, and a refusal to fully recognize the rights of the others living here.
Taybeh’s Christians see soaring rates of Israeli military-assisted settler violence; Christians in Lebanon’s ancient city of Tyre flee as Israeli bombs kill 8.
Palestine update in the fewest words possible: Humanitarian need “immense” ■ Video emerges of Israeli soldier shooting baby ■ Settlers set Christian communities ablaze ■ Post-war forever chemicals ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon ■ More
A brief summary of the latest from Gaza, the West Bank, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, and more – all reliably sourced. You won’t find this on mainstream media.
By corralling millions of Palestinians into 30% of the former strip, Netanyahu is making life there untenable. For hardliners, this is all part of the plan.
While some party leaders and big Democratic donors are pro-Israel, actual Democratic voters have moved on from Israel with remarkable speed and consistency. Why does the media keep covering it like a 50/50 issue?