While Israelis celebrated the release of 4 captives by the military, Palestinians mourned hundreds of people killed during the operation. Mangled bodies of men, women and children were strewn about… the floating pier built by the US appears to have been used in the raid… Feigning civilian status, as Israeli forces seem to have done, may violate int’l law… some captives said to have been killed during the assault
Washington’s diplomacy on Gaza is held hostage by a domestic political narrative on Palestine that has long been divorced from reality and reason… Countries around the world no longer look to the US as a responsible actor…
Another Israeli attack on sheltering Gazans in Nuseirat, another US assumption that Israel was trying its best – reportedly with US-made weaponry; Israel assassinates mayor of Nuseirat; Briahna Joy Gray fired; ceasefire proposal in limbo; a peek inside Israel’s notorious prison for Gaza detainees; 4 Palestinians killed in West Bank, as Israeli forces shoot at first responders; Israel carries out home demolitions; Netanyahu to speak to Congress July 24; NAACP’s “historic” demand to Biden to end arms transfers to Israel; most young people in UK reportedly don’t think Israel should exist; free course on Palestine from SFSU professor, more
Israeli doctors share prisoners’ medical information with interrogators to “greenlight” torture, teach interrogators how to inflict pain without leaving physical marks, and even actively engage in acts of torture themselves.
Israel bombs UN school, strips children of their clothes, pushes a million Gazans toward famine, kills civilians with drones; Israelis stage provocative Flag March; Israel targets US lawmakers with fake news; mysterious files on Netanyahu; “disinfo” Israeli company; much more…
Long after Landau’s emotional recollections were replayed, repeated, cited, and quoted in the global media, a problem emerged: No one could find any evidence that the two massacres ever took place — in Be’eri or elsewhere.
In trying to uphold international law and end Israeli atrocities, the world’s two highest courts have made an implacable enemy of Israel.
Children going without food, bathrooms; in a bid for total lawlessness, Israel kills 8 Gaza police officers; thousands desperately need medical evacuation; Slovenia recognizes Palestinian state; Israel purchases F-35 fighter jets; Israel uses white phosphorous in Lebanon; Biden opines on Netanyahu’s war “strategy,” still can’t say “war crime”; US House passes bill calling to sanction ICC; more.
State Department officials say the administration is not telling the truth about Israel’s obstruction of aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
Starvation, unsanitary conditions, and bodies beneath the rubble have almost certainly contributed to a death toll much higher than what we have heard.