At least 45 world leaders attended the World Holocaust Forum in Israel to fight “antisemitism.” The event was organized by Russian-Israeli billionaire Moshe Kantor, who calls support for Palestinian rights “antisemitic.” Kantor is said to have been a “sponsor of the 2005 ‘Orange Revolution’ in Ukraine, which led to the cancellation of the presidential election…
Ha’aretz editorial board calls out Israel’s war lies, US repeats them; Israel will “not stop fighting” until hostages are returned; UN Office on Genocide Prevention warns of ‘irreversible consequences’ of Israel’s bombardment; uptick in West Bank settlements; US seeks to deport pro-Palestinian Georgetown University student
Israeli-American billionaire Miriam Adelson is the largest financier of Trump’s three presidential campaigns. Tax documents reveal that she is directly overseeing a social media campaign targeting Khalil and Columbia University
Israel’s violent history against US citizens reveals a shocking pattern of attacks, cover-ups, and impunity.
Retired Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis was reportedly up for a top job with Tulsi but was the target of a smear campaign by pro-Israel hawks; he says U.S. support for Israel’s war on Gaza is a strategic and moral mistake. He joins a growing series of appointees in key positions across a number of national security agencies who are disliked by Israel Firsters
Legal experts weigh in on Israeli war crimes; US, Israel discuss a fund to finance expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza; 90K attend 1st Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque; Israeli forces wreak havoc in Nablus; Israel is ‘sabotaging’ Trump-Hamas direct talks; Trump cancels $400m in funds to Columbia U; shame on Marco Rubio for Ash Wednesday comments
Hamas issued a 16-page document on Jan. 20, 2024 to ‘clarify the reality of what happened on Oct. 7, the motives behind it, its general context related to the Palestinian cause, as well as a refutation to the Israeli allegations.’ A second item contains reflections by a senior Hamas leader on the attack & its aftermath
Palestinians in Israeli prisons experience systematic torture, atrocities; Israel’s [terrible] new Gaza plan; Israel seeks 6-week extension of ceasefire phase one; Israeli army concludes it was defeated by Hamas on 7 October; Knesset bill to annex West Bank settlements near Jerusalem; Israelis spit on Christian churches; US approves $3 billion military sales to Israel amid ceasefire talks; man convicted by US court of murdering six-year old Palestinian boy in hate crime
Bus explosion in Tel Aviv, no injuries; in Jerusalem, Jewish man attacks Israeli woman with axe, mistaking her for a Christian; Bibas family; 8-year-old Palestinian girl blinded by Israeli bullet; more.
Gazans retrieve bodies with bare hands; in West Bank, Israeli forces continue killing, dispossessing Palestinians; Western leaders use threats in attempt to impose ethnic cleansing plan on Egypt; church leaders in Jerusalem react to Trump’s plan; more.