Over 100 men, women and children were murdered by members of the Zionist terror groups Irgun and Stern Gang at Deir Yassin. The massacre was part of “Plan Dalet,” an ethnic cleansing operation designed to remove non-Jewish inhabitants from historic Palestine in order to create a Jewish state.
Last-ditch effort at temporary ceasefire in Iran ■ Christians in Gaza “refuse to celebrate” Easter amid genocide ■ Israeli Jews attempt to bring sacrificial animals into Al Aqsa Mosque ■ Israeli army admits it “underestimated” Hezbollah ■ Paula White said what?
Israel-US struggle to make progress in Iran ■ In Lebanon, Israeli soldier killed by “friendly fire” ■ Israel’s control over West Bank grows stronger ■ More
Team Israel-US struggles to keep up ■ Gaza runs low on medical supplies ■ Muslims still blocked from worship in al Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem
Meanwhile, in reality, civilians and children are mercilessly butchered in Iran, Lebanon and Palestine by Israel and its allies
Land Day is the annual acknowledgement of the crime scene. Why should a people being erased also have to edit their own testimony into a tone acceptable to those who looked away?
The report’s conclusion—that Israel’s denying Palestinians the right of return constitutes a crime against humanity–apparently made HRW’s legal dept uncomfortable enough to halt the report, a decision that one staffer described as “unprincipled and cowardly.”
Israel’s strangulation of the West Bank is collapsing every system of Palestinian well-being, enforcing a mandate of expulsion, and stripping Palestinians of their rights.
Netanyahu ties ‘living by the sword’ to territorial expansion. This is a constant in Israeli policy – territory before security, and then claiming that keeping the gains is a matter of security. Israelis think this is how it’s meant to be.
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