Pro-Israel Betar USA is notorious for spreading hatred against Palestinians, may be violating US law by raising funds without being registered as a charity, a recent leader is charged with crimes related to revenge porn, etc
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
Israel accused of starvation, genocidal acts, sexual violence, use of human shields in Gaza; Trump admin blamed for intimidation, waffling, hijacking civil rights
When No Other Land won this year’s Academy Award for best documentary feature, corporate media outlets didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet.
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
Israel denies carrying out the 1948 Nakba of Palestinians, even as it calls for carrying out a second Nakba today.
Food crisis in Gaza as Israel seals border; Israeli troops steal and sell Palestinian possessions; Palestine Legal accuses US Senate of McCarthyism; US holds secret talks with Hamas; Netanyahu policies reportedly helped pave way for 7 October; Israeli settlers escalate incursions into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan
Israeli tanks fire on ambulances; Gaza ‘running out of basic necessities,’ as Israeli spokesperson claims that Hamas has “enough food to spark an obesity epidemic”; Arab leaders endorse $53bn plan to rebuild Gaza; ‘systematic failures’ on 7 Oct; Palestinians in Israel face persecution; Israel to build wall on Jordan border; colleges allowing pro-Palestine protests could face funding cuts; $95 million in aid for the Lebanese army
Netanyahu wants to scrap the ceasefire agreement, and will starve Gaza to get his way; Trump admin agrees to more arms sales to Israel; Palestinian dispossession film gets an Oscar.
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