If, over eight months into the war on Gaza, you are still obsessed with the violence of October 7th and the alarming situation in which dozens of Israeli prisoners in Gaza still find themselves – this is for you.
Basic collective human rights – self-determination, national independence, territorial integrity, national unity, and sovereignty without outside interference – are essential and universally legitimate.
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The almost 1,000 Palestinians killed or wounded in Nuseirat by Israeli forces were erased from news coverage, or acknowledged as an afterthought. (No one had to be murdered anyway, as Hamas had reportedly offered to release civilian captives last October.)
New York Times reports: Since Israel invaded Gaza, the Sde Teiman military base has filled with blindfolded, handcuffed detainees, held without charge or legal representation.
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
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.
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.
Speaking of 9-year old Emily’s short time in Palestinian captivity, Thomas Hand said that the Israeli military “had to do everything in its powers to destroy Hamas,” even if that meant killing his own daughter.
On May 17, legislation was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Co-sponsored by Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) and U.S. Representative Max Miller (R-OH), H.R. 8445 went largely under the radar.