House leader Johnson (funded by AIPAC) set to defy ICC; Israeli forces kill 12 Palestinians in Jenin; 896 settler attacks; 10 NGOs call for “media access to Gaza”; some biscuits make their way to Gazans’ mouths; 1,400 Israeli academics call for ceasefire; Gazans getting 1/4 of the water they need; much more…
The sharp rise in media censorship in 2023 comes as the Israeli government further undermines press freedoms, especially amid the Gaza war.
In “Our Palestine Question,” Geoffrey Levin, assistant professor of Middle Eastern and Jewish studies at Emory University, recovers the voices of those Jews who first called for an honest reckoning of the plight of Israel’s Palestinian population.
NY Jewish Week reports: “A deputy of Mayor Eric Adams has charged the Washington Post with antisemitism for publishing a story about wealthy Jews organizing an advocacy campaign for Israel and pressing the mayor to take action against anti-Israel protests at Columbia University.”
76 years later, Palestinian return to the homes and lands we were expelled from in 1948 is feasible and, of course, legal. To Palestinians, it is also sacred and inevitable.
Netanyahu raves against Int’l Criminal Court decision, as Gazans are displaced, babies are dying, and the West Bank faces violent invasion; meanwhile, much of the world – but not Biden/Blinken/Schumer – applauds the decision; ICC prosecutor makes his case for continued investigation, refuses bullying attacks; Biden’s strange claim at Clemson; NYPD “aggressive response” to pro-Palestine march
Washington Post: Leaked messages reveal that a group started by Jewish business leaders and financiers touched the highest levels of the Israeli government, the U.S. business world, elite universities, and the NYC mayor…
From targeting humanitarian vehicles to standing by as mobs attack trucks, Israel is blocking aid from reaching Gaza.
3,000 aid trucks wait at the border to enter Gaza, 100s of medical patients wait to exit; Israel assassinates Gaza police; as Israel destroys northern Gaza, more troops also head to southern Gaza; Israeli settlers attack aid trucks bound for Gaza; Israel wants US to withdraw support for two-state solution; president of Iran killed in helicopter crash; Netanyahu controls cabinet’s access to US leaders, doesn’t want to end war; Glasgow Univ rector investigation incited by Gnasherjew website; NYPD overreacts to peaceful Nakba protest in Brooklyn
“We have been brutalized, bereaved, dispossessed, exiled, starved, slaughtered and imprisoned, but there is more to our reality… Zionism may remain a formidable opponent, but it is also an aging, trembling beast.”