Israel kills Palestinian journalist; Netanyahu won’t end Gaza war, but might accept temporary ceasefire; Israeli cabinet votes to formalize annexation of occupied West Bank territory; US ended Houthi campaign amid mounting risks, soaring expenses
This year’s May 14 and May 15 will be remembered by a particularly horrendous proof that international law has been shattered: A state is intentionally starving an entire population.
Risk of famine across all of Gaza; Hamas frees soldier Edan Alexander; Israeli settlers almost pulled off animal sacrifice in Al Aqsa; more land theft in West Bank; Shireen Abu Akleh; bill would enable Trump to denounce any nonprofit as a “terrorist-supporting organization,” lose tax-exempt status; Google saw Israel as uncontrollable; Gaza flotilla update
New inspector general report proves the so-called Gaza pier was more or less a massive diversion by the Biden admin gone wrong, and a bigger failure than earlier reported.
Inhumanity: An Israeli doctor who spoke in favor of painkillers for children suffering in Gaza met with tremendous opposition from legislators, including, “I’m not sure you’re speaking for us” and “you are the sickest doctor I’ve ever seen.”
Blindness on the rise in Gaza; Hamas makes a deal with Trump; Israeli officers admit assault on Gaza ‘kills captives’; Pope Leo XIV calls for Gaza ceasefire in first Sunday message; Israeli spyware
Israel kills cancer patients through deliberate delay; torture at notorious Sde Teiman prison is systematic policy known to Israeli army commanders; video shows Israeli agents killing Palestinian in Nablus; explosives bound for Israel are flying out of JFK airport; UK Lawyers for Israel claim war may reduce obesity in Gaza
US aid plan for Gaza looks like ‘bait to force displacement’; Trump cuts ties with Netanyahu; when Israel turned on Kissinger; judge frees Rümeysa Öztürk, warns of grave threat to free speech
U.S. media largely ignored The Great March of Return that lasted almost two years. PBS was perhaps the most egregious example. See the Frontline film that PBS refused to show Americans. Had this film not been blocked, quite likely vastly more Americans would have seen Palestinians’ courageous attempt to use nonviolence… and perhaps the desperate October 7th breakout would not have occurred.
Israel officials deny the existence of famine in Gaza, push for harsher measures to block food. Each day without aid pushes families to the brink of death.