Medical, humanitarian crisis unending in Gaza; Israel forms new agency for ethnic cleansing; West Bank displacement is “largest since 1967”; Israel steals Palestinian land and money
Israeli soldiers put an explosive cord around a elderly man’s neck and forced him to scout buildings for eight hours as a human shield. After his release, another division shot him dead.
Up to 10% of munitions fired by Israel into Gaza have failed to detonate, leaving behind deadly hazards for years to come
Gazans retrieve bodies with bare hands; in West Bank, Israeli forces continue killing, dispossessing Palestinians; Western leaders use threats in attempt to impose ethnic cleansing plan on Egypt; church leaders in Jerusalem react to Trump’s plan; more.
Amid Gaza’s destruction, I walked alongside displaced families returning home, observing their suffering, profound loss, and indomitable strength – Ahmed Abu Artema
Israel’s assault on Gaza has been the first genocide live-streamed for the world to see. What more pressing task could journalists have than to accurately report on a genocide? Yet Western media often unnecessarily cast doubt on Gaza’s death toll.
Prisoner exchange expected Saturday; Israeli forces kill at least 9 Palestinians in Tulkarem, West Bank; record number of new illegal Israeli settlements, outposts in West Bank; 145 Dems demand Trump retract Gaza comments; Pope Francis, 350 rabbis condemn Gaza scheme; Zionist rabbis call Trump “God’s emissary”; breaking down Trump’s executive order targeting Palestine activists
Israeli leaders have their hearts set on resuming war, but Hamas keeps ceasefire going for now; West Bank in turmoil; Educational Bookshop update; Jordan, South Africa stand firm with Palestine
Palestinian prisoners beaten for refusing to recite Torah; mass graves and skeletons found in Netzarim; Trump digs in on “owning” Gaza, makes veiled threat about skinny Israeli captives; Israel expands shooting orders in West Bank; Israeli forces raid famous East Jerusalem Educational Bookshop; Palestine solidarity at Superbowl
As some support Trump’s plan to move Gazans elsewhere, and others oppose such an expulsion almost no one mentions the third option – the one obvious, option for most of them: return to the lands from which they were violently expelled by Israeli forces in its founding war…