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…
More weapons to Israel; Hannibal Directive on October 7th; Trump, Netanyahu float random destinations for ethnically cleansed Gazans; Trump’s ICC sanctions
Former private soldiers say this new way of war — unofficial boots on the ground through private military contractors — could go sideways, while giving governments political cover
Brutal weather for Gazans with little or no shelter; Trump claims Israel will ‘hand over Gaza’ to US; horrors in West Bank, especially for children; far-right group in US is building a list of pro-Palestine activists to deport
In Gaza, snipers and winter storm; in US, pro-Israel legislation; US and Israel leave UN Human Rights Council; all about Trump’s ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza
Israel and pro-Israel advocacy groups have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on social media messaging to build “Brand Israel” and sway U.S. public opinion.
Diverse reports on Trump’s statements that the US will take over Gaza, move its inhabitants out, then rebuild it. One report documents where Gazan refugees could go: Return to their homes in what used to be called Palestine…