Legal experts weigh in on Israeli war crimes; US, Israel discuss a fund to finance expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza; 90K attend 1st Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque; Israeli forces wreak havoc in Nablus; Israel is ‘sabotaging’ Trump-Hamas direct talks; Trump cancels $400m in funds to Columbia U; shame on Marco Rubio for Ash Wednesday comments
Another Palestinian prisoner from Gaza dies in Israeli detention; Trump appointee makes excuses for Israel’s starvation of Gazans; US, Israel could take joint military action against Hamas if negotiations fail, Witkoff says; Gaza needs PPE to dismantle unexploded Israeli munitions; Israeli settlers call the shots in West Bank; less than half of Americans sympathetic toward Israel; did Trump just call Israel “sick and twisted”?; more.
Israel denies carrying out the 1948 Nakba of Palestinians, even as it calls for carrying out a second Nakba today.
Like the Biden administration, Trump is claiming an “emergency” in order to bypass Congress to get approved a new $3 billion weapons package for Israel. [UPDATE: Now $4 billion]
Food crisis in Gaza as Israel seals border; Israeli troops steal and sell Palestinian possessions; Palestine Legal accuses US Senate of McCarthyism; US holds secret talks with Hamas; Netanyahu policies reportedly helped pave way for 7 October; Israeli settlers escalate incursions into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan
Israeli tanks fire on ambulances; Gaza ‘running out of basic necessities,’ as Israeli spokesperson claims that Hamas has “enough food to spark an obesity epidemic”; Arab leaders endorse $53bn plan to rebuild Gaza; ‘systematic failures’ on 7 Oct; Palestinians in Israel face persecution; Israel to build wall on Jordan border; colleges allowing pro-Palestine protests could face funding cuts; $95 million in aid for the Lebanese army
Israel’s former top military officer, General Aviv Kohavi, held private meetings with the editors of major British news organizations one month after the Gaza bombing began to ‘cultivate support’ for Gaza genocide.
Israel’s unfolding genocide in Gaza also has dire consequences for ecosystems and violates the right of people to live in a healthy environment.
Israel prepares Gaza ‘hell plan’ to pile pressure on Hamas; Israel violated ceasefire more than 900 times; only 15 mobile homes entered Gaza out of 60,000; Palestinian detainee tortured to death; West Bank; Elon Musk’s attack on Arab and Muslim orgs; another Barnard College expulsion; jailing Canadians
Netanyahu wants to scrap the ceasefire agreement, and will starve Gaza to get his way; Trump admin agrees to more arms sales to Israel; Palestinian dispossession film gets an Oscar.