Infants born at the outbreak of the conflict face a lifetime of disability from toxic gas, severe burns, and a collapsed healthcare system. 1,200 children in Gaza now suffer from spinal cord injuries and paralysis directly resulting from Israeli attacks.
2/3 of US-Israeli targets in Tehran ‘not linked to military,’ and other Iran war headlines ■ Lebanon “ceasefire” extended, as Israel won’t cease firing ■ Dozens of children go missing in Gaza each week ■ Palestinian teen killed in West Bank ■ Netanyahu kept prostrate cancer secret ■ So much more.
We speak to Palestinian parents about the pain and grief of separation after their premature babies were evacuated abroad during the war, leaving families apart
Lebanon’s Christians are being told by the Israeli military to get rid of any displaced Shias hiding in their homes or villages. Haven’t we seen this story before, and don’t we all know how it ends?
As the world marks Autism Awareness Month, Gaza’s autistic children face collapsed healthcare, lost therapy and repeated displacement, erasing years of progress
Instead of acknowledging Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Dem politicians Mallory McMorrow and Andy Beshear complain about ‘purity tests’ and ‘litmus tests.’
Land Day is the annual acknowledgement of the crime scene. Why should a people being erased also have to edit their own testimony into a tone acceptable to those who looked away?
Genocide does not require mass graves; it also includes efforts to destroy a people’s capacity to bring the next generation into being.
Israel’s systematic use of torture and sexual violence against Palestinians meets that definition.
While Israel continues to maim people in Gaza, it severely restricts the entry of assistive products, including prosthetics, into the Strip, classifying them as “dual-use” items, ostensibly meaning they can have both civilian and military applications.
What is unfolding in Gaza is entirely deliberate. Treating it primarily as a humanitarian crisis is not only inaccurate, but a form of erasure – and a way to shield Israel from accountability.