Palestinians are turning to Duolingo to get the English certification needed to get scholarships. But “make sure you have a steady internet connection” can be an impossible hurdle to overcome.
Over 2,400 Israeli violations of ceasefire with Gaza ■ Israel has arrested 24,000 in West Bank ■ Israel-Lebanon “truce” extended 45 days, as Israel keeps killing ■ Thomas Massie takes on AIPAC ■ More.
More than 50,000 injuries now require long-term rehabilitation, with over 2,000 spinal cord injuries, and more than 1,300 traumatic brain injuries.
The disclosure is the latest in a series of revelations that have chipped away at Israel’s official narrative of 7 October.
A new report that Israel touts as “evidentiary breakthrough” is little more than a repeat of earlier attempts to “prove” widespread rape: unsubstantiated claims, secondhand accounts, discredited witnesses, outright lies, and most importantly, a total absence of accusers.
It’s hard to think liberation is near when faced with so much death and destruction. But it’s even harder to ignore the cracks in the facade of the US and Israeli machine.
“Every moment I connect my life now to those years after the Nakba,” says 85-year-old Fatima Ibrahim Khalfallah. “This Nakba is more terrifying, more deadly, more destructive. . . The same hunger, thirst, and fear — but multiplied many times over.”
The struggle in Gaza has only grown worse over the years ■ Israeli radicals out in full force for racist Jerusalem Day ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon ■ More.
A Microsoft investigative team began work last month over concerns that the Israeli subsidiary was exposing the company to legal liability in Europe
News from Gaza ■ Israeli forces kill youth in West Bank ■ Israel to sue NYTimes for what?? – and other mayhem ■ Israel throws money at its latest Lebanon problem ■ More.