Bombing and death ongoing, babies abandoned to die by Israel possible crime against humanity, evacuation horrors, West Bank violence against Palestinians, US leaders continue pro-Israel rhetoric, Netanyahu corruption trial and his boast of manipulating the US, updated casualty figures
Three hospitals in Israel admit that their policy is to separate maternity patients according to ethnicity. Palestinian women have found this practice insulting; some experts call it “apartheid.”
Another Gazan shot by Israeli forces while participating in the Great March has died… meanwhile, Gaza cancer patients suffer and die as Israel prevents medicines from entering Gaza, and prevents patients from going abroad for treatment.
Medical work in Gaza is impeded by the unmanageable number of wounded, the complex injuries that will require multiple follow-up procedures, and the shortage of supplies. Add to that the difficulty in getting permission for patients to seek medical attention outside the country – it adds up to an impossible situation.
BTW, still no evidence from Israel that UNRWA had ties to Hamas ■ Illegal Israeli settler farms on Palestinian land may be legalized soon ■ Lebanon rocked by massive strikes ■ Political news on Palestine ■ More
“Each one of us has a death sentence…maybe I’ll die at a checkpoint, maybe I’ll die on my own land from the settlers, maybe I’ll die just walking around — but every kind of killing is happening here.” Two articles
The Israeli prime minister has made it explicitly clear that he has no intention of following any peace road map, planning instead for the permanent incremental takeover of Gaza — 2 Articles
Israel invents new cruelty every day for Gaza, breaks records in West Bank (and not in a good way) ■ Israel has become world’s most boycotted state ■ War on Iran may be ending, as occupation of Syria and Lebanon ramp up ■ More
As in Gaza, residents say Israel is waging psychological warfare on civilian life and its soundscape
It was once an article of faith that even those who speak words we disagree with deserve protection. As regards Palestine, that’s now not true