Israel has signaled acceptance & rejection of ceasefire plan, as Netanyahu hangs in the balance; number of bodies recovered in Jabaliya after IDF departure rises to 120; “worst of the worst levels of malnutrition” in Israel-created famine; northern Gaza declared disaster area; NYC Parade, Chabad, Michael Douglas, ADL support Israel; West Bank death; Maldives stands with Palestine, more…
Rafah is rubble, essentially without food, medical services; child dies of starvation; Jabalia in ruins; Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist in Gaza, teenager in West Bank; ceasefire deal on the table, but Netanyahu wants total victory first; extremist ministers threaten to topple Israeli government; Netanyahu accepts invitation to speak before Congress; Finkelstein says Israel lobby dominates through wielding its wealth; Chile joins ICJ genocide case against Israel; …
Biden presents ceasefire deal, Netanyahu says “non-starter”; Israel withdraws from Jabalia, leaving corpses, destruction, signs of ethnic cleansing in its wake; conditions in Rafah are “horrific and apocalyptic”; more mass graves discovered; Israel has made one third of Gaza “uninhabitable”; Blinken’s feeble commentary on Gaza’s famine; experts say Israel could have used smaller weapons, avoided mass casualties in Rafah last week; AND YET Congress invites Netanyahu to speak.
The rule of law, appropriately applied (that is, equally across the board) keeps us from chaos. But when some think they are above the law, the rest pay dearly. Gaza is a case in point.
According to the World Health Organization, at least 214 medical staff from Gaza have been detained by the Israeli military since October 7th. In early May, when Israeli authorities announced the death of well-known surgeon Adnan Al-Bursh, the world began to learn about the detention and alleged torture of Gazan medical professionals.
Jabaliya is destroyed; Palestinian paramedics targeted; heart-wrenching video “Dad is gone”; women at risk; UNRWA as “terrorist organization”; two more State Department officials resign over Gaza; horrors across the West Bank; police clear out pro-Palestine protesters at Wayne State U in Detroit; candidate ousted from UK party over “likes,” more
Palestinians in Rafah & across Gaza grapple with ongoing Israeli violence, starvation; UN experts call for embargo; another expert identifies genocide – while a nurse in US gets fired for doing the same; Israel’s covert war on the ICC, Mossad threatened prosecutor; EU rejects Israel’s designation of UNRWA as terrorist org; Biden admin won’t sanction ICC; US appears to scold Israel at UN…
Fighting in the north and south has deepened Gaza’s humanitarian crisis and reversed recent gains by aid groups in staving off starvation and disease.
Speaking of 9-year old Emily’s short time in Palestinian captivity, Thomas Hand said that the Israeli military “had to do everything in its powers to destroy Hamas,” even if that meant killing his own daughter.
Israel is offended by the ICC’s supposed “equivalence” between Israel and Hamas, but seemingly has no defense against the actual allegations