More horrific massacres across Gaza, Lebanon; new Israeli bill seeks to bar Palestinians from running for legislature; US announces new Middle East military deployments; Congress members call out Biden’s deployment of US troops and assets without congressional authorization
Massacre in Beit Lahiya; famine looms over Gaza; Israel refuses medical evacuations for Gaza’s children; calls for Israel to be ousted from UN; most of the world critical of Israel’s actions, US officials simply curious; more.
Horror in northern Gaza; more carnage in Lebanon; deaths in West Bank and Israel; Israel’s precarious position at UN; Canada; LA Times; more.
Israeli forces storm northern Gaza hospital, assassinate Lebanese journalists; Israeli legislature poised to ban primary humanitarian aid org in Gaza; some US voices try to erase Palestine from discourse; more.
The Western media’s double standards when it comes to Israel and Palestine are hardly new. The discourse around “human shields” — or the failure to use the term — is an example of hypocrisy pushed to the extreme, by letting Israel deflect the blame for mass civilian deaths.
Horrific situation only grows worse by the day, as Israeli attacks continue relentlessly in Gaza and Lebanon; US lends Israel a hand while Americans call for accountability; Israeli-American poised to get very rich policing Gaza; more.
Catastrophic conditions in Gaza, especially the north; Lebanon, UNIFIL peacekeepers under immense pressure; illegal Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa compound; US defense system in place for Israel; more.
Many killed, hospitals, civilians attacked in northern Gaza; Netanyahu’s home hit by Hezbollah missile; Israel kills several in West Bank; US munitions found at Lebanon blast site, as Biden official “would like to see” less violent attacks; Israel’s nukes; Israel bars medical aid groups from Gaza; more.
One year after catastrophic hospital blast, Israel kills Yahya Sinwar; blocks medical specialists from entering Gaza, kills a woman picking olives
The Israel lobby was buying politicians and policy in 2014, and it is still doing so today. (Top of the list of recipients: Joe Biden.)