Commentary: The release of 3 Israeli women held captive in Gaza on Sunday attracted significant global media attention. However, there was comparatively limited coverage of the 90 freed Palestinian women, who had been kidnapped and detained by Israel without charge.
As ceasefire deal moves through web of approval, Israel keeps killing in Gaza; Trump admin supports return to war; hostage/prisoner release details; Blinken gets an earful at final press briefing; more.
In 2024, the U.S. State Department faced sharp criticism for supplying arms to Israel amid allegations of human rights abuses in Gaza. Internal dissent raised alarms over eroding U.S. credibility, the lack of accountability for Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid, and the displacement of civilians—actions seen as undermining America’s human rights commitments.
The unbearably high price Palestinian children are paying for Israel’s war; 6 killed by Israeli airstrike in West Bank; Israeli soldiers demand ceasefire; Congress members demand answers on Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi’s death; more.
In June of 2018, Alison Weir described how Israel partisans in the Bush administration played a central role in pushing the U.S. into the disastrous Iraq war.
Death is everywhere in Gaza; unexploded munitions litter the enclave; a prisoner swap deal may be close; Palestinian Authority besieges Jenin; 1,000 Israeli soldiers’ names sent to Int’l Criminal Court
Death statistics in Gaza; Israel kills another journalist; Israel must be hiding sexual crimes; “defeat Hamas before Trump’s inauguration”; calls to expand attacks on West Bank; many captives are now missing; more.
Compilation of news reports – IAK staff At least 70 Palestinians were killed Thursday in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry in the enclave said. Newborns and other patients at risk as Nasser hospital in Gaza runs out of fuel, MSF warns Nasser hospital, Al-Aqsa hospital and European Gaza hospital, in…
Israel kills and maims Palestinians of all demographics, apparently without compunction – and White House makes excuses for the carnage.
Aid groups are running out of options; Israel blocks probe into Hamas rape allegations to avoid investigation of Israeli sexual crimes; ceasefire, or no ceasefire?; “Generals Plan” mastermind says military efforts won’t work; Israel kills 3 Palestinians in West Bank; Israel destroys Araqeeb village for 234th time; Amnesty Int’l suspends Israel branch; Ireland joins ICJ genocide case against Israel; Michael Moore on Gaza and pro-Israel propaganda