“This was the first real pressure on Israel”; ceasefire deal details; some Palestinians are skeptical; “ceasefire is the start, not the end”; another West Bank massacre; “try to commit your war crimes anonymously”; more.
Sexual assaults by Israeli forces come to light; Palestinian journalist killed; Kamal Adwan’s De. Hussam Abu Safia held in Ofer Prison; ceasefire reports; pursuing a war criminal in Italy; Jimmy Carter olive grove; new settlement units; extremist Israeli settler leaders to be ‘special guests’ at Trump inauguration; more.
Truce may be very near, as Gaza’s children suffer; northern Gaza hits 100 days without food, water; Israel tortures to death another Palestinian prisoner; Gaza struggles under the weight of tens of millions of tons of rubble; Israel’s scholasticide in the West Bank; calls for 1 million new illegal Israeli settlers; more.
The hope is that Abu Safiya will not suffer the fate of his colleague, the former head of orthopaedics at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital. After four months of abuse at Ofer prison, Bursh was dumped by guards in its yard, naked from the waist down, bleeding and unable to stand. He died a short time later.
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Biden adds $8 billion worth of fuel to the fire burning in Gaza, West Bank; Hamas offers Israel a hostage deal; Israeli hypocrisy on display
Winter weather and disintegrating tents are a death sentence for the vulnerable; Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is reportedly in Israel’s notorious Sde Teiman prison; UN group calls for “consequences” as Israel leaves int’l law in tatters
John Mearsheimer: Almost all of the many human rights advocates in the West have stayed silent while Israel executed its genocide. The mainstream media has made hardly any effort to expose and challenge what Israel is doing to the Palestinians. Indeed some key outlets have staunchly supported Israel’s actions.
The Wikipedia entry on Alison Weir is among the items targeted by Israel partisans. It contains numerous false claims and misinformation. Below is a point by point rebuttal. It is crucial that Wikipedia correct this.
By Alison Weir. Some influential Israel partisans push for U.S. policies that benefit Israel – to suppress important facts about Palestine, Israel, and countries that Israeli leaders deem threats – and Iran has long been a target.
Leaked documents and emails reveal a covert effort by Israel partisans to impose leadership on the remnants of Iran’s Women, Life, Freedom protest movement