Only a “lucky few” get past Israeli bureaucracy and out of Gaza for medical care; West Bank: lone resistance fighter storms Israeli army post, kills several Israeli soldiers; 1,000 after Shireen Abu Akleh’s assassination; Jenin horrors; campus protest
The organization advocating for Israeli colonies in the Gaza Strip, led by Daniella Weiss, received a donation of ~$1.9 million. Shomrim has now uncovered that the funds came from a relatively obscure figure within a prominent Israeli family, Leah Dankner
The Israeli government is launching a campaign to post video / banner ads on news and social media sites, part of a $150 million project to counter the battering Israel’s reputation has sustained by its actions in Gaza.
14,000 missing Gazans are officially presumed dead; Israel blows up entire neighborhood in Jenin, kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank
Prisoner swap; Rafah crossing opened; Palestinian Authority ready to “clash” with Hamas for control of Gaza; Jake Sullivan’s thoughts on weapons to Israel; more.
Giraldi: Netenyahu is the first foreign leader to meet with the new president at the White House… Despite Trump’s numerous pro-Israel actions, might Trump, he of the enormous ego, take the opportunity to make it clear in the face-to-face that he is the one in charge?
Stephen Walt: Probably the most controversial claim in my work on the Israel lobby is our argument that it played a key role in the decision to invade Iraq in 2003…
Palestinian and Israeli prisoners released; UNRWA carries on in spite of ban; more death and destruction in West Bank; Trump efforts amount to ethnic cleansing and assault on First Amendment
Satellite imagery, video footage and graphics show how Gaza has been left in ruins by Israel’s onslaught
In West Bank, Israeli forces kill and destroy; 12 Palestinians arrested for “expressing joy”; Trump poised to launch a war against Palestine supporters in the US