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US-made bombs incinerate, bury Gazan families in “safe zone” – Day 339

[email protected] September 11, 2024 arms embargo, artificial intelligence, Ayşenur Eygi, genocide, lavender, mawasi, polio vaccination, presidential debate, safe zone massacre, surveillance technology, toxic air

Yet another “safe zone” massacre in Gaza; Gaza’s toxic air a death sentence; HRW: Israel’s surveillance tools risk civilian harm; detained polio vaccine convoy update; did Israel try to undermine vaccination campaign?; politicians stand in the way of arms embargo in US, but not in Canada; Biden: killing of Turkish American activist was “an accident”; South Africa genocide case against Israel update; debate: which candidate loves Israel more?; more.

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Israel tries to block at least 3 investigations by UN bodies, holds polio vaccine workers at gunpoint – Day 338

[email protected] September 10, 2024 ann wright, Ayşenur Eygi, ceasefire deal, freedom flotilla, humanitarian aid, international court of justice, israeli land seizure, israeli rapist, occupation, palestinian prisoners, polio vaccine gaza, pramila patten, randy fine, south africa genocide case

Israel detains polio vaccine team, blocks humanitarian aid (more than usual), bullies South Africa, bullies Palestinian Authority, interferes with UN rape probe, covers up killing of 3 more Israeli hostages, seizes more West Bank land; Biden administration expects Israel to conduct transparent investigation into killing of American activist Aysenur Eygi in West Bank, as it feigns ignorance of who pulled the trigger; Florida politician’s blatant Islamophobia; Netanyahu may be delaying ceasefire as a gift to Trump; rabbi blesses, excuses Israeli rapist of Palestinians; Freedom Flotilla held hostage in Turkey; more.

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Alison Weir trending on social media – what the buzz is about

[email protected] August 31, 2024 Alison Weir, Boykin, council for the national interest, Religious Freedom Coalition, William J. Murray

If Americans Knew founder Alison Weir experienced harassment and assault in 2011 for telling the truth about Palestine and Israel. The ideology behind the attack is alive and well today.

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Israel Israel Has Bombed Gaza Into 42 Million Tons of Rubble – Day 327

[email protected] August 30, 2024 anera, columbia university, gaza pier, humanitarian aid, humanitarian pause, Khirbet Karkur, occupation of gaza, paralympics, polio vaccine, Qaid Farhad Alkadi, Ritchie Torres, Robert O’Brien, Sarah Wilkinson, west bank invasion, world food programme

9 members of Gaza family wiped out at once; 3-day polio vaccine pauses to begin; Israel attacks humanitarian aid convoy, killing 5; freed Israeli Bedouin hostage’s village mostly under demolition orders; West Bank invasion: at least 18 Palestinians killed; US-UK “special relationship” may be at risk if UK blocks arms sales to Israel; human rights activist-reportrt arrested by UK police; Columbia U dumps due process to punish Palestine protesters; Rep. Ritchie Torres says BDS has “taken over the American aviation industry”; Gazan competes in Paralympics; more.

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Congratulations AIPAC on 500th air delivery of US weapons to kill Gazans – Day 324

[email protected] August 27, 2024 Amnesty International, false antisemitism, Hezbollah, Human Rights Watch, humanitarian aid, indiscriminate attack, jewish settlers al aqsa, military industrial complex, NYU, torture, weapons to israel, west bank deaths

US averages over one planeload of weapons per day to Israel; another evacuation order, another disruption in aid for Gazans; new statements from Amnesty, Human Rights Watch on Israeli atrocities; Hezbollah ready to stop trading attacks with Israel, while Israel mulls escalation; another journalist killed in Gaza, as global press groups protest; Israel kills six Palestinians in West Bank; Israel to fund Israeli settlers’ illegal intrusions into Al Aqsa mosque compound; anti-Zionism = antisemitism policy at NYU is worrying; Columbia SJP disappeared; more.

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When a phone flashlight is as important to a doctor as her stethoscope – Day 322

[email protected] August 25, 2024 AIPAC, burning quran, deir al balah, dnc banned speech, evacuation, gaza hospital, human shield, humanitarian aid, polio vaccine, the squad

Fuel shortage plunges hospital into darkness; Deir al Balah, last “intact” city, faces mass evacuation; Israeli soldiers film themselves destroying mosque, burning Qurans; displacement leads to missing food aid distribution; little chance of polio vaccinations without ceasefire; Israeli forces use Palestinian as human shield; DNC banned speech – in full; Squad warns of AIPAC’s power; more

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Nowhere left to live, nowhere left to bury the dead – Day 319

[email protected] August 22, 2024 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, barack obama, Bisan Owda, child torture, deir al balah, DNC platform, evacuation, gilad erdan, Ilhan Omar, Khalil Maqdah, police brutality, torture

“They were trying to exterminate us”: Palestinian children in Gaza tortured by Israeli military; Israeli envoy calls for UN building in Jerusalem to be ‘erased from earth’; No space in Gaza “safe zones” for the living; No space left for the dead: Gaza’s cemeteries overflow; Fleeing Palestinians say death would be more merciful; ‘Torture by Electrocution’ – Israel Releases 25 Detainees from Gaza; Barack Obama makes no mention of Gaza war in DNC speech; more

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Nearly Two-Thirds of All Campaign Funds for Cori Bush Challenger Came From AIPAC

[email protected] August 20, 2024 #RejectAIPAC, aipac pac, Cori Bush, genocide, united democracy project, US Congress, Wesley Bell

Almost two-thirds of all campaign donations to St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell — who just beat incumbent Cori Bush in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District — reportedly came from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s super PAC.

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Are US officials’ investments of public funds in Israeli bonds ethical? How much is too much?

[email protected] August 20, 2024 ethics violations, genocide, Israel Bonds, Joseph Abruzzo, treasury

State and local officials have invested $1.7 billion of the public’s money in Israel Bonds since October 7. An investigation reveals contacts between buyer and seller that experts say may cross a line.

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Where to go when 89 percent of Gaza is a war zone? – Day 315

[email protected] August 18, 2024 campus protest, dnc protest, evacuation orders gaza, gaza safe zone, israeli espionage, twins killed in gaza, water in gaza, west bank deaths, zawayda attack

Doctor astounded by number of “eye amputations” he had to perform on children in Gaza; leaked documents indicate Israel knew it was breaking laws in US; attack kills 15 in one family during ceasefire talks; 11% of Gaza is “safe”; Israeli evacuation shuts off 10 wells, worsening water crisis; 2 Palestinians assassinated in West Bank; the murder of newborn twins; pro-Palestine campus activism plans for fall; protests in Chicago this week at DNC; more.

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