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Israeli forces gun down Palestinian father & 2 others, another dies of wounds

[email protected] January 15, 2023 Ahmad Kahala, Amjad Khaliliyya, Ezzeddin Hamamra, Israeli checkpoint, Jenin, Yazan Al-Ja’abri

Fifteen days into 2023, thirteen Palestinians have been killed by Israel. The latest victim, Ahmad Kahala, was shot Sunday at point-blank range, and medics were blocked from saving his life.
Saturday, Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians, Ezzeddin Hamamra, 24, and Amjad Khaliliyya, 23; the same day, Yazan Ja’bari, 19, died from wounds inflicted by Israeli soldiers earlier this month.
Israel has one of the most powerful armies in the world.

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Palestinian, 19, Dies From Wounds Suffered in Jenin

[email protected] January 14, 2023 Jenin, palestinian resistance, yazan jabari

Yazan Samer Jabari’s death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in the first fourteen days of 2023, to ten, including three minors.

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I once ran Human Rights Watch. Harvard blocked my fellowship over Israel

[email protected] January 13, 2023 David Rubenstein, Douglas Elmendorf, Harvard, Human Rights Watch, Idan Ofer, israel bias, kennedy school, kenneth roth, Les Wexner, Robert Belfer

Kenneth Roth: “I was told that my fellowship at the Kennedy School was vetoed over my and Human Rights Watch’s criticism of Israel. How can an institution that purports to address foreign policy – that even hosts a human rights policy center – avoid criticism of Israel?”

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Invading Israeli forces kill 5 Palestinians in West Bank

[email protected] January 13, 2023 Abed al-Hadi Nazal, Ahmad Jneid, Habib Kamil, Israeli military, Samir Aslan, Sanad Samarma

On Wednesday and Thursday Israeli troops invading Palestinian towns killed three teens, a 25-year-old, and a father trying to defend his son, bringing Palestinian deaths in the first 12 days of 2023 to 9.

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2022: 12 months of Israeli violence against Palestinians

[email protected] January 6, 2023 2022 in review, occupation, Palestinian Deaths, war on children

2022 was a deadly year for Palestinians under Israeli occupation. If Americans Knew brought you crucial information – and will continue in 2023.

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Israel has killed three Palestinians already in 2023

[email protected] January 4, 2023 Adam Ayyad, Ahmad Daraghma, Fuad Abed, Mohammad Houshiyya, Naim Bedir

Following a deadly 2022, the new year has already seen Israeli forces kill three Palestinians – a 15-year-old from Bethlehem, a 17-year-old, and a young man of 22. Two other Palestinians in their twenties were also killed in the last days of December.

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Israeli guards called him “the Christian” to insult him, then beat him some more

Alison Weir December 30, 2022 Lora Khoury, Samia Khoury, Shadi Khoury

Israeli police burst into his home, broke his nose and a tooth, then dragged him by force, bound and blindfolded, to their van. After 41 days of beatings in an Israeli prison, 16-year-old Shadi Khoury is finally released to house arrest

His family had to break their usual tradition of visiting his grandmother on Christmas in Bethlehem and attending Christmas mass because of Shadi’s house arrest…

His mother is concerned that his adolescence has been lost forever…

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As usual, defense bill gives millions of dollars to Israel, but no one tells Americans

Alison Weir December 23, 2022 AIPAC, FY23 NDAA, H.R. 7776, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Israeli media report that the 2023 defense spending bill just signed into law contains over $500 million for Israel (just the tip of the iceberg of spending for Israel)… AIPAC commended Congress…

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Two Palestinian cancer patients die of Israeli medical neglect

[email protected] December 21, 2022 Mahmoud Al-Kurd, medical apartheid, medical neglect, Nasser Abu Hmeid, Tamer Nashrati

Israel notoriously blocks Palestinian patients, especially in Gaza and in Israeli prisons, from obtaining permission to travel for medical care. Ten have died in 2022.

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