A picture is worth a thousand words: Hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners who were released on Saturday are seen on their knees, in prison, wearing white T-shirts bearing a blue Star of David and the words “we will not forget nor forgive.” Gideon Levy suggests that Israel’s revenge against Palestinians has gone on long enough, and it is time to see them as human beings, capable of feeling pain – and anger.
“Really, it’s an across-the-board attempt to silence and take away the First Amendment right of people simply because they don’t agree with them. It’s a very dangerous precedent.” Abed Ayoub, executive director of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Palestinian prisoners show signs of torture, medical neglect; Israel attacks bulldozer crew retrieving bodies in Gaza; bakeries reopen; West Bank violence; Israel violates Lebanon ceasefire
Gazans retrieve bodies with bare hands; in West Bank, Israeli forces continue killing, dispossessing Palestinians; Western leaders use threats in attempt to impose ethnic cleansing plan on Egypt; church leaders in Jerusalem react to Trump’s plan; more.
Prisoner exchange expected Saturday; Israeli forces kill at least 9 Palestinians in Tulkarem, West Bank; record number of new illegal Israeli settlements, outposts in West Bank; 145 Dems demand Trump retract Gaza comments; Pope Francis, 350 rabbis condemn Gaza scheme; Zionist rabbis call Trump “God’s emissary”; breaking down Trump’s executive order targeting Palestine activists
Israeli leaders have their hearts set on resuming war, but Hamas keeps ceasefire going for now; West Bank in turmoil; Educational Bookshop update; Jordan, South Africa stand firm with Palestine
Two articles on new testimony of Israel’s use of torture and other horrific forms of abuse against Palestinian prisoners.
Amidst the ongoing ceasefire in the occupied region, a husband and his pregnant wife were murdered by the Israeli military in cold blood. What does the Western media have to say about this?
North Gaza health system “reduced to ashes”; list of Israel’s key ceasefire violations; Israeli officials confirm violations; Netanyahu threats; Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya update; Trump talks; West Bank death; IDF leaves behind offensive graffiti in Gaza; Israel seeks another extension to Lebanon “ceasefire”
Hamas says no more hostages released “until further notice” –Trump, Israeli leaders are beside themselves; Educational Bookshop update; the guy with the Palestine flag at the Superbowl speaks