An unprecedented 19 senators opposed a recent arms sale; we’ll soon find out whether that sentiment is growing. Some other signs times are changing. Three 2024 pre-election polls showed that likely voters, and not just Democrats, favored conditioning or even halting aid to Israel, including arms transfers.
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How Does AIPAC Shape Washington? We Tracked Every Dollar.
The Intercept tracked how AIPAC’s massive political spending is changing the balance of power in Congress – AIPAC has spent money on more than 80% of the 469 seats up for reelection this year…
Police escalate the British state’s war on independent journalism
The raid on investigative journalist Asa Winstanley isn’t about terrorism – except the UK government’s. It is about scaring us into staying silent on Israel’s genocide.
The West’s collusion with Israel creates constant discrepancies between press freedom and censorship.
Biden can’t say no to Israel, in spite of its flagrant violations of int’l law – Day 375
Israel regularly uses Palestinians as human shields; Gaza, Lebanon under attack; Biden sends stealth fighters to bomb Yemen w/o Congress’ ok; Biden envoy: Israel gets whatever it wants; Palestinian kids under admin detention way up; German politicians who support genocide; Israeli conference on resettling Gaza
New Israeli atrocities coming to light – Day 368
Bloodbath in northern Gaza; US former gov’t official wants peacekeepers to be “carpetbombed”; American doctors describe treating children shot in the head when they volunteered in Gaza; new investigation, “The Killings They Tweeted”; Netanyahu blames Lebanese civilians for their own upcoming suffering; Israeli violence in the West Bank; more.
Killing continues across Gaza, Lebanon, under staggering number of Israeli bombs – Day 357
News on Nasrallah’s death: weapons used, Israel’s reasoning, “shock and awe” attack, Palestine connection, Iran’s response; the suffering of Gaza’s children; Palestinian prisoner death; Cornell U under fire for action against pro-Palestine student; more.
Israel’s violence and aggression against Palestinians appear to be escalating – Day 334
Israel has refused entry to some polio vaccine workers; continues to bomb civilians in tents; many Palestinians would prefer death to their current struggle; Amnesty calls Israel’s wanton destruction a “war crime”; Netanyahu’s superfluous demand for control of Philadelphi Corridor; Israeli violence in West Bank spreads; sane words from Jill Stein (with Chris Hedges) in a time of genocide; the unstoppable Khairi Hannoun; IBM’s troubling paradigm; Israel withholds key info from US investigators; when 6 > 40,000; Israel’s pursuit of Jewish supremacy; more.
Israeli-inflicted Palestinian injuries in Gaza, West Bank surpass 100,000 – Day 332
Hamas is alive and well; West Bank is officially a “combat zone”; Palestinian journalists imprisoned like never before; Int’l Criminal Court decision on Netanyahu war crimes expected soon; US files criminal charges against Hamas members; Netanyahu blatantly erases Palestine from the map; Trump adviser David Friedman has a plan for a Greater Israel; US in “despair” about ceasefire; UK’s David Cameron could have stopped arms sales to Israel months ago; Columbia U students keep protesting for Palestine; more
West Bank, Gaza face similar annihilation tactics at Israel’s hands – Day 328
West Bank invasion continues, with at least 20 dead, Jenin hit hardest; strong parallels between Gaza and West Bank invasions; tragic numbers of unaccompanied children, as Israel withholds aid like never before; US encourages changes in Israel’s evacuation policy – because US says it cares about the “most vulnerable”; Palestinians seek US Appeals Court review of Biden genocide complicity case; more.
Israeli army probe covered up “friendly fire” killings on October 7
The Israeli army’s first published report about the events of October 7, 2023 praises the general who led Israeli forces in battle at Kibbutz Be’eri on that day for ordering tank fire at a home killing up to 10 Israeli civilian captives.