Israel’s history of changing its story when it gets caught in a lie; Israel preparing to turn one-fifth of Gaza into a buffer zone; only a quarter of Hamas tunnels destroyed; another Palestinian man died in Israeli jail; US State Dept uninterested in American citizen’s death in West Bank; latest on university funding; Cory Booker; Ben-Gvir coming to a US city near you.
Malnutrition alert; Israel attacks north and south; report: Israel reportedly planning more aggressive invasion of Gaza; teen dies in Israeli prison; a step forward for Trump’s Gaza plan; more.
“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
Diverse reports on Trump’s statements that the US will take over Gaza, move its inhabitants out, then rebuild it. One report documents where Gazan refugees could go: Return to their homes in what used to be called Palestine…
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s sons, both U.S. citizens serving in the IDF, have been named in a war crimes complaint filed with the ICC. The complaint accuses Israeli soldiers, including 12 Americans, of committing crimes in Gaza, citing social media posts as evidence. This case could test U.S. intervention in international legal matters.
David Rovics recounts being censored on the world’s largest music streaming service… “My most popular new album, the one that sought to document the first three months of Israel’s ongoing Palestinian holocaust, is gone – erased, disappeared, unmentioned in end-of-the-year statistical wrap-ups as if it never existed.”
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.
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…
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.
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