Thousands of newly discovered documents now make it possible to tell the true story of Israel’s expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 – and to begin to grasp its bitter implications, post-October 7
UNICEF (the UN International Children’s Emergency Fund), revealed that his agency “estimates that at least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are unaccompanied or separated. Each one is a heartbreaking story of loss and grief.
NGOs in Gaza; Israel breaks records in offending, supplanting Palestinians; Martyr’s Fund money goes to Israeli families; how to refurbish Israel’s reputation?; Iran headlines; much more
Saving artifacts in Gaza; settler violence; Lapid embraces Huckabee’s Greater Israel; “how will they eat?”; most moral army debate; American warplanes in Israel; Witkoff speaks at AIPAC; Randy Fine gets away with anti-Palestinian hate speech; more.
NYT calls concern about Israel’s attack on a US Navy ship an “obsession,” signaling that Americans shouldn’t care about Israel’s attempt to sink the ship with all men aboard … just as it published David Brooks dismissively calling concern about Jeffrey Epstein’s Israel connections an “obsession,” not mentioning Brooks’ ties to Israel and to Epstein…
Smotrich says new war on Gaza in the offing; occupation tourism?; the handy label of “terrorist”; Iran diplomacy without diplomats; more Iran headlines; why Kamala lost; more pro-Israel media on the way?; more.
Across the Occupied Territories, threats to Palestinian life – including Palestinian-Americans – are numerous. US citizenship offers no protection from violence at the hands of the Israeli state and no guarantee of accountability for its perpetrators.
Israel’s best-kept secret; getting rich off Gaza; Israeli military kills teen in WBank; Israel won’t fund Gaza reconstruction; Huckabee interview reveals Christian right quarrel over Israel; more.
Thousands permanently wounded struggle to survive as Israel threatens renewed war unless Palestinian resistance disarms in 60 days.
At the end of February, 37 aid organizations in the Gaza Strip – including nearly all established non-UN aid groups there – face a ban for refusing to comply with Israel’s dubious new registration law.