Israel expects ‘significant crisis’ in Gaza as it plans to continue total blockade; army reportedly fabricated Gaza tunnel discovery to stall ceasefire deal; Netanyahu demanded defiance of Supreme Court; Israeli army needs additional $2.6 billion to crush Gaza; Trump told Congress e was building up US forces in mideast to protect Israel; Mahmoud Khalil misses birth of his child
In 2024, while all eyes were on Gaza, Biden launched a bombing campaign in Yemen that displaced over 531,000 people. There was no congressional vote. No White House press conference. By the end of the year, U.S. warplanes had hit schools, mosques, farms, ports, and fuel trucks across Yemen, causing a humanitarian collapse
US, EU continue to supply weapons for Israel’s genocide; Israeli attacks against Christians, clergy on the rise in West Bank – on Easter and every day; Israeli military admits ‘professional failures’ over Gaza paramedic killings; settler attacks on Palestinians on the rise
Palestinian journalist Samar Abu Elouf earned the World Press Photo of the Year award for her image of nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour, who lost both arms in an Israeli attack.
Forced out of their homes once more, thousands of Palestinians have crowded into the Islamic University campus, west of Gaza City, where burning books is the only way to boil water, heat food, and stay warm.
On the same day ICE posted a social media graphic saying it is working to keep “illegal” ideas out of the US, a Louisiana immigration judge ruled the Trump administration could deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil for opposing the Gaza genocide.
UN agencies warn of famine, disease, and irreversible harm to Gaza’s children as Israel blocks aid and shuts down humanitarian corridors, forcing hundreds of thousands into overcrowded shelters with no access to clean water, food, or medical care.
If it seems bizarre that the outcome of a meeting between a US president’s designated negotiator and a foreign government minister could determine whether we plunge into possibly our biggest war since World War II, that’s because it is bizarre.
Palestinian journalist and family killed; Israel has no plans to allow food into Gaza; Gaza’s donkeys; weapons arrive in Israel by the planeload; Gaza bombarded with ‘nearly six times Hiroshima bomb’s explosive power’; over 100K Israelis demand end to war; West Bank deaths
The rubber bullet hit the 12-year-old in the head and fractured his skull, despite police regulations that prohibit firing rubber bullets at a person’s upper body or at a minor; ‘He went to get bird food,’ his father said.