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
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
Israel’s ban on UNRWA would leave hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees without education, jobs, or essential services. But the real reason it is going after the UN agency lies in Israel’s political and territorial ambitions.
What would you pack if you had six minutes to abandon everything you had ever built? From Gaza, Roaa Shamallakh recounts her final minutes before forced displacement.
As some support Trump’s plan to move Gazans elsewhere, and others oppose such an expulsion almost no one mentions the third option – the one obvious, option for most of them: return to the lands from which they were violently expelled by Israeli forces in its founding war…
More weapons to Israel; Hannibal Directive on October 7th; Trump, Netanyahu float random destinations for ethnically cleansed Gazans; Trump’s ICC sanctions
Former private soldiers say this new way of war — unofficial boots on the ground through private military contractors — could go sideways, while giving governments political cover
Brutal weather for Gazans with little or no shelter; Trump claims Israel will ‘hand over Gaza’ to US; horrors in West Bank, especially for children; far-right group in US is building a list of pro-Palestine activists to deport
I saw northern Gaza for the first time in 15 months: debris and dust—that is all that is left. Every block looks like it has been hit with several powerful earthquakes.