As ceasefire deal moves through web of approval, Israel keeps killing in Gaza; Trump admin supports return to war; hostage/prisoner release details; Blinken gets an earful at final press briefing; more.
In 2024, the U.S. State Department faced sharp criticism for supplying arms to Israel amid allegations of human rights abuses in Gaza. Internal dissent raised alarms over eroding U.S. credibility, the lack of accountability for Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid, and the displacement of civilians—actions seen as undermining America’s human rights commitments.
Official reports about Gaza becoming uninhabitable have been issued for years… One wonders if the world had paid even the slightest attention to Gaza and the cries of people trapped behind walls, barbed wire, and electric fences, whether the current war and genocide could have been avoided.
“This was the first real pressure on Israel”; ceasefire deal details; some Palestinians are skeptical; “ceasefire is the start, not the end”; another West Bank massacre; “try to commit your war crimes anonymously”; more.
The unbearably high price Palestinian children are paying for Israel’s war; 6 killed by Israeli airstrike in West Bank; Israeli soldiers demand ceasefire; Congress members demand answers on Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi’s death; more.
Sexual assaults by Israeli forces come to light; Palestinian journalist killed; Kamal Adwan’s De. Hussam Abu Safia held in Ofer Prison; ceasefire reports; pursuing a war criminal in Italy; Jimmy Carter olive grove; new settlement units; extremist Israeli settler leaders to be ‘special guests’ at Trump inauguration; more.
The unfolding genocide in Gaza has dire consequences for ecosystems and violates the right of people to live in a healthy environment. Greenpeace demands to protect people, the environment, and justice in Gaza and the surrounding region, by examining the degradation of ecocide.
Commentary: The flames I see consuming the Palisades carry echoes of Gaza’s suffering: homes turned to ash, landscapes transformed, and lives upended…
Truce may be very near, as Gaza’s children suffer; northern Gaza hits 100 days without food, water; Israel tortures to death another Palestinian prisoner; Gaza struggles under the weight of tens of millions of tons of rubble; Israel’s scholasticide in the West Bank; calls for 1 million new illegal Israeli settlers; more.
Death is everywhere in Gaza; unexploded munitions litter the enclave; a prisoner swap deal may be close; Palestinian Authority besieges Jenin; 1,000 Israeli soldiers’ names sent to Int’l Criminal Court