Israel is increasing its de facto control and imposing severe restrictions on roughly 65 per cent of Gaza. This deprives over 2 million residents of essential resources, prevents their return to their lands and homes, and makes large parts of Gaza prohibited zones. This effectively amounts to an unlawful annexation & seizure of land.
A reporter recounts torture in custody, a near-fatal stroke and his determination to bear witness
Government removes legal protections for Nile crocodiles as Ben Gvir pushes for detention compound ringed by reptiles
Israeli forces kill in Gaza ■ Israeli settlers kill in West Bank, demand to return to Gaza ■ Other Israeli-created havoc across the region & in American politics
Yellow Line on the move again ■ Settlers steal hundreds of sheep, Palestinians arrested ■ US strikes in Iran reportedly killed 50 in recent weeks ■ Mamdani speaks truth to corruption
“Israel has a long and shameful history of desecrating and abusing Palestinian bodies from the state’s earliest days and throughout its existence,” according to Gisha, an Israeli human rights organization.
The vote resulted in some obvious losers, including every pro-Israel and Jewish establishment organization that spent days whipping against the amendment to little avail. Nobody is more identifiable with this camp than AIPAC: Nearly a dozen of the 103 votes came from Democrats it had previously endorsed.
The near total aid blockade Israel has imposed on Palestine is leading to mass deaths and starvation across the population. Gaza residents remain almost entirely dependent on dwindling aid kitchen meals, which continue to provide vital, yet insufficient, emergency relief.
Israel’s torture of Gaza civilian doctors ■ Illegal settler runs into Palestinian boy as he plays ■ Updates from Iran, Lebanon, Syria ■ Israel is all over US political news
A senior Iranian official said Tehran privately told Vance the pair were exploiting the negotiations for financial gain. The Trump administration says it never happened.