News on Nasrallah’s death: weapons used, Israel’s reasoning, “shock and awe” attack, Palestine connection, Iran’s response; the suffering of Gaza’s children; Palestinian prisoner death; Cornell U under fire for action against pro-Palestine student; more.
Israeli schoolbooks (and by extension, Israeli schools) powerfully frame anti-Palestinian discourse and inculcate Israeli children with suspicion, fear and hatred of Palestinians – says the Israeli professor of language and education who literally wrote the book on it.
Palestinians in Gaza suffer as Israel mulls ethnically cleansing the entire north; massive casualties in Lebanon as Israel bombs relentlessly; US sending personnel and bombs to help Israel; Palestinian girl in Israel persecuted for sympathizing with Gazan children; more.
UN Child Rights Committee condemns Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children; Rashida Tlaib: “Palestinians are human beings”; electricity blackout as a tool of genocide; West Bank deaths; Israeli Supreme Court orders Sde Teiman prison to stay open after rape scandal; Hezbollah leader vows “just retribution” for Israel’s pager explosions; exploding electronics might be war crimes; no ceasefire expected while Biden in office; UVA refuses to divest after student referendum
As Gazans die, Israel launches a second deadly strike across Lebanon; overwhelming majority in UN General Assembly support Palestine’s call for an end to Israel’s illegal occupation; another Palestinian death in Israeli prison, 2 in West Bank; Israel’s pager attack was culmination of years-long scheme; Israeli leader announces “new phase of war” focusing on north, Lebanon; Saudi Arabia vows no normalization with Israel without Palestinian state; more.
In the past, Israel’s moral debate about its military actions may have been narrow and hypocritical, but at least it existed. Not this time.
The following pieces by Dr. Refaat Alareer, the Palestinian poet, professor and beloved mentor who was murdered in an Israeli airstrike on 6 December 2023, have not been published previously.
The first 14 pages of Gaza’s book of the dead contain the names of babies killed before their first birthday; Gaza’s much-needed medical rehab sector is decimated; water apartheid; West Bank deaths; remembering the Sabra and Shatila massacre; US ambassador to UN gives surprising criticism of Israel; mainstreaming Israel’s deadly AI;
Halting military aid to Israel is the bare minimum the U.S. can do to stop the Gaza genocide. An arms embargo is not only supported by 60% of Americans, it is demanded by international and U.S. law. Kamala Harris must get on board.
Another Palestinian among 26 Gazans killed; Israeli keeps missing its target – a civil defense officer – but kills his entire family; famine, heavy rains, high tides threaten the besieged population of Gaza; the elderly are disproportionately dying in Gazan genocide; more detainees released in bad condition; Israel admits it likely killed 3 hostages whose deaths it blamed on Hamas; Palestinian Authority will take Israel to ICC over killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi; Israeli settler attack caught on video; Israel exploits African asylum seekers; Yemen missile reaches outskirts of Tel Aviv, survives interception; Israel’s latest “oopsie-daisy”; CodePink has plans for Netanyahu; more.