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As Israel commits yet another war crime in Gaza, Biden still won’t acknowledge it’s happening –Day 242

[email protected] June 5, 2024 childhood malnutrition, f-35, famine, gaza police, international criminal court, Israel weapons, Lebanon, maersk, medical evacuation, Netanyahu, palestinian state, slovenia, war crime

Children going without food, bathrooms; in a bid for total lawlessness, Israel kills 8 Gaza police officers; thousands desperately need medical evacuation; Slovenia recognizes Palestinian state; Israel purchases F-35 fighter jets; Israel uses white phosphorous in Lebanon; Biden opines on Netanyahu’s war “strategy,” still can’t say “war crime”; US House passes bill calling to sanction ICC; more.

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Two more US officials resign over Biden administration’s position on Gaza war

[email protected] June 5, 2024 alex smith, Censorship, humanitarian aid to gaza, podcast, stacy gilbert

State Department officials say the administration is not telling the truth about Israel’s obstruction of aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

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Why Gaza’s Death Toll Is Probably Higher Than Reported

[email protected] June 5, 2024 epidemic, famine, humanitarian aid, Nakba, podcast

Starvation, unsanitary conditions, and bodies beneath the rubble have almost certainly contributed to a death toll much higher than what we have heard.

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Children of Gaza live amid sewage, trash, insects – and famine – Day 241

[email protected] June 4, 2024 ceasefire proposal, chris van hollen, famine, hostage deal, international court of justice, israeli hostages, palestinian state, podcast, pollution, sanctions, stacy gilbert, waste, West Bank

UNICEF says Gaza Children “need an immediate ceasefire”; desperation rips apart Gaza’s social fabric; Hamas says no new ceasefire proposal, but stands by previous one; UN experts call on global community to recognize Palestine; Israeli forces kill at least 5 Palestinians in West Bank; Israel conducts criminal investigations into 48 Gazan deaths; over 9,000 Palestinians have been “arrested” in West Bank since October 7th; 4 Israeli hostages dead, one by Israel; State Department veteran says administration submitted falsehoods to Congress; US senator calls for sanctions against Israeli minister…

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Spying & threats: Israel spent 9 years trying to keep the ICC off the trail of Israel’s war crimes

[email protected] June 3, 2024 Fatou Bensouda, international criminal court, israeli espionage, karim khan, Netanyahu, podcast, war crimes, yossi cohen

Israel has run an almost decade-long secret “war” against the International Criminal Court. The country deployed its intelligence agencies to surveil, hack, pressure, smear and allegedly threaten senior ICC staff in an effort to derail the court’s inquiries into Israeli crimes….

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Mixed messages from Israel on ceasefire plan; US optimistic – Day 240

[email protected] June 3, 2024 ceasefire, childhood malnutrition, famine, israeli government, Jabaliya, maldives, West Bank

Israel has signaled acceptance & rejection of ceasefire plan, as Netanyahu hangs in the balance; number of bodies recovered in Jabaliya after IDF departure rises to 120; “worst of the worst levels of malnutrition” in Israel-created famine; northern Gaza declared disaster area; NYC Parade, Chabad, Michael Douglas, ADL support Israel; West Bank death; Maldives stands with Palestine, more…

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Stories of love, loss, and courage from Gaza

[email protected] June 1, 2024 forced disapearance, genocide, Rafah, refugee

More than anything else, the story of Palestine is the story of family. Read these accounts of life (and death) in Gaza from the Electronic Intifada.

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After Israeli withdrawal, “the devastation is colossal” in Jabiliya – Day 237

[email protected] May 31, 2024 alexander smith, faiza shaheen, free speech, Jabaliya, police brutality, stacey gilbert, state department resignation, unrwa, wayne state university, West Bank, women at risk

Jabaliya is destroyed; Palestinian paramedics targeted; heart-wrenching video “Dad is gone”; women at risk; UNRWA as “terrorist organization”; two more State Department officials resign over Gaza; horrors across the West Bank; police clear out pro-Palestine protesters at Wayne State U in Detroit; candidate ousted from UK party over “likes,” more

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Israel is trying to designate UNRWA as a terrorist org – Day 236

[email protected] May 30, 2024 arms embargo, Aryeh Neier, genocide, Hesen Jabr, humanitarian aid, international criminal court, Josep Borrell, NYU Langone Health, Rafah, unrwa

Palestinians in Rafah & across Gaza grapple with ongoing Israeli violence, starvation; UN experts call for embargo; another expert identifies genocide – while a nurse in US gets fired for doing the same; Israel’s covert war on the ICC, Mossad threatened prosecutor; EU rejects Israel’s designation of UNRWA as terrorist org; Biden admin won’t sanction ICC; US appears to scold Israel at UN…

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Israel’s latest offensives unleash ‘hell’ in Gaza, aid groups say

[email protected] May 29, 2024 childhood malnutrition, famine, humanitarian aid, humanitarian crisis, israeli bombardment, podcast, starvation, uprooted families, world food program

Fighting in the north and south has deepened Gaza’s humanitarian crisis and reversed recent gains by aid groups in staving off starvation and disease.

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