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Israel commits three massacres in less than one hour; a survivor says, “We are killed by American missiles” – Day 283

[email protected] July 17, 2024 american support for israel, annexation, Bezalel Smotrich, gazan with down syndrome, genocide, Hebron, israeli massacres, palestinian journalist, tax deductible donations to israel, us made weapons in israel

With US complicity, Israeli attacks continue unabated; another Palestinian journalist killed; Gazan man with Down Syndrome attacked by Israeli military dog, left to die; Smotrich demands blatant disregard for Int’l Court of Justice ruling – if it does not favor Israel; tax deductible support in US for Israeli groups that block humanitarian aid to Gaza; US has been making secret flights to Israel; US court lets Biden off the hook in Gaza genocide; more.

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Israel vows to improve safety for aid workers, then kills 4 aid workers; uses horrific shrapnel-producing weapons against children – Day 278

[email protected] July 12, 2024 annexation, buffer zone, delta apology, east jerusalem evictions, gaza city, gaza pier, israeli settlers sanctioned, Israeli snipers, journalist access to gaza, khan younis, microsoft, shrapnel weapons, targeting aid workers

Israeli-made shrapnel weapons “designed to maximize casualties”; how NOT to improve safety for aid workers; Israeli snipers target Palestinians as they flee; unbelievable destruction in Gaza City, signs of illegal buffer zone; Khan Younis reduced to “sand and rubble”; Israel proceeds with West Bank illegal annexation; Gaza pier to be dismantled after 20 operational days; more.

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Rep. Betty McCollum leads effort to block Israel from using US aid to break int’l law

[email protected] April 16, 2021 annexation, Betty McCollum, detention, H.R. 2590, home demolition, Ilhan Omar, Jamaal Bowman, Marie Newman, no way to treat a child, Rashida Tlaib, torture

Rep. Betty McCollum has introduced a new bill (H.R. 2590) that challenges Israel’s impunity, at a time when support in Congress for Palestinian rights is at an all-time high. This issue of conditional aid to Israel has gained momentum in recent years – but there is a long way to go…

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‘Winds are shifting’: US Congress criticise Israel in two rare letters

[email protected] March 15, 2021 annexation, blinken, covid vaccine, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, secretary of state, unrwa

Support for Palestinian human rights in Congress may be on the rise at last: In 2 separate letters, House members slam range of Israel policies, and five senators call on Israel to vaccinate Palestinians.

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Meet Sami Huraini, leader of a rising youth protest movement in the West Bank

[email protected] March 4, 2021 annexation, area c, at-tuwani, harun abu aram, israeli settlement, nonviolent protest, occupation, sami huraini, settler violence, sumud, youth of sumud

Activist Sami Huraini, 23, is one of the coordinators of a West Bank youth group engaged in weekly demonstrations. His family history of nonviolent protest has yielded some unlikely victories.

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News headlines: Israel military’s ruthless To-Do list from Tuesday, Feb. 9

[email protected] February 11, 2021 annexation, detention, home demolition, occupation, police brutality

How much damage can an occupying army do in one day? This much.

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When your village becomes a “firing zone” – that’s ethnic cleansing

[email protected] February 10, 2021 annexation, area c, firing zone, intimidation, Israeli military, judaization, judea and samaria

In order to intimidate Palestinians into leaving their own land, Israel declares various areas of the West Bank “military firing zones.” It’s one of many strategies for ethnic cleansing and “Judaization.”

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Israel has been “disappearing” Palestinians since 1967

[email protected] September 21, 2020 annexation, apartheid, area c, deal of the century, oslo accords, palestinian authority, population control, population registry, population transfer, settlement, settlement procedure

Israel has worked behind the scenes for years to erase Palestinians from their own Population Registry, creating an artificial Jewish majority in “Judea and Samaria” (the West Bank), and robbing Palestinians of basic human rights.

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Is the United Nations anti-Israel? – a survey of UN resolutions

[email protected] September 16, 2020 1967 war, annexation, apartheid, icj, intifada, Jerusalem, Nakba, nonproliferation treaty, nuclear weapon, occupation, refugee, resolution 194, resolution 242, separation wall, settlement, south africa

The United Nations has passed an inordinate number of resolutions critical of Israel (at least seven hundred), but very few critical of Palestine. Is there a good reason for this high number, or is this a case of anti-Israel bias? – or worse yet, anti-Semitism? This analysis breaks it down.

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Republican platform panders to Israel zealots

[email protected] August 20, 2020 annexation, Christian Zionism, gop, Jerusalem, occupation, republican national committee, Republican platform, rnc, United Nations

The Republican National Committee platform of 2016, resurrected for 2020, will once again genuflect before Israel – ignoring the realities of human rights, international law, and logic.

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