US thinks it has influence over rogue Israel as it commences ground invasion of Lebanon; record-breaking number of women and children deaths in Gaza; nearly 100% of Gaza in poverty; “a monster has been unleashed”; US sending a ‘few thousand’ troops to Middle East to defend Israel (but not to evacuate Americans); Veterans for Peace demands probe Into Blinken’s enabling of Israel’s genocide; Netanyahu’s sales pitch for chaos in Iran; Israeli settlers promote new properties in Lebanon for sale “to Jews”; more.
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The long-dreaded evacuation of Rafah has begun – Day 212
The evacuation of Rafah, in preparation for invasion (long forecast to be a bloodbath, and denounced by the US) – is underway; UNRWA chief Lazzarini’s accusations against Israel; US may have delayed an arms shipment to Israel; top US scholar says Israel Lobby is why Biden doesn’t reign in Israel; Netanyahu reportedly doesn’t want a ceasefire; reactions to the abrupt (but expected) closure of Al Jazeera-Israel; Palestinian journalist killed; campus protest news…
Over 100,000 Gazans dead, injured, or missing and presumed dead – Day 119
US has no plans to reduce arms shipments to Israel, rebuffs “immediate ceasefire,” prefers to wait for negotiated ceasefire – as Israel prepares to attack Rafah, where half of Gazans are now sheltering; meanwhile; half of Americans say Israel has “gone too far”; Rafah is “a pressure cooker of despair, and we fear for what comes next”; World Food Program still struggling against Israel’s restrictions on aid; 800 Western officials criticize Western policy toward Gaza, Israel;