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Israeli-inflicted Palestinian injuries in Gaza, West Bank surpass 100,000 – Day 332

Hamas is alive and well; West Bank is officially a “combat zone”; Palestinian journalists imprisoned like never before; Int’l Criminal Court decision on Netanyahu war crimes expected soon; US files criminal charges against Hamas members; Netanyahu blatantly erases Palestine from the map; Trump adviser David Friedman has a plan for a Greater Israel; US in “despair” about ceasefire; UK’s David Cameron could have stopped arms sales to Israel months ago; Columbia U students keep protesting for Palestine; more

Israel Israel Has Bombed Gaza Into 42 Million Tons of Rubble – Day 327

9 members of Gaza family wiped out at once; 3-day polio vaccine pauses to begin; Israel attacks humanitarian aid convoy, killing 5; freed Israeli Bedouin hostage’s village mostly under demolition orders; West Bank invasion: at least 18 Palestinians killed; US-UK “special relationship” may be at risk if UK blocks arms sales to Israel; human rights activist-reportrt arrested by UK police; Columbia U dumps due process to punish Palestine protesters; Rep. Ritchie Torres says BDS has “taken over the American aviation industry”; Gazan competes in Paralympics; more.

For Columbia and a Powerful Donor, Months of Talks and Millions at Risk

Emails and interviews show some of the private demands on Columbia. After months of campus protests against Israel’s actions, Angelica Berrie (of the Berrie Foundation, whose giving has often been tied to Israeli causes) delivered a warning… $10 million is at risk…

Columbia crackdown led by university prof doubling as NYPD spook

Rebecca Weiner is a Columbia U. professor who also serves as intelligence director of the NYPD. Mayor Eric Adams credits her with spying on anti-genocide student protesters and directing the militarized raid that dislodged them from campus.

US singlehandedly blocks Palestine from full UN membership,  billion to Israel reaches House floor – Day 195

Biden mulls massive arms sale to Israel; Israeli “limited” strike in Iran takes world’s eyes off Rafah; another mass grave discovered at Al Shifa Hospital, where Israeli forces stashed at least 30 bodies; ICC may issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders; Israeli violence in West Bank refugee camp; pro-Palestinian students arrested at Columbia U, receive death threat;; Google fires employees who stood for Palestine