International Rescue Committee’s Bob Kitchen explains why Gaza is the ‘most intense crisis’ he’s seen in 25 years of responding to humanitarian emergencies and how the IDF strangles aid efforts in the Strip
Hamas’ “Framework for Negotiating an Agreement to a Permanent Ceasefire” shows a good-faith effort to make a deal, while Israel and the US lean into lies.
On 5 June, Palestinians mark Naksa Day, commemorating the forced displacement of about 300,000 Palestinians during the June 1967 war. The Naksa is still going.
Israeli forces continue to systematically use last-minute displacement orders as a violent tool, raising fear and anxiety levels even higher in Gaza’s already terrified population.
Trump’s statements on Gaza that he calls “my concept” is in fact not his at all. Over decades there have been multiple Israeli plans to empty out the Palestinian population in a bid to secure full control over this part of Palestine
Israel executes, buries 9 medics in Rafah; Gaza violence bears ‘hallmarks of atrocity crimes’; tons of food waits just over the border; forced displacement is unsafe; Israel releases 30 Palestinian prisoners amid reports of poor health; where to put ethnically cleansed Gazans?; Israel on ‘verge of civil war’ and ‘full-fledged fascist dictatorship’; Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel?; violence against UK Quakers
Israel makes healing nearly impossible for thousands in Gaza; UN General Assembly says Yes to Palestinian statehood; EU may get tougher on Israel; US may get tougher on pro-Palestine nonprofits; Netflix erasing Palestinians again
Australia says Yes to Palestinian statehood; US denies forced displacement, genocide in Gaza; Israel attacks another “safe” zone, denies medical evacuation to children; Sanders, Tlaib, Warren call for Biden accountability; ACLU supports campus protest as Congress poised to quash it; more.
As part of Israel’s plan to develop the southern Naqab desert, Bedouins residing in Naqab desert villages have endured multiple forced displacements since Israel’s establishment in 1948 as the Jewish state. Israel prevents these communities from developing and denies them essential services like water and electricity.