On Christmas Eve, latest headlines from Gaza, the West Bank/East Jerusalem, Israel, and beyond.
Gazan Christians mark 3rd Christmas under genocide – Not a Ceasefire Day 75
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Despite ceasefire deal, Israel refuses to open the Rafah border crossing, cutting Gaza off from the world
Gaza’s Rafah border crossing was supposed to reopen in October as part of the ceasefire agreement. But the border remains closed, keeping Gaza shut off from the outside world and preventing families from reuniting with loves ones.
Garbage Is Poisoning Gaza
With Israel controlling all of Gaza’s major landfill areas, 900,000 tons of solid waste have been dumped across the enclave, exacerbating a public health crisis.
Israel’s all-seeing eye is the stealthiest cruelty of all in Gaza
Journalist Mohammed Mhawish describes how total surveillance is relentlessly controlling, often lethally, and the violence is determined algorithmically.
A smaller cage: Israel’s ‘two-state solution’ on Gaza’s ruins
Israel is redesigning Gaza’s territory to entrench fragmentation and indefinite occupation, paving the way for future depopulation and settlement building.
Tucker Carlson Asks “Why Are We Defending Mass Murder in Gaza?”
America’s Greatest Ally demands that we defend mass murder. It’s time to rethink that relationship…
No more fear: ‘Track AIPAC’ website, a sign of rapidly changing US public positions on Palestine and Israel
“AIPAC is on the ropes. It’s being defeated and losing its hold on the American public,” David Frank, a professor at the University of Oregon, told TNA.
‘I searched for my father in the ruins’: The fate of thousands buried under Gaza’s rubble
A teenager’s painful search through the rubble of the destroyed Shuja’iyya neighborhood reveals the scale of Gaza’s devastation – and trapped casualties
Thousands going deaf due to bombing in Gaza – Not a Ceasefire Day 44
At least 24 Gazans killed in one day; Israeli settlers poison Palestinian sheep, boast about their terrorism; land theft in West Bank; American campuses that treat anti-genocide protesters like terrorists
Ex-UN official decries resolution backing Gaza force as ‘colonial outrage’
Craig Mokhiber, former senior human rights official, describes Security Council vote on US resolution as a ‘day of shame’.