A former State Department advisor warns that the Trump administration is displaying “even less regard for human rights” in Gaza than Biden did
Congress must keep weapons out of Israel if Trump likes it or not
Tags: human rights
UN schools in Gaza shaped our reporter’s childhood. She worries for the future.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency has become known for its distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza during the war there. But its real value lies in its schools, says the Christian Science Monitor’s Gaza reporter. If they close, what is the future for Palestinians?
Where was Amnesty International during the Genocide in Gaza?
Amnesty International postures about all sorts of trendy human rights everywhere in the world, but then doesn’t cover genocide and spring into effective action… One thing is certain: Amnesty is not part of the solution, it is part of the problem. – Paul De Rooij
Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings, Rapes
A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He has not taken any action.
Israel and US deliberately gutting international law in Gaza
Over the past six months in Gaza, Israel has killed civilians on an industrial scale, turned hospitals into strategic military targets and food into a weapon of war.
‘Come out, you animals’: how the massacre at al-Shifa Hospital happened
During the massacre at al-Shifa Hospital, the Israeli army shot patients in their beds and doctors who refused to abandon the sick, separated people into groups with differently-colored bracelets, and executed hundreds of civil government employees.
Big truths that RFK Jr ignores in his eagerness to support Israel
Longtime journalist Chris Hedges offers a partial inventory of Israel’s documented human rights abuses of Palestinians – massive abuses that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. chooses to ignore: the crimes of apartheid, and the targeting and torturing of civilians, to name a few. As Hedges reminds us, to support this Israel is to “justify the unjustifiable”; and to protest Israeli policy is “a political death wish.” (part 3)
Expert reveals Israel’s abuse of Palestinians was premeditated
Longtime journalist & former Middle East bureau chief Chria Hedges provides a brief but powerful description – much of it firsthand – of Palestinians’ devastation at the hands of Israel. He then provides proof that this is exactly what Israel’s founders had in mind. (part 1 pf 3)
Recent news from Israel and Palestine that you probably missed
The news cycle never ends in Israel and Palestine, but coverage by mainstream can be extremely spotty. Here are a few recent stories from the region.
Israeli killing continues, with 2 Palestinian deaths on Thursday
The 16th and 17th Palestinians killed by invading Israeli forces this month: one went down in an act of resistance, the other, 16, was shot during a protest