At Israel’s hands, Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza sees medical staff killed, ambulance destroyed, neighbors massacred, displaced Palestinians used as human shields, patients unable to get care; West Bank death; Lebanon ceasefire violations; how smear campaigns follow Palestine supporters
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U.S. Media’s Doublespeak: Israelis Live in “Densely Populated Areas,” Palestinians Are “Human Shields”
The Western media’s double standards when it comes to Israel and Palestine are hardly new. The discourse around “human shields” — or the failure to use the term — is an example of hypocrisy pushed to the extreme, by letting Israel deflect the blame for mass civilian deaths.
Biden can’t say no to Israel, in spite of its flagrant violations of int’l law – Day 375
Israel regularly uses Palestinians as human shields; Gaza, Lebanon under attack; Biden sends stealth fighters to bomb Yemen w/o Congress’ ok; Biden envoy: Israel gets whatever it wants; Palestinian kids under admin detention way up; German politicians who support genocide; Israeli conference on resettling Gaza
Northern Gaza has become a killing field – Day 367
Humanitarian catastrophe in northern Gaza amid violent ethnic cleansing and ecocide; update on little Hind Rajab; Israel is using human shields (again); US has spent nearly $23 billion on Israel’s genocide; US considers attacking Iran in tandem with Israel; more.
Jenin under deadly siege, as Gaza war appears to engulf West Bank – Day 329
Dozens of Palestinians dead across West Bank, especially Jenin; extensive damage to infrastructure, healthcare facilities; Israel uses young girl as human shield; father of seven dies in Israeli custody; Hebron heating up; hostage corpses recovered; State of Palestine gets a seat at UN General Assembly
When a phone flashlight is as important to a doctor as her stethoscope – Day 322
Fuel shortage plunges hospital into darkness; Deir al Balah, last “intact” city, faces mass evacuation; Israeli soldiers film themselves destroying mosque, burning Qurans; displacement leads to missing food aid distribution; little chance of polio vaccinations without ceasefire; Israeli forces use Palestinian as human shield; DNC banned speech – in full; Squad warns of AIPAC’s power; more
Gazans used as human shields, subjected to cruel new types of torture – Day 268
Israel’s inhumane practices toward Gazan prisoners & civilians; hospitals about to shut down for lack of fuel; such Israeli restrictions long predate Oct. 7- see this 2006 video; Ben-Gvir calls for Palestinian prisoners to be starved, then shot in the head; new racist bill making its way through Israeli legislature; female prisoners mistreated; West Bank assassination; more.
Gaza peace talks have apparently reached a ‘dead end’ – Day 261
Israel rejects permanent ceasefire; war to go on, but “intense fighting” is ending; Israeli strikes kill 25 more Gazan civilians; Israeli soldier posed naked in Gaza; update on Israeli soldiers’ killing of Hind Rajab, 5; US military members say they can no longer be complicit in Israeli war crimes; children with disabilities suffer from Israeli targeting; Israel has arrested so many Palestinians there’s no room for more; US, Netanyahu disagree on level of US loyalty to Israel; EU leaders: crisis in Gaza has reached a breaking point; Hezbollah video shows Israeli security targets; more.
Israeli-imposed mass starvation, airstrikes continue to kill in Gaza – Day 260
Another child dies of malnutrition; dozens killed by Israeli airstrikes; US-built pier malfunctions; West Bank youth dies after soldiers shot him in stomach; Palestinian used as human shield; 2 US servicemen seek CO status over support of Israel; Military expert says US seen as taking orders from Netanyahu: Hind Rajab investigation; Cuba joins ICJ genocide case, more.
Disaster unfolds all over Gaza, West Bank – Day 219
Gaza deaths by airstrike, lack of medical supplies, hunger, torture; what is happening in Gaza is a ‘turkey shoot’; Nobel laureate denounces Gaza invasion at Vatican; Gaza prisoners endure ‘barbaric treatment’ by Israeli forces; 226 buildings in West Bank destroyed or damaged by Israeli army in April; Israeli forces use children as human shields;
Colombia President: Netanyahu will go down in history as ‘genocide perpetrator’