Israel is a threat to critically ill children in Gaza, to Palestinian and American journalists, to peacekeepers, to truth itself, and to human rights worldwide
Tags: humanitarian aid
Gaza is home to “the most amputee children in modern history” – Day 369
Humanitarian aid orgs describe Israel’s total siege on northern Gaza using words like “extermination,” phrases like “most child amputees in modern history” and “no food distribution in any form”
Israel tramples everything in its path as White House tries to keep up – Day 359
US thinks it has influence over rogue Israel as it commences ground invasion of Lebanon; record-breaking number of women and children deaths in Gaza; nearly 100% of Gaza in poverty; “a monster has been unleashed”; US sending a ‘few thousand’ troops to Middle East to defend Israel (but not to evacuate Americans); Veterans for Peace demands probe Into Blinken’s enabling of Israel’s genocide; Netanyahu’s sales pitch for chaos in Iran; Israeli settlers promote new properties in Lebanon for sale “to Jews”; more.
Gazans have an average of one meal every other day – Day 346
Lebanon in crisis after thousands of pagers explode in Israeli op; Israel blocks 83% of aid into Gaza; Israeli massacre in Al Bureij refugee camp using US-made bombs kills at least 23, dozens still buried; Israel is denying visas to Gaza-bound aid groups; Israel has killed an average of 2 babies, 3 health workers every day; in West Bank, 5 children are killed or injured every day; State of Palestine asks UN to consider calling for end to Israeli occupation; Wikipedia defines Zionism as colonialism; more.
Israel tries to block at least 3 investigations by UN bodies, holds polio vaccine workers at gunpoint – Day 338
Israel detains polio vaccine team, blocks humanitarian aid (more than usual), bullies South Africa, bullies Palestinian Authority, interferes with UN rape probe, covers up killing of 3 more Israeli hostages, seizes more West Bank land; Biden administration expects Israel to conduct transparent investigation into killing of American activist Aysenur Eygi in West Bank, as it feigns ignorance of who pulled the trigger; Florida politician’s blatant Islamophobia; Netanyahu may be delaying ceasefire as a gift to Trump; rabbi blesses, excuses Israeli rapist of Palestinians; Freedom Flotilla held hostage in Turkey; more.
As Netanyahu digs in and Palestine is dismantled, Biden/Harris stand firmly by Israel’s side – Day 333
Netanyahu is ok with civilian casualties in Gaza; Rafah closure: expired humanitarian aid is being dumped in Egypt; brutality in Jenin and Tulkarm, West Bank; Int’l Criminal Court calls out US for pressure, threats; Biden’s own laws require him to suspend arms transfers to Israel; the “war on Palestine” is waged even in K-12; Greta Thunberg arrested during Gaza protest; mainstream Israeli podcast calls for elimination of Palestinians; “Israel Rules Washington”; from the river to the sea; more.
West Bank, Gaza face similar annihilation tactics at Israel’s hands – Day 328
West Bank invasion continues, with at least 20 dead, Jenin hit hardest; strong parallels between Gaza and West Bank invasions; tragic numbers of unaccompanied children, as Israel withholds aid like never before; US encourages changes in Israel’s evacuation policy – because US says it cares about the “most vulnerable”; Palestinians seek US Appeals Court review of Biden genocide complicity case; 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.
Congratulations AIPAC on 500th air delivery of US weapons to kill Gazans – Day 324
US averages over one planeload of weapons per day to Israel; another evacuation order, another disruption in aid for Gazans; new statements from Amnesty, Human Rights Watch on Israeli atrocities; Hezbollah ready to stop trading attacks with Israel, while Israel mulls escalation; another journalist killed in Gaza, as global press groups protest; Israel kills six Palestinians in West Bank; Israel to fund Israeli settlers’ illegal intrusions into Al Aqsa mosque compound; anti-Zionism = antisemitism policy at NYU is worrying; Columbia SJP disappeared; more.
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