Israel has carried out thousands of massacres; Gaza pier in trouble again; Blinken pledges $400m in aid; US intelligence-sharing with Israel may be getting out of control; UN acknowledges Israel’s use of Hannibal Directive; Israel on the “list of shame”; Israel’s war on food suppliers, journalists, West Bank economy and people; more
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UN: Israel committed crime of “extermination”; US defense commander was in Israel during Nuseirat massacre – Day 249
US presence in Israel during Nuseirat attack; 3,000 at-risk children could die “before their families’ eyes” without aid; 6 killed in West Bank again; House proposes millions more to Israel; US experts say “policies should be America first, not Israel first; US Congress members have an “AIPAC guy”…
Biden policies: Rudderless, incompetent and complicit
Washington’s diplomacy on Gaza is held hostage by a domestic political narrative on Palestine that has long been divorced from reality and reason… Countries around the world no longer look to the US as a responsible actor…
“The situation is apocalyptic,” as Israel bombs another UN school – Day 243
Israel bombs UN school, strips children of their clothes, pushes a million Gazans toward famine, kills civilians with drones; Israelis stage provocative Flag March; Israel targets US lawmakers with fake news; mysterious files on Netanyahu; “disinfo” Israeli company; much more…
Why Gaza’s Death Toll Is Probably Higher Than Reported
Starvation, unsanitary conditions, and bodies beneath the rubble have almost certainly contributed to a death toll much higher than what we have heard.
Gaza famine intensifies; Israeli government is on a collision course – Day 239
Rafah is rubble, essentially without food, medical services; child dies of starvation; Jabalia in ruins; Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist in Gaza, teenager in West Bank; ceasefire deal on the table, but Netanyahu wants total victory first; extremist ministers threaten to topple Israeli government; Netanyahu accepts invitation to speak before Congress; Finkelstein says Israel lobby dominates through wielding its wealth; Chile joins ICJ genocide case against Israel; …
Israel is trying to designate UNRWA as a terrorist org – Day 236
Palestinians in Rafah & across Gaza grapple with ongoing Israeli violence, starvation; UN experts call for embargo; another expert identifies genocide – while a nurse in US gets fired for doing the same; Israel’s covert war on the ICC, Mossad threatened prosecutor; EU rejects Israel’s designation of UNRWA as terrorist org; Biden admin won’t sanction ICC; US appears to scold Israel at UN…
Israel’s latest offensives unleash ‘hell’ in Gaza, aid groups say
Fighting in the north and south has deepened Gaza’s humanitarian crisis and reversed recent gains by aid groups in staving off starvation and disease.
Netanyahu tries to explain away Rafah massacre: “we tried” – Day 234
Netanyahu claims civilian deaths in Rafah were “tragic” mistake; how limited is the “limited operation” in Rafah?; Rafah bombing is “the crime of crimes” – genocide; Amnesty Int’l and Reporters Without Borders call for war crimes investigations by ICC; US response to Rafah attack, more
Israel’s response to ICJ ruling: bomb more – Day 231
Friday’s ruling by International Court of Justice welcomed by legal experts; not by Israel; some people in Gaza surviving on three per cent of the minimum standard for daily water needs; Media Freedom Coalition on the closure of Al Jazeera in Israel; Gaza pier is broken; first arrest made over UCLA counterprotester violence; Harvard graduation protest; more