Israeli land grabs, settlement expansion and demolitions in Palestinian communities mark the most significant territorial changes in the West Bank in decades.
Israel is redrawing the West Bank, cutting into a prospective Palestinian state
Tags: international law
Does Any Other Country besides Israel have the Right to Defend Itself?
The narrative has finally begun to shift on Palestine. Voices have grown increasingly louder demanding that Palestinians have a right to defend themselves.
In a population that treasures education, no school for Gaza’s children – Day 337
Gazan children begin a second year without school; how to starve 2.3 M people in record time; Israel bombs 16 schools-turned-shelters in one month; 69 percent of Gaza’s children receive polio vaccination; Jordanian gunman kills 3 Israelis; Israeli generals’ latest scheme to destroy Hamas; car-ramming in Hebron; Smotrich, Ben Gvir stir up trouble; PA wants illegal settlers out of West Bank; more.
U.S. media downplays and ignores ICJ ruling declaring Israeli occupation illegal
The New York Times and the rest of the U.S. mainstream media downplayed, covered up, and even ignored the historic ICJ opinion declaring the Israeli occupation illegal.
When Israel Burned Refugees Alive, Establishment Media Called It a ‘Tragic Accident’
FAIR: As the world watched on social media and responded in outrage, US corporate media, once again, provided cover for the perpetrators of Israel’s genocide…
ICJ ruling offers some vindication after 76 years of Palestinian struggle; Israeli strikes keep killing Gazans – Day 286
Int’l Court of Justice deals a severe blow to Israel; at least 50 killed in Gaza; Israel’s killing of Hind Rajab a war crime; West Bank deaths; Yemeni drone hits Tel Aviv; Eilat Port in Israel declares bankruptcy; calls for Israel to be “unseated” from UN; 200 Congress staffers call for boycott of Netanyahu speech; more.
Two horrific Israeli massacres leave over 110 Palestinians dead – Day 280
Netanyahu alone is calling the shots as Israel’s massacre of 90 Palestinians in Mawasi camp misses Hamas target, but kills ceasefire talks; massive bombs may have been US-made; US Defense Sec’y stands by Israel’s decision to attack; UN special rapporteur says attack was a violation of int’l law; a separate attack in Shati refugee camp kills 20; Palestinian journalist killed; unimaginable humanitarian crisis; dangerous situation in West Bank; more.
Is “Israel Has a Right to Defend Itself” Code for “We Are Killing the Geneva Conventions”?
Using insider speak, officials transmit one image to the public and a different one to their colleagues… Israel is asserting rights that may be consistent with colonial domination but do not exist under international law
The Palestinians’ Ironclad, Inalienable Right To Resist
Basic collective human rights – self-determination, national independence, territorial integrity, national unity, and sovereignty without outside interference – are essential and universally legitimate.
“Laws Of War” Biden-Blinken Style
When Biden talks about a “rules-based order”, whose rules is he talking about? What “Laws of War”? See this video to find out…