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As it defends its planned genocidal Rafah invasion before ICJ, Israel vows to “intensify” raids – Day 223

[email protected] May 17, 2024 free speech, gaza pier, greg abbott, Human Rights Watch, humanitarian aid, international court of justice, international law, israeli settler violence, Jabaliya, japan, Lindsay Graham, Rafah, West Bank

Israel prepares a large-scale attack on Rafah, after massive destruction in the north and massive loss of life; aid orgs running out of medical supplies, food; West Bank also under attack; HRW reports on Israel’s failure to follow ICJ’s orders – as Israel is hauled up before the court yet again; multiple countries (not including US) pressure Israel to comply with int’l law; Japan calls out Lindsay Graham’s bad taste; US-built pier is operational; Texas governor Greg Abbott sued; more

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Fighter jets, attack drones hammer Rafah; catastrophe looms – Day 217

[email protected] May 11, 2024 famine, international law, podcast, Rafah, weapons to israel

Israel expands its attack of Rafah; Biden admin reports that Israeli use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza “likely violated international humanitarian law”; food catastrophe looms as Israel continues to block aid trucks; South Africa wants ICJ to intervene in Rafah; UN General Assembly strongly supports Palestine’s quest for statehood; Israel withholds millions it owes Palestinian Authority; UN wants investigation into mass graves in Gaza

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Terrifying Israeli attack on Rafah, more mass graves, more int’l law violations – Day 214

[email protected] May 8, 2024 Biden, biden policies, ceasefire, famine, Gaza protest, humanitarian aid, international law, israeli hostage, Israeli settlers, kahane, mass grave, palestine protest, Rafah, weapons transfer

Rafah nightmare; another cache of buried Gazan bodies; Israeli hostage dies from Israeli bombing; evacuation orders not compliant with int’l law; Biden drags feet on Israel report; settlers attack aid trucks (again) as famine grows; cousin of extremist Meir Kahane rams Columbia pro-Palestine protesters; US reportedly delays shipment of one-ton bombs to Israel; news on ceasefire proposal…

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“This morning is one of the darkest in this 7-month-long nightmare,” “The Israeli occupation has sentenced the residents of the Strip to death” – Day 213

[email protected] May 7, 2024 campus protest, ceasefire, evacuation, freedom flotilla, funding hamas, international criminal court, international law, Netanyahu, Rafah, sexual assault

Terror in Rafah as Israeli troops move in – in spite of Hamas’ agreement to ceasefire deal; 600,000 children at risk; Israel’s evacuation plan for Rafah does not meet with US approval, and may be a violation of int’l law; Netanyahu is on the hook for ceasefire decision and leaked “top secret” letter from 2018; UN experts on sexual assault of Palestinians; Republican senators threaten ICC prosecutor; campus protest and Freedom Flotilla news, more

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Nationwide, Palestine supporters demand their free speech rights – Day 204

[email protected] April 28, 2024 biden ben gvir, freedom flotilla, international law, Olympics, palestine protests, Refaat Alareer, unrwa, water

Protests and repression throughout the US; Israeli airstrike kills family members of revered poet; more UNRWA cases closed; Palestinians to be represented in Olympics; ceasefire talks; Gaza water crisis; State Dept memo: Israel may be violating int’l law; Biden snubs Muslim American voters…

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Mass graves in Gaza reveal mass executions – Day 192

[email protected] April 16, 2024 al-Shifa, beit lahiya, contamination, famine, Gaza, genocide, humanitarian aid, international law, israeli settler, mass grave, tent city rafah, torture, West Bank

Mass graves containing Palestinian bodies found in multiple Gaza locations; released Gazan prisoners report abuse by Israeli forces; humanitarians face “hostile” environment, Israel breaking promise to increase aid; “unprecedented” levels of contamination in northern Gaza; Israel announces tents to be built ahead of attack on Rafah; Israel obstructing UN probe, Israelis obstructing aid; Israel and Iran violated int’l law; West Bank deaths as Israeli settlers and military team up, more

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Land Day commemorates land lost to Israeli confiscation – Day 176

[email protected] March 31, 2024 famine, flour massacre, Gaza, gaza hospital siege, genocide, intelligence sharing, international law, Israel, land day, land expropriation, massacre, war crimes

On Land Day, Palestinians control less of their land than ever; 400 Palestinians reportedly dead in hospital siege; US-Israel intel sharing may be contributing to civilian deaths in Gaza; Israel comes clean on 2 (out of 33,000) Gazan deaths; yet another flour massacre; UK playing fast and loose with int’l law; more

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Reports: executions of children, unarmed men by Israel – Day 173

[email protected] March 28, 2024 annelle sheline, Biden, childhood in Gaza, execution, Gaza, genocide, humanitarian aid, international law, Israel, temporary pier

Euro-Med reports 13 children executed in last week; footage of Israeli forces executing, burying unarmed men; the horror of childhood in Gaza; aid sites, hospitals are death traps; Biden admin’s self-contradiction on the world stage; poll says Americans disapprove of Israel’s actions in Gaza; Israel prepares to censor Al Jazeera; Palestinians suspicious of US temporary pier; State Dept officer’s public resignation; German citizenship test; Netanyahu reaches out, more

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“Gaza has shattered humanity’s records for its darkest chapters” – Day 172

[email protected] March 27, 2024 air drops, Gaza, genocide, Hezbollah, humanitarian aid, icj, international law, military aid, military industrial complex, un resolution, unicef, West Bank

“Hellish’ conditions throughout Gaza; 3 Palestinians killed in West Bank; Hezbollah’s promise to leave Israel alone; US may take till May to decide whether Israel is in compliance with int’l law; Israel: “UN resolution means nothing”; post-UN resolution, post-ICJ decision, Israel has made no changes; US refuses to stop aid airdrops after 18 deaths; “there could have been milk”; UN confirms genocide charge; who is arming Israel?

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Questions, controversies, tempers swirl around UNSC ceasefire resolution – Day 171

[email protected] March 26, 2024 air drop deaths, ceasefire resolution, genocide, hospitals gaza, international law, military aid, security council, unrwa, unsc

Egos, assumptions, denialism accompany passage of UN Security Council resolution; meanwhile, another confirmation of genocide by Israel; German support for UNRWA; air drop deaths; hospitals under siege; Israel’s “compliance” with int’l law, more

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