Israel impedes Gaza emergency services, hygiene and trash disposal; Israeli forces killed with their own (repurposed) bomb; US has sent Israel tens of thousands of bombs; debate notes; updates on Lebanon, ICC arrest warrants; Israel is starving Palestinian prisoners, approving new settlements; Gaza pier shutting down again; more.
Israel deliberately bombs shelter centres, killing displaced people; 2,000 medical evacuations prevented by Rafah crossing closure; home demolition frenzy in West Bank; Palestinian prisoner deaths highest ever; Israel threatens could take Lebanon “back to the Stone Age”; Israeli VIPs urge Congress to “disinvite” Netanyahu; $25 milion buys an election for Israel; UC Berkeley pledges to expand antisemitism ed to all new students; Norwegian group divests from Caterpillar; more
Children going without food, bathrooms; in a bid for total lawlessness, Israel kills 8 Gaza police officers; thousands desperately need medical evacuation; Slovenia recognizes Palestinian state; Israel purchases F-35 fighter jets; Israel uses white phosphorous in Lebanon; Biden opines on Netanyahu’s war “strategy,” still can’t say “war crime”; US House passes bill calling to sanction ICC; more.
Israeli protesters continue to block aid to Gaza; Khan Younis hospital in chaos; State of Palestine to present to ICJ report on Israel’s actions since genocide ruling; Gaza fishermen attacked; popular Gaza political analyst & family killed day after he appears on Al Jazeera; US investigating white phosphorus and 1-ton bombs used in Israel; US State Dept claims it expects a “quick, thorough, and transparent investigation” into the killing of 2nd American citizen in West Bank; Israel accuses South Africa of representing interests of the “Hamas terrorist organization”; Israel reportedly preparing for war with Lebanon; Pope’s 2nd in command condemns Israel’s actions – Israel calls his words “deplorable”; Church of England says Israel’s actions “can not be morally justified”; and more
Shortages put infants, children at heightened risk; evidence of arbitrary field executions, torture of Gazans; UK Labor leader supports “inalienable right of Palestinian people”; American teen killed in West Bank; possible escalation in Lebanon in the offing; another strike on Houthis; Biden’s unrealistic expectations, Swiss investigating criminal complaint against Israeli president
Gaza’s orphans; famine in the offing; the school and housing crises; NYT’s “investigation” into rape allegations falls short; free speech takes a hit in Berlin; Biden claims 2023 “accomplishments” include supporting Israel; longtime investigative journalist James Bamford exposes secretive operation
Blinken avoids congressional oversight in weapon sale to Israel; Israeli military targets UN humanitarian aid convoy, historical sites, steals from Gazan homes; Gazan food insecurity is “catastrophic”; Israeli envoy threatens Lebanon; Gaza medical workers tortured, journalist killed; multiple incidents in West Bank; Friday worship disrupted in Jerusalem
Gaza humanitarian & hospital updates, Israeli assaults, magnitude of Israel’s bombing, war crimes, West Bank news, ethnic cleansing
Commentaries on the massive explosion in Beirut… Fingers point everywhere… Israeli hypocrisy… Prime Minister Netanyahu threatened Hezbollah in 2018: ‘Israel knows what you are doing and will not let you get away with it,’ notes the Israeli army said Hezbollah had a weapons store underneath the port of Beirut..
Richard Silverstein reports: “A confidential highly-informed Israeli source has told me that Israel caused the massive explosion at the Beirut port earlier today which killed over 100 and injured thousands. The bombing also virtually leveled the port itself and caused massive damage throughout the city…”