Israeli sources say the involvement of Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, revived Hamas hostage negotiations. While Netanyahu’s government portrays Trump’s actions as leaving him with no alternative, the ultimate decision on the deal rests with the internal dynamics of his coalition.
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As in Gaza, so in Amsterdam: Israelis wreak havoc, then claim victimhood – Day 398
Gaza is dying, Israel’s lethal tactics in the West Bank; what really happened in Amsterdam; more Netanyahu scandal emerges; score one for Wikipedia
Israel dropped over 85,000 tons of bombs on Gaza since start of genocide – Day 396
Palestinians barred from returning to homes in northern Gaza; Israeli strike kills 25 – 13 of them children; Israel orders $5.2B worth of new fighter jets (paid for by US military aid); new criminal probe opened against Netanyahu; new Israeli deportation law targets Palestinians; UN signals: no UNRWA means Israel is on its own; 2 Palestinians killed in West Bank; what Rashida Tlaib’s re-election signifies; more.
“We cannot count the number of those killed. The numbers are terrifying” – Day 378
Many killed, hospitals, civilians attacked in northern Gaza; Netanyahu’s home hit by Hezbollah missile; Israel kills several in West Bank; US munitions found at Lebanon blast site, as Biden official “would like to see” less violent attacks; Israel’s nukes; Israel bars medical aid groups from Gaza; more.
Israel’s defiance on full display; Biden admin commences hand-wringing – Day 356
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah confirmed dead in Israeli strike – global outrage against “maniac” Netanyahu; Israel withholds nearly 90% of humanitarian aid from Gaza; mass walkout in UN General Assembly chamber as “global pariah” Netanyahu takes the stage; meanwhile, Netanyahu’s popularity in Israel grows; calls for Sec’y of State Blinken’s resignation after lying to Congress for Israel; Israel called out for violating global labor law in West Bank; Google’s shady actions vis-a-vis Israel; more.
Israel bombs shelter in Gaza, killing orphans and widows – Day 350
Israel kills orphans, widows, health workers in Gaza, steals land in West Bank, takes terrorism to a new level – could this be the week Netanyahu goes from pariah to international fugitive?
Choose-Your-Own Update – Day 349
Biden’s weapon transfers to Israel under scrutiny; Netanyahu wants to “change the Middle East”; Lebanese diplomat warns of “great explosion” in the region if Israel isn’t stopped; more.
“Palestinian lives are cheap”; so are pro-Palestinian American lives – Day 336
Official death toll in Gaza approaches 41,000; Biden-Harris fail to condemn killing of US citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces; poll shows Harris would benefit from arms embargo on Israel; global hunger has doubled in 2024, thanks in great part to Biden-backed Israeli assault; the “Wild West Bank,” where Palestinian lives are cheap; Netanyahu misleading the world about Philadelphi Corridor to avoid ceasefire; Israeli forces mutilate Palestinian child’s body; Israeli settler violence; southern Lebanon; BDS win in Maine; 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.
New worries as polio virus detected in Gaza sewage – Day 285
Polio risk added to long list of crises in Gaza; Amnesty speaks out on Israeli torture, Oxfam speaks out on Israeli water weaponization; LA may hire ex-IDF soldiers to patrol streets; 1,000+ attacks on Palestinian healthcare; Ben Gvir’s provocative prayer visit to Al Aqsa; Netanyahu nixes children’s hospital for Gaza kids; ICC arrest warrants expected soon; Republican and Democratic parties scramble to ingratiate with Israel; much more.