Tallying detained healthcare workers in Gaza; polio vaccine campaign; B’Tselem: Israeli gov’t is trying to destroy human rights orgs; Israel makes up new ceasefire rules; Netzarim-like land corridor in West Bank; critically ill Pope Francis still talks to Gazan parish regularly; more.
Tags: polio vaccine
Israel delays release of 600 Palestinian prisoners at the last minute – Ceasefire Day 33
After release of Israeli hostages, Israel plays fast and loose with Palestinian prisoners and their families; polio vaccines resume; update on Tel Aviv bus bombings; Israeli violence in West Bank; is the UK spying on Hamas for Israel?
In northern Gaza (and elsewhere), Israel is out of control – Day 373
Northern Gaza: hospital inferno, killing cage, assassin drones; Palestinian journalist killed; 2nd round of polio vaccines; Lebanese Christian town hit hard by Israeli rocket; US org’s daily meetings in Sde Teiman; more.
UN: damage inflicted by famine will be “carried by Palestinians for several generations in the future” – Day 343
At least 26 Gazans killed Saturday; starvation as a weapon of state; Israel issues another evacuation order; UN calls for another round of polio vaccine pauses; Gazan medic killed in Israeli prison; Gaza calls for help as cold weather approaches; Israeli settlers + soldiers storm Hebron’s Old City; Netanyahu signals readiness to expand military efforts in Lebanon; UK’s Jewish Chronicle admits it was duped; UAE calls for Palestinian State on “day after”; South African minister calls for global solidarity with Palestine; on Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and Matt Nelson
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.
Israel’s violence and aggression against Palestinians appear to be escalating – Day 334
Israel has refused entry to some polio vaccine workers; continues to bomb civilians in tents; many Palestinians would prefer death to their current struggle; Amnesty calls Israel’s wanton destruction a “war crime”; Netanyahu’s superfluous demand for control of Philadelphi Corridor; Israeli violence in West Bank spreads; sane words from Jill Stein (with Chris Hedges) in a time of genocide; the unstoppable Khairi Hannoun; IBM’s troubling paradigm; Israel withholds key info from US investigators; when 6 > 40,000; Israel’s pursuit of Jewish supremacy; more.
Israel is unrelenting in Gaza, West Bank, as UK takes a small step back – Day 331
Polio vaccination campaign successful so far; bread-line massacre; updates from the West Bank – at least 30 dead since start of invasion; call to declare war on West Bank; strong statement from Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine; Netanyahu apologizes (sort of), but remains defiant; UK initiates partial arms embargo on Israel; Israeli official reveals Israel’s vulnerability without US aid; CAIR calls on Biden to treat all lives equally; US preparing a “take-it-or-leave-it” ceasefire plan; more.
Gaza children vaccinated against polio, West Bank and Israel in chaos – Day 330
72K polio vaccines administered in central Gaza; Day 5 of Israel’s attack on Jenin “like an earthquake has struck the city”; Israel has killed 7 youths in a week in West Bank; renowned Gaza doctor still disappeared; Israeli forces killed near Hebron; Israel in turmoil after 6 hostages’ bodies recovered; Ben Gvir calls for death penalty for Palestinian prisoners; more.
Israel Israel Has Bombed Gaza Into 42 Million Tons of Rubble – Day 327
9 members of Gaza family wiped out at once; 3-day polio vaccine pauses to begin; Israel attacks humanitarian aid convoy, killing 5; freed Israeli Bedouin hostage’s village mostly under demolition orders; West Bank invasion: at least 18 Palestinians killed; US-UK “special relationship” may be at risk if UK blocks arms sales to Israel; human rights activist-reportrt arrested by UK police; Columbia U dumps due process to punish Palestine protesters; Rep. Ritchie Torres says BDS has “taken over the American aviation industry”; Gazan competes in Paralympics; more.
As Gazans die, NYU makes “Zionist” a protected class – Day 325
Israeli obstruction of aid keeps Gaza under polio threat; children’s testimonies of torture; Bedouin hostage rescued (or found by chance); Israel withholding bodies of over 500 Palestinians; West Bank deaths; Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter under threat; Israel’s smear campaign against UNRWA; latest on ICC arrest warrants; White House would defend Israel against Iran attack; “Zionist” is now a protected class at NYU; Chief rabbi of France calls for Israel to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza