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Gaza famine intensifies; Israeli government is on a collision course – Day 239

[email protected] June 2, 2024 ceasefire, chile, famine, genocide, hostage deal, humanitarian aid, Netanyahu, palestinian journalist, Rafah, unrwa, West Bank

Rafah is rubble, essentially without food, medical services; child dies of starvation; Jabalia in ruins; Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist in Gaza, teenager in West Bank; ceasefire deal on the table, but Netanyahu wants total victory first; extremist ministers threaten to topple Israeli government; Netanyahu accepts invitation to speak before Congress; Finkelstein says Israel lobby dominates through wielding its wealth; Chile joins ICJ genocide case against Israel; …

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Stories of love, loss, and courage from Gaza

[email protected] June 1, 2024 forced disapearance, genocide, Rafah, refugee

More than anything else, the story of Palestine is the story of family. Read these accounts of life (and death) in Gaza from the Electronic Intifada.

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Ceasefire deal on the table, as Gazans survey the wreckage – Day 238

[email protected] June 1, 2024 blinken, ceasefire deal, ethnic cleansing, famine, hostage deal, Jabaliya, mass graves, Netanyahu, Rafah, rafah massacre

Biden presents ceasefire deal, Netanyahu says “non-starter”; Israel withdraws from Jabalia, leaving corpses, destruction, signs of ethnic cleansing in its wake; conditions in Rafah are “horrific and apocalyptic”; more mass graves discovered; Israel has made one third of Gaza “uninhabitable”; Blinken’s feeble commentary on Gaza’s famine; experts say Israel could have used smaller weapons, avoided mass casualties in Rafah last week; AND YET Congress invites Netanyahu to speak.

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Israel is trying to designate UNRWA as a terrorist org – Day 236

[email protected] May 30, 2024 arms embargo, Aryeh Neier, genocide, Hesen Jabr, humanitarian aid, international criminal court, Josep Borrell, NYU Langone Health, Rafah, unrwa

Palestinians in Rafah & across Gaza grapple with ongoing Israeli violence, starvation; UN experts call for embargo; another expert identifies genocide – while a nurse in US gets fired for doing the same; Israel’s covert war on the ICC, Mossad threatened prosecutor; EU rejects Israel’s designation of UNRWA as terrorist org; Biden admin won’t sanction ICC; US appears to scold Israel at UN…

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‘People burned alive’ in attack on Rafah; ‘IDF regrets any harm to non-combatants’ – Day 233

[email protected] May 27, 2024 2000-pound bomb, genocide, international law, one-ton bomb, Rafah

Devastation in Rafah as Israel claims it followed int’l law (while using 2,000-pound bombs); strikes continue all over Gaza; raids all over West Bank; report on Israel’s use of US-made 2,000-pound bombs that even the Biden administration had opposed

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Israel’s response to ICJ ruling: bomb more – Day 231

[email protected] May 25, 2024 al jazeera israel, gaza pier, harvard graduation protest, humanitarian aid, international court of justice, international law, media freedom coalition, podcast, Rafah, ucla arrest, ucla protest

Friday’s ruling by International Court of Justice welcomed by legal experts; not by Israel; some people in Gaza surviving on three per cent of the minimum standard for daily water needs; Media Freedom Coalition on the closure of Al Jazeera in Israel; Gaza pier is broken; first arrest made over UCLA counterprotester violence; Harvard graduation protest; more

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ICJ orders Israel halt Rafah invasion, open crossings to aid – Day 230

[email protected] May 24, 2024 al awda hospital, colombian embassy, genocide, humanitarian aid, international court of justice, international criminal court, israeli settler violence, land appropriation, palestinian detainees, palestinian prisoners, palestinian state, podcast, prison abuse, Rafah

Israeli settlers attack aid trucks again; Pope calls Gaza every night; Al Awda Hospital hangs by a thread; demand for ICC to investigate Palestinian prisoner abuse; punishing Spain for recognizing Palestine; Israeli policy to drive out pastoral communities; Colombian embassy coming to Ramallah; Netanyahu invited to speak to Congress; Nikki Haley; more.

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ICC orders arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu – Day 226

[email protected] May 20, 2024 assassination, Ebrahim Raisi, FAROUK AL-KHATIB, ghassan abu sitta, humanitarian aid, international criminal court, israeli prison, Jabaliya, medical evacuation, Netanyahu, netanyahu arrest warranat, nypd, police brutality, Rafah, two-state solution

3,000 aid trucks wait at the border to enter Gaza, 100s of medical patients wait to exit; Israel assassinates Gaza police; as Israel destroys northern Gaza, more troops also head to southern Gaza; Israeli settlers attack aid trucks bound for Gaza; Israel wants US to withdraw support for two-state solution; president of Iran killed in helicopter crash; Netanyahu controls cabinet’s access to US leaders, doesn’t want to end war; Glasgow Univ rector investigation incited by Gnasherjew website; NYPD overreacts to peaceful Nakba protest in Brooklyn

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As aid dribbles into Gaza, displacement and death prevail – Day 225

[email protected] May 19, 2024 Gaza, humanitarian aid, Israel, israeli prison, medical evacuation, medical negligence, meta, Rafah, West Bank, whatsapp

Gazans killed while fetching water, waiting for medical evacuation; humanitarian aid trickles in; just months after arriving in Rafah, massive numbers of people are leaving; Israeli violence in West Bank, East Jerusalem; medical negligence in Israeli prisons; accusations against Meta, WhatsApp for leaking Palestinian info for targeted killings; Israel claims young children are informers; former Mossad leader says Israel is losing the war, more

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