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“This is an extremely dark place in history” – Day 348

[email protected] September 20, 2024 dehumanization, exploding pagers, genocide, Hezbollah, Israel's treatment of children, Rashida Tlaib, Sde Teiman, university of virginia, war crime, West Bank

UN Child Rights Committee condemns Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children; Rashida Tlaib: “Palestinians are human beings”; electricity blackout as a tool of genocide; West Bank deaths; Israeli Supreme Court orders Sde Teiman prison to stay open after rape scandal; Hezbollah leader vows “just retribution” for Israel’s pager explosions; exploding electronics might be war crimes; no ceasefire expected while Biden in office; UVA refuses to divest after student referendum

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Israel kills quintuplets, as Biden insists “both sides” are dying – Day 317 Roundup

[email protected] August 20, 2024 DNC, gang rape, home demolition israel, hospitals in gaza, humanitarian aid gaza, israeli troop shortage, joe biden, palestinian journalist, Sde Teiman, suicide attacks, Tanya Haj-Hassan, war crime, west bank death

Gazan quintuplets murdered by Israeli bomb; another Palestinian journalist killed; babies need medical attention in hospitals that are about to shut down; doctor from Gaza speaks at DNC – a first; Israeli society supports gang rape of Palestinians; 413 humanitarian orgs call on UN to assure safety of humanitarian workers in Gaza; West Bank death; HRW: Israeli possible war crime against Yemen; Scottish gov’t not speaking to Israel; more.

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How Israel plans to whitewash its war crimes in Gaza

[email protected] August 10, 2024 accountability, fact finding assessment mechanism, military advocate general, war crime, whitewashing israel crimes

The Israeli army uses the veneer of internal accountability to fend off external criticism. But its record reveals how few perpetrators are punished.

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Israeli strike on Gaza school kills more than 100 people as they pray – Day 307

[email protected] August 10, 2024 anti-boycott legislation, ben gvir, gaza school bombing, military aid to israel, netzah yehuda, palestinian journalists killed, polio, sexual violence, torture, war crime

Israel drops 6,000 lbs of bombs on Gaza school; US poised to send Israel $3.5 billion, including to extremist battalion; 2 more journalists killed; waiting for “inevitable” polio outbreak as Israel blocks vaccines; new possible war crime; water & sanitation systems in shambles; more on Israeli torture of Palestinian prisoners – as Biden admin shrugs; Israeli alleged rapist calls for support; yet another anti-boycott bill introduced in Senate; more.

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Corpse dump in Gaza, war crimes, Israel mulls possible preemptive strike on Iran – Day 303

[email protected] August 6, 2024 ceasefire, ethnic cleansing, hamas, Iran, iraq, Omer Dostri, palestinian state, smotrich, torture, unrwa, war crime, west bank deaths

Israel hands over bags of decomposed bodies; Amnesty: Israel committing war crimes against Palestinian prisoners; US reportedly signs off on indefinite war; Hamas is in better shape than Netanyahu claims; Israel may hit Iran again; Netanyahu makes Israeli ethnic cleansing proponent official spokesperson; Smotrich makes blatant pro-ethnic cleansing statements; update on UNRWA October 7th probe; US is in the middle of Middle East activities; more.

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Nuseirat “a bloodbath, a slaughterhouse” – Day 246

[email protected] June 9, 2024 gaza children, gaza pier, massacre, nuseirat, perfidy, war crime

As Nuseirat tries to recover from Saturday’s massacre, some pieces fit together: possible US complicity in the attack, possible use of the Gaza pier, war crimes; horrific descriptions from the ground; reactions from key stakeholders; a look at the math of hostage rescue; US diplomat calls Gaza a holocaust; more.

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As Israel commits yet another war crime in Gaza, Biden still won’t acknowledge it’s happening –Day 242

[email protected] June 5, 2024 childhood malnutrition, f-35, famine, gaza police, international criminal court, Israel weapons, Lebanon, maersk, medical evacuation, Netanyahu, palestinian state, slovenia, war crime

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.

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Netanyahu tries to explain away Rafah massacre: “we tried” – Day 234

[email protected] May 28, 2024 collateral damage, genocide, humanitarian aid, international criminal court, Netanyahu, palestinian prisoners, rafah massacre, war crime

Netanyahu claims civilian deaths in Rafah were “tragic” mistake; how limited is the “limited operation” in Rafah?; Rafah bombing is “the crime of crimes” – genocide; Amnesty Int’l and Reporters Without Borders call for war crimes investigations by ICC; US response to Rafah attack, more

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Israel faces possible embargo, war crime accusation, threats from Biden and Iran – Day 181

[email protected] April 5, 2024 arms embargo, artificial intelligence, friendly fire, october 7, torture, unhrc, war crime, West Bank

Times have been rough for Israel, thanks to a UN vote to halt arms sales, a Human Rights Watch war crime report, an angrier than usual Biden, a shake-up in the military ranks, and global scrutiny of AI targeting of people in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel killing of Gazans and West Bank Palestinians continues, released Gaza captives show signs of torture – and another October 7th “friendly fire” incident is identified

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Israel has killed over 3,800 Gazans in 4 weeks since ICJ genocide ruling – Day 140

[email protected] February 24, 2024 Antony Blinken, childhood depression, doctors without borders, Gaza, genocide, icj, Israel, israeli settlement, msf, northern Gaza, occupation, unrwa, war crime, West Bank

Reports of ongoing acts of genocide, war crimes, and despair; end of UNRWA aid to northern Gaza; West Bank restriction of movement; Blinken is “disappointed” about new settlement plans; update on ICJ occupation case; more

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