Tags: war crimes

US vetoes UNSC ceasefire resolution as death, starvation consume Gaza – Day 607

Israeli forces kill at least 97 Gazans; food aid suspended; 8 detainees released, 1 dies; war crimes; Netanyahu’s coalition on the verge of collapse; US vetoes ceasefire resolution; Columbia; ADL; Ms Rachel; Gaza Flotilla; more

Israeli strike turns Gaza shelter into ‘burning mass grave’ – War on Gaza Day 598

Gaza shelter becomes inferno; GHF aid distribution begins?; available cropland in Gaza >5%; Israel set to increase reserve force by 50,000 in Gaza; Israel threatens retaliatory annexation of West Bank settlements; yearly provocative Israeli flag march doesn’t disappoint; former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert op-ed: Enough Is Enough; US politicians pay homage to Netanyahu

One Palestinian woman killed every hour; still no food – War on Gaza Day 593

At least 82 killed in Gaza; death and hunger stalk the enclave; Israeli protesters block aid trucks; Pope Leo begs Israel to feed Gaza; Netanyahu demands ethnic cleansing to end war; Israeli troops fire ‘warning shots’ at 35 int’l diplomats visiting West Bank; 2 Israeli Embassy staff killed in DC; Microsoft; David Lammy; Eurovision winner says “no Israel next year”; more.

“We kill civilians and count them as terrorists,” Israeli reservists admit – Day 438

Northern Gaza hospital ICU destroyed; Human Rights Watch on water; winter in Gaza without shelter, aid; Hamas replenishes its ranks; ‘We kill civilians and count them as terrorists’; West Bank death; Israel “abuses” Lebanon ceasefire; Australian foreign minister scolded by Israel; another US State Dept resignation

U.S. Media’s Doublespeak: Israelis Live in “Densely Populated Areas,” Palestinians Are “Human Shields”

The Western media’s double standards when it comes to Israel and Palestine are hardly new. The discourse around “human shields” — or the failure to use the term — is an example of hypocrisy pushed to the extreme, by letting Israel deflect the blame for mass civilian deaths.