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
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.
Israel targeted displaced Palestinians in a civilian tent encampment in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis. Eight children and six adults were burned alive.
A former State Department advisor warns that the Trump administration is displaying “even less regard for human rights” in Gaza than Biden did
Death is everywhere in Gaza; unexploded munitions litter the enclave; a prisoner swap deal may be close; Palestinian Authority besieges Jenin; 1,000 Israeli soldiers’ names sent to Int’l Criminal Court
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
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.
The following cases represent a small fraction of potential human rights violations committed with American planes, shells, and bombs. The US is complicit in genocide.
The narrative has finally begun to shift on Palestine. Voices have grown increasingly louder demanding that Palestinians have a right to defend themselves.
Gaza waiting on Israel for polio vaccine; only 9.5% of Gaza remains “safe”; Israeli soldiers still sharing their war crimes on social media; occupation of Gaza after war is illegal; calls for ICC judges to issue arrest warrant for Netanyahu; Western media can be held legally accountable for reporting on Gaza; if war continues, Israel may face collapse in under a year; Lebanon reports over 2,000 casualties from Israeli attacks; more