Death tolls continue to climb in Gaza, Lebanon; how Gaza keeps track of its dead; how Israel drops off unidentified bodies; Israel’s war on Gaza causes profound education setbacks; “It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive” wins news Emmy; Israel’s violence in West Bank continues unabated; Hezbollah rocket intercepted over Tel Aviv; news on Lebanon’s economy, journalist death, Israeli settlers’ takeover plans; calls for Blinken’s resignation; attempts to revoke pro-Palestine groups’ tax exemption; US media once again parroting Israeli talking points; calls for Biden admin investigation into the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi; more.
Tags: West Bank
Choose-Your-Own Update – Day 349
Biden’s weapon transfers to Israel under scrutiny; Netanyahu wants to “change the Middle East”; Lebanese diplomat warns of “great explosion” in the region if Israel isn’t stopped; more.
“This is an extremely dark place in history” – Day 348
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
In West Bank, Israel has killed over 700 Palestinians; massacres in Gaza ongoing – Day 340
Ongoing massacres in Gaza schools, homes; the struggle of being a Gazan journalist (as foreign journalists remain banned); 100 medical evacuations from Gaza are a drop in the bucket; Gaza’s massive reconstruction challenge; West Bank: Israel kills 8 Palestinians in Tubas, Tulkarem; “historic” seating of State of Palestine in UN General Assembly; Israel uses white phosphorus in Lebanon again; Biden and Harris change their tune on assassination of Aysenur Eygi; more.
“Palestinian lives are cheap”; so are pro-Palestinian American lives – Day 336
Official death toll in Gaza approaches 41,000; Biden-Harris fail to condemn killing of US citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces; poll shows Harris would benefit from arms embargo on Israel; global hunger has doubled in 2024, thanks in great part to Biden-backed Israeli assault; the “Wild West Bank,” where Palestinian lives are cheap; Netanyahu misleading the world about Philadelphi Corridor to avoid ceasefire; Israeli forces mutilate Palestinian child’s body; Israeli settler violence; southern Lebanon; BDS win in Maine; more.
Israeli-inflicted Palestinian injuries in Gaza, West Bank surpass 100,000 – Day 332
Hamas is alive and well; West Bank is officially a “combat zone”; Palestinian journalists imprisoned like never before; Int’l Criminal Court decision on Netanyahu war crimes expected soon; US files criminal charges against Hamas members; Netanyahu blatantly erases Palestine from the map; Trump adviser David Friedman has a plan for a Greater Israel; US in “despair” about ceasefire; UK’s David Cameron could have stopped arms sales to Israel months ago; Columbia U students keep protesting for Palestine; more
West Bank, Gaza face similar annihilation tactics at Israel’s hands – Day 328
West Bank invasion continues, with at least 20 dead, Jenin hit hardest; strong parallels between Gaza and West Bank invasions; tragic numbers of unaccompanied children, as Israel withholds aid like never before; US encourages changes in Israel’s evacuation policy – because US says it cares about the “most vulnerable”; Palestinians seek US Appeals Court review of Biden genocide complicity case; more.
West Bank faces massive Israeli attack, as Gaza bleeds – Day 326
Massive Israeli raid enters second day, US has no comment; Israeli drone strike kills 13-year-old and 17-year-old Palestinian brothers in WB; Israel admits to response failure in recent settler attack; strikes on Gaza continue, as Israel withholds necessities; Israeli forces target World Food Program vehicle; satellite imagery shows vast destruction of Rafah; US sanctions a few more settlers; Israeli gang rape alleged perp is TV star; possible religious war looms over Al Aqsa, as Israel plans to fund settler visits; Namibia adheres to Genocide Convention; more.
An American was just shot in the West Bank. The American press can’t be bothered.
As global attention on the war in Gaza wanes, an intensifying ethnic cleansing campaign is ramping up in the West Bank.
Official Gaza death toll passes 40,000; over 92,000 injured – Day 312
Food aid in southern Gaza next to zero; Israel has killed over 2,000 Palestinian babies; Israel’s intensifying attacks on Gaza’s schools; West Bank violence; Israel approves new, punitive settlement – on a World Heritage site; Gaza is covered with scars from US-made bombs; US Justice Dept used Hatch Act to bully an employee; Columbia University president Minouche Shafik resigns; mask ban in NY targets Palestine protesters; more.