Polio threat looms large over Gaza – but not over Israel; condemnation of Israeli soldiers’ sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners and Smotrich’s call to starve Gazans reverberate worldwide; another World Central Kitchen staffer killed in airstrike; Israeli detentions of West Bank Palestinians surpasses 10,000; AIPAC money talks as another Squad member is defeated in primaries; American politicians’ full-throated support for Israel’s genocide; BDS victory in UK; more.
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Are Israel, Hamas getting closer to a truce? – Day 205
Israeli leaders nervously await arrest warrants; Leaked Columbia Univ document reveals discriminatory policies for Tel Aviv program; Orthodox Palm Sunday; Israel puts young Christian woman in prison for 4 months (renewable), no charges; World Central Kitchen has returned; Biden ignores Gaza in Correspondents’ Dinner speech…
A first: US official acknowledges “famine is underway” in Gaza – Day 188
US official finally uses the f-word (famine); Iran retaliation for provocative Israeli attack possibly this weekend; Wash Post lists Gaza aid items Israel has rejected; Israel assassinates head of police in Gaza; Israelis block aid trucks to Gaza; Palestinian journalists targeted; Israel kills 2 in West Bank; Israel steals record amount of WB land in 2024 (and the year is still young)
Israel shoots first, asks questions later – Day 183
Massacre of World Central Kitchen staff continues to haunt Israel; no noticeable improvement in entry of aid; trash is a serious problem in Gaza; 6-month reports on situation in Gaza; Israel drops tear gas on worshipers in Al Aqsa Mosque; Palestinian journalists call for boycott of White House Correspondents Dinner; Congress members pressure Biden, Blinken; Biden approval rating tanks over Israel, more
Six months on, Gaza is a “betrayal of humanity” – Day 182
UN leaders reflect on 6 months of slaughter; Israel admits to “grave mistake” in targeting of World Kitchen; US on high alert for possible attack by Iran; Israel claims it’s opening another crossing into Gaza; childhood in Gaza; UN calls for arms embargo…
More aid workers killed in Gaza in a few weeks than in any of the last 26 years world wide – Day 179
Humanitarian aid crisis deepens as groups suspend services in Gaza, citing safety concerns; survival on 245 calories a day; Israeli doctor: legs amputated due to handcuff injuries is a routine event; journalist deaths; devastation at Al Shifa Hospital; re World Central Kitchen massacre: “every commander sets the rules for himself”; UN considers resolution to impose arms embargo on Israel…
Aid providers pulling out of Gaza, citing Israel’s failure to protect them (from itself) – Day 179
Israel makes humanitarian work deadly; airstrike on World Central Kitchen reportedly intentional; Palestinian doctors targeted; West Bank incarceration of Palestinians way up; Israel targets Al Jazeera News for closure; Gaza suffered about $18.5 billion in damages to critical infrastructure in the first four months of the Israeli bombardment; Islamophobia on the rise in US – tied to Gaza
Israeli strike kills American & aid workers with US charity from all over the world, and other atrocities – Day 178
US citizen & 6 other US nonprofit aid workers killed by Israel; nothing left of Al Shifa Hospital but debris & horror stories; journalist, West Banker killed; Rafah; Biden mulls $18 billion weapons transfer to Israel; new Israeli law targets Al Jazeera for shut-down; Israel bombs Iranian embassy in Syria, killing 7; Israeli land grab; Spain to recognize Palestine
Following 2-week siege, Gaza hospital in ruins – Day 177
After withdrawing from al Shifa Hospital, Israeli military says it “prevented harm to civilians, patients, and medical teams”; Easter in the Holy Land; 3 shiploads en route to Gaza from World Central Kitchen; journalists targeted; Rafah attack plan ready; Flour Massacre; Netanyahu (mis)explains world’s opposition; Zionism hard at work; Harvard divests, more
US in denial about Israel’s use of food as a “weapon of war” – Day 165
Weaponization of food in Gaza – only US is still in doubt; Oxfam, HRW to US: don’t believe Israel; Israel reportedly fires on Palestinian clan leaders heading up aid distribution; World Central Kitchen aid reaches some in north; WaPo investigation indicates unlawful killing by Israel; 100K Israelis have guns; South Africa shames the world; more