The current situation in Gaza and Israel did not come out of the blue. Read critical background left out of breaking news alerts…
Essential facts and stats about the Hamas-Gaza-Israel war
A statistic 1,000 times too small doesn’t warrant a correction in the NY Times
Four days after a major error about Gazans was published in a front page article, the Times has still failed to publish a correction, even after editors determined a correction was required.
Biden announces: $26B in US tax money to Israel will “make the world safer” – Day 201
Biden signs over more aid to Israel, as its military may be using internationally banned weapons, burying civilians alive, killing another journalist, enabling famine and disease, and preparing to invade the most densely populated region of the world; meanwhile, teenager killed in West Bank, Turkiye is being pressured to stop a massive aid shipment from sailing to Gaza; meanwhile, college campuses’ growing outcry against the genocide in Gaza, and more
Three days under fire: Palestinians in Tulkarem describe the ‘most violent’ Israeli raid in years
“This isn’t the first time that the occupation raided Nur Shams,” camp resident Baraa al-Ghoul told Mondoweiss, “but this time it was different because the occupation forces used unprecedented violence.”
US Congress just approved billions more in military aid to Israel, as Gazans die – Day 200
More weapons to Israel as it plans a potentially genocidal invasion (that US opposes); aid orgs shocked by the recklessness of the plan; Israel holds highest ever number of Palestinians in administrative detention – no charges, no trial; Israel reportedly about to invade Beit Lahiya, denies burying Gazans in mass graves; Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman near Hebron; Google fires more employees over its provision of tech to Israeli gov’t; updates on Freedom Flotilla, campus protests, more
‘Nowhere is safe’: Fear and mourning inside the West Bank villages where Israeli settlers went on the rampage
It’s a decades-old power imbalance: When a teenage Israeli was killed (after Israeli soldiers had killed a Palestinian shepherd), decades-old settler violence reached new levels
US Senator Incites Violence Against Gaza Protesters
Tom Cotton, US senator from Arkansas, is encouraging grotesque, possibly lethal vigilante violence against demonstrators who oppose genocide
Israel Is Turning Hospitals Into Mass Graves While The West Fixates On ‘Antisemitism’
A mass grave created by the IDF has been uncovered at another Gaza hospital, where Palestinian civilians appear to have been victims of another massacre. Israel is committing genocide while the West fixates on ‘Antisemitism’
State-backed deadly rampage by Israeli settlers underscores urgent need to dismantle apartheid
Amnesty International: An alarming spike in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians across the West Bank highlights the urgent need to dismantle illegal settlements, end Israel’s occupation and its longstanding system of apartheid.
Blinken claims State Dept has no double standard favoring Israel – Day 199
Another shameless moment for Blinken, even as he reveals a long list of Israeli human rights abuses; over 300 Gazan bodies discovered in mass graves; Israel prepping for invasion of Rafah; having a baby in Gaza; final report on UNRWA says Israel never offered evidence of wrongdoing; West Bank death; flurry of actions in solidarity with Palestine on US college campuses, more
Still no evidence of UNRWA employees’ participation in October 7th – Day 198
Months after allegations, no proof from Israel that UNRWA employees were part of October 7th attacks; baby girl delivered after mom killed in Rafah; mass grave in Khan Younis contains at least 283 bodies; thousands of Gazans missing following Israeli military withdrawal; bread and baby formula at last in northern Gaza; increased drone activity worries Rafah residents; new report from Amnesty; West Bank devastation, death; Netzah Yehuda battalion’s very bad reputation; campuses across US show solidarity with Columbia’s pro-Palestine students, more