Biden withholds weapons shipment over Rafah invasion, as Gazans flee – Day 215

Biden administration pauses shipment of deadliest bombs to Israel; new mass grave holds at least 49 Palestinian bodies; Rafah’s largest hospital shuts down as a result of Israeli invasion, as closed crossings cause severe shortages; Israeli military promise Rafah will not be the end of the war; growing number of West Bank home demolitions; Ohio may use old anti-KKK law against pro-Palestine protesters; two new bills in Congress are new-level ridiculous; almost 700 Jewish profs urge Biden not to sign antisemitism legislation; Bahamas recognizes State of Palestine

“Yes, it is genocide” –Israeli genocide scholar

In most cases of genocide, from Bosnia to Namibia, from Rwanda to Armenia, the perpetrators of the murder said they were acting in self-defence. The fact that what is happening in Gaza does not resemble the Holocaust, writes Holocaust scholar Amos Goldberg, does not mean that it is not genocide

AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening In Portland’s Congressional Race To Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say

The pro-Israel group is funneling money through a “pro-science” PAC, according to two members of Congress.

Drone footage raises questions about Israeli justification for deadly strike on Gaza journalists

A Washington Post investigation reveals that yet another Israeli claim used to justify killing Palestinians was fraudulent…

Terrifying Israeli attack on Rafah, more mass graves, more int’l law violations – Day 214

Rafah nightmare; another cache of buried Gazan bodies; Israeli hostage dies from Israeli bombing; evacuation orders not compliant with int’l law; Biden drags feet on Israel report; settlers attack aid trucks (again) as famine grows; cousin of extremist Meir Kahane rams Columbia pro-Palestine protesters; US reportedly delays shipment of one-ton bombs to Israel; news on ceasefire proposal…

Journalism professors call on New York Times to review Oct. 7 report

More than 50 tenured journalism professors from top universities signed a letter calling on the New York Times to address questions about a major investigative report that described a “pattern of gender-based violence” in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.