Israel versus Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, aid workers, journalists, and UN peacekeepers. 2023-24

GagHalfrunt January 18, 2024, 12:13am 1580

Miscarriages in Gaza Have Increased 300% Under Israeli Bombing

Humanitarian agencies say women and menstruating people are also facing alarming rates of severe infections due to Israel's blockade of supplies and water.

anon48584343 January 18, 2024, 4:22am 1581

timesofisrael.com

Federal complaint filed against American U. for allowing ‘persistent’...

Suit alleges 'disparate' treatment of Jews and Muslims: 'AU has ignored the discrimination and harassment that Jewish and Israeli students have endured'

anon61221983 January 18, 2024, 11:15am 1582

the Guardian – 18 Jan 24

‘It’s not just Israel on trial’: Bosnian war survivor’s support for genocide...

Arnesa Buljušmić-Kustura fears case against Serbia 30 years ago will become precedent and is calling on UN court to act

GagHalfrunt January 18, 2024, 12:43pm 1583

the Guardian – 18 Jan 24

Ten people killed in Israeli strikes on West Bank, Palestinian officials say

Deaths inside Tulkarem refugee camp and near Balata camp are latest in an explosion of violence in the Palestinian territory since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza

the Guardian – 18 Jan 24

The impossible choice for my family in Gaza: stay and be killed together, or...

‘Will I take my books and my schoolbag?’ my niece asked as her parents packed the essentials. There was no way to explain, says Ghada Ageel

anon97585346 January 18, 2024, 3:37pm 1584

AP News – 18 Jan 24

UN: Palestinians are dying in hospitals as estimated 60,000 wounded overwhelm...

A doctor with the International Rescue Committee called the situation in Gaza’s hospitals the most extreme she had ever seen.

GagHalfrunt January 18, 2024, 6:15pm 1585

the Guardian – 18 Jan 24

Evidence points to systematic use of rape and sexual violence by Hamas in 7...

Guardian aware of sexual assaults for which multiple corroborating pieces of evidence exist

the Guardian – 18 Jan 24

Israel added to list of ‘worst jailers of journalists’ for first time

Israel is in sixth place after the Committee to Protect Journalists recorded 19 Palestinian journalists in its jails

the Guardian – 11 Jan 24

Destruction of the Palestinian cultural heritage of Gaza – in pictures

The international court of justice in The Hague has begun hearing arguments alleging that Israel is committing genocide in its war in Gaza. South Africa, which has brought the case to the UN’s top court, is asking the ICJ to act urgently ‘to protect...

Purplecat January 19, 2024, 12:40am 1586

No surprises here:

BBC News

Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state

The Israeli PM's rejection of Washington's efforts shows the growing disagreement between the two allies.

GagHalfrunt January 19, 2024, 12:43am 1587

the Guardian – 18 Jan 24

New wave of violence sweeps West Bank as Israel launches series of raids

Palestinian officials say at least 12 people killed since Wednesday and Tulkarem refugee camp under ‘siege’

the Guardian – 18 Jan 24

Unions tell Starmer of members’ anger over Gaza ceasefire position

Several leaders of the biggest unions also urged the Labour leader not to row back on climate pledges

the Guardian – 18 Jan 24

The Guardian view on Gaza’s journalists: their lives, and press freedom, must...

Editorial: Scores of media professionals have been killed in the last three months. The truth itself is under threat

the Guardian – 18 Jan 24

‘Scars on every street’: the refugee camp where generations of Palestinians...

The long read: Ever since the displacement of 700,000 Palestinians in 1948, many have been living in dejection and squalor in camps like Shatila in Beirut. Is this the grim future the people of Gaza could now be facing?

anon15383236 January 19, 2024, 1:54am 1588

Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state

I wonder if Biden is regretting that tone-deaf bear hug yet.

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anon61221983 January 19, 2024, 2:17am 1589

Yep. They’re going to try and get rid of all Palestinians and the world is just going to let this shit happen.

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GagHalfrunt January 19, 2024, 12:12pm 1590

the Guardian – 18 Jan 24

‘Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel...

Revealed: review of internal state department documents shows special mechanisms have been used to shield Israel from US human rights laws

the Guardian – 19 Jan 24

Fears grow for largest remaining hospital in Gaza as Israeli forces bombard...

Staff say situation at Nasser hospital ‘catastrophic’ as Israeli strikes hit metres away

the Guardian – 19 Jan 24

US insists it’s trying to get aid into Gaza as UN warns millions ‘at risk of...

Israel allows an average of 100 trucks a day to enter Gaza , but aid groups say 500 trucks a day are needed

GagHalfrunt January 19, 2024, 7:37pm 1591

the Guardian – 19 Jan 24

‘We cannot operate, we have no drugs’: Gaza’s indirect casualties mount as...

Tens of thousands with life-threatening illnesses ‘defenceless’ after months without treatment, say doctors

the Guardian – 19 Jan 24

Foreign Office lawyers ‘unable to conclude if Israeli bombing was lawful’

Documents reveal humanitarian law investigation was far more intensive than David Cameron suggested

Purplecat January 20, 2024, 1:33am 1592

BBC News

Eisenkot: Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza strategy

Gadi Eisenkot condemns the prime minister, who insists Israel's offensive will go on until "complete victory".

vermes82 January 20, 2024, 5:54am 1593

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vermes82 January 20, 2024, 11:47am 1594

euronews

Israel Hamas war: UN say women and children main victims of conflict

The latest updates from the ongoing conflict.

GagHalfrunt January 20, 2024, 2:38pm 1595

the Guardian – 20 Jan 24

Biden says two-state solution still possible after call with Netanyahu

US president says Israeli PM not opposed to all two-state solutions after pair talk for first time in nearly a month

the Guardian – 19 Jan 24

Israeli minister says only ceasefire can free hostages, as cabinet rift deepens

Gadi Eisenkot launches blistering attack on Netanyahu’s campaign, saying ‘total victory’ over Hamas is unlikely

the Guardian – 20 Jan 24

Netanyahu’s rejection of Palestinian state unacceptable, says David Lammy

Shadow foreign secretary says Israeli president must explain how post-conflict Gaza will operate

BBC News

Iran warns air strike on Syria will not go unanswered

Iran's president blames Israel for the strike in the Syrian capital which killed five senior advisers.

the Guardian – 20 Jan 24

Cyprus faces backlash over use of British bases to bomb Houthis

President accused of allowing country to become a target because of ‘complicity in bloodshed of Gaza’

CNN: At least 16 cemeteries in Gaza have been desecrated by Israeli forces, satellite imagery and videos reveal

Defense for Children Palestine

Israeli settler, soldier shoot dead 17-year-old Palestinian-American boy

17-year-old Tawfiq Hafez Tawfiq Ajaq was shot and killed as Israeli soldiers and an Israeli settler opened fire on him east of Ramallah.

the Guardian – 20 Jan 24

Netanyahu defies Biden, insisting there’s ‘no space’ for Palestinian state

The Israeli leader is under pressure over course of the Gaza war but is doubling down on opposition to a two-state solution

anon61221983 January 21, 2024, 1:30am 1596

GagHalfrunt January 21, 2024, 2:44pm 1597

the Guardian – 21 Jan 24

UN chief decries ‘heartbreaking’ Gaza death toll as figure surpasses 25,000

Territory’s health ministry say most casualties are women and children, and that thousands more may lie under rubble

the Guardian – 21 Jan 24

Gaza activist tells of beating and abuse in Israeli detention

Human rights worker Ayman Lubbad is among the Palestinian prisoners claiming abuse in Israeli custody, where six have died

the Guardian – 21 Jan 24

Battle on ‘third front’: Palestinians in West Bank vow to fight on after...

With the IDF now routinely using armed drones to watch and target militants, the worst wave of violence for almost 20 years is sweeping the West Bank

the Guardian – 21 Jan 24

Israel’s plans for Gaza’s future will only keep the flame of Hamas resistance...

Attempts to excise the group and its leaders are unlikely to succeed and risk not only perpetuating the cycle of violence but spreading it wider

the Guardian – 20 Jan 24

Iran accuses Israel of killing Revolutionary Guards spy chief in Damascus

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has lost four members in strike on Syrian capital

Independent.ie

Micheál Martin: Ireland will rigorously examine UN genocide case against...

Day after day, we are seeing the evidence on our TV screens and social media feeds of horrific civilian deaths, including children, mass displacement and destruction, and entirely inadequate access for the UN and international organisations to...

Al Jazeera

UN says Palestinians detained by Israeli forces humiliated, beaten

Rights official says Palestinian men detained by Israeli forces in unknown locations for between 30 to 55 days.

GagHalfrunt January 21, 2024, 6:30pm 1598

POLITICO

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 25,000

The slow progress of the war and the plight of the hostages held in Gaza has divided ordinary Israelis.

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor

Israel kills dozens of academics, destroys every university in the Gaza Strip

Israel Palestine News – 20 Jan 24

Israel denied 95% of fuel, medicine deliveries to north Gaza – Day 105

Shortages; executions, torture; UK Labor support; Palestinian-American killed in W Bank; Lebanon; Houthis; Biden's unrealistic expectations

Est. reading time: 11 minutes

the Guardian – 21 Jan 24

Cameron to be asked to clarify claim he took no decision over Israel arms sales

Foreign secretary told MPs he had not made formal decision to continue, but papers reveal he recommended move

+972 Magazine – 17 Jan 24

Israel’s right to tyranny

In justifying Gaza's violent unraveling as ‘self-defense,’ Western capitals have signed off on Israelis’ license to act like despots.

Est. reading time: 8 minutes

anon61221983 January 21, 2024, 7:55pm 1599

the Guardian – 21 Jan 24

The west’s complete contempt for the lives of Palestinians will not be...

Our political and media elites are complicit in Gaza’s nightmare. Any vestige of moral authority has been lost for ever, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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