Source: Mondoweiss.net
A Girl Scout Troop in Missouri recently broke away from the organization after it made legal threats against the group over a fundraiser for Gaza.
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 158: Israeli Airstrikes Continue to Pummel Gaza During the Holy Month of Ramadan – Mustafa Abu Sneineh 3/12/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Israeli forces bombed Gaza on the first day of Ramadan, killing two fishermen. Israel’s fortified highway has reached the Mediterranean coast, effectively splitting Gaza in two. Meanwhile, hundreds of settlers stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Casualties
- 31,184+ killed* and at least 72,889 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 423+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.**
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 589 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.***
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 157: As Ramadan Begins, Israel Obstructs Palestinian Entry to al-Aqsa Mosque – Leila Warah 3/11/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Israel prepares for thousands of Palestinian arrests and has already begun obstructing access to Al Aqsa mosque. Gazans begin Ramadan amid constant Israeli attacks and severe food shortages.
Casualties
- 31,112+ killed* and at least 72,760 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 25 children in Gaza have died of malnutrition and dehydration since the beginning of March, according to the Gaza health ministry.
- 423+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.**
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 589 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.***
UN Expert: Israel is Engineering Famine in Gaza – David Kattenburg 3/11/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
UN Special Rapporteur Michael Fakhri says Israel’s intentional starvation of Gaza is unprecedented. “We’ve never seen a civilian population made to go hungry so completely and so quickly,” he tells Mondoweiss. “Never in modern history.”
Back in mid-December, two and a half months into Israel’s war on Gaza, a UN-affiliated committee of famine experts reported that over half a million Gazans faced catastrophic hunger, all 2.3 million were in crisis, and the situation was “deteriorating rapidly.”
On the eve of the Famine Review Committee’s follow-up assessment, forced starvation in Gaza is getting worse, fast.
Continue reading “UN Expert: Israel is Engineering Famine in Gaza – David Kattenburg 3/11/24”
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 156: Israel deploys 15,000 Troops in West Bank as Ramadan Starts – Mustafa Abu Sneineh 3/10/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Ceasefire talks falter as Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson says Israel is using “deception and evasion.” Israel deploys thousands of troops in the West Bank and Jerusalem ahead of plans to restrict access to Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan.
Casualties
- 31,045+ killed* and at least 72,645 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 25 children in Gaza have died of malnutrition and dehydration since the beginning of March.
- 423+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.**
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 588 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.***
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 155: Deadly Aid Drop and Obstacles to a Maritime Corridor Expose Farcical Humanitarian Response to Gaza Famine – Anna Lekas Miller 3/9/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
At least eighteen children have died in Gaza from malnutrition, while deaths by starvation have risen to 23. Meanwhile, the Pentagon announced that Biden’s proposed floating pier would take two months and 1000 U.S. troops to build.
Casualties:
- 30,960+ killed* and at least 72,524 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 424+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem**
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 587 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.***
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 153: Over 2 Dozen Palestinian Captives have ‘Died’ in Israeli Detention Camps – Leila Warah 3/7/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
At least 20 Palestinians have died as a result of malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza, health officials say. Meanwhile, new reports from Israeli media say 27 Palestinian captives who were being held in Israeli “makeshift cages” have died.
Casualties
- 30,800+ killed* and at least 72,298 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 424+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.**
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 587 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.***
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 150: Israel is ‘Engineering Famine’ in Gaza – Mustafa Abu Sneineh 3/4/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Amnesty International says Israel is “engineering famine” in Gaza. Organization head Agnes Callamard adds, “all states that cut UNRWA funding, sold weapons and supported Israel bear responsibility too.”
Casualties
- 30,534+ killed* and at least 71,920 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 586 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 148: UN Reports at Least 14 Cases of Israel Firing on Palestinians Waiting for Aid in Gaza – Anna Lekas Miller 3/2/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
UN calls for an investigation following Thursday’s “flour massacre” where Israel killed at least 115 Palestinians waiting for aid and injured more than 760. The need for aid is becoming even more dire as starvation worsens in northern Gaza.
Casualties
- 30,320+ killed* and at least 71,533 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 582 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
Gaza ‘Flour Massacre’ Was Only The Beginning Of Famine That Has Just Started – Robert Inlakesh 3/5/24
Source: TheLastAmericanVagabond.com
The infamous mass murder of malnourished civilians who gathered to collect food aid, after over a month of surviving without it, known now as the Flour Massacre, was unfortunately not the first attack on civilians waiting for aid and came as children in Northern Gaza began to starve to death.
Israel Announces New West Bank Settlement Expansion in Defiance of White House – Kyle Anzalone 2/29/24
Source: LibertarianInstitute.org
Israel approved the building of 3,600 Israeli homes in a new West Bank settlement. The announcement came just days after Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared the settlements were inconsistent with international law. Tel Aviv routinely ignores Washington’s requests to curtail its oppressive treatment of Palestinians without an impact on the billions in aid the US provides to Israel each year.
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 146: Israeli Forces Massacre Civilians Waiting for Humanitarian Aid – Leila Warah 2/29/24
Source; Mondoweiss.net
Israeli tanks and warplanes reportedly targeted civilians waiting for aid, killing at least 77 and wounding hundreds. Meanwhile, international aid groups say airdrops of aid are so “negligible” that they “perpetuate the overall blockade strategy.”
Casualties
- 30,035+ killed* and at least 70,457 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 582 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
The Israel Lobby’s Persistent Role in Sanctioning Syria – Hekmat Aboukhater 2/22/24
Source: MintPressNews.com
On February 13, the U.S. House of Representatives deliberated on Resolution 3202, the “Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023.” The following day, the House passed the bill with a 389 to 32 bipartisan majority. Now, the bill moves on to the Senate, where it will most likely pass with similar bipartisan support and a ringing endorsement from President Biden once it reaches his desk.
The bill was pushed with a veneer of Syrian support represented by the advocacy of the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) and the Syrian American Council (SAC) – Syrian opposition groups in the U.S. While its aims seem, at face value, to focus on humanitarian issues and a quest for accountability, the reality is much more complicated.
More than 100,000 People Voted ‘Uncommitted’ in Michigan Primary over Biden Gaza Policy – Michael Arria 2/28/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
President Joe Biden predictably won Michigan Democratic primary, but more than 100,000 people voted “uncommitted” over the administration’s policy in Gaza.
Prof. John Beaty and the True Origin of the Jews – Ron Unz 1/29/24
Source: Unz.com
Although his name has been almost totally forgotten for more than two generations, during the early 1950s Prof. John Beaty was a figure of some prominence, at least within conservative circles.
Continue reading “Prof. John Beaty and the True Origin of the Jews – Ron Unz 1/29/24”
Alan Dershowitz’s Ties to Epstein’s Blackmail Network – Kit Klarenberg 2/21/24
Source: MintPressNews.com
On January 9, MintPress News probed a newly unsealed tranche of documentation on official police investigations into and civil lawsuits leveled against Jeffrey Epstein – specifically, papers mentioning Alan Dershowitz. At that time, the veteran Zionist legal activist had been mooted as Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s top pick to defend Tel Aviv at the International Court of Justice in a case brought by South Africa over the Gaza genocide before almost immediately being dumped due to wide-ranging public backlash.
Continue reading “Alan Dershowitz’s Ties to Epstein’s Blackmail Network – Kit Klarenberg 2/21/24”
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 141: Israel Attacks Civilian Shelter in Deir el-Balah as Ceasefire Talks Continue in Paris – Anna Lekas Miller 2/24/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Israeli forces attacked a building in Deir el-Balah where more than 120 people were sheltering, killing at least 24. Medical staff at nearby Al Aqsa Hospital expect many more casualties and are struggling to deal with the influx of wounded civilians.
Casualties
- 29,606+ killed* and at least 69,737 wounded in the Gaza Strip
- 406 Palestinians killed and 4,600 wounded in the Occupied West Bank
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll from 1,400 to 1,139
- 576 Israeli soldiers killed since ground invasion**
US Solider Dies of Self-Immolation in Protest of War on Gaza – Michael Arria 2/26/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
An active-duty member U.S. airman is dead after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. on Sunday. The self-immolation was a protest against Israel’s assault on Gaza, which has been occurring since October.
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 140: UN Experts Urge Countries to Stop Arming Israel as Netanyahu Unveils Postwar Plan – Anna Lekas Miller 2/23/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Benjamin Netanyahu’s postwar plan would see Israel exerting direct control over a demilitarized Gaza Strip while permanently dismantling UNRWA and assigning “local officials” to govern civilian affairs.
Casualties
- 29,514+ killed* and at least 69,616 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 576 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
ADL Pushed BMG to Drop Roger Waters by Threatening to Weaponize Company’s Nazi Past – Max Blumenthal 2/19/24
Source: TheGrayzone.com
The Grayzone has obtained a private letter authored by ADL director Jonathan Greenblatt threatening to weaponize the Nazi past of the BMG music company unless executives terminated a major deal with Roger Waters. BMG has publicly denied Israel lobby influence on its decision to nix Waters’ contract.
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 139: As Palestinians in North Gaza Starve, Israel Attacks MSF Building in Rafah – Leila Warah 2/22/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
The situation in Gaza grows worse by the day as Palestinians are starved and Israeli forces turn hospitals into morgues. In the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, tensions rise as Ramadan approaches.
Casualties
- 29,410+ killed* and at least 69,465 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 576 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 138: U.S. Vetoes Another UN Resolution Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza – Mustafa Abu Sneineh 2/21/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
The U.S. vetoed another resolution in the UN Security Council calling for a Gaza ceasefire as the WHO evacuates 32 critical patients from besieged Nasser Hospital, and the World Food Program is forced to suspend distribution amid mounting famine.
Casualties
- 29,313+ killed* and at least 69,333 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 576 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 137: Israel Builds Highway Cutting Gaza Strip in Two – Mustafa Abu Sneineh 2/20/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Several patients evacuated Nasser Hospital while dozens remain trapped under the Israeli siege of Khan Younis. Meanwhile, Palestine called on the ICJ to end the Israeli occupation, and Brazil’s Lula likened Israel’s Gaza genocide to Nazi Germany.
Casualties
- 29,195+ killed* and at least 69,170 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 575 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
Nancy Pelosi Claims no U.S. Weapons have been Used to Carry Out Israeli Atrocities in Gaza – Michael Arria 2/19/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Rep. Nancy Pelosi claims no U.S. weapons have been used to carry our Israeli atrocities in Gaza since October 7, but the evidence proves otherwise.
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 136: Netanyahu Approves Ramadan Restrictions on Al-Aqsa Mosque – Leila Warah 2/19/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Hamas slams Israel over plans to restrict access of Palestinian worshipers to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem during the holy month of Ramadan. Meanwhile, more Palestinians die from preventable causes as Israel besieges hospitals in Gaza.
Casualties
- 29,092+ killed* and at least 69,028 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 574 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 135: Israel’s War on Gaza’s Hospitals Continues – Mustafa Abu Sneineh 2/18/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Nasser Hospital, the second-largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip, was forced closed Sunday following an Israeli siege, storming, and arrest of medical staff and patients. Meanwhile, Israel also bombed Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis.
Casualties
- 28,985+ killed* and at least 68,883 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 573 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
Dutch Court Orders Government to Stop Providing F-35 Parts to Israel – David Kattenburg 2/13/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Yesterday, an appeals court ruling in The Hague ordered the Dutch government to cease exports of F-35 fighter bomber components to Israel.
The ruling overturned a December 15 decision by the District Court of The Hague, dismissing a suit by three Dutch human rights groups seeking a halt in the provision of F-35 spare parts to Israel.
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 132: Israel Bombards Nasser Hospital, Reports of Egypt Preparing ‘Buffer Zone’ Ahead of Gaza Expulsion – Leila Warah 2/15/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Israel bombarded Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, killing and injuring patients and those sheltering inside. Egyptian human rights group reports construction underway on detention zone ahead of a possible mass expulsion from Gaza into Sinai.
Casualties
- 28,576+ Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including at least 12,000 children, and 68,291+ Palestinians have been injured.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 569 Israeli soldiers have been killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
Israel Launches Extensive Wave Of ‘Retaliatory’ Strikes On Lebanon – ZeroHedge 2/14/24
Source: ZeroHedge.com
On Wednesday Israel warplanes have been widely reported to be flying at low altitude over Beirut, which is a rarity, amid fears the conflict on the Israel-Lebanon border is about to expand into major war.
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 130: U.S. Senate Votes to Send Additional $14 Billion to Israel as Catastrophic Ground Invasion of Rafah Appears Imminent – Leila Warah 2/13/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
As Palestinians prepare for a catastrophic ground invasion of Rafah, the U.S. Senate votes to send an additional $14 billion to Israel. Amnesty International warns Palestinians in southern Gaza are “facing the real and imminent risk of genocide.”
Casualties:
- 28,473+ killed* and at least 68,146 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 569 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
Egypt Warns Israel: Rafah Invasion Could Negate ’79 Peace Treaty – ZeroHedge 2/11/24
Source: ZeroHedge.com
With Israel on the verge of invading Gaza’s southernmost city, Egypt is warning that such a move could trigger a suspension of the treaty that has maintained peace between the two countries since 1979, the Wall Street Journal reports.
CNN’s Israel Bias has Been Laid Bare. but CNN is the Norm, not the Exception – Jonathan Cook 2/12/24
Source: Antiwar.com
Leaks from within CNN reveal that for months its executives have been actively imposing an editorial line designed to reinforce Israel’s framing of events in Gaza, to the point of obscuring atrocities by the Israeli military.
The dictates, say insiders, have resulted in senior staff refusing to accept assignments to the region “because they do not believe they will be free to tell the whole story”. Others suspect they are being kept away by editors who fear they will fight the restrictions.
US Drone Strike In Baghdad Assassinates Top Iraqi Official – Robert Inlakesh 2/7/24
Source: TheLastAmericanVagabond.com
Two prominent leaders in Iraq were assassinated by a US drone strike on their car in Eastern Baghdad, this Wednesday, leading to an initial wave of street protests and potentially initiated a renewed escalation of the Gaza-Israel war. Western media have attempted to sanitize the strikes, which represent a clear violation of Iraq’s sovereignty and an act of war against crucial components of the nation’s security apparatus.
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 129: Israel Bombards Rafah, Killing more than 60 in a Night – Yumna Patel 2/12/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
67 Palestinians, including babies and children, were killed Sunday night as Israel intensified bombing in Rafah, where over 1 million Palestinians are sheltering, in preparation for a ground invasion that experts warn would amount to genocide.
Casualties:
- 28,340+ killed* and at least 67,984 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
- Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
- 566 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 126: U.S. Claims it won’t Support ‘Unplanned’ Ground Operation in Rafah, Israel Escalates Attacks Anyway – Anna Lekas Miller 2/9/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
Even Joe Biden admits that Israel’s conduct in Gaza is “over the top,” while the Israeli army has continued to intensify its attacks following Netanyahu’s rejection of Hamas’s most recent ceasefire proposal.
Casualties
- 27,947+ Palestinians killed in Gaza, including at least 12,000 children.
- 67,459+ Palestinians injured.
CNN’s Bias Toward Israel Starts at the Top – Philip Weiss 2/9/24
Source: Mondoweiss.net
A recent Guardian article documenting CNN’s bias toward Israel was impressive but lacked one crucial detail: Why CNN has such bias. You don’t have to look farther than CEO David Zaslav to understand the answer is Zionism.
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