Surprising no one, Israel places a higher priority on killing Palestinians than on seeing its POWs released:
- Gaza: Israel Resumes Fighting, Kills Dozens of Palestinians Following Truce Expiry (New Arab)
- Israel-Hamas War Live: 178 Palestinians Killed Since Truce Ended on Friday Morning, Says Gaza Health Ministry (The Guardian)
- Analysis: Why Israel’s Military Wanted to End the Gaza Truce, and What Now? (Aljzeera)
“Israeli officials had access to a 40-page document, code-named ‘Jericho Wall,’ which spelled out Hamas’ plan for the attack,” but refused to believe that Hamas could pull it off:
- Israel Knew What Hamas Was Planning (Reason)
Palestinians prisoners “have described being hit with sticks, having muzzled dogs set on them, and their clothes, food and blankets taken away[, being] …threatened with rape, and inmates tear-gassed inmates inside the cells” …
… and one of the 31 “women and children women and children who were freed in the sixth prisoner exchange swap,” alleges “blackmail by Israeli forces to have her father killed” to prevent her from speaking out …
… but taking children captive for “interrogation[,] … abuse, coercion, and torture” is nothing new for thge Israeli state:
Israel used doctors as hostages “in what one Palestinian medic called a ‘war on hospitals’” …
- Israel-Palestine War: Gaza Doctors Seized by Israel Say They Were Used as ‘Human Shields’ (Middle East Eye)
… while leaving newborns “on their own [to die] after medical staff were forcibly evacuated”:
- Int’l Committee Must Be Formed to Investigate Israeli Army’s Abandonment of Five Infants, Now Dead, Alone in Gaza Hospital (Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor)
“Advocates for AR 13-025, as well as student government leaders, expressed confusion about” the excuse for the shutdown, insisting the official procedure was duly followed:
- U of Michigan Shuts Down Student Vote on Israeli, Palestinian Resolutions (Inside Higher Ed)
Law students, lawyers, artists, celebrities and public figures are refusing to be silenced and journalists refuse to stop doing their jobs in the face of the Zionist war on free speech:
- The Harvard Law Review’s Palestine Exception (The Harvard Crimson)
- Foley Pulls Associate Job Offer over Israel-Palestine Comments (Bloomberg Law)
- Olivia Colman Among 1,300 Artists Accusing Art Institutions of Censorship on Palestine (Andalu Ajansi)
- Here Are The Celebs and Public Figures Who Have Faced Serious Repercussions for Posting About Palestinians (BuzzFeed)
- Local Arizona Journalist Briefly Arrested While Covering Pro-Palestine Protest (VoA)
- What Does Silencing of Supporters of Palestine Mean for Freedom of Speech? (Aljazeera)
Defenders of Israel’s “right to defend itself” are not only wrong as a matter of law but ignore “Israel’s long and bloody history of colonial theft and illegal occupation that birthed Hamas in the first place” …
… but leaders of Israel’s ruling coalition are perfectly open about their genocidal objectives:
- ‘Erase Gaza’: How Genocidal Rhetoric Became Normalised in Israel (New Arab)
- How Israel’s War Is Deliberately Making Gaza Uninhabitable (New Arab)
Hastings, “a straight shooter who has provided a balanced account of conditions in Gaza for Palestinians, while drawing attention to the need for Hamas to release hostages” is unacceptable to Israel:
“From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the CONTRA war, the UAW has consistently stood for justice across the globe” — UAW President Shawn Fai:
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