“Attack decried as attempt to erase Palestinian history after thousands of historical documents were torn apart and burnt”:
The Biden administration fully supports Israel’s war in Gaza, but would prefer the slaughter end before the Presidential election moves into full gear:
“[N]ever in history has a bombing campaign caused the targeted population to revolt against its own government”:
- Israel’s Failed Bombing Campaign in Gaza: Collective Punishment Won’t Defeat Hamas (Foreign Affairs)
Israeli murders of civilians continues:
- Palestinian Boy Killed by Israeli Army in Jenin (Palestine Chronicle)
- Israeli Army Shoots Palestinian Street Vendor (Aljazeera)
- We Cry Out Our Cry of Hope: Why We Cannot Overlook Israel’s Targeting of Palestinian Christians (New Arab)
The toll on journalists in Gaza continues to mount …
- The Newsroom Has Become a Battleground in Israel’s War on Gaza (Aljazeera)
- Journalist Casualties in the Israel-Gaza War (Committee to Protect Journalists)
- Palestinian Journalists Offer a Rare Glimpse into Life in Gaza. But for How Long? (Time)
… and in Lebanon “journalists were well removed from ongoing hostilities, clearly identifiable as members of the media” …
- Israel: Strikes on Journalists in Lebanon Apparently Deliberate (Human Rights Watch)
In the face of censorship, Oakland teachers seek “‘a corrective’ to mainstream education materials that take a pro-Israel view” …
… Harvard students must attend demonstrations organized by non-recognized groups …
- Harvard’s Pro-Palestine Protests Are Now Led by Unrecognized Student Groups. Will Harvard Sanction Them? (The Harvard Crimson)
… and in the “UK, more than 1,000 creative practitioners, artists and curators accused cultural institutions of ‘repressing, silencing and stigmatising Palestinian voices and perspectives’”:
- Cultural Institutions Accused of Censorship over Israel-Palestine War (Museums Association)
AIPAC and its allies hope that a focus on the 1200 killed by Hamas on October 7 will take attention away from the 16,000 and counting killed by Israel since:
- Israel-Palestine War: Pro-Israel Groups Plan to Lobby ‘Biased’ Media to Shift Narrative (Middle East Eye)
“The thousands of Palestinians, many of them children, arbitrarily held in ‘administrative detention’ by Israel are every bit as much hostages as those seized by Hamas on 7 October”:
- Israel-Palestine War: In War, Words Matter. Palestinian ‘Prisoners’ Are Hostages, Too (Middle East Eye)
“Israel has targeted several medical facilities in Gaza, claiming that Palestinian fighters use them to move around and shelter, without providing any evidence for these claims”:
- Israeli Army Arrests 35 Medical Workers During Ground Invasion in Gaza (Palestine Chronicle)
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