Mondoweiss Weekly Briefing: Widespread and Increasing Popular Support in US for Palestine
from mondoweiss.net As Israel presses on its persecution of civilians in Gaza, the good news is that a strong movement has emerged in the United States against the genocide, and this movement is…
Day 219 Updated: Tens of Thousands Flee for their Lives as Israeli Bombs Drop
The Israeli bombing of Rafah continued throughout the day and evening on Sunday, day 219 of the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip – bringing the official death toll to…
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian In Nablus
On Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man and injured a teenage boy, in Balata refugee camp, north of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. The…
WAFA: Israeli Army Demolishes A Detainee’s Home Near Hebron
HEBRON, Sunday, May 12, 2024 (WAFA) – This morning, Israeli occupation forces demolished the house of a Palestinian political prisoner in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the south…
Two Years Since Shireen Abu Akleh Killed by Israeli Forces; Still No Justice
Two years ago, Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot by Israeli forces while reporting in the occupied West Bank, on May 11, 2022. In addition to targeting and executing…
‘We Have to Take Sides’: Rev Munther Isaac in South Africa
This week Palestinian Evangelical Lutheran pastor Reverend Munther Isaac gave a very compelling talk at a mosque in South Africa, calling on the world, people of every religion, to take…
Day 218 Update: “Including Many Children, Israel Kills Dozens In Gaza”
On Saturday, the Israeli army continued the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in several parts of the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children, and wounding…
Israeli Violations In West Bank, Saturday
These are some of the Israeli violations and attacks by Israeli occupation soldiers and the parliamentary colonizers militias against the Palestinians in the West Bank, on Saturday, May 11, 2023.…
Fighter jets, attack drones hammer Rafah; catastrophe looms
As US blocks heavy weapons, Israel expands its attack of Rafah. Biden administration reports that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza “likely violated international humanitarian law”. Food catastrophe looms…
Day 218 Update: Israeli Missiles Kill Dozens, Injure Hundreds, In Gaza
Two civilians were killed in the evening in a missile bombardment carried out by the Israeli occupation warplanes on the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City. A correspondent with the…
Israeli Soldiers Invade Towns Near Nablus
Earlier Saturday, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Asira al-Shamaliya and the village of Qusin in the Nablus governorate, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part. Several army vehicles invaded…
WAFA: “UN experts condemn US and Israeli threats against ICC”
GENEVA, (WAFA) – United Nations experts today condemned US and Israeli threats against the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a press release, the UN experts “expressed utter dismay over statements made…
Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Hebron
On Saturday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, leading to protests, and caused dozens of residents to suffer the…
WAFA: Foreign Ministry welcomes international consensus on Palestine’s right for full UN membership
RAMALLAH, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the overwhelming vote and international consensus in the United Nations General Assembly affirming the right…
Day 217 Update: Dozens Killed and Wounded by Israeli Bombardment in Gaza
On Friday throughout the day and night, Israeli bombardment continued in the already decimated Gaza Strip, killing Palestinian families and children, as the Israeli bombs have done every single day…
WAFA: Outrageous arson attack forces UNRWA to temporarily close its headquarters in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has decided to temporarily close the Agency’s headquarters in occupied…
Rafah Border Completely Sealed Since Israeli Military Takeover 3 Days Ago
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, said on Thursday that no one has been allowed to enter or leave the Gaza Strip for…
Biden withholds weapons shipment over Rafah invasion, as Gazans flee
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…
Day 216: “Israeli Missiles Kill Dozens, Including Many Children In Gaza”
On Thursday Day 216 of the ongoing genocide in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, largely women and children, and wounded many more, in…
Israeli Soldiers Shoot A Child In Qalqilia
Earlier Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, shot a teenage boy, and abducted a young man. Many armored military vehicles invaded the…
WHO Director: Hospitals In Southern Gaza Will Run Out Of Fuel In 3 Days
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, issued a statement warning that the Palestinian hospitals in the southern part of the Gaza Strip will run out of…
WAFA: Army Welds Shut Old Municipality Building In Hebron’s Old City
HEBRON, Wednesday, May 8, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces today shut down the doors of the old municipality building in the Old City of Hebron, in preparation to take…
US Pauses Scheduled Arms Shipment to Israel
In an unprecedented move for the United States, which is by far the largest weapons supplier to the state of Israel, the US State Department stopped the shipment of a…
Israeli Authorities Demolish 47 Homes in the Negev Desert
On Wednesday morning, Israeli occupation authorities, under heavy police protection, demolished 47 houses belonging to the Abu Asa family, near the village of Umm Butin in the Negev region in…
Israeli Army Expands Rafah Invasion, Bombing – Day 215
On Wednesday, the Israeli army expanded its offensive and ground invasion of Rafah and fired barrages of missiles and shells at tall buildings in several parts of the city, in…
Day 215: Including Children, Israel’s Missiles Kill Dozens In Gaza
On Wednesday, Day 215 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including many children and…
Soldiers Force A Palestinian To Demolish Sheds In Bethlehem
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Nahhalin town, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and forced a Palestinian to demolish his four commercial sheds. Mohammad Issa Musallam said the…
Update: Army Abducts 30 Palestinians In West Bank
On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least thirty Palestinians, including siblings, one woman and former political prisoners, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The…
Day 214 Update: Israel Kills Dozens In Gaza, Intensifies Rafah Bombing
On Tuesday, the Israeli army intensified the bombing of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially in Rafah, in the Southport area of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens…
West Bank Journal: Settler Attacks a Daily Occurrence in Hebron Area
The following are updates from international human rights observers from the US and Europe who are in the West Bank right now: Content warning: torture 5/4/24 We’ve done a few…
Day 214: Rafah Ground Invasion Begins; Israel Rejects Ceasefire Deal
On Tuesday, day 214 of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, 21 Palestinians, including children and women, have been killed in the Israeli shelling of separate areas in the Gaza Strip,…
Day 213 Update: Israel Intensifies Rafah Bombing, Kills Dozens Across Gaza
On Monday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially in Rafah, in addition to Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, and several…
The long-dreaded evacuation of Rafah has begun – Day 212
The evacuation of Rafah, in preparation for invasion (long forecast to be a bloodbath, and denounced by the US) – is underway; UNRWA chief Lazzarini’s accusations against Israel; US may…
Day 213: Israeli Troops Order Eastern Rafah Evacuation; Bombing Continues
Updated: Israeli bombardment on all parts of the Gaza Strip continued on Monday morning, the 213th day of the Israeli military invasion of the Gaza Strip. 22 Palestinian civilians were…
Army Demolishes Two Buildings Near Ramallah
Earlier Monday, Israeli soldiers demolished a floor of a home and a commercial structure in Ras Karkar village, northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part. Media sources…
Israel Bans Al Jazeera; Raids Jerusalem Office
The Israeli government officially banned the region’s largest news agency on Sunday — and the only news agency that provides consistent coverage in Arabic and English about internal Israeli politics…
Day 212 Update: “Including Children, Israel’s Missiles Kills Dozens Gaza”
On Sunday, Day 212 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian civilians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including many women and…
Israeli Army Abducts 25 Palestinians In West Bank
On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-five Palestinians, including a young woman, children, and former political prisoners, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the…
Day 212: Israel’s Missiles Kill Dozens In Gaza
On Sunday, Day 212 of the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including…
Israeli Colonizers Attack Palestinians, Property, In Northern Plains
On Saturday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank’s Northern Plains. Aref Daraghma, a local nonviolent activist against the illegal Israeli colonialist activities,…
Israeli Army Shoots Two Palestinians Near Nablus
On Saturday night, Israeli soldiers shot two Palestinians during protests after many military vehicles invaded Beit Furik town, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and installed roadblocks.…
Day 211 Update: Israeli Bombardment of Palestinian Civilians Continues
On Saturday evening, Israeli warplanes and artillery bombed citizens’ homes and agricultural areas in the central and southern Gaza Strip. A number of Palestinians were killed and injured, on Saturday…
World Press Freedom Day: Palestinian Journalists in Gaza Awarded UN Prize
Palestinian journalists covering Gaza have been named as laureates of the 2024 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of an International Jury of media professionals. The Award…
Palestinians in Gaza face rampant disease due to destroyed infrastructure
by Tareq S. Hajjaj, mondoweiss.net Those who survived Israel’s deadly bombardment now have to contend with the rising environmental disaster in Gaza’s displacement camps, including insect infestations, dangerous amounts of…
Day 210: 26 Killed; 51 Injured in Israeli Bombardment of Gaza
On Friday, day 210 of Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued bombing the Gaza Strip, including the 1.5 million internally displaced Palestinians currently forced to shelter in…
Palestinian Surgeon Tortured and Killed in Israeli Custody
from Middle East Eye Adnan al-Bursh, a Palestinian surgeon and professor of orthopaedic medicine, was killed by torture while in Israeli detention, according to a statement from the Palestinian Prisoners’…
Day 209 Update: Israel’s Missiles, Shells, Kill Dozens In Gaza
On Thursday, Day 109 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, including women and…
Day 209: Israeli Aggression in Gaza Continues; Dozens of Killed and Injured
Updated: On Thursday, Day 209 of Israel’s aggression against the people of Gaza, Israeli airstrikes killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many more in central, eastern and southern Gaza. The…
Army Abducts Three Palestinians In Bethlehem, One In Jerusalem
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians in the Bethlehem Governorate, and one near the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded Husan village, west…
Army Shoots A Palestinian, Abducts Five, Including A Woman, In Ramallah
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part, shot a young man, and abducted five Palestinians, including one woman,…
Soldiers Demolish A Residential Building, Sheds, In Jerusalem
Earlier Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Hizma, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a residential building and sheds. Media sources said…
Israeli Soldiers Demolish A Palestinian Home In Hebron
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home and bulldozed lands in Khirbet Khallet al-Foren, in the village of Birin, east of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part.…
Day 208 Update: “Israel’s Missiles Kill Dozens, Injure Hundreds, In Gaza”
On Wednesday, Day 208 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles and shells killed dozens, and injured hundreds, in various parts of the destroyed…
WAFA: Colombia To Sever Diplomatic Ties with Israel
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (WAFA) – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced during the annual Labor Day celebrations in the capital Bogota that his country will break diplomatic ties with…
Day 208: Israeli Airstrikes Continue in Gaza, Killing Civilians
On Wednesday, the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip entered its 208th day, amid Israeli warplanes and artillery bombardment of residential squares and the vicinity of shelters, especially in the…