"Biden’s stubborn malice and cruelty to the Palestinians is just one of many gruesome riddles presented to us by Western politicians and journalists. .. It would have been easy for Western leaders to choke off their impulse of unconditional solidarity with an extremist regime while also acknowledging the necessity of pursuing and bringing to justice those guilty of war crimes on 7 October..."
Airstrikes continue across the Gaza Strip as the Israeli ground invasion continues in Jabalia and Rafah, displacing thousands. Meanwhile, the Israeli army launched a wide-ranging invasion of Jenin refugee camp, killing 12 people.
Gescheiterte Verhandlungen in Nahost: Welches Spiel spielte Ägypten?
Während Israel wieder über die Freilassung der Hamas-Geiseln verhandeln will, ist noch immer nicht klar, wie die letzte Verhandlungsrunde derart scheitern konnte. In den Blick gerät nun die Rolle Ägyptens als Vermittler. Von Martin Durm.
#IDF burns down Aqsa University Library in Gaza, including it's vast archive of historic manuscript. This comes after they leveled #Gaza University months ago, one of the oldest universities in the world. Academics who defend #Israel are toothless genociders and deserve to be deligitimized. You can't be an honest knowledge producer and also defend the fascist eradication of history.
This is literally money talking and feeling it has been disrespected by someone expressing their opposition to further killing after 35,000+ Gazans (at least half women and children) have already been slaughtered and seen their open air confinement zone razed in reply to the Oct 7 loss of 1,200 Israelis.
We have here a picture of exactly the calculus our politicians are using to assess their larger interests in relation to Gaza.
"It is frankly incredible to me that advocating for a cessation of hostilities is seen as not only controversial, but somehow hateful.
"Criticism of the actions of the Israeli government does not in and of itself constitute antisemitism. That accusation… serves to trivialize the regrettably very real instances of antisemitism that do occur."
The Israeli army withdrew from Jenin refugee camp after a three-day incursion that left leaving 12 Palestinians dead. But the armed resistance in the camp remains defiant, vowing to repel all invaders.
#Gaza, one drawing at a time, by Palestinian artist Maisara Baroud
"Drawing has become the special way to help me overcome death for a bit. Drawing, for me, is the way to break the blockade and in this way cancel and challenge the borders and the barriers placed by the occupation.
It is also the only way to announce: “I am still alive.”"
« Un des problèmes de cette mise en cause, de cette inculpation par la #CourPénaleInternationale c'est qu'il commence l'histoire au 7 octobre. On a l'impression qu'avant il n'y avait rien. Or, la Cour pénale internationale a été saisie depuis longtemps de ce qu'il se passe en #Cisjordanie, à #JérusalemEst et à #Gaza - elle n'a jamais rien fait » - #AlainGresh, auteur de #PalestineUnPeupleQuiNeVeutPasMourir
Izedine Lulu was besieged in Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital when he heard that Israel had bombed his family home in November. His brothers, sisters and father had all been killed.
The 21-year-old medic could not go to find their bodies because al-Shifa was surrounded by Israeli tanks and snipers. He could only tend to his patients.