Palestine

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Updated 11:37 AM EDT, April 22, 2025

“DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 17 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and destroyed bulldozers and other heavy equipment that had been supplied by mediators to clear rubble. Separate strikes killed two people in Lebanon.”

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Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem Sat 19 Apr 2025 12.54 EDT

"…Israel appears confident that it can maintain the siege with little international pushback.

It is also moving ahead with large-scale seizures of #Palestinian land for security buffer zones, and plans to shift control of aid delivery to the army and private contractors, exacerbating fears in #Gaza that #Israel intends to maintain boots on the ground in the territory long-term and permanently displace its residents."

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews via #TheGuardian Fri 18 Apr 2025 18.40 EDT

“A federal judge on Friday ordered that a #Turkish #TuftsUniversity student detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana be brought to #Vermont by 1 May for a hearing over what her lawyers say was apparent retaliation for an op-ed piece she co-wrote in the student newspaper.”

By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER
Updated 6:04 PM EDT, April 14, 2025

"A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he expected to be interviewed about finalizing his U.S. citizenship, his attorneys said.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident who has held a green card since 2015, was detained at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, his lawyers said. "

Israeli society isn’t just celebrating the genocide in Gaza—they’re actively participating in it. 📌 Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - The German Society & Nazi Holocaust 3:05 - Israeli Society & Gaza Holocaust (Very Interesting) 8:25 - Prof Finkelstein Compares Between Israeli society and Nazi Germany. 9:50 - Israeli Society's Active Participation in Genocide. 13:05 - Poll Showing Only 1% of Israelis Think Gaza Genocide Was Too Much. 14:00 - Genocidal Society? 15:04 - The U.S. President Who Called Out Israel's holocaust

In this video, we examine how Israeli society is reacting to what the International Court of Justice has ruled as a plausible genocide. From school trips to watch starving Palestinian children, to night boat tours admiring the destruction, to physically blocking humanitarian aid so more children starve—this is not just complicity; this is active participation.

And that raises a dark moral question: Who is more evil—the Israeli government committing genocide, or the Israeli society enabling it?

Before we wrap up, we also answer a historical question: Which American president had the courage to tell Israel it was committing a holocaust? The answer might surprise you.

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