Reporter Tareq Hajjaj reflects back on the harrowing last few weeks in Gaza where he twice fled his home to escape Israeli attacks, and reveals the trauma of reporters who cover wars that they are also trying to survive.

Bay Area activists successfully blocked an Israeli cargo ship from offloading in Oakland, CA. The “Block the Boat” effort has been led by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC).

Florida protestors tell Duty Free Americas to stop funding expulsion of Palestinians. “Quite simply, our groups are in front of Duty Free America offices today because Israel encourages the construction of illegal settlements, and international philanthropy pays for it,” explained protestor Hiba Kakli.

Young evangelicals are turning on Israel, as support for the country continues to decline.

Israel’s possible next prime minister Naftali Bennett would need to deliver to his base, with anti-Palestinian provocation. Which makes it unlikely that a non-Netanyahu government can stem the tide of pro-Palestinian sentiment which followed the last massacre in Gaza. Though this is what hasbara-ists, in the US and Israel, are hoping for.

Israel is reportedly asking the United States for an additional $1 billion in military aid so they can replenish their Iron Dome missile defense system.

The reconstruction of Gaza will not meet the needs and aspirations of Palestinians without ending the Israeli blockade.

Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid’s “Change bloc” that may form the next Israeli government is not ideologically very different to a Likud bloc. It might not have the extreme right Kahanist faction of Jewish Power in it, as the right bloc did, but the Change bloc really is about Jewish power anyway: the Zionist dominance of Jewish power.

This spring as the fight to save Sheikh Jarrah, Gaza, and all of Palestine from Israeli settler-colonialism slowly became a mainstay in mainstream public discourse, thousands of artists, musicians, and other culture makers have spoken out in support if Palestine. These statements are not only important political bellwethers, but also essential catalysts for social change.

The US Jewish crisis over Israel mounts: Liberal Zionist Rabbi Shira Stutman of Sixth and I Synagogue in DC gives a sermon expressing love for an Israel “terrorized” by rockets, and refuses to judge its response, but also says Israel “categorically dismisses, discriminates, ethnically cleanses and …cares little for the basic human rights of millions of people that live under its administration.” And which statement do you think she had to apologize for?