Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in Al-Maghazi refugee camp and shot at people attempting to inspect their homes amid the shaky temporary truce. Israel also killed five Palestinians during a 14-hour raid in the West Bank city of Jenin.
Harvard’s current suppression of Palestinian rights advocacy is a decades-long tradition. Instead of learning from past mistakes, Harvard is once again punishing students advocating for human rights.
Thirty-nine Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons on Friday, as aid trickles back into Gaza amid calls for a full-fledged ceasefire to address the full scope of humanitarian devastation. Spain, Belgium, and the UK have strong words for Israel.
For the people of Gaza, the four-day truce has only afforded them the chance to fully comprehend what they went through: “Only today have we realized that they’re gone. Only today do we feel death’s presence here.”
Israeli police are setting up roadblocks to catch “illegal” Palestinian workers and shutting down businesses that employ them. But this isn’t a new story, and the “Bread Prisoners” have always been forgotten.
We must communicate as loudly as possible, with both our words and actions, that we will not allow our city to be complicit in arming a genocide.
There aren’t many in Hollywood who have stood up for Palestine, but those who have are facing consequences.
A window of respite opens on Friday with a hostage swap due to take place in the afternoon, after Israeli forces hit Indonesian hospital and an UNRWA school. Israeli forces kill a 12-year-old Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank, and settlers continue to harass Palestinian communities.
Israel has larger war aims than Hamas, and is deliberately provoking a regional war to draw the U.S. into the fray. Biden has made halfhearted efforts to cool the situation, but he needs to be bolder in reining Israel in before it’s too late.