Israel’s Cabinet has approved plans to reoccupy Gaza and use U.S. private military contractors to distribute aid to Palestinians. Human rights and aid groups say the plan “makes a mockery of international humanitarian law.”
Growing reports show that Israel has been fomenting armed gangs to loot food supplies in Gaza and sow chaos — and it’s killing those who attempt to stop it. But this strategy isn’t new: Israel has waged a war on Gaza’s civil government from the start.
The Israeli war cabinet unanimously approved on Sunday the expansion of Israel’s war on Gaza, which reportedly include plans to reoccupy the strip indefinitely.
As Israeli airstrikes throughout Lebanon continue, the Lebanese state is threatening to disarm Palestinian factions in the refugee camps. Residents fear this is a prelude to an all-out assault on the camps — and the Palestinian cause.
Prominent political figure Hussein al-Sheikh was recently tapped by President Mahmoud Abbas as vice president of the PLO, and by extension, Abbas’ successor. The appointment tells us a lot about what the future of Palestinian politics may look like.
A ship carrying aid to Gaza was hit by a drone in international waters off the coast of Malta. Many are accusing Israel of being behind the attack.
Israel’s escalating campaign of demolishing Palestinian homes in the West Bank is the other side of the coin of seizing Palestinian land for settlement expansion. The objective is to force Palestinians to silently leave.
A federal judge in Vermont ordered Mohsen Mahdawi be released from detention and compared the administration’s crackdown on dissent to the Red Scare. Upon his release, Mahdawi declared, “To President Trump and his cabinet: I am not afraid of you.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the United States sparked protest and generated violence against pro-Palestine protesters, but that didn’t stop GOP lawmakers from meeting with the extremist far-right politician.
The UN’s World Food Programme, a lifeline for millions of people in Gaza who rely on it for food aid, has run out of its food stores. Palestinians in Gaza say that famine isn’t imminent — it’s already here.