Hamas accepts Egypt’s proposal to form an independent Palestinian committee to run Gaza after the war, while Israel bombs another tent encampment for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis. Amnesty International declares Israel is committing genocide.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes committed in Gaza. As a result, the two will be unable to travel to at least 124 countries.
In October 2023, I proudly wore my Star of David necklace to an emergency rally for Gaza, but a year later I could no longer wear it. Israel has made it impossible to divorce this symbol from the unfathomable devastation carried out under its banner.
Civilians fleeing north Gaza are arriving in Gaza City and staying in newly established refugee camps. The camps are already overflowing and there aren’t any more tents.
A new report by Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, warns that Israel’s genocide in Gaza is spreading to the West Bank.
Survivors of the ongoing Israeli extermination campaign in north Gaza describe how the Israeli army is separating mothers from children before forcing them south, executing civilians in ditches, and directly targeting hospitals and medical staff.
The ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza as part of the so-called “Generals’ Plan” isn’t new, but the only thing standing in its way is the will of 200,000 Palestinians to stay in the north and refuse displacement.
We need to build an infrastructure of confrontation to resist Israel’s coming onslaught on the West Bank. The first step to doing so is by building self-reliance and reclaiming food sovereignty.