Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, fled to Moscow on Sunday after a lightning fast offensive by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Turkish-Israeli-U.S. backed group that invaded Syria’s Aleppo last week that continued on to Damascus and easily took control of the city.
Isaac Herzog, the Israeli president, called Elon Musk last week to discuss the Israeli hostages still in Hamas possession after a request made by the families of those who are held in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is open to the idea of Israelis settling in Gaza after “encouraging” Palestinians to get out, Itamar Ben Gvir, the head of the Jewish Power party, said.
Israel has been referring to its newly stolen land in Gaza so-called “buffer zones” that cross Gaza preventing the movement of Palestinians and making it easier for IDF troops to drive across the enclave with ease—all in the name of “security,” of course.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark, a devoted Christian Zionist, introduced legislation last week that would ban the federal government from identifying the Israeli-Occupied Territory as the “West Bank” in favor of its biblical name “Judea and Samaria.”
What ceasefire? The Israeli military continues to carry out airstrikes in southern Lebanon, despite a so-called ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli military carried out raids and airstrikes on one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, forcing the entire facility to be cleared and killing at least 30, including four doctors.
Susan Abulhawa, a Palestinian-American writer, was one of the presenters last month at the Oxford Union during a conference titled, “This House Believes Israel is an Apartheid State Responsible for Genocide.”
Amnesty International, the human rights group, issued a damning report last week accusing Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza, citing cases of “serious violations of international humanitarian law.”
Ecohealth Alliance and its founder Peter Daszak have been under scrutiny by the Department of Justice.