Satellite and video images show Israeli forces targeted cemeteries in northern Gaza in recent weeks—in Israel’s latest attempt to punish the civilian population over the 7 October Hamas attack.
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WHITE HOUSE BRUSHES OFF BIDEN’S COMMENT ON ISRAEL’S INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING IN GAZA
John Kirby, the spokesman for the White House National Security Council, did his best last week to play down President Joe Biden’s comment that Israel has been conducting “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza.
ISRAEL POLITICIAN CALLS FOR GENOCIDE: BURY PALESTINIANS ALIVE
Aryeh Yitzhak King, the far-right deputy mayor of Jerusalem who represents the mindset of Israel’s extremist Knesset, posted on X on Friday that the IDF should save itself the trouble and just bury alive hundreds of captured Palestinians.
ISRAEL KEEPS KILLING PALESTINIANS AND UN’S UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DOCTRINE
Lynn Hastings, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in the Palestinian territories, marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a somber update about the Israel campaign in Gaza and how things could have been different.
ISRAEL’S WAR OF DECISION
According to Omer Bartov, a strong supporter of Israel and an astute observer of events since October 7, “In brief, Israel seems to have no political plan and a very hazardous military one. It can only blame itself—not least Netanyahu, but also the military leadership—for having arrived at this point.”
THE U.S., NOT ISRAEL, IS THE MAIN COMBATANT IN THE WAR AGAINST HAMAS
In terms of costs and munitions, Washington, not Israel, is the main combatant against Gaza. On December 1 The Wall Street Journal reported that Washington has sent Israel 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells.
HAMAS IS GAINING IN POPULARITY IN WEST BANK, SEEN AS TRUE PROTECTOR
Ever since Israel vowed to destroy Hamas, the group has only gained in popularity in Gaza and in the West Bank, as Palestinians see the group as the only legitimate power to stand up against Israel’s oppression.
TOP TREND 2023, MIDDLE EAST MELTDOWN: MIDEAST WAR CUTS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
Bookings for international air travel fell 20 percent below 2019 levels in the three weeks following Hamas’s attack on Israel, according to travel data service ForwardKeys.
TOP TREND 2023, MIDDLE EAST MELTDOWN: MIDEAST WAR SENDS ISRAELI BUSINESSES INTO FINANCIAL CRISIS
The Israel-Hamas war has had catastrophic impacts on Israel’s $488-billion economy, with 350,000 military reservists—about 8 percent of the country’s workforce and a large share of the retail customer base—called into service.
STATE DEPARTMENT DIVIDE: DIPLOMATS CALL ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO CONDEMN ISRAEL’S GAZA GENOCIDE
A leaked State Department memo from mid-level diplomats called on the Biden administration to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and that the U.S. should be able to publicly criticize the country’s bombing campaign in Gaza that has killed over 10,000—mainly women and children.