AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee famous for its clout in Washington by funding challengers to any politician deemed not sufficiently loyal to Israel, has used its $73 million in last year’s fundraising to smash any movement calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Israeli officials have withheld humanitarian shipments into Gaza as residents in the coastal enclave face one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters amid the Israeli-led, America-endorsed genocide after the Hamas attack last October.
Israel appeared to “open a new frontier” in its yearslong shadow war with Iran when it carried out a major sabotage attack on two of Tehran’s major natural gas pipelines, The New York Times reported, citing Western officials and a military strategist with ties to Iran.
Top Hezbollah leaders said Friday that Israel will pay “in blood” for the strike that killed at least 10 civilians in southern Lebanon, which marks the deadliest attack since tensions and military exchanges between Israel and its neighbor spiked after the 7 October Hamas attack.
A major NGO highlighted the increasing risks that journalists face in war zones around the world, with nearly 100 journalists being killed in 19 conflicts—and with Gaza being by far the deadliest.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel “utterly rejects international dictate regarding a permanent settlement with the Palestinians” and he would not accept a two-state solution.
The Biden administration will reject another UN resolution demanding that Israel ends its ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza, stating that the resolution runs “counter” to Washington’s goals through diplomacy.
This past Saturday, Arab representatives called on the UN Security Council to pass a resolution that demands Israel stop bombing Gaza, abide by an immediate ceasefire, and stop their war that keeps displacing Palestinian civilians whose homes have been destroyed.
The U.S. and U.K. are continuing to escalate their bombing campaign in Yemen as the Houthis begin to fight back by attacking American and British ships in the Red Sea.
Despite international pressure growing about the surging death toll in Gaza, polls show Israelis agree with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the massacre must continue in the coastal enclave until “total victory” is achieved.