West Bank

Posted by: John Phoenix Father Jacques Noble-Abed in Taybeh after Israeli settlers set fire near the ruins of a Byzantine church. (Photo by Delaney Nolan “Shame on you,” says Father Jacques Noble-Abed of Taybeh, in the occupied West Bank, referring to US evangelicals who support Israel. “Because this is not the teaching of Jesus in the Gospel.” By Delaney Nolan, Reposted from Zeteo, August 24, 2025 ZETEO EDITOR’S NOTE: Today, we’re publishing this deeply-reported piece from the occupied West Bank by reporter Delaney Nolan, who interviewed Palestinians on the ground and witnessed apartheid in action. Foreign reporting isn’t easy or cheap, especially in active war zones, but we believe these stories must be told – especially the under-reported scandal of Pales...

Posted by: John Phoenix SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER IN OCTOBER 2020. ((PHOTO: SENATE DEMOCRATS)) As support for Israel drops in polls, Democrats are increasingly trying to distance themselves from the Gaza genocide. A common tactic is to place the blame on “the Netanyahu government,” but this ignores Israel’s long history of ethnic cleansing. By James Ray, Reposted from Mondoweiss, August 09, 2025 As the genocide in Palestine continues to intensify in what is soon to become its second year, more than a million inhabitants of Gaza are facing a catastrophic famine manufactured by Israel. Sustained military operations and a near-total blockade of aid coming in have resulted in vast swaths of Palestinians lacking the food, water, and other nec...

Nazi Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a dinner at the White House on July 7, 2025.  (Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Posted by: John Phoenix "Biden was wrong about his support for Israel's war in Gaza. Trump is even worse," said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. The Israeli security cabinet's decision Friday to expand the military assault on Gaza came days after U.S. President Donald Trump gave tacit approval to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's push for full occupation of the Palestinian enclave, saying it was "pretty much up to Israel." The president's position faced fierce criticism from analysts and Democratic lawmakers as other world leaders—including allies of Israel—d...

Posted by: John Phoenix Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben Gvir shake hands as the Israeli government approve Netanyahu's proposal to reappoint Itamar Ben-Gvir as minister of National Security, in the Knesset, Israeli parliament in Jerusaelm, March 19, 2025 (Oren Ben Hakoon) The White House has been eerily muted on what could be the deadliest turning point in the war. By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Reposted from Responsible Statescraft, August 08, 2025 The Israeli security cabinet approved a plan early Friday (August 08) for the military takeover of Gaza City, which is the largest population center in the strip — at least it was before Oct. 7 — stopping short of plans to take over the entire enclave. The implications are huge. Un...

Posted by: John Phoenix Netanyahu Says It's Antisemitic For Israeli Soldiers To Describe Their Own Atrocities ([screenshot]). By Caitlin Johnstone, Reposted from Caitlin’s Newsletter, June 27, 2025 Sometimes I’ll write a headline that looks odd on its face, but then I’ll lay out facts and arguments that allow the reader to understand the validity of the claim by the end of the essay. This is not one of those times. This headline is just me saying the thing that happened. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz are publicly denouncing a report from an Israeli newspaper quoting Israeli soldiers who describe atrocities they were ordered to commit in the Israeli military, accusing the report of “blood libels”. The Israeli ne...

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visits the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the illegally occupied West Bank, on July 19, 2025.  (Photo: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images) Posted by: John Phoenix "Justifying today's atrocities by pointing to yesterday's doesn't make it moral," said one critic. "It makes it monstrous." Amid growing international condemnation of Israel's annihilation and starvation of Gaza—including from staunch ally Britain—U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Friday attempted to defend the genocidal assault on Gaza by invoking one of the most notorious Allied atrocities of World War II. Appearing on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," Huckabee singled out the United Kingdom after Prime Minister Ke...

Posted By: John Phoenix While the focus of world attention has turned away from Gaza to the attack by Israel on Iran and Iran’s determined and powerful response, there is still no let-up in Israel’s war on Gaza or in the Palestinian resistance. Israel continues to perpetrate barbarities Between January and May 2025, the World Health Organisation documented 76 attacks on healthcare facilities in Gaza, reflecting severe threats to medical infrastructure. The number of functional hospitals decreased from 20 to 17 between May 24 and June 11, with some, including Al-Awda, Jabalia and Haifa hospitals, becoming non-operational owing to intensified fighting and insecurity. Community-level medical points (GP polyclinics, essentially) also declined from 144 to 126, and all hospital...