West Bank

Posted by: John Phoenix Thousands of Palestinians walk along Al-Rashid Street carrying bags of flour after aid trucks entered through the Zikim area in northern Gaza city on June 17, 2025. Several of those seeking aid were shot by Israeli forces. ((Yousef Zaanoun /Activestills)) Near-daily Israeli massacres at food distribution sites have killed over 400 Palestinians in the past month alone. Survivors describe stepping over corpses to get their hands on a bag of flour: ‘What choice do we have?’ By Ahmed Ahmed & Ibtisam Mahdi, Reposted from +972 Magazine, June 20, 2025 In the early hours of June 11, before sunrise, 19-year-old Hatem Shaldan and his brother Hamza, 23, went to wait for aid trucks near the Netzarim Corridor in the central Gaza Strip. Th...

Posted by: John Phoenix Funeral ceremony of Palestinians, who lost their lives in Israeli attacks on Al Nasser neighborhood in Gaza, on 21 June 2025 (Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor) Israel’s day after plan in Gaza has been revealed by its so-called ‘aid’ regime: disaster capitalism and Shin Bet-organized crime, says Richard Silverstein. by Richard Silverstein, reposted from The New Arab, June 17, 2025 Another of Israel’s worst-kept secrets is out: Shin Bet is arming and funding 600 to 1,000 Palestinian mercenaries from the al-Shabab clan in Gaza to sow chaos and counter Hamas by proxy. These gunmen fire directly at starving Palestinians seeking the aid provided by Israeli-US disaster humanitarianism, with over 100 killed since the program began in...

Posted by: John Phoenix A funeral ceremony is being held in front of the Al Ahli Baptist Hospital for the 4 members of the Hamada family who lost their lives in an attack by the Israeli army on the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, Gaza on June 21, 2025. (Dawoud Abo Alkas – Anadolu Agency). Every time a warning siren goes off in Israel, I cannot help but think of my friends in Gaza, where there are no sirens, no shelters, no hospitals, no food, and no water. by Diana Buttu, reposted from Zeteo, June 17, 2025 “Diana, are you and your family ok?” This was the first text message I received from a friend after missiles landed in Haifa following Israel’s illegal attack on Iran. Many friends from around the world have since messaged and called, but it was that first mess...

Posted by: John Phoenix This year has been marked by attempts to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza, agreement being reached, Israel breaching the terms of the agreement and further negotiations. Israel’s aim is to secure the release of the remaining hostages and then resume its genocide unhindered, to include any Palestinian prisoners it may have released from its dungeons.  Hamas is insisting on a permanent ceasefire.  In the meantime, Israeli aggression and genocide continues. All the time the genocide continues, Israel itself is imploding from within, with its economy in tatters, its army increasingly undermanned and its citizens leaving the country in droves. Israel has therefore been forced, therefore, to engage in ceasefire negotiations to prevent its own life...

Posted by: John Phoenix US President Donald Trump (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) at the White House on 27 January 2020 in Washington, DC ([Kobi Gideon/GPO/Anadolu Agency]). Like the Biden administration, Trump is claiming an “emergency” in order to bypass Congress. By Brett Wilkens, Reposted from Common Dreams, 28 February 2025 As Palestinians released from Israeli imprisonment recount torture and other abuse suffered at the hands of their former captors, the Trump administration on Friday approved a new $3 billion weapons package for Israel. UPDATE: Trump Admin Bypasses Congress to Send Israel $4B as It Blocks Aid Into Gaza The new package, reported by Zeteo‘s Prem Thakker, includes nearly $2.716 billion worth of ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Israeli soldiers, in military gear, stand in a street in the West Bank city of Hebron, detaining several Palestinians, including a woman, following an Israeli raid on Hebron on December 25, 2024. ([Wisam Hashlamoun – Anadolu Agency]) Two articles on Israel’s shocking use of torture and other forms of abuse against Palestinian prisoners. “Shocking testimony: Torture in occupation prisons… sexual assaults even using dogs” By Mahmoud Majadalah, Reposted from Arab 48 In a new testimony, released prisoner, Adham Mansour revealed serious violations against Palestinian detainees, including physical and sexual assaults using dogs, in addition to starvation and medical neglect. These testimonies come amid human rights reports confirming t...

Posted by: John Phoenix Palestinian prisoners detained by the Israeli army are taken to the Nasser Hospital for medical treatment after being released by the Nazi forces in Khan Yunis, Gaza on August 20, 2024 ( [Doaa Albaz/Anadolu Agency]) Freed Palestinian prisoners recount how Israeli jailers ‘treated them like animals’ and ‘brutally tortured’ some to death By Maha Hussaini, Reposted from Middle East Eye Israeli jailers would wrap Palestinian prisoners in shrouds and bury them alive.  As they began to suffocate, just before death took hold, a small amount of air was allowed in to keep them alive, only for the process to be repeated moments later. This is one of many accounts of torture inflicted on Palestinian detainees by Israeli authoriti...