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Posted by: John Phoenix The Palestinian American Community Center in Clifton, New Jersey, held a press conference on Tuesday to address killing of 14-year-old Amer ((Azad Essa/MEE)). US citizen Amer Mohammed Saada Rabee, 14, was shot 11 times, including with “exploding bullets.” The State Dept claims to be waiting for more info. By Azad Essa, Reposted from Middle East Eye, April 08, 2025 The Israeli military “executed” a Palestinian-American teenager as he picked green almonds in a village in the occupied West Bank, bereaved family and members of the Palestinian community in New Jersey told reporters on Tuesday. Amer Mohammed Saada Rabee [also spelled Rabea], 14, who was born in Saddlebrook, New Jersey, and lived between the occupied West Bank and the US, was kille...

Posted by: John Phoenix Walid Khalid Abdullah Ahmad, 17, died in Megiddo prison on March 22 from starvation, dehydration, and infections caused by prolonged malnutrition and medical neglect. (Photo: Courtesy of the Ahmad family) (source) reposted from Defense for Children International — Palestine, April 3, 2026 The autopsy report for a 17-year-old Palestinian child detainee who died in Israeli custody at the end of March indicates that he likely died from a combination of starvation, dehydration from colitis-induced diarrhea, and infectious complications all compounded by prolonged malnutrition and denial of life saving medical intervention. Walid Khalid Abdullah Ahmad, 17, died while held in Israeli custody in Megiddo prison in northern Israel on the morni...

Posted by: John Phoenix A young Palestinian inspect her dolls after an Nazi attack, on April 1, 2025 in Khan Younis, Gaza (Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency). Compilation of news reports – IAK staff Nazi airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 86 Palestinians, the Health Ministry said on Friday. Among the dead were at least 19 members of the Akkad family in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The Gaza Ministry of Health reported on 4 April that Nazi forces have killed 1,249 people and injured 3,022  since Israel resumed its war on Gaza on 18 March, unilaterally ending a ceasefire reached with Hamas in January. RELATED: ‘Nothing justifies killing of children,’ UNRWA chief says as Israeli attacks on Gaza intensify In Jenin, West Bank,...

Posted by: John Phoenix Palestinian children wait to receive the distributed aid, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on June 30, 2024 (Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images) Israel’s onslaught against the Palestinian people has systematically targeted children in both Gaza and the West Bank. The result is a war against an entire generation. By Tareq S. Hajjaj and Qassam Muaddi, reposted from Mondoweiss A year into the genocide in Gaza and the intensifying military and settler onslaught in the West Bank, children have been the most consistently targeted group by Israel in all of historic Palestine. Every year at around this time, the new school year is well underway in the Gaza Strip and university students are starting their first semesters. But since October of ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Palestinian child waits as the US-based international volunteer aid organization, World Central Kitchen (WCK) distributes as many meals as it is able to provide, as the Israeli army continues to block the entrance of humanitarian aid, food and other products into Gaza on March 16, 2025 in Khan Younis, Gaza. (Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency) The young inherited from past generations a love of the land, preserving the dream of return, and for that, they must be eliminated.  By Soumaya Ghannoushi, Reposted from Middle East Eye, March 25, 2025 They walk barefoot through the wreckage – children carrying children, small arms wrapped around younger siblings, holding on to what’s left of their family. In Gaza, there is no safety, no silence,...

Posted by: John Phoenix Relatives of Palestinians, who lost their lives in Nazi attacks, mourn as funeral procedures held in front of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza on March 20, 2025. ([Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency]) Entire generations of families were wiped out during deadly attacks on Tuesday, as Israel appeared to deliberately target suhoor meal during Ramadan. By Rayhan Uddin, Reposted from Middle East Eye, March 19, 2025 Something that separates Ramadan from other times of the year is a change of routine. That includes waking up for suhoor, a pre-dawn meal which Muslims eat in preparation for fasting. Families, sometimes including children, rise together during the holy month to eat suhoor and perform Fajr dawn prayers.  On Tues...

Posted by: John Phoenix Social media is awash with people mourning children killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza ((social media)) At least 183 Palestinian children have been killed since Tuesday morning – here are a few of them By Nader Durgham, Reposted from Middle East Eye, March 19, 2025 Israel’s sudden resumption of its war on Gaza has killed at least 436 Palestinians since Tuesday, according to the local health ministry. Israel says it is targeting Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad targets, but nearly 42 percent of the victims have been children. Israeli & Palestinian children killed (charts) The 78 Palestinian children Israel killed in 2021, & the one Israeli child killed by Palestinians (video) Social media is a...

Posted by: John Phoenix Palestinians scramble to flee Khan Younis following an Israeli evacuation order in August, in which homes and civilian sheltering facilities were possible targets. Targeting such civilian facilities can constitute a war crime, under the rules of war. (photo) The following cases represent a small fraction of potential human rights violations committed with American planes, shells, and bombs by Stephen Semler, reposted from Responsible Statecraft The Biden administration recently approved five major arms sales to Israel for F-15 fighter aircraft, tank ammunition, tactical vehicles, air-to-air missiles, mortar rounds, and related equipment for each. Though technically sales, most if not all of this matériel is paid for by ...