Will Rafah crossing open to empty Gaza?; headlines on Iran; UNRWA without protections; settlers act as “vigilante militias” in West Bank; apartheid in the open; more arms to Israel with less Congressional oversight; the US occupation of Gaza
NBA Star Stephen Curry’s Ties To Israeli Military Intelligence
Curry’s investments demonstrate how Israel’s security establishment co-opts high-profile cultural influencers to provide the country, and its military-derived technology, with legitimacy.
‘Apocalyptic wasteland’: Biden admin. blocked warning on deteriorating Gaza situation after Oct. 7
The US ambassador to Jerusalem, Jack Lew [a Jewish zionist], blocked the cable from wider distribution within the United States Government.
Why Israeli counterterrorism tactics are showing up in Minnesota
A decades-long partnership has included resource sharing and a lot of joint training for ICE and CBP with their counterparts in Israel.
Israel Went to Extremes to Return Ran Gvili’s Body. Why Doesn’t It Accord Dead Palestinians the Same Respect?
This week, Israel was revealed as an apartheid state even for the dead: a segregation regime for skeletons.
Across the West, speaking for Palestine is now a crime
Among the most shocking cases is that of Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman and the last person still held in US federal detention in connection with protests at Columbia University.
A West Bank Bus Trip Through ‘the Best Documented Ethnic Cleansing in History’
Government-sponsored violence by Israeli settlers, ‘apartheid roads’ and Palestinians being displaced from their homes. Peace Now provides a somber day trip in the occupied West Bank
Mike Huckabee’s distorted theology does not speak for Christians worldwide
By rejecting Jerusalem’s churches, the US ambassador to Israel advances a narrow Zionist reading of Christianity, shifting God’s covenant from Christ to power, territory and exclusion
CBS Evening News” With Tony Dokoupil Is Ellisons’ & Weiss’s Pro-Israel Show
I watched the first two weeks of Bari Weiss’s attempt to reshape evening news. I’m left wondering who it’s even for.
A Generation on Hold: Inside Gaza’s Collapsing Education System
UNRWA’s ability to respond is constrained by a severe funding crisis. Several major donors froze or reduced contributions in 2024, leaving the agency scrambling to maintain even its most basic services. Education, which accounts for a sizable portion of UNRWA’s mandate, has been hit especially hard.









