“The entire Israel Air Force relies completely on American aircraft: fighter planes, transport planes, refueler planes and helicopters. All of Israel’s air power is based on the American commitment to defend Israel. We have no other reliable source for essential supplies of equipment, munitions and advanced weapons that Israel cannot manufacture on its own.”
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert
Relatives of victims of the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7 have filed a case in a US court against Iran, Syria and North Korea claiming their support for the Palestinian armed group facilitated the attack which harmed their loved ones.
A lot of people misunderstand the relationship between the USA and Israel. Israel is the USA's fixer in the region, taking care of the dirty work that would be unpalatable to the American voters.
Security forces spray people as Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest an Israeli Supreme Court ruling that requires the state to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students to the military, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Report: Israeli Soldiers Filmed Using Detainees in Gaza as 'Human Shields'
"Video footage broadcast Sunday night by the Al Jazeera network recorded Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip allegedly using Palestinian detainees as human shields.
"In the video, soldiers are seen attaching body cameras to handcuffed detainees and even dressing them in uniforms and protective vests before sending them into destroyed buildings and even the entrances of tunnels, in order to guarantee that the areas have not been rigged with explosives, before the soldiers enter."
Alongside the catastrophe in Gaza, another crisis is unfolding in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, where the Israeli military has launched land incursions, conducted airstrikes, restricted access to resources, and targeted health infrastructure.
"The head of the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital has accused Israel of torturing him and other detainees, following his release after seven months in Israeli prisons and detention facilities.
"The doctor, who had been held by Israel without charge since arrest at his workplace in November, said he and other prisoners suffered 'almost daily torture' while in detention in Israel.
"Mistreatment included assaults with batons and dogs, deprivation of food and medicine, as well as physical and psychological humiliation, Abu Salmiya told reporters."
Members of the Tulkarem resistance in the northern West Bank remain defiant as community members rally around them after an Israeli airstrike assassinated one of their leaders.
[1/4] WARNING: Many are unaware of the magnitude of the disaster. The Israeli army has now released a statement identifying areas that need to be evacuated. The "Red" area is extensive and home to hundreds of thousands who returned to their homes with the start of the Rafah invasion. However, what is concealed in this map are areas where Israeli tanks are present: the southern area of Rafah, part of Al-Mawasi, and the northern area near Netzarim.
> The devastation has been unprecedented: more children were killed in the first four months of Israel’s assault than in all conflicts over the past four years combined; Israel’s assault has resulted in the fastest starvation rate the world has ever seen; and Israeli forces have targeted those who respond to the devastation, killing the highest number of journalists and aid workers ever recorded in war.
Since October 7, scholars have debated whether Israel’s actions meet the legal threshold of genocide. A meticulous new report finds the evidence is clear and overwhelming.
almost 10000 people in the joint Israeli-Palestinian anti-war and pro-peace event, not counting remote viewers and watch parties.
there is hope for the people of this land. there is hope for peace.
@mindaslab That's a sickeningly racist, prejudiced assertion.
For centuries, Muslims, Christians and Jews shared Palestine. Then, the Zionists started arriving. They wanted to be the Master Race of the region. That's the problem.