Any of the Palestinian memoirs/biographies are great in so many ways. You can come in with little idea of the Middle East and get a human story as well as where that falls in the history/context of something people call complicated, but isn't.
"When asked about their own preference, Gazans’ support for continued Hamas control over the Gaza Strip has increased to more than 50%, a 14-point rise. Indeed, given the magnitude of the suffering in the Gaza Strip, this seems to be the most counter intuitive finding of the entire poll."
Pentagon chief says civilian death toll in Gaza ‘far too high’
"Yet, despite Washington’s increased criticism of Israel, US officials stress that they will continue to provide Israel with the weapons it needs to continue its war on Gaza."
The Palestinian Ministry of Education says 5,881 students have been killed and 9,899 wounded in Gaza and the occupied West Bank by Israeli attacks since October 7.
One of them was Habiba.
The ministry added that 264 teachers and school administrators have been killed and 960 injured in Gaza, while six have been injured and more than 73 arrested in the occupied West Bank.
Reminder: 10 years ago, actual Jewish survivors of the actual literal Holocaust specifically referred to Israel's policies in Palestine as an "ongoing genocide." In case anybody tries to gaslight you that calling it that is somehow anti-Semitic or insulting to Holocaust survivors.
The IDF and Shin Bet claim to have seized a mass shipment of advanced weaponry (including anti-tank missiles) intended for the #WestBank, claiming that it originated in #Iran.
They claim that Palestinians in #Lebanon working with #Hezbollah and the #IRGC facilitated these transfers.
The seized weaponry included:
2 BTB15 perimeter spray charges
5 YM-2 model Iranian anti-tank mines and 5 detonators
4 M203 grenade launchers
15 kg of C4 explosives
10 kg of Semtex explosives
13 shoulder-fired missiles
15 RPG launchers
16 RPG-7 rockets + explosives
25 hand grenades
33 M4 rifles
50 pistols
Despite this, weapons transfers to the West Bank and #Gaza are continuous, and the alleged seizure is evidence of this.
Palestinians under illegal Israeli occupation have the right to resist illegal occupation, including armed resistance.
An Israeli militant settler ran over and chased Mohammed Sami Ouda, a Palestinian child, in Kisan, south of #Bethlehem, resulting in injuries to his head and hand.
This attack occurred while the child’s father is held in occupation prisons.
#Palestine / Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit
Israel's settlements in the occupied West Bank are widely viewed as a violation of international law, which prohibits the transfer of civilian populations to territories seized through military force. Despite this legal standing, the Israeli government has continued to expand its control over Palestinian lands in the West Bank through various mechanisms, including land appropriation orders.
[…] “If the Israelis annex this area near Maale Adumim, it will be a catastrophe for Palestinians who live in the south, […] Palestinian traders, especially in the south, will be cut off, and it will become impossible to have any independent Palestinian ways of life.”