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Israel Terrorizes West Bank while Continuing War in Gaza

by Malik Miah and Barry Shepard, published on Socialist Action, September 3, 2024 The Israeli genocide in Gaza continues and intensifies with the outbreak of polio — once thought to be eradicated worldwide — among Palestinian children. The Israeli aim of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians has reached a new stage in the West Bank. Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News[…]

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New Nakba Expands to the West Bank

by Tamara Nasser, published on Electronic Intifada, September 4, 2024 An Israeli military assault in the occupied West Bank entered its seventh day on Tuesday, destroying the vast majority of the Jenin refugee camp’s road infrastructure in its wake. The Israeli attack has killed at least 33 Palestinians, including seven children, and injured nearly 130 since 28 August, the Palestinian[…]

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With US Support, Israel Extends Gaza Genocide to the West Bank

by Andre Damon, published on World Socialist Website, August 28, 2024 Israel has launched a new phase of its ethnic cleansing operation in Palestine targeting the West Bank. On Tuesday and Wednesday, hundreds of Israeli troops, along with armored vehicles and bulldozers, supported by drones and helicopters, launched the largest raid into the occupied West Bank in two decades, targeting[…]

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An Arms Embargo on Israel is Not a Radical Idea — It’s the Law

by Youana Tchoukleva, published on Mondoweiss, August 31, 2024 As Israel launches its largest military assault in the West Bank in twenty years, I cannot stop thinking about the people I met in the occupied territory. I think of the mother in Jenin who was on the phone with her two sons seconds before their house was burned in an[…]

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‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 283: Israel bombs three Gaza displacement centers, killing hundreds

by Qassem Muaddi, published on Mondoweiss, July 15, 2024 Casualties  38,584 + killed* and at least 88,881 wounded in the Gaza Strip. Among the dead, 28,428 have been fully identified. These include 7,779 children, 5466 women, and 2418 elderly people as of May 1. In addition, around 10,000 more are estimated to be under the rubble.* 575+ Palestinians killed in[…]

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Emergency Statement on the Health and Human Rights Crisis in the West Bank

by Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council, published on Mondoweiss, July 1, 2024 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 Over the past few months, the Israeli military assault in Gaza has[…]

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Israeli Plan to Prevent a Palestinian State

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, June 27, 2024 The plan to steal the West Bank is fully supported by Netanyahu, and forms a basis for the current right-wing Jewish extremist coalition keeping Netanyahu in power, and out of jail. While the world watches the genocide in Gaza, there is another war on the Palestinian people in the Occupied[…]

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The World Would Rather Show Solidarity with Our Corpses than Honor our Resistance

by Fathi Nemer, published on Mondoweiss,  October 24, 2023 Who is defending themselves [jb] For decades, the Israeli regime has upheld a brutal settler colonial occupation and siege of Palestine, controlling every aspect of Palestinian life. It has committed untold war crimes all across colonized Palestine, violating the rights of the population it controls. In Gaza specifically, in addition to[…]

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Chicago and World-wide Opposition to the U.S. Government-backed Israeli Genocidal Attacks on Palestinians

Statement from Chicago Antiwar Coalition, October 20, 2023 The large mass rallies and marches in Chicago against the U.S. government-backed Israeli genocidal attacks on Palestinians continue, with another to be held Saturday at 1 beginning at Michigan and Ida B. Wells Drive. Yesterday a group from the U.S. Palestinian Community Network and supporters, including from Jewish Voice for Peace, sat[…]

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With All Eyes on Gaza, Israeli Soldiers and Settlers Kill Dozens of West Bank Palestinians

by Brett Wilkins, published on Common Dreams, October 13, 2023 While the world watches Israel’s military pulverize Gaza amid anticipation of an imminent ground invasion of the besieged strip, Israeli soldiers and settlers—who are receiving thousands of assault rifles from the government—have killed dozens of Palestinians in the illegally occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem over the past week, officials[…]

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