As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Washington’s allies in the region, Israel increased its attacks around hospitals in central and the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza. The UN said that Israel’s offensive in those areas “results in the killing and injury of many people” and has devastating consequences for tens of thousands of civilians who fled from Gaza City and the north.

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Since the beginning of the year, Israeli occupation forces have killed at least 21 Palestinians in the West Bank, including three children, the youngest of them 4 years old. Nearly half of those killings occurred on a single day.

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Palestine Action has a clear and simple goal: to shut down Israel’s leading weapons maker Elbit Systems. That goal was stressed dozens of times during a recent trial in London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court, reports Mohamed Elmaazi.

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Israel is doubling down the lurid claim that Hamas fighters systematically raped Israeli women, girls and even some men on 7 October 2023. The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah debunks a revival of this tale published by The New York Times.

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The British Parliament is set to vote on the government’s so-called anti-boycott bill, and the Home Office is deliberating whether pro-Palestine activists should pay the cost of policing demonstrations. A concerted effort is underway to narrow the space in the UK for those who would hold Israel accountable for its genocidal violence.

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