Palestine Affairs

Posted by: John Phoenix As ceasefire moves closer, Naziyahu trying to “sabotage” deal; Gaza death toll passes 38,000 – Day 271 Gazan children evacuating Shujayea neighborhood with their families and belongings. (screengrab) Netanyahu thwarts ceasefire; more people killed in Gaza; vital humanitarian aid at a standstill; pro-Israel influencers with millions of followers attend Israel-sponsored strategy summit in NYC ; no more special treatment for Israeli prisoners; Israel destroys 600-year-old mosque; largest Israeli West Bank land grab in three decades; Palestinian citizens of Israel are an “existential threat”; leaked document shows Israel’s plan to ethnically cleanse Gazans; more. By IAK staff, from reports. NETANYAHU AND ALLIES TRYING TO SABOTAGE CEASEFIRE, ISRA...

Posted by: John Phoenix What Americans Need to Know about Gaza and Israel Right Now Learn a bit about Gaza today – because unless we know the truth about what is going on around us, how can we respond in a godly way? (photo) Most Americans know little or nothing about the people of Gaza – or Palestinians in general (largely due to media omission and distortion). Here is a small step toward closing that knowledge gap. by Kathryn Shihadah, reposted from Patheos: Grace Colored Glasses, October 8, 2023 If you follow world news, you know by now that on Saturday, Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza launched a surprise attack on Israel. My husband’s family live in Gaza and other parts of Palestine, so we are watching events closely. We have been following the ...

Israel may win its battle against Hamas but has already lost the war By James Dorsey Israel will likely win the Gaza war on the battlefield. Even so, it has already been defeated in the court of public opinion. It no longer really matters who attacked Gaza’s Al Ahli Arab Hospital in which hundreds of innocent civilians were killed, or the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church in the Strip. Public opinion has issued its verdict on the streets of cities across the Middle East and beyond. It took the attack on the hospital, which Israel asserts involved a misfired Palestinian rocket launch, not Israeli warplanes, some 10 days into the Israeli assault on Gaza to bring protesters to the streets. The time lag is telling and hints at the ultimate p...

Posted by: John Phoenix   Photomontage (source) by InTrust WeDoubt and The Grayzone Alleged “confessions” by two Palestinians in Israeli custody filmed seemingly admitting to multiple rapes, murders, and kidnappings on October 7, do not match the events of that day, are contradicted by copious evidence, and were likely coerced through torture. US and British media are running with the stories regardless. On May 23, 2024, Britain’s Daily Mail published what it described as “exclusive” interrogation tapes it had been handed by Israeli intelligence. The Murdoch-owned tabloid claimed the supposed confessions exposed a pair of “father and son Hamas rapists” who had admitted “going house to house carrying out sex attacks and murder.” The proof of this appar...