Some Saw and Heard the Truth — Then Lied About it: report back after media delegation to the Donbass

by Eva K Bartlett, April 5, 2022

*Following is a lengthy overview of my recent re-visit to the Donbass, on a two day media delegation, with a brief critique of some of the media’s slanted reporting. It is also a follow up from my 2019 visit to hard hit areas of the Donetsk People’s Republic. It is now 8 years of Ukraine’s war on the people of the Donetsk & Lugansk Republics.

Some Saw and Heard the Truth — Then Lied About it: report back after media delegation to the Donbass

Gaza’s Forthcoming Crisis Might Be Worse Than Anything We Have Ever Seen

“The water is back,” one family member would announce in a mix of excitement and panic, often very late at night. The moment such an announcement was made, my whole family would start running in all directions to fill every tank, container or bottle that could possibly be filled. Quite often, the water would last for a few minutes, leaving us with a collective sense of defeat, worrying about the very possibility of surviving

Gaza’s Forthcoming Crisis Might Be Worse Than Anything We Have Ever Seen

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Jenin ambush

Eyewitnesses tell Middle East Eye that Israeli special forces in a bus blocked a vehicle carrying the men and started firing

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Jenin ambush

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Saraya al-Quds – the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad – held an armed march Saturday night in Khan Yunis (Southern Gaza Strip) following the Israeli killings of three Palestinians in an apparent shootout south of Jenin in the West Bank. The events represent a clear escalation of tensions in the region.

“Islamic Jihad” forces hold armed march following Israeli killing of three Palestinians, News2Share on YouTube.

Rafael Silver: I know Israel practices apartheid because I helped enforce it

Rafael Silver left Israel because he could no longer be a part of a system that practices apartheid against the Palestinian people. “I have seen it in action with my own eyes,” he writes. “I have enforced it during my military service in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip and supported it as an Israeli taxpayer.”

I know Israel practices apartheid because I helped enforce it

Weathering the global storm: Why neutrality is not an option for Palestinians

By Ramzy Baroud | MEMO | March 14, 2022

A new global geopolitical game is in formation, and the Middle East, as is often the case, will be directly impacted by it in terms of possible new alliances and resulting power paradigms. While it is too early to fully appreciate the impact of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war on the region, it is obvious that some countries are placed in relatively comfortable positions in terms of leveraging their strong economies, strategic location and political influence. Others, especially non-state actors, like the Palestinians, are in an unenviable position.

Weathering the global storm: Why neutrality is not an option for Palestinians