The International Women’s Media Foundation has named Shireen Abu Akleh as one of its Courage in Journalism Award winners for 2023.
Shireen Abu Akleh posthumously wins award for courage as journalist
President Joe Biden invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “meet soon” in the United States during a phone call on Monday. This comes as Tel Aviv is escalating its military attacks and bombings against neighboring countries, the blockaded Gaza Strip, as well as Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.
Biden Invites Netanyahu to ‘Meet Soon’ in the US, as Israel Has Killed Nearly 200 Palestinians in 2023
Israel’s “right to defend itself” is invoked constantly by its supporters, but international law says Israel cannot simultaneously occupy Palestinian land and attack it as a “foreign” threat, or treat those resisting as enemy combatants.
Israel does not have a right to self-defense for its occupation
Israeli soldiers used many homes inside the camp as military bases and caused heavy damage to furniture and belongings.
‘Disaster’: Palestinian homes used as Israeli bases in Jenin
It’s their modus operandi!
There’s a reason Jenin’s mayor said the Israeli invasion “reminds us of the days of Nakba.”
Israel’s Jenin attack suggests history may be repeating. Biden is watching it happen.
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Former Israeli soldier says Israel is making everyone less safe
Why Is the Biden Administration Rewarding Elliott Abrams?
The United States owes other nations something different, something new. Democracy is in peril at home and abroad partly because of the impunity that keeps Abrams employed. Though his latest role may be somewhat ceremonial, his appointment is out of step with the demands of our time. There should be consequences for someone like Elliott Abrams. At minimum, it ought to be possible to fail out of public service, but for that to happen, we have to change the way we define failure. The massacre in El Mozote was one such failing — not a regrettable historical footnote but a catastrophic atrocity that indicts the administration Abrams served. His reward must be ignominy. The world deserves nothing less.
Previously:
Biden Nominates Elliott Abrams to Public Diplomacy Commission
Abrams led the Trump administration’s failed regime change effort in Venezuela and covered up atrocities in Latin American in the 1980s
Biden Nominates Elliott Abrams to Public Diplomacy Commission
Waiting to see if Abrams’ nomination is resisted as much as it was back when Trump nominated him! ☠️
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Like a bad Pennywise, Elliott Abrams could bring a taste of Iran-Contra to Venezuela
Many Palestinians have been reportedly killed and wounded in an ongoing Israeli military operation targeting the northern Palestinian town of Jenin and its refugee camp. This is considered the most violent Israeli army operation in the camp since the massacre of 2002.
LIVE BLOG | Jenin Under Massive Israeli Attack, Many Killed, Wounded
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WATCH: Palestinian Resistance Blow up Israeli Military Vehicles in Jenin
Illinois Rep Rashid among those threatened by armed American Israeli settlers during pogrom in Turmosaya, Palestine
The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has called for an official investigation into American Israelis who hold dual citizenship and who are involved in a growing wave of anti-Palestinian pogroms and violence. State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid sends letter to his legislative colleagues to detail his predicament in the threatening environment but to no response. Gov. J.B. Pritzker remains silent
Illinois Rep Rashid among those threatened by armed American Israeli settlers during pogrom in Turmosaya, Palestine
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For the second time this year, large numbers of armed Israeli settlers have rampaged through Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank terrorizing Palestinians in their homes.
Biden won’t protect Palestinian Americans from Israeli attacks
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Israeli settlers torch Palestinian homes and cars to avenge deadly shooting. A Palestinian is killed
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U.S. Ambassador: We Will Not Stand Idly by and Watch Settler Violence
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Israel Eases West Bank Settlement Rules, Clearing Way for New Homes
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