by Lila Li “This is only the beginning,” warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a televised address on March 18 – the day Israel unilaterally broke the Gaza ceasefire and entered the region into a second period of war that has killed nearly two […]
by Lila Li On Saturday, March 22nd, Israel saw its largest protests since the war in Gaza began in October of 2023; over 100,000 Israelis marched in protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war, as well as his revived attempts to […]
by Lila Li On Sunday, March 2nd, Israel blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza. A week later, energy minister Eli Cohen announced his decision to shut down Gaza’s electricity supply. Without true leadership, external support, and now essential supplies, the people of […]
by Lila Li On the morning of March 18, Israel launched a surprise siege on the Gaza Strip, killing over four hundred people and putting a unilateral end to the ceasefire not even two months after it began. Over the past two months, even before […]
by Lila Li At a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 4, Donald Trump proposed that the U.S. expel Gaza Palestinians and assume long-term ownership of the Gaza Strip. Trump’s bid—loosely presented as a suggestion to “clean out [the] whole thing”—has […]
by Lila Li On January 15th, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal, halting fifteen months of conflict in the Gaza Strip that killed over 47,000 people. Over half of them were women, children, or older people. The territory is devastated. At the time of […]
By Lila Li On December 31, 2024, the U.N. Human Rights Office (OHCHR) released its fourth thematic report, titled “Attacks on Hospitals During the Escalation of Hostilities in Gaza.” The 23-page document challenges prevailing Israeli narratives used to justify Israeli military operations against Gazan hospitals. […]
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