Angered about Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and frustrated by disparate sets of resources to aid peace activists, I attempted to compile a fairly comprehensive toolkit.

Boycotts

American Friends Service Committee's C­o­m­p­a­n­i­e­s P­r­o­f­i­t­i­n­g f­r­o­m t­h­e G­a­z­a G­e­n­o­c­i­d­e: https://afsc.org/gaza-genocide-companies 
Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Guide: https://bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott 
Boycott-Israel.org's Ethical Consumption Guide: https://boycott-israel.org/boycott.html 
Boycott Wix: https://boycottwix.org/ 
CanLit Responds (authors and cultural workers against arms funding): https://www.canlitresponds.ca/ 
Disrupting Energy Corporations: https://bdsmovement.net/resources/disrupting-energy-corporations-liberation-palestine 
Genocide Gentry (cultural and educational institution connections of board members of defense corporations): https://genocidegentry.org/ 
Mapping Genocide: https://www.mappinggenocide.com/ 
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' Boycott of Chevron: https://uscpr.org/campaigns/boycott-chevron/ 
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS): https://uscpr.org/activist-resource/boycott-divestment-and-sanctions/ 
Writers Against the War on Gaza's Boycott of Artforum, Art in America, and ARTnews: https://writersagainstthewarongaza.com/scabforum 
Writers Against the War on Gaza & The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel: https://writersagainstthewarongaza.com/pacbi 

Contact Politicians

Amnesty International's Call for a Permanent Ceasefire: https://act.amnestyusa.org/page/137174/action/1?ea.tracking.id=spgcowst&_gl=1*kmikac*_gcl_au*MTg1MTA5OTA0NC4xNzU3NjQ4Nzcw 
Amnesty International's Portal to Contact Members of Congress: https://amnesty.quorum.us/campaign/52827/ 
Amnesty International's "Tell Congress to stop arming this crisis, demand a permanent ceasefire, and help facilitate the unhindered entry and distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza" Campaign: https://act.amnestyusa.org/page/138002/action/1?ea.tracking.id=spgcowst&_gl=1*9raau9*_gcl_au*MTg1MTA5OTA0NC4xNzU3NjQ4Nzcw 
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Action Alerts: https://www.cair.com/action-alerts/ 
Arms Trade Treaty Conference Email: https://bdsmovement.net/resources/urgent-action-needed-ahead-arms-trade-treaty-conference 
Block the Boat: https://bdsmovement.net/Stop-Illegal-Maritime-Transfers 
CODEPINK's Cities for a Ceasefire: https://www.codepink.org/ceasefiretoolkit?utm_source=chatgpt.com 
Free Palestine Anti-Genocide Pledge: https://www.antigenocidepledge.com/ 
Global Ceasefire Petition: https://www.change.org/p/sign-and-share-this-urgent-petition-calling-for-a-ceasefirenow-in-gaza-and-israel 
Letter to the UN General Assembly President: https://bdsmovement.net/resources/letter-template-unga-president-suspend-israel-from-un-now 
No Room for Genocide!: https://bdsmovement.net/news/no-room-for-genocide 
Not My Tax Dollars Email Congress: https://www.notmytaxdollars.org/take-action 
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' "Block Bombs for Genocide!" Campaign: https://www.uscpraction.org/toolkit-pressure-elected-officials 
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' City Council Toolkit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ABRqjQ9ara_5fKTEGR85VEVX7cjciRx_Of141rBy1lw/edit?tab=t.0 
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' Congress Scorecard: https://www.uscpraction.org/scorecard 

Donate

Anera: https://www.anera.org/donate-/ 
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): https://action.cair.com/a/general 
Doctors without Borders: https://events.doctorswithoutborders.org/campaigns/Humanitarian-Aid-for-Gaza 
Human Appeal: https://humanappeal.org.uk/appeals/gaza-emergency-appeal 
Islamic Relief USA: https://secure.irusa.org/donate/donate-now 
Medical Aid for Palestinians: https://www.map.org.uk/?form=FUNFXHDCJPK 
Not My Tax Dollars: https://www.notmytaxdollars.org/donate 
Palestine Children's Relief Fund: https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-relief 
Save the Children: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/west-bank-gaza 
Teach Palestine: https://secure.everyaction.com/HGa42w95d0qsbe0nQQJSsA2 
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF): https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/famine-confirmed-gaza?form=FUNHAFZDMVA&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=202507_eme-rv_gaz-sem&utm_content=textonly_na_na_na_na_na&initialms=google__cpc__202507_eme-rv_gaz-sem__textonly_na_na_na_na_na&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20674093084&gbraid=0AAAAAD3Kj53E1oZB1YazrF-rBFQo6Cpvb&gclid=Cj0KCQjwrJTGBhCbARIsANFBfgsqaBAThfaMOrfkHRc2_Vge-muGlhn5HKb0Kc4WGJNPm8bgXdJil-waAmBKEALw_wcB 
UN Population Fund: https://www.unfpa.org/donate/Gaza/1?form=GazaAppeal 
UN Relief & Works Agency (UNWRA): https://donate.unrwa.org/int/en/general 
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights: https://secure.everyaction.com/LsmZ1X1ZqEqrcXHPysM_Kw2 
World Central Kitchen: https://donate.wck.org/give/525879/?utm_source=googlepmax&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=gaza-1millionmeals&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22906974923&gbraid=0AAAAApcxQJtq9pgJP5Spr3P32jcPmeGDi&gclid=Cj0KCQjwrJTGBhCbARIsANFBfgv6WrU-1-gOHhfh8V-kjZkUlznzK8sztrR86irDTSikxih2ftZa90kaAspcEALw_wcB#!/donation/checkout?c_src=2025-paidmedia-fundraising-googlepmax-gaza-1millionmeals 

Media

Jewish Voice for Peace's Tweet at the Media: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/tweet-at-the-media-do-your-jobs-report-that-israel-is-continuing-its-genocide/ 
Writers Against the War on Gaza's "Flood the Newsrooms" Campaign: https://writersagainstthewarongaza.com/action 

Protest

Palestine Legal's Resources for Palestine Activists: https://palestinelegal.org/resources 
Palestine Poster Project Archives: https://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/our-roots-are-still-alive-the-story-of-the-palestinian-people-cover 
Palestine Solidarity Campaign's Events: https://palestinecampaign.org/events/ 
Protect Palestine Protest Safety: https://www.protectpalestine.org/protest-safety 
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' "Not My Tax Dollars" Flyer: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65cfaf41d5454b2f7a157ad2/t/685dcc12eabe5c53fdc412c2/1750977558947/NMTD+2025+FLYER+crop+marks.pdf 
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' Pro-Palestine Protest Portal: https://uscpr.org/pro-palestine-protests/ 
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' Protest Signs and Posters: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TrjoWz0sIo8swID52ilLRdfkREo-ajCb 

Information

Aaron Wilder's Body4Body Project: https://www.aaronwilder.com/gallery/body4body/ 
Amnesty International's Press Releases: https://www.amnestyusa.org/the-latest/?country=israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territory  
Amnesty International's "Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity" Report: https://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/israels-apartheid-against-palestinians-cruel-system-of-domination-and-crime-against-humanity/  
Amnesty International's “'You Feel Like You Are Subhuman': Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza" Report: https://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/you-feel-like-you-are-subhuman-israels-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/  
Ancestors of Palestinian Liberation: https://www.anemoia.net/ancestors  
Arab Center Washington DC's "The Estimated Cost of the Gaza War on the Israeli Economy": https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/the-estimated-cost-of-the-gaza-war-on-the-israeli-economy/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Ministry%20of%20Finance%20and,account%2C%20there%20is%20zero%20growth%20in%202024.  
Artists Against Artwashing: https://www.instagram.com/stopartwashing/  
ASCOMARE (International Law of the Sea Association) Legal Opinion--Coastal states must take necessary action within their territorial seas, including interrupting or suspending passage, against vessels carrying military supplies or other cargo that assists Israel in its illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, or other violations of fundamental principles (peremptory norms) of international law, such as the right to self-determination of peoples and the prohibition on the acquisition of territory by force. https://ascomare.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ascomare-legal-opinion-_-innocent-passage-and-due-diligence.pdf  
Ethical and Professional Journalistic Principles: https://bdsmovement.net/7-points-ethical-and-professional-journalistic-principles  
Eyewitness Palestine: https://www.instagram.com/eyewitnesspalestine/  
Film Workers for Palestine: https://www.instagram.com/filmworkers4palestine/  
Financing Land Grab "The DIrect Involvement of the Israeli Banks in the Israeli Settlement Enterprise": https://www.banktrack.org/download/who_profits_financing_land_grab/who_profits_financing_land_grab.pdf  
Institute for Middle East Understanding: https://www.instagram.com/theimeu/  
Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question: https://www.palquest.org/  
Not My Tax Dollars Interactive Map: https://www.notmytaxdollars.org/  
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs: https://passia.org/  
Palestinian Children's Days of Action Toolkit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/187DkIKatEPTxGTaCGxYygcMWZRR52fnr00l1gAGZS3o/edit?tab=t.0  
Teach Palestine Curriculum: https://teachpalestine.org/curriculum/  
Tech for Palestine's Daily Casualties: https://data.techforpalestine.org/docs/casualties-daily/  
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' Social Media Graphics: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1O6n_oW7AV0CJ9fpm2rIB-gW0_C6NHGwC  
Visualizing Palestine: https://visualizingpalestine.org/  
War on Want's Israeli Apartheid Factsheet: https://bdsmovement.net/resources/israeli-apartheid-factsheet  
Writers Against the War on Gaza Bulletin: https://writersagainstthewarongaza.com/bulletin  



Aaron Wilder's Gaza Journal:

10/27/25

The Kingdom of Jordan has pressed the Trump administration to evacuate thousands of wounded children out of Gaza for treatment in their country. Only about 250 have been "permitted" to leave Gaza. Thousands need critical care not available because of the Israeli military's near eradication of a functioning medical system in Gaza. Israel won't allow more out because of "security reasons" and those reasons are not public. So, there's no telling if there really are security reasons or if Israel wants Palestinian children to suffer. Given how untrustworthy Israeli has been with negotiations with Hamas for a ceasefire (they bombed Qatar, a sovereign country that has been valiantly working as an intermediary between Israel, Hamas, and the US) and given broad global condemnation of Israel for committing genocide, I think it's more than fair to to assume Israel is not letting out more wounded children on purpose.

"253 children have been evacuated to Jordan. In all, more than 5,000 have been medically evacuated, most to Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. More than 15,000 Gazans are still awaiting evacuation, including about 3,000 children, according to the World Health Organization. To get children and their guardians out of the territory they must undergo a comprehensive security check by Israel and host countries. The World Health Organization has described the process as 'excruciatingly slow'. The Israeli military group which oversees aid for Gaza - Cogat - insists it places 'great importance' on facilitating humanitarian aid to Gaza, including the evacuation of patients with "complex medical conditions". It stresses the necessity of security checks on individuals travelling through Israeli territory."

The King of Jordan has said his military is willing, capable, and ready to train a new Palestinian police force in Gaza, but refuses to be involved if third party countries are expected to enforce the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. He's also stated other third party countries feel the same.

"Peacekeeping is that you're sitting there supporting the local police force, the Palestinians, which Jordan and Egypt are willing to train in large numbers, but that takes time. If we're running around Gaza on patrol with weapons, that's not a situation that any country would like to get involved in." -King Abdullah of Jordan.

And the Queen of Jordan, who is of Palestinian descent, condemned the international community (particularly the US) for not doing more to end the suffering of Palestinian children in Gaza earlier.

"You know what it's like to be a parent over the last two years? To watch your children suffering, starving, shaking in terror, and to be powerless to do anything about it, and to know that the whole world is watching and not to do anything about it. That nightmare, it's the nightmare of any parent, but that nightmare has been the daily reality for Palestinians for the last two years." -Queen Rania of Jordan

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge5ngz11xpo

10/24/25

Hamas has supposedly agreed to cede authority in Gaza to an international security force:

“A joint statement published on the Hamas website said the groups had agreed in a meeting in Cairo to hand ‘over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a temporary Palestinian committee composed of independent ‘technocrats’, which will manage the affairs of life and basic services in cooperation with Arab brothers and international institutions’.”

Many Palestinians have sought the release of Marwan Barghouti from indefinite Israeli imprisonment. Many see Barghouti as someone who can lead the future of Palestine.

“In a letter addressed to Trump, Fadwa Barghouti, whose husband is serving multiple life sentences since 2002 for deadly attacks on Israelis but is seen by many Palestinians as a potential leader who could unite their national movement, urged Trump to push for his discharge. ‘Mr President, a genuine partner awaits you – one who can help fulfil the dream we share of just and lasting peace in the region,” her appeal said. “For the sake of freedom for the Palestinian people and peace for all future generations, help release Marwan Barghouti.’

Unfortunately, the appeal is unlikely to have any effect as Israel has refused multiple times to release Barghouti. I thought it still important to include this information in this post, because how Barghouti has been treated is an indication of how Israel has and continues to treat the Palestinians it holds as hostages.

“Arab Barghouti, the leader’s son, said his father was assaulted and beaten unconscious by eight guards on 14 September as he was being transferred between Ganot and Megiddo prisons. The alleged beating followed a prison visit to the Palestinian leader by the Israeli national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, in August. Ben Gvir, a member of a far-right party who has past convictions from Israeli courts for incitement to racism and support for a terrorist organisation, taunted Barghouti in a video clip published at the time.”

It's important to note Ben Gvir’s convictions, particularly for supporting a terrorist organization. This is not information I was aware of previously. It goes to show, though, that the Israeli government is hypocritical for labeling anyone who criticizes them as a terrorist.

I think Hamas must be scheming something, because I highly doubt that they trust what they’re hearing about “guarantees” that Israel’s genocide is over.

“Hamas said Friday in a statement it had received ‘clear guarantees’ from mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey that ‘the war has effectively ended’.”

And Israel continues to violate the ceasefire by not allowing into Gaza sufficient humanitarian aid for the starving population.

“The World Health Organization said Thursday there had been little improvement in the amount of aid going into Gaza - and no observable reduction in hunger.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/24/palestinian-factions-say-they-agree-to-let-independent-technocrat-committee-run-gaza

The Turkish government is one of the entities that has “guaranteed” to Hamas that Israel’s aggression is in the past, but if Israel has anything to do with Gaza’s “international security force,” and the US has indicated Israel can veto any country’s involvement, then Turkey won’t be involved. How valuable of a “guarantee” is it for a country to claim the war is over who likely won’t be involved going forward?

“NATO member Turkey, one of the most vocal critics of Israel's attacks on Gaza, has joined the ceasefire negotiations as a mediator after largely indirect involvement. Its increased role followed a meeting last month between Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House. ‘As Turkey, we are doing our utmost for the ceasefire to be secured. The Hamas side is abiding by the ceasefire. In fact, it is openly stating its commitment to this. Israel, meanwhile, is continuing to violate the ceasefire,’ Erdogan told reporters on his return flight from a regional Gulf tour… Israel must be forced to keep its promises via sanctions, halting of arms sales.’”

What countries would Israel be “comfortable with” having a role in this “international security force”? Guaranteed, Israel will veto anyone who has criticized it (Turkey, Indonesia) or liaised with Hamas to mediate the ceasefire (Qatar—who it already attacked militarily—and Egypt). Who does that leave? Jordan? And anyway, Israel should have no say in Gaza’s future. It has already had enough say in that it has obliterated the entire territory and was well on its way to killing all Palestinians there when the US strongarmed it into a ceasefire.

“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Wednesday that he would be opposed to any role for Turkish security forces in the Gaza Strip. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on a visit to Israel aimed at shoring up the ceasefire, said on Friday that a planned international security force for Gaza would have to be made up of ‘countries that Israel's comfortable with,’ but declined to comment specifically on Turkey's involvement.”

And who will be involved in financing Gaza’s reconstruction? This can’t fall to Arab countries alone. Israel bears an immense responsibility to make the reconstruction happen. They destroyed an entire territory! And tried to kill an entire population! They should be forced to pick up the tab. And European countries and the US need to be financing the reconstruction more than Arab governments. The US has been complicit in Israel’s genocide. European countries were too initially and if they really support an independent Palestinian state, they need to put their money where their mouths are too.

[The Turkish president] “also reiterated a previous call for Gulf countries to take action now on financing efforts to rebuild Gaza, saying nobody could single-handedly complete this task.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/erdogan-says-us-others-must-press-israel-abide-by-gaza-ceasefire-2025-10-24/

Meanwhile, Palestinians in the West Bank worry Israel will start bombing there, since Israel will find any way it can to continue its genocide.

“Israeli soldiers have occupied Jenin camp since January, expelling all 14,000 residents from their homes and erecting earthen berms, raised barriers, to cut it off from the rest of the city. Though the military operation – dubbed ‘Iron Wall’ – has successfully crushed Palestinian militants there, the soldiers remain. Jenin was once known as the ‘martyrs’ capital’ of Palestine. The Jenin battalion, a militant group unique for its alliance of fighters from different Palestinian factions, fiercely resisted Israeli incursions. It was said that Jenin and Gaza were the two places Israel could never conquer… To the residents of the West Bank, the war in Gaza was a warning. As they watched bombs destroy 88% of the Gaza Strip over the last two years, they realised there was no limit to what Israel would do to crush Palestinian militants.”

Even though Israeli settlers have relentlessly attacked Palestinians in the West Bank and stolen their land, Palestinians in the West Bank are demoralized. What can they do? Israel will just arrest them, holding them without charge as hostages intefinitely.

“Eager to avoid incurring the same wrath as Gaza, voices of resistance have kept silent, even as the number of daily settler attacks and restrictions rises sharply… Videos of soldiers rounding up dozens of young men and forcing them to march, heads down, hands behind their backs, in mass arrests… Mustafa Sheta, the general manager of the Freedom Theatre arts centre in Jenin camp, was arrested at his home in December 2023 by Israeli soldiers, alongside hundreds of other Palestinians. He was held for 15 months in administrative detention without charge – a common practice used by Israel to detain Palestinians indefinitely without trial. He described prison guards filming him and other inmates on their phones as they were strip-searched, and guards making detainees lie on their stomachs while they used their backs as springboards, jumping back and forth on their prone bodies.”

This is torture, plain and simple. And Israel continues to get away with it.

“’They don’t deal with us even as animals, they consider us as nothing,’ Sheta said.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/24/west-bank-residents-fear-they-may-be-israels-next-target-after-gaza



10/23/25

Will Gaza have a future free from unexploded bombs that will continue Israel's genocide after live fire eventually dies? Not if the Israeli government has anything to do with it. People have already been killed by these unexploded bombs and there's no way to know how many.

"More than 53 people have been killed and hundreds injured by lethal remnants from the two-year Israel-Hamas war, according to a U.N.-led database, which is thought by aid groups to be a huge underestimate."

By some estimates, the unexploded bombs will never be completely gone, a vicious "gift" from Israel to future Palestinians in Gaza. Even the unexploded bombs on the surface won't be cleared for decades (and that's a very optimistic view).

"'If you're looking at a full clearance, it's never happening, it's subterranean. We will find it for generations to come,' said Nick Orr, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal expert at Humanity & Inclusion, comparing the situation with British cities after World War Two. 'Surface clearance, now that's something that's attainable within a generation, I think 20 to 30 years,' he added."

Like most humanitarian aid groups, Israel has blocked access to an organization seeking to start clearing the unexploded bombs. Is this because the Israeli government is counting on sabotaging the ceasefire so they can resume their genocide? Most likely. They're not allowing in the personnel or equipment to start clearing these, because they want as many future Palestinians to be killed by these explosives as possible.

"aid groups like his have not been given blanket Israeli permission to start work on removing and destroying the ordnance nor to import the required equipment, he said... Orr said it was seeking permission to import supplies to burn away bombs rather than detonate them, to ease concerns about them being repurposed by Hamas."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/clearing-gazas-surface-bombs-will-take-up-30-years-aid-group-says-2025-10-23/



10/22/25

So, Trump sends his lackey, JD Vance (with so much “foreign policy” experience) to Israel so that Vance and Netanyahu could discuss Gaza’s future. Hello?! No Palestinians, let alone Gazans, were a part of the “visioning” exercise? That’s like Trump and Putin discussing Ukraine’s post-war future. It is incredibly irresponsible of Reuters to not clearly call out that the inclusion Palestinian voices was conspicuously absent.

“Speaking in Jerusalem alongside visiting U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Netanyahu said they had discussed the "day-after" for Gaza, including who could provide security in the territory shattered by two years of war.”

Israel should have no say in Gaza’s future as its occupation of Gaza is illegal under international law. Turkey intends to be involved, but Israel rejects that, because why? The Turks had the “audacity” to criticize Israel about its conduct in Gaza. I’m surprised the Israeli government hasn’t already called the Turkish government a terrorist organization, because everyone knows that Israel alone has the authority to determine who’s a terrorist (never mind that Israel itself is a terrorist organization by its own definition…). And anyway, it’s infuriating that Trump’s lackey referred to Gaza as Israel’s land. Stop legitimizing this illegal occupation!

“Vance said on Tuesday there would be a ‘constructive role’ for Turkey to play but that Washington wouldn't force anything on Israel when it came to foreign troops ‘on their soil’.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-hints-opposition-any-turkish-forces-gaza-2025-10-22/

In other news, doctors in Gaza received the bodies of more Palestinian “prisoners” (a.k.a. hostages—come on, let’s call them what they truly are).

“The director general of the health ministry, Dr Munir al-Bursh, and a spokesperson for Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, where the bodies are being examined, said a document found inside each body bag indicated the bodies came from Sde Teiman, a military base in the Negev desert, where, according to photos and testimonies published by the Guardian last year, Palestinian detainees were held in cages, blindfolded and handcuffed, shackled to hospital beds and forced to wear diapers.”

And Israel denies it tortured its hostages, despite photographic evidence that is too graphic to be published. One hostage still had a rope around his neck. If you didn’t torture him, what’s the purpose of the rope? Do you honestly think someone would believe he himself put the rope around his neck before you killed him? It’s difficult to hang yourself when you’re blindfolded and your hands are tied behind your back. But I’m sure the Israeli government will claim the doctors in Gaza put the rope, blindfold, and hand restraints on the dead bodies to try to incriminate Israel. No one needs to do that Netanyahu! You’ve done a better job than anyone else to incriminate yourself.

“Some photographs of Palestinian bodies seen by the Guardian – which cannot be published owing to their graphic nature – show several of the victims blindfolded, their hands tied behind their backs. One image shows a rope fastened around a man’s neck. Doctors in Khan Younis said official examinations and field observations ‘clearly indicate that Israel carried out acts of murder, summary executions and systematic torture against many of the Palestinians’.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/first-thing-mutilated-bodies-of-palestinians-had-been-held-at-notorious-israeli-jail-say-gaza-officials

I applaud the Jewish individuals from around the world who recently wrote an open letter asking the UN and others to sanction Israel for its genocide.

“Prominent Jewish figures around the world are calling on the United Nations and world leaders to impose sanctions on Israel over what they describe as “unconscionable” actions amounting to genocide in Gaza.”

Everyone is aware Israel is committing war crimes, so why aren’t more countries sanctioning Israel? Sanctions should have been imposed a long time ago, before, I don’t know, more than 68,000 people have been slaughtered? But, better late than never. Sanction Israel now!

“The signatories urge world leaders to uphold international court of justice (ICJ) and international criminal court rulings, avoid complicity in international law violations by halting arms transfers and imposing targeted sanctions, ensure adequate humanitarian aid to Gaza, and reject false claims of antisemitism against those advocating for peace and justice.”

There’s nothing in Jewish teachings that calls for the obliteration of Palestinians, as the letter’s signatories explain:

“’Our solidarity with Palestinians is not a betrayal of Judaism, then, but a fulfillment of it,’ the signatories write. ‘When our sages taught that to destroy one life is to destroy an entire world, they did not carve exceptions for Palestinians. We shall not rest until this ceasefire carries forward into an end of occupation and apartheid.’”

Thankfully (because it’s not called out enough), the letter specifically mentions that the West Bank, a significant part of Palestine, is not mentioned in Trump’s “peace plan”:

“The public letter says that the truce makes no reference to the West Bank, where settler violence continues, and the underlying conditions of occupation remain unaddressed.”

And the Guardian importantly points out that virtually all Israeli settlers accused of violence against Palestinians on Palestinian land aren’t convicted of a crime:

“The Israeli civil rights group Yesh Din has found that just 3% of investigations into settler violence between 2005 and 2024 led to convictions. Shortly after taking office, Donald Trump lifted the limited sanctions Joe Biden had imposed on dozens of violent settlers and settler groups.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/22/jewish-notables-open-letter-un-sanction-israel

Speaking of the West Bank, today the Israeli parliament (who, like the US congress, is essentially a puppet of the main ruling party masquerading as a democratic institution) set the wheels in motion for Israel to illegally annex Palestinian land in the West Bank.

“A bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of land which Palestinians want for a state, won preliminary approval from Israel's parliament on Wednesday.”

The UN and others have rightfully identified Israel’s annexation of the West Bank is a violation of international law. Arab countries, EU, and the US: punish Israel now for moving forward with this annexation. If you don’t hold Israel accountable to its responsibilities under international law, no one else will. Israel is obviously not going to hold itself accountable. UAE: what are you doing? Your government has said multiple times that Israel’s annexation of the West Bank is a “red line”. Then why are you doing nothing about Israel continuing to cross that line? Put your money where your mouth is and abandon the Abraham Accords and sanction Israel (and the US for being complicit).

“The U.N.'s highest court in 2024 said that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories, including the West Bank, and its settlements there are illegal and should be withdrawn as soon as possible.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-parliament-gives-initial-nod-occupied-west-bank-annexation-2025-10-22/



10/21/25

And the weaponization of aid by the Israeli government continues...

"Israel... is now taking unprecedented steps to de-register major nongovernmental aid groups for ideological reasons."

Part of the ceasefire Israel agreed to was to let in aid to Gaza. Israel is choosing to not comply with the ceasefire agreement, is choosing to continue starving Palestinians, and is choosing to commit a war crime in weaponizing humanitarian aid.

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Article 8(2)(b)(xxv): “Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including willfully impeding relief supplies as provided for under the Geneva Conventions.”

While Israel is not party to the ICC's Rome Statute, it did agree to Geneva Convention IV (Protection of Civilians in War) on 7/6/1951. By not allowing humanitarian aid to access the starving population in Gaza, particularly during a ceasefire, Israel is indeed overtly committing a violation of international law it committed to uphold nearly 75 years ago.

"The ceasefire agreement in the Gaza war brokered this month by President Trump committed Israel to a surge in aid into Gaza, where food security experts declared famine in parts of the territory. But Israel continues to severely restrict crossings open for aid shipments and who can send aid through them. Of seven Israeli border crossings with Gaza, only two are currently open. Of those that are open, the U.N. and nongovernmental aid groups say many requests to enter Gaza are routinely rejected, without explanation. The Israeli military has claimed, without providing evidence, that its aid restrictions are needed for security."

The Israeli government is refusing humanitarian aid organizations access to Gaza untransparently by not explaining why requests are rejected.

(yes, I realize "untransparently" is not an official English word, but it makes more sense in this context than any other "official" English word, such as "secretly," so fuck grammar)

Israel saying that rejecting requests to deliver aid to Gaza is "for security" is complete bullshit. It's a cop out. It asserts that Israel alone has the "authority" to define what is in its (not Palestinians') security interests without defining why the requests it's rejecting violate its "security." While not directly or publicly saying that a humanitarian organization is a "terrorist group" or engages in "inciting racism," those two things being criteria in reviewing such requests clearly shows it is discriminating against organization who have officially or unofficially (such as their employees making statements for themselves and not the organization) criticized Israel's actions in Gaza (and/or the West Bank). The Israeli government accuses anyone of being a "terrorist" and/or "antisemitic" that challenges it. Hell, the security contractors the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) hired for its militarized aid distribution sites are outright racists. But Israel's okay with that, because the racism is toward Palestinians and not Israelis (and the Israeli government itself is also racist toward Palestinians).

"Reasons for delisting aid groups include supporting 'terrorist groups and activities in accordance with Israel law' and 'inciting racism,' according to COGAT, the Israeli military's arm that is part of NGO approval process. Aid organizations say the reasoning appears to be used to refer to a wide variety of comments the Israeli government classifies as antisemitic. Israel has in the past accused some aid groups and medical providers of being terrorist organizations."

It's not that there's no humanitarian aid, but rather that Israeli is outright refusing the tons of trucks of humanitarian aid waiting outside Gaza into Gaza.

"Many of those aid groups waiting to be re-registered have had hundreds of trucks waiting for months in Egypt and Jordan intended for Gaza."

And the aid Israel is authorizing to enter Gaza is "ideologically driven" (a.k.a. racist and/or Islamophobic), is inexperienced in distributing aid, or supports GHF's "aid" that kills Palestinians instead of helping them (or is any combination of those three designations).

"Humanitarian officials said Israel has approved a dozen NGOs that do not coordinate within traditional U.N.-led structures and are either ideologically driven or have little experience in humanitarian aid or both. They include one U.S. aid group that partnered with the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a militarized aid response in which almost all other aid groups refused to participate."

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/21/nx-s1-5580351/israel-humanitarian-aid-ngos-gaza-west-bank



10/20/25


Who is violating the ceasefire? Honestly, I think it is safe to assume both Hamas and the Israeli government are intentionally violating the ceasefire for different reasons (Israeli to bait Hamas into violating it for the pretext of continuing their genocidal campaign and Hamas to try to show that Israel is doing it already). As has been shown throughout this entire conflict, the casualties are disproportionate. Should two Israeli soldiers have been shot by Hamas or some other militant group? Absolutely not. But those were indeed soldiers and they were shot and not blown up. The Israeli government killing 26, at least some of whom were civilians, with bombs continues to show Israel's intent is, as it has been this whole time, to kill as many Palestinians as it can get away with.

"The Israeli military said on Sunday a ceasefire in Gaza had resumed after an attack killed two of its soldiers and prompted a wave of airstrikes that Palestinians said killed 26 people, in the most serious test yet of this month's truce... The strikes killed at least 26 people, including at least one woman and one child, according to local residents and health authorities. At least one strike hit a former school sheltering displaced people in the area of Nuseirat, residents said."

Hamas is a terrorist organization, so it is reasonable to think they're violating the ceasefire even though they claim to have no knowledge of two Israeli soldiers being shot and killed in Gaza. However, the Israeli government should also be considered a terrorist organization based on its obvious genocide that has killed at least 68,000 Palestinians; its abduction, detention, and abuse of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank with no due process or charges filed simply for "leverage" in negotiating with Hamas; and its weaponization of humanitarian aid.

"The armed wing of Hamas said it remained committed to the ceasefire agreement, was unaware of clashes in Rafah, and had not been in contact with groups there since March... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to respond forcefully to what he described as Hamas' violations of the ceasefire."

In addition to the Israeli soldiers who were shot, the Israeli government is also saying that Hamas is not delivering the remains of the deceased hostages it violently abducted on 10/7/23. Is there a pattern here? Again, the Israeli government will point to as many things as it can to "show" that Hamas is breaking the ceasefire, because they will make any claim to justify the continuation of their genocide.

"Israel says Hamas is being too slow in handing over bodies of deceased hostages. Hamas last week released all 20 living hostages it had been holding and in the following days has handed over 12 of the 28 deceased captives. Hamas says it has no interest in keeping the bodies of remaining hostages and that special equipment is needed to recover corpses buried under rubble."

The Israeli government is retaliating for its claims Hamas is violating the ceasefire by refusing the inflow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. This is again proof the Israeli government is intentionally punishing the entire Gaza population for something it claims Hamas did. Weaponization of aid to a starving civilian population is a war crime. Saying that feels a little redundant, because Israel has already committed several war crimes, but I guess it bears repeating, because it continues to violate international law.

"On Saturday, Israel said the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, which had been expected to be reopened this week, would remain closed and that its reopening would depend on Hamas fulfilling its obligations under the ceasefire... The Rafah crossing has largely been shut since May 2024. The ceasefire deal also includes the ramping up of aid to Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people were determined in August to be affected by famine, according to the IPC global hunger monitor."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/10/20/israel-ceasefire-resume-airstrikes-gaza/86796955007/



10/16/25


Let's be clear, while the fragile ceasefire is sort of holding for now, Israel's genocidal campaign against Palestinians isn't over. Netanyahu's government salivates at the possibility of Hamas not upholding its side of the ceasefire so that can be used as a pretext for re-launching its offensive. And let's not forget genocide is also being waged in the West Bank. As the author of this opinion piece points out, there has been plenty of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank since Trump's so-called "peace plan".

In the West Bank, "the words of peace are but a weak and distant voice, but the horrifying sounds of settler violence and terror still echo loudly. More than 30 occurrences of settler violence against Palestinians have been documented since the announcement of Trump’s 20-point plan at the end of September, including physical assaults, theft of agricultural produce and torching of vehicles and property... During the 2024 harvest period, Yesh Din (an Israeli human rights group that collects and disseminates information regarding violations of Palestinians’ human rights in the West Bank) documented 113 separate incidents of violence, harassment, harvest-thwarting or damage to olive trees and crops involving Israeli civilians and soldiers, which took place on lands belonging to 51 Palestinian villages, towns and communities."

As per usual, Trump is getting way too much credit for this ceasefire.

"Trump may have inflicted pressure on Netanyahu to halt the genocide, but he probably only did so because the burden of his relationship with the pariah regime of Netanyahu had become too great. The mass protests across the globe for the liberation of Palestine, and the unwavering anti-government demonstrations inside Israel, are the real forces behind this pressure. It is thanks to this enormous civil movement that a ceasefire has been signed, the hostages released and the people of Gaza can enjoy safeguard from annihilation. After the ceasefire agreement has been signed, it is vital to keep applying this pressure. The world has turned a blind eye to the atrocities in Gaza for too long; it must not repeat the same mistake in the West Bank."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/16/gaza-israeli-settlers-west-bank-impunity-palestinian-farmers



10/15/25


There are multiple reports explaining the difficulty of Hamas returning the remains of deceased hostages, because they're mostly under crushed buildings. It's tempting to assume Hamas is not acting in good faith, but multiple US advisors and negotiators, as well as Trump himself, have vouched that Hamas is doing its best to uphold its end of the bargain, despite not having sufficient equipment to exhume corpses from the rubble.

"Hamas and the Red Cross have previously said recovering slain hostages is a challenge because of the widespread destruction in Gaza — a fact that was acknowledged during ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange talks... President Donald Trump commented on the retrieval of the hostages' remains in a gathering of reporters on Wednesday. 'They’re looking for, absolutely, they’re looking. So we have the living hostages all back. They return some more today. It’s a gruesome process,' he said. 'I almost hate to talk about it so, but they’re digging. They’re actually digging. There are areas where they’re digging and they’re finding a lot of bodies, then they have to separate the bodies.'"

The Israeli government, meanwhile, is already planning to resume its offensive operations in Gaza. Far-right officials are chomping at the bit to resume the genocide, looking for any opportunity to suggest Hamas isn't meeting its commitments under the ceasefire so that they can use that as a pretext to continue killing Palestinians. I'm assuming Trump is the only one holding them back, which sounds laughable, considering it's Trump.

"Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz, told senior IDF commanders on Wednesday to prepare a military plan to defeat Hamas if the militant group refuses to implement Trump's peace plan, according to Katz's spokesperson."

And Israel is already weaponizing aid desperately needed in Gaza by limiting what can enter Gaza.

"Hamas' slow release of the remains of hostages has sparked fears that Israel could restrict humanitarian aid until the remains of the hostages are returned... The United Nations said Tuesday it had received a letter from COGAT, the Israeli military’s liaison with the Palestinians, informing them they would half the amount of aid due to the slow release of the remains of hostages."

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/body-returned-hamas-not-hostage-israel-says-rcna237720

The UN calls out Israel for weaponizing the amount of aid entering Gaza. Not that criticism from the UN will have any effect on Israel's behavior...

"Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday and preparations resumed to open the main Rafah crossing on Thursday, but Israel has warned it could keep the crossing shut and reduce aid supplies if Hamas returned bodies too slowly... Tom Fletcher, the UN’s most senior relief coordinator, called on Israel to facilitate the 'massive surge of humanitarian aid – on which so many lives depend, and on which the world has insisted'. 'We need more crossings open and a genuine, practical, problem-solving approach to removing remaining obstacles. Throughout this crisis, we have insisted that withholding aid from civilians is not a bargaining chip. Facilitation of aid is a legal obligation,' Fletcher said.

And while unsurprising, it's also illuminating how Israel has treated its Palestinian hostages. It's further evidence that the Israeli government's true aim in this operation is to collectively punish Palestinians for Hamas' actions.

"The deal also requires Israel to return the bodies of 360 Palestinians. Many of the 90 bodies returned by Israeli authorities so far showed signs of torture and execution, including blindfolds, cuffed hands and bullet wounds in the head, according to doctors’ accounts. 'Almost all of them had been blindfolded, and had been bound up and they had gunshots between the eyes. Almost all of them had been executed,' said Dr Ahmed al-Farra, the head of the Nasser hospital’s paediatric department in Khan Younis."

Clearly war crimes.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/16/hamas-hostage-bodies-recovered-amid-israel-gaza-fighting-ceasefire-deal



10/14/25


Let’s cool our jets and not praise Trump for “bringing” peace to the Middle East. Both Hamas and Israel have accused each other of breaking the ceasefire, but so far it has given some small amount of respite to Palestinians in Gaza. However, there’s still insufficient aid and support to Palestinians in Gaza to try and move forward after so much death and destruction in their homeland. For example, there’s no machinery in Gaza to help clear the rubble and exhume bodies smashed under blown up buildings.

“Gaza’s civil defense agency said over the weekend that families and rescue crews searching for loved ones killed in Israeli bombings and still under the rubble had to do so through ‘arduous manual labor,’ without access to heavy machinery and other digging tools.”

And the Israeli military is still killing people for “stepping over” the imaginary line behind which they’ve withdrawn. People are trying to return to their homes and pick up the pieces of their devastated lives. How is this threatening to the Israeli military and what indication is there of this “line” people are supposedly crossing?

“In accordance with the first phase of Trump's plan, Israeli forces have moved to an initial withdrawal line within Gaza. On Tuesday, the Israeli military said its forces had opened fire at several people who it said had crossed this ‘yellow line.’ It said the people had violated the deal by crossing the withdrawal line, though it is not clear how evident the outlines of that boundary are to residents.”

And the Israeli government is saying their reign of terror isn’t over yet because there are groups continuing to threaten them. Who is threatening you? Palestinians simply living in their homes in the West Bank you’re trying to steal? The Israeli government is still destabilizing the entire region despite the ceasefire. Case in point: Israel launched attacks in Lebanon after the ceasefire was in place.

“Over the weekend, Netanyahu maintained that Israel’s ‘campaign is not over’ as he emphasized that ‘some of our enemies are trying to recover in order to attack us again.’ His comments on Sunday, a day after Israel launched strikes in neighboring Lebanon, signaled that the halt to the fighting in Gaza did not mean an end to the wider conflict in the region.”

And the Palestinian prisoners Israel has agreed to release in “exchange” for the last remaining hostages Hamas violently abducted are mostly hostages the Israeli government illegally detained with no official charges. That’s what these detainees are: hostages. And Israel will clearly abduct more without any sense of due process.

“While 250 Palestinian prisoners convicted of serious crimes and some 1,700 detainees, including children, were expected to be released on Monday as part of the agreement, more than 9,000 remain in Israeli prisons, according to data published by HaMoked, an Israeli human rights organization. Thousands of them are being held under ‘administrative detention,’ according to the organization — a practice in which Israeli authorities hold people without trial or other usual legal proceedings, often based on alleged secret evidence they often don’t not share with detainees, their families or legal representatives. Their fates are among the questions not addressed in Trump’s plan.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/trump-celebrates-peace-middle-east-really-resolved-rcna237487

Another article out today outlines the conditions under which Israel is detaining these Palestinian hostages.

“Like the other detainees released back to Gaza, Radee was never charged with a crime. And like many others, his detention was marked by torture, medical neglect and starvation at the hands of Israeli prison guards… His description of his time in prison is part of what the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem says is a policy of abuse towards Palestinians detainees in Israeli prisons and detention centres… ‘The signs of beating and torture were clearly visible on the prisoners’ bodies, such as bruises, fractures, wounds, marks from being dragged on the ground, and the marks of restraints that had bound their hands tightly,’ said Eyad Qaddih, the director of public relations at Nasser hospital in southern Gaza, which received detainees on Monday… He said that many of the returnees had to be transferred to the emergency room due to their ill health. In addition to physical injuries from beatings, he said prisoners appeared to have not eaten for long periods.”

How are these people not hostages themselves? Since 10/7/2023, the Israeli government has made it easier to abduct these hostages and threat them as such. And who has the authority to declare someone is an “unlawful combatant”? The Israeli government and no one else has the authority to challenge such a designation.

“The mass incarceration of Palestinians from Gaza without due process has been permitted by changes made to Israeli law since the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas-led militants that killed about 1,200 people… In December 2023, the Israeli parliament amended the unlawful combatants law to allow for administrative detention without charge where an officer has ‘reasonable grounds to believe’ the person is an unlawful combatant. Administrative detention can be extended virtually indefinitely… Israeli legal advocates say the mass incarceration of Palestinians by Israel coincides with a drastic degradation in detention conditions and that this has become a matter of policy.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/14/freed-palestinians-describe-horrors-of-israeli-jail

Two very important determinations exist when it comes to genocide: some notion of power (military, political, etc.) of the aggressor and the dehumanization of the group being attacked. Both are the case for Israel’s actions toward Palestinians as one important opinion piece noted today:

“Every genocide requires the total dehumanisation of its victims, and Palestinians are no exception. They were ‘human animals’ and ‘human beasts’ who would suffer ‘hell’, declared Israeli leaders. ‘It is an entire nation out there that is responsible,’ said Israeli president Isaac Herzog. Other Israeli politicians called for ‘erasing all of Gaza from the face of the Earth’. ‘It is not a far stretch to say there are very few innocent Palestinian civilians,’ declared Republican Congressman Brian Mast, while Fox News host Jesse Waters labelled Palestinians ‘savages’… But this dehumanisation goes beyond its most violent expressions. There has been no pretence that a Palestinian life has even a fraction of the worth of an Israeli life. Look at what has been normalised. Hospitals bombed and destroyed, with more than 1,700 health workers killed. Civilians massacred while sheltering in schools. More than 2,600 starving Palestinians gunned down trying to collect food since May. Teenagers shot in different parts of the body “like a game of target practice”, as British surgeon Dr Nick Maynard testified: ‘One day they’d be coming in predominately with gunshot wounds to the head or the neck, another day to the chest, another day to the abdomen.’ Industrialised torture against detainees, from amputations of legs caused by handcuff injuries, to Israeli soldiers reportedly taking turns to rape a man with M16 rifles… Listen to Israeli scholar Shmuel Lederman when he argues that Gaza became ‘a laboratory for genocidal violence’ – but also a testing ground for ‘new weapons and security technologies.’ Israel, notes Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein, has long tested its inventions on Palestinians, and then exported them: spyware, facial recognition and biometric databases, drones, smart fences and AI-enabled targeting systems.”

And this same dehumanization Israel applies to Palestinians will be used elsewhere, such as in the US. People in the US are having their visas revoked for saying anything remotely negative about Charlie Kirk. This opinion writer warns that this systemized dehumanization will be a pretext for persecution of and violence toward anyone the Trump labels a “threat.”

“The price paid by Palestinians is beyond our imagination. But what price will we pay? The west has dehumanised itself, just as a far-right movement that sees Muslims and the left as enemies within is on the rise. After the US bombed Venezuelan boats allegedly smuggling drugs, the US attorney general promised ‘the same approach with antifa: destroy the entire organisation, from top to bottom. We’re going to take them apart.’ ‘Antifa” – or antifascism – is a phantom, a bogeyman that can be applied to any leftwing dissidents.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/14/horrors-gaza-west-history-empire




10/13/25


Let's remember that it was the Israeli government back in March who violated the ceasefire at the time. Many risks lie ahead under the current ceasefire, including the Israeli government using anything as a pretext to resume its genocide.

"There is no evidence yet that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the extremists in his government have been fully convinced by this deal to abandon their stated expansionist plans in Gaza and the West Bank. There is a risk they might see every bit of vagueness in the agreement as an opportunity to test the waters. Anything from Hamas’s refusal to accept terms of transitional period, completely disarming, or a violent incident could become a pretext to violate the ceasefire. By breaking the ceasefire agreement in March, Netanyahu has already demonstrated that he needs little excuse to violate a deal if it ceases to serve his broader strategic and political goals."

It may sound like a lot that the Israeli government will release 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 20 living and another 28 bodies of hostages. This is misleading. The Israeli government as a colonial regime that controls two Palestinian territories arrests Palestinians for anything it deems illegal. Many Palestinian prisoners are held without any charges. So, it doesn't mean much that Israel will be releasing 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as part of this ceasefire. They could arrest another 2,000 the next day and there's no one to hold the Israeli government accountable.

"Few fully understand the importance of the prisoners’ issue among Palestinians as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been arrested throughout the decades of occupation, without serious recourse, affecting nearly every family. Israel is holding about 11, 000 Palestinians, including about 400 children, and retains the capacity to arrest as many more as it desires. And Israel will be releasing around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held without charges, most of whom were arrested in the past two years."

As this article astutely points out, every US president has enabled the state of Israel to commit atrocities against the Palestinian population under its rule. Both Biden and Trump bear particular responsibility for not intervening in the Israeli government's slaughter of 67,000+ Palestinians in Gaza over the last 2 years. Israel has no intention to halt its annexation of land in the West Bank, so why would it not do the same in Gaza? Until there is an independent Palestinian state (and maybe even after), there's no reason or precedent to trust the Israeli government in not sabotaging the possibility of peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

"On Israel and Palestine, every U.S. president in recent decades, including Trump, has been part of the problem instead of being part of the solution. President Biden singularly stands out in his callous enabling of the horrors inflicted on Gaza for more than a year. On Trump’s watch, Israel killed more than 20 children every day with complete American military, economic, and diplomatic support. Yet it would be a stunning achievement if President Trump succeeds in bringing about an equitable and enduring end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For that to happen, Trump would have to do what no American president has been able to do in recent decades: Stop shielding Israel from the consequences of its expansionist behavior that violates international laws and norms."

https://time.com/7325340/challenges-trumps-gaza-peace-plan/



10/11/25

10/9/25


Let's not celebrate prematurely. I'm still very skeptical of this tentative peace deal working out. Case in point:

"Live television footage from Gaza showed plumes of smoke rising over the ruins of buildings in northern Gaza, suggesting some fighting continued."

Additionally, I'm concerned about what appears to be a non-simultaneous release of prisoners. It seems Hamas will first release it's remaining hostages and then Israel will provide a "list" of Palestinian prisoners it will release. What's to stop Israel from not only reneging on it's release of prisoners at all, but also resuming it's offensive in Gaza? Hamas will have no more leverage and officials in the Israeli government have already suggested they are seeking a "full victory" in Gaza, which would be the killing of all remaining Hamas militants, if not, as has been shown to be Israel's true aim, killing all remaining Palestinians in Gaza for Israeli settlement expansion.

"Egyptian officials and others briefed on the deal said mediators are still hashing out the arrangements for Hamas to return the roughly 20 hostages believed to be alive in Gaza, in addition to the bodies of around 28 others. In exchange, Israel has to agree to a list of Palestinian prisoners it will set free."

The Israeli government has shown time and again that not only can it not be trusted (including the bombing of Qatar), but that it is also determined to assert the right of Israeli settlers to displace Palestinians and determined that there be no Palestinian state. Arab governments that have supported this deal are, in my opinion, being far too trusting of both Israel and the US. What's to stop the Israeli government from continuing its genocide after Hamas' release of hostages? And what's to stop the US from not challenging Israel when it does so? This is where Arab and Muslim-majority states and, possibly more importantly, western governments who recently officially recognized the State of Palestine need to plan for what they'll do when Israel doesn't hold its end of the bargain and when the US turns a blind eye to Israel continue its genocidal campaign. You should anticipate this. Publicly announce what you will do (diplomatically, economically, militarily) with regard to Israel and the US not fulfilling responsibilities in the peace deal. This needs to be publicly stated now and related mechanisms (such as sanctions) need to be proactively prepared.

"Talks on that broader plan will have to tackle a number of difficult issues where Hamas and Israel remain far apart. Among them is Israel and Trump’s insistence that Hamas be disarmed, and the group’s demand that a deal include a path to a Palestinian state. That issue is important as well to Arab countries, which worry about being painted as flunkies if they send troops in to police an area that ultimately will remain under Israel’s sway."

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-ceasefire-deal-815d533f



10/8/25


It is increasingly clear the true objective of the Israeli government: complete obliteration of not only Palestinians, but all Muslims. The status quo in Jerusalem is that only Muslims can pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Today (for at least the 2nd time apparently), Israel’s national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir thought it appropriate to go and publicly pray there as non-Muslim, because Israelis (although he implied Jews, Israel cannot claim to speak for all Jews) “own” Temple Mount, the term Jews use to refer to the broader site on which Al-Aqsa sits. Israel’s war is not, and never was, about releasing the Israeli hostages Hamas violently abducted. It is about supremacy; the expulsion of Islam from the land Israel claims to own. Right now that looks like stealing land from and incarcerating Palestinians in the West Bank and killing Palestinians in Gaza. The next stage of Israel’s war will be on Islam more broadly.

“In a video on the edge of one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East, Ben-Gvir said that two years after the October 7 2023 Hamas attack that triggered the Gaza war, Israel was ‘winning’ at the Jerusalem compound known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. A second video showed him praying at the compound, in a fresh challenge to a decades-old understanding which allows only Muslim worship at the site. ‘Every house in Gaza has a picture of the Temple Mount, and today, two years later, we are winning on the Temple Mount. We are the owners of the Temple Mount,’ Ben-Gvir said in the video released by his Jewish Power party. ‘I only pray that our prime minister will allow a complete victory in Gaza as well – to destroy Hamas, with God's help we will return the hostages, and we will win a complete victory,’ Ben-Gvir said.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-ben-gvir-calls-gaza-victoy-al-aqsa-mosque-compound-2025-10-08/



10/3/25

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-gives-hamas-until-sunday-evening-reach-gaza-deal-2025-10-03/ 

10/2/25

I am quite surprised by how strong the words of the Turkish government were in a statement responding to Israel’s stop of a convey of civilian boats attempting to deliver aid to Gaza. Of course, actions would be more useful than strong words. Turkey needs to use tools at its disposal to pressure Israel to end its genocidal campaign.

Part of Turkey’s foreign ministry statement reads, "The attack carried out by Israeli forces in international waters against the Global Sumud Flotilla, which set sail to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, constitutes an act of terrorism that gravely violates international law and endangers the lives of innocent civilians. This assault, targeting civilians who were acting peacefully without resorting to violence, demonstrates that the fascist and militarist policies pursued by the genocidal Netanyahu government - which has condemned Gaza to famine - are not limited to Palestinians, but extend to all those who resist Israel’s oppression. Legal steps will ... be pursued to hold the perpetrators of this attack accountable. We call upon the United Nations and all relevant international organizations to take immediate action to lift the unlawful blockade on Gaza, to allow the entry of humanitarian aid into the region, and to guarantee the freedom of navigation."

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/reaction-israels-interception-global-sumud-flotilla-2025-10-02/

And yet, we know the Israeli government will continue in its slaughter of Palestinians as long as the US continues to support it.

In another article, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert warned that Israel has completely isolated itself globally. “We have become a pariah state,” Olmert says. “There’s an ever-widening gap between the appalling atrocities Hamas inflicted on Israelis on Oct. 7 and what we are now inflicting on the Palestinians.” Again, how many Palestinians must be killed until Israel feels its revenge is satisfied? We’re at 66,000+ now. Their thirst for revenge will not be satiated at 100,000 or one million. It will go on and on and on. Olmert also suggested Israel likely is sabotaging Trump’s “peace proposal” so the genocide can continue: “Olmert is skeptical of the Gaza proposal’s chances of success, arguing that the last-minute additions Bibi managed to sneak in, including slowing and limiting the Israeli withdrawal and vague language about the prospects for a Palestinian state, were likely a sabotage maneuver to force Hamas to reject the deal… ‘Bibi doesn’t want an agreement, and he doesn’t want to stop the war.’” Why have so many leaders around the world supported Trump’s plan when it excludes Palestinians from an international “stabilization force” after the war, is likely a setup by the Israeli government to get Hamas to reject the deal so Netanyahu can continue the genocide, and that even if the proposal brings the war to an end, we all know Israel won’t hold up its end of the bargain anyway? Nadav Shtrauchler, a former Netanyahu political strategist said, “For average Israelis, they look at Trump, they look at Washington, and if the U.S. is on our side, then it’s okay, things are not that bad. Netanyahu sees that Trump is aligned with him, and won’t force him to do things, and will back him. He feels confident being aligned with Trump. If it were Kamala Harris in the White House, I don’t think he’d feel the same way.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-war-in-gaza-benjamin-netanyahu/

And again, we’re back to the point where the Israel government won’t do anything differently as long as the US continues to support it. Ahead of the UN meetings last week, Trump told reporters he wouldn’t “allow” the Israeli government to annex the West Bank. It wasn’t mentioned again, it was a point glossed over in the Netanyahu-Trump press conference, and Israel will go on annexing the West Bank even though Trump isn’t “allowing” it. Trump, wake up you idiot! Netanyahu is playing you.

Another article today makes this clear: “As U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan this week to end the Gaza war and suggested a possible path to a Palestinian state, Ashraf Samara in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched bulldozers around his village help bury his hopes for statehood. Surrounded by armed security guards, the Israeli machinery shoved aside earth to create new routes for Jewish settlements, carving up the land around Samara's village of Beit Ur al-Fauqa and creating new barriers to movement for Palestinians… With each new road that makes movement for Jewish settlers easier, Palestinians in the West Bank who are usually barred from using the routes face fresh hurdles in reaching nearby towns, workplaces or agricultural land.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-bulldozers-west-bank-carve-up-hopes-palestinian-state-2025-10-02/

10/1/25

By issuing an ultimatum to Palestinians to vacate Gaza City, Israel’s defense minister (Israel Katz) is acting as if the Israeli government is some overly benevolent entity that has in all actuality shown it couldn’t give two shits about the lives of Palestinians. He goes on to say that those who don’t leave will be considered terrorists.

“Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said the warning was the last opportunity for people to move to southern Gaza as the military encircled the city. Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Wednesday that Israeli forces had killed at least 46 people, including 36 in Gaza City… Katz said: ‘This is the last opportunity for Gaza residents who wish to do so to move south and leave Hamas operatives isolated in Gaza City.’ Those who remained ‘will be considered terrorists and terrorist supporters’, he said.”

First of all, Israel has already functionally treated all Palestinians as terrorists in Gaza or anywhere else. They have for the entire existence of the state of Israel. The message is merely a statement to other countries that the Israeli government will be justified after making this “final warning” in continuing their genocidal campaign.

Secondly, where are these people supposed to go? They have absolutely nothing other than their continuing struggle to see the next day. They are starving, have no or minimal shelter, and are suffering from disease and injuries already inflicted by the Israeli military. Where Israel is telling them to go has no capacity for or infrastructure to support them.

And anyway, Israel has already forcibly displaced the entire Palestinian population multiple times over the last two years. This is a war crime.

“International humanitarian law experts have said evacuation orders amount to forced displacement and that civilians who remain in evacuated areas do not lose their protected status under international law.”

Unfortunately, international law affords no relief to Palestinians. Israel does not care if it is accused of committing war crimes, because its leaders live in a reality of their own making. They claim to have the right to declare what international law is and to determine who a terrorist is and that any allegations contradicting Israel are illegitimate. The only “international law” that could be externally enforced is what Israel’s staunchest ally, the US, could enact. And Trump has already guaranteed it will not take such action. As a result, Israel will continue to do whatever it wants and no one will hold them accountable. And even when the US put forward a peace proposal that included the withdraw of Israeli forces from Gaza, the Israeli government just ignored it.

“Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video after Trump announced his plan that the Israeli military would stay in most of Gaza, contrary to the plan’s public terms.”

The only alternative to the US-complicit and Israel-imposed genocide is for all other countries to band together and collectively apply pressure through stopping the supply of weapons and imposing financial and other sanctions, not just on Israel, but on the US too.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/01/israel-last-opportunity-for-gaza-city-residents-to-leave

9/30/25

Today, the Israeli government is sowing the seeds of eternal destabilization in Gaza by arming and empowering small groups of Palestinians to rival Hamas. This is a classic colonialist approach to “managing” opposition: divide and conquer. Infamously, the Belgian colonial government did this in Rwanda by supporting the smaller Tutsi group over the Hutus. And that eventually led to the Hutu-perpetrated genocide of the Tutsis.

This strategy was used broadly by colonial governments and it is largely to blame for the instability of the countries former colonies have become. One example of many is the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While rich in natural resources, the DRC has never become prosperous because it is plagued by extreme social divisions stoked by the Belgian colonial administration that led to the DRC’s weak central government incapable of resolving armed clashes between militias. If you’re not seeing the parallel to Israel’s actions in Gaza you’re in denial about Israel being a colonial authority.

Hamas has to go, but the Israeli government is not considering the consequences of its support of armed militias. While this approach might aid Israel’s determined defeat of Hamas, it will be (and already seems to be) creating dueling factions that are armed, thanks in large part to the Israeli military. So, if Israel ends up not being successful in killing all Palestinians in Gaza through its military actions or deliberate starvation, it will guarantee endless tragedy by creating perpetual chaos.

The ”international administration” proposed by the US, possibly run by former UK prime minister Tony Blair, would essentially function as a de facto colonial government that will be at the beck and call of Israel to the detriment of any surviving Palestinian civilians in Gaza. The administration, because it is comprised of foreigners who know nothing about Palestinian society, will undoubtedly rely on these “convenient” “preexisting” armed factions for police, border security, etc. Then, when the interim administration leaves with the supposed intention of supporting a democratic government, idiots with no foresight will be confused when Gaza ends up in long-term civil war with competing warlords. And the foreigners after leaving will say “we did everything to set them up for success, so they must deserve to be slaughtered.” If Israel thinks the Hamas government is brutal, its heirs in a completely destabilized Gaza will be much bigger threats to the lives of Israelis.

Don’t believe me? Look at Iraq since the 2003 US invasion.

“Yaakov Amidror, a former major general and [Israeli] national security adviser, said last week Israel could exploit divisions within Gaza’s society to build forces that would oppose Hamas. One possibility would be to support major families who are descendants of original inhabitants of the territory against others whose parents or grandparents arrived in 1948, when forced to flee what became Israel. ‘They can be the local strong people and take control of their area, family or tribe and not let Hamas be there, and then we can support them and if they can be part of the solution then [that’s] great … If the worse comes to the worse it will be like Somalia … No one will be in control. It will be bad for Israel but better than having Hamas,’ Amidror said.”

“Analysts have warned that empowering groups… in an already highly-fractured society could accelerate internal conflict and strengthen criminal elements. ‘Without strict oversight, they could even morph into rogue actors who fuel instability rather than mitigate it,’ wrote Neomi Neumann, an adjunct fellow at the Washington Institute and former head of the research unit at Israel domestic security service, Shin Bet, earlier this year.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/30/israel-backed-militia-groups-potentially-threaten-new-peace-plan-for-gaza

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9/12/25

I don’t understand why it is that people are shocked by the Israeli government’s belligerent, insanely aggressive actions. Yes, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Yes, Israel is committing egregious land theft and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Yes, Israel is the single biggest contributor to regional instability. And yes, all of these actions will later result in others currently abused by Israel taking violent revenge (and likely succeeding) against Israeli civilians. All of this has been going on for a long time. The fact that it’s only now being recognized (supposedly with shock) is beyond frustrating. Wake up world (particularly Americans)! Broader global violence tomorrow is being created today by Israel’s current deliberate, reckless, unapologetic, self-righteous, and out of control violence.

“Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders, warned that its teams were seeing a ‘risk of ethnic cleansing’ in the West Bank, with Palestinians facing ‘forced mass displacement’ in the territory ‘by Israeli forces and settlers’ amid a rise of violence against Palestinians in the area.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/israel-detains-dozens-palestinian-men-west-bank-rcna230763 


9/11/25

On this 24th anniversary of 9/11, I urge all Americans to not only mourn the deaths of American civilians as a result of vicious terrorism, but also the innocent victims of the bloodthirsty revenge of the American government. Innumerable innocent Afghans and Iraqis, among others, were needlessly captured, tortured, and killed. Abu Ghraib prison and the sadistic torture of Iraqis by members of the American military are particularly important to remember. The same thing is happening today. Almost 65,000 Palestinians have been slaughtered in the Israeli government’s bloodthirsty revenge as a response to Hamas’ vicious attack on innocent Israelis. And more than that, Palestinians have been relentlessly demonized and victimized by decades of Israeli government policies and actions. The Israeli prime minister signaled today that this history of abuse of an entire people will not only continue, but will become more extreme. Netanyahu has approved the expansion of an Israeli settlement in the West Bank that will divide Palestinian land and is considered illegal under international law. History is important, because we must learn from it and strive to be better humans than our previous selves.

"There will never be a Palestinian state. This place is ours.” -Benjamin Netanyahu, 9/11/25

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-signs-west-bank-settlement-expansion-plan-rules-out-palestinian-state-2025-09-11/ 


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I applaud the bravery of 500 UN workers in raising their voices to demand the UN acknowledge Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza. While it appears insufficient in bringing change, they risk more than most of us in the US, a country whose government could end the war in a heartbeat if they weren’t blinded by willful ignorance.

8/27/25

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Israel’s strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza that killed many journalists: "It is an unacceptable attack on press freedom and on all those who courageously risk their lives to report on the tragedy of war.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/italys-meloni-condemns-killing-journalists-gaza-by-israeli-fire-2025-08-27/ 


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“Without a ceasefire and immediate large-scale and unimpeded aid, at least 132,000 children under the age of five were at risk of death from acute malnutrition through June next year.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gazas-hungry-children-slide-towards-starvation-emergency-treatments-dwindle-2025-08-22/ 


8/21/25

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“According to the UN World Food Programme, one-third of the Palestinian population in Gaza goes for days without eating, and half a million are on the brink of starvation.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/16/malnourished-palestinian-woman-dies-in-italy-after-gaza-evacuation?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1 


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“The letter denounces Israel’s ‘mass killings of civilians’ and ‘the use and threat of starvation as a weapon of war.’ The Jewish leaders say Israel's actions damage not just the country's reputation, but Judaism itself.”

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5486700/humanitarian-aid-gaza-starvation 


7/31/25

“Whatever happens tonight, history will condemn those of us who failed to act in the face of these horrors.”

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5429072-sanders-resolution-fails-israel-military/ 


7/31/25

"We have seen the most horrific scenes. The global community is deeply offended by children being shot and killed as they reach out for aid."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly6rl6158no 


7/29/25

“The international community must impose crippling sanctions on Israel until it ends this brutal campaign and implements a permanent ceasefire.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/29/letter-sanctions-israel-gaza-starvation?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1 


7/28/25

Finally, humanitarian organizations in Israel have called what the Israeli government is doing in Gaza by its true name: genocide. And yet, the Israeli government continues to deny its responsibility for the deaths of nearly 60,000 civilians by parroting the same cop-out, cowardly line that Hamas bears sole responsibility. The US needs to leverage its influence to stop this genocide.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c776xkvz6vno 


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“I don’t know what you would call it other than mass-starvation – and it’s man-made.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/we-faced-hunger-before-but-never-like-this-skeletal-children-fill-hospital-wards-as-starvation-grips-gaza?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1 


7/22/25

"I ask the world to stop the war," she said. "Open the borders and provide milk and diapers for the children. It's not fair what's happening to us."

https://abcnews.go.com/International/indescribable-crisis-deepens-mothers-malnourished-children-gaza-idf/story?id=123949937 


7/21/25

The Israeli government seems to have convinced itself and the US government that it has no responsibility for the deaths of more than 50,000 civilians in Gaza. At last, other governments are publicly acknowledging this lie. But will it make a difference until the US does the same?

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-france-23-other-nations-condemn-israel-over-inhumane-killing-civilians-2025-07-21/ 


7/18/25

“It’s like organizing on quicksand.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/what-is-the-3-5-percent-protest-rule?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1 


7/14/25

Calling the creation of a small area within Gaza to forcefully relocate all Palestinians in Gaza a “humanitarian city” is an offensive euphemism. It’s basically taking the cage that was Gaza and shrinking it to a a much tinier cage for the same number of people minus the 50,000+ civilians killed by the Israeli military. And I think characterizing the former Israeli prime minister’s comment that such a settlement would amount to ethnic cleansing as antisemitic is yet another example of how any statement in support of Palestinian lives is being bullied into silence. This “humanitarian city” doesn’t have to be created to constitute ethnic cleansing. It’s already happening in plain view for the world to see. And this dispute the article mentions between the military and the Israeli government doesn’t mean one side is opposed to the creation of this camp because it’s wrong. The dispute is merely over money.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/14/israels-military-and-political-leadership-clash-over-proposed-camp-for-palestinians?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1 


7/11/25

Like the Israeli government, the US government could not care less about the murder of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. It’s outrageous that Israeli settlers can kill with no consequences. To whom can one appeal to protect Palestinians from murder in their own homes?

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/12/palestinian-american-killed-settlers-west-bank 


7/8/25

6/11/25

While unsurprising, it’s disturbing nonetheless.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/10/mike-huckabee-independent-palestinian-state?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1