Here is my latest column for Tomdispatch.com. Do check out Tom Engelhardt’s important introduction over there at the original site. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In the midst of Israel’s ongoing devastation of Gaza, one major piece of Middle Eastern news has yet to hit the headlines. In a face-off that, in a sense, has lasted […]
Black Thursday: Israel’s Great Flour Massacre in Gaza kills over 100 Civilians, wounds Hundreds
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports on the Great Flour Massacre committed by the Israeli army on Black Thursday, February 29, 2024 in the south of Occupied Gaza City at Dawar al-Nabulsi, Rasheed Street. OCHA says that the Gaza Ministry of Health “reported that 104 Palestinians […]
Half a Million People in Gaza face Starvation, as 1 in 6 Children are Wasting Away
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that Israel only allowed half as many aid trucks into Gaza in February as had been in January. The Gaza Ministry of Health said that two infants died on Tuesday at the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza of dehydration […]
Michigan Rebukes Biden on Gaza Genocide with Arab and Muslim American “Uncommitted” Vote
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Michigan rebuked President Joe Biden on Tuesday for his unstinting support of the extremist Israeli government’s total war against Gaza. A movement for voting “uncommitted” in the Democratic primary in that state has been led by Arab American and Muslim American activists in Wayne County and the city of Dearborn. […]
Biden sees March 4 Gaza Ceasefire, But 1.4 mn. Displaced Can’t go Home
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden was at an ice cream shop with late night comedian Seth Myers on Monday, and was asked about the possibility of a Gaza ceasefire, according to Alex Marquardt and Donald Judd at CNN . He said, “Well I hope by the beginning of the weekend, I mean, […]
Red Sea attacks in Sympathy with Gaza Escalate as Yemeni Houthis’ Resilience Surprises Biden
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Helpers of God (Ansar Allah) or Houthis in Yemen are proving a bigger challenge for the Biden Administration’s attempt to run interference for the Israeli atrocities in Gaza than Washington had expected. Just Monday morning the Yemeni forces fired a ballistic missile at the US-owned and -operated M/V Torm […]
Thousands Protest in Israel, Demand Netanyahu Step Down, new Elections, Hostage Deal
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the Israeli police dispersed a crowd of demonstrators from a major Tel Aviv thoroughfare, Kaplan Street, after they attempted to block it, and that the police used water cannons on the crowd. At least 21 persons were arrested. It is thought to be […]
UN-Appointed Human Rights Experts Demand Halt of Arms Shipments to Israel for Violations of Laws of War
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – More than thirty independent experts appointed by the Office of the High Commission on Human Rights of the United Nations said Friday that arms exports to Israel must cease immediately, given Israeli violations of the international laws of war and the government’s announced intention to invade Rafah in south Gaza, […]
If Israel continues War on Gaza for 6 Months, death toll will Exceed 100,000 from Trauma and Disease: Public Health Study
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Crisis in Gaza: Scenario-Based Health Impact Projections, a joint report by the the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health at Johns Hopkins University, issued this week, warns that a further 85,750 Palestinians could die in the next six months from […]
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