J Street Head Says He Was ‘Persuaded’ by Arguments That Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
“’Until now, I have tried to deflect and defend when challenged to call this genocide,’ he wrote. ‘I have, however, been persuaded rationally by legal and scholarly arguments that international courts will one day find that Israel has broken the international genocide convention.’”
Israel’s Gaza Aid Cutoff Was Not Only Immoral. It Was a Strategic Disaster., Vox
“’The world coming down on you…that takes the pressure off Hamas,’ says Ilan Goldenberg, the senior vice president at J Street who recently served as a top Israel-Palestine official in the Biden administration. ‘[The aid cutoff] actually probably causes Hamas to take a harder line in negotiations.’”
Israel’s Netanyahu Expected to Push for Plan to ‘Occupy’ Gaza, NBC
“‘Officials from Netanyahu’s office said in a statement shared with NBC News on Monday night that the Israeli leader had decided to ‘occupy all of the Gaza Strip, including areas where hostages may be held.’”
Israel Tries to Shift Narrative at Home and Abroad on Gaza, The New York Times
“Israel has faced growing international condemnation over the conditions in Gaza, where more than one in three people are not eating for multiple days in a row, according to the U.N. World Food Program. Many aid agencies and countries, including some of Israel’s traditional allies, have blamed Israeli policies for the crisis.”
Israel Says It Will Allow Gradual and Controlled Entry of Goods to Gaza Through Local Merchants, Reuters
“Israel says it will allow gradual and controlled entry of goods to Gaza through local merchants, an Israeli military agency that coordinates aid said on Tuesday, as global monitors say famine is unfolding in the enclave, impacting the hostages Hamas holds.”
Aerial Footage Filmed by ITV News Shows the Scale of Gaza’s Destruction, ITV
“The first aerials of Gaza for months document the territory’s continued destruction. Filmed by ITV News International Editor Emma Murphy, on board a plane dropping aid into Gaza, the images show huge swathes of land in ruins. Journalists are prevented from entering Gaza by Israel. Looking out the plane windows from 15,000 feet is the closest any foreign media has been to seeing the aftermath of 22 months of war, apart from trips arranged by the Israeli military. Entire areas have been levelled after months of Israeli bombardment; the land, once pebbled with spots of green, has largely turned to dust.”
Outrage in Israel as Hostage ‘Horror’ Videos Emerge at Decision Time for Netanyahu’s Government, CNN
“With hostage families convinced time is running out for their loved ones to be rescued or returned, enormous pressure has been placed on the Israeli government to strike a deal with Hamas before it is too late.”
Israeli Settlers Torch Palestinian Farmhouse, Tag Walls With ‘Revenge’ and ‘Price Tag’, Haaretz
“The slogans ‘Revenge’ and ‘Price Tag’ mark acts of alleged retaliation – often involving vandalism or arson – carried out by radical settlers against Palestinians, typically in response to Israeli government actions perceived as limiting settlement expansion. Wadi’ Alqam, the owner of the farm, told Haaretz that settlers came to the property and set fire to a two-story building, causing extensive damage to the structure as well as to surrounding property and orchards.”
Recognizing Palestine is an Act of True Zionism, The Times of Israel
J Street Israel Executive Director Nadav Tamir writes, “Right now, the Israeli opposition needs to offer an alternative to acts of revenge, messianism, and dominance over another people. Instead of condemning international recognition of the Palestinian state, it should be encouraged, and we should work together with the liberal democracies in the world to promote a better reality for all of us.”
[Audio] A Retired Israeli Major General on Why He Signed a Letter to President Trump, NPR
“Hundreds of former Israeli military officials are demanding an end to the war in Gaza. NPR’s Leila Fadel asks retired Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin why he signed a letter to President Trump.”
Rachel Goldberg-Polin: The Appeal of a Mother Who Buried Her Only Son, The Free Press
Rachel Goldberg-Polin writes, “The innocent people in Gaza, the ones who have lived there for a long time, and the innocent people in Gaza who were dragged there from Israel on October 7, 2023, have had it. We, the people who love them, are broken. And so, you handfuls of men who have the ability, make this end. Right now.”