J Street Calls for Investigation Into Settler Attack, Killing 20-Year-Old Palestinian American, J Street
“We’re devastated by reports that a settler attack has killed two young men in the West Bank, including an American citizen. Reports that settlers prevented ambulances from providing life-saving care are appalling, as are reports that IDF forces were present but failed to intervene.”
Don’t Let the Fight Against Antisemitism Fuel Antisemitism, Substack
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami writes, “Demands for punishment as ‘antisemites’ of those who criticize – even in the harshest of terms – Israel’s actions in the Gaza War or its treatment of Palestinians living in territory occupied in 1967 runs a very real risk of fueling rather than quelling the fires of antisemitism.”
Israeli Settlers Beat U.S. Citizen to Death in West Bank, NPR
“A municipal official and a relative of 21-year-old Sayfollah Musallet confirmed his death to NPR. Musallet was born in Florida and was in the village of Sinjil this week visiting family.”
Children Killed Collecting Water in Gaza, Medical Officials Say, as Ceasefire Talks Hit Sticking Points, CNN
“The Palestinian health ministry reported Sunday that 139 bodies had been brought to Gaza hospitals in the past 24 hours, with a number of victims still under the rubble. […] That was before the Israeli airstrike Sunday killed six children and four others at a water distribution point in central Gaza.”
IDF Said to Warn Against Gaza ‘Humanitarian City’; Ex-PM Brands It ‘Concentration Camp’, The Times of Israel
“A proposed plan to establish a ‘humanitarian city’ in southern Gaza, in which at least 600,000 Palestinians would be confined, continued to receive backlash from within Israel and abroad on Sunday, with some, including former prime minister Ehud Olmert, alleging that it resembled the Nazi concentration camps built during World War II.”
Israel Blocks Medical Equipment From Entering Gaza Strip, Citing Potential Hamas Use, Haaretz
“The complete list of banned equipment, which was compiled in June and obtained by Haaretz, includes essential items for Gaza’s healthcare system, including operating tables, scalpels and components for ultrasound machines, as well as items that could be used to build shelters for the civilian population.”
Trump Hopes for Gaza Deal Within a Week, as Sources Allege Netanyahu Stalling, The Times of Israel
“US President Donald Trump expressed hope Sunday that gridlocked talks for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza could see a breakthrough within a week, as sources claimed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was deliberately dragging out the negotiations.”
Netanyahu’s Sabotage of the Gaza Talks Is a Humiliation for the Trump Administration, Haaretz
Amir Tibon writes, “Until Trump and Witkoff decide that they’ve had enough, and put an end to this political farce and humiliation, the hostages will continue to suffer and languish in the tunnels; Israeli soldiers will continue to die in a futile forever war; and Gaza will remain a devastated killing field with no future.”
There Is Still Only One Way Out for Israel and Iran, The Nation
Hillel Schenker writes, “One of Netanyahu’s primary reasons for attacking Iran was to distract attention from the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza, which are a major war crime, being carried out in a disproportionate response to the Hamas war crime committed on October 7. If the war in Gaza is finally brought to an end, what will be needed is a constructive postwar scenario for the future, something that Prime Minister Netanyahu has been avoiding like the plague.”
Humanitarian Aid in Gaza: Here Is What I Know, The Times of Israel
David Lehrer writes, “The Israeli government narrative that the previous system of aid distribution through international aid organizations resulted in most aid falling into the hands of Hamas is a distortion of the truth. While there is no question that Hamas was able to steal some of the aid entering Gaza, prior to the March 2nd blockage, according to our international partners, most aid did not end up in Hamas’s hands but reached the designated beneficiaries.”