If Americans Knew

1. Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings, Rapes

A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He has not taken any action.

2. Promises broken: Israel is still obstructing the entrance of aid to Gaza – Day 194

Israel steadfastly starves Gaza; horror in Beit Hanoun; Israeli settlers displace entire communities of Palestinians; Executing Palestinian detainees best way to combat prison overcrowding – Israeli minister; Biden op-ed begs for more money for Israel...

3. Leaked New York Times Memo Tells Journalists To Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory”

Amid the internal battle over the New York Times's coverage of Israel's war, top editors handed down a set of directives.

4. U.S., Not Israel, Shot Down Most Iran Drones And Missiles

American forces did most of the heavy lifting responding to Iran's retaliation for the attack on its embassy in Damascus.

5. Israel has killed over 10,000 Gazan women since October 7th – Day 193

In Gaza, deaths of women and children, torture, health risks; drones that broadcast sounds of babies crying used to ambush civilians; Netanyahu denies famine while destroying Gazan farmland; unexploded Israeli bombs found in schools; Palestinian journalists; Israeli settler/military violence out of control; land theft in West Bank; US wants probe into Hind Rajab's death; Congress says "river to the sea" is antisemitic; USC valedictorian Asna Tabassum canceled, more

6. Sorry, but Iran is not the aggressor here

Amid the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Western condemnation of the intercepted Iranian attack on Israel is sickeningly cynical.