Breaking The Stories: December 2024
curated by the Rev. Loren McGrail and the Rev. Sara Ofner-Seals,
UCC PIN Steering Committee
My wishes for a new year..,
Wishing you a new year of freedom,
peace, and love
Basel El-Maqosui, Gazan Artist
‘The ICC’s findings so far have only scratched the surface’
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yoav Galant hold a joint press conference at the Ministry of Defense, in Tel Aviv. October 28, 2023. (Dana Kopel/Pool)
Last week, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The court’s judges, in their Nov. 21 ruling, found that there were reasonable grounds to believe that the pair were responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the context of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza — namely, using starvation as a method of warfare, as well as “murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts. Here
Biden and Starmer are destroying international law to protect Israel’s genocide
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with US President Joe Biden during the Nato 75th anniversary summit in Washington, DC, on 11 July 2024 (Ludovic Marin/AFP)
For more than a year, those calling for an end to Israel’s slaughter of civilians in Gaza have been relentlessly vilified: as apologists for Hamas, as antisemites, even as supporters of a genocide against Israel and the wider Jewish people. These smears have been buttressed by western politicians and the media insisting that Israel is conducting a legitimate, “defensive” war with limited aims: supposedly to eradicate Hamas and free a few dozen remaining Israeli hostages. Here
Inside Project Esther, the right wing action plan to take down the Palestine movement
The People’s Red Line March against genocide in Gaza in front of the White house in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2024 (Photo: Aseel Kabariti)
The Heritage Foundation got a lot of publicity during this election cycle for its infamous Project 2025. But that’s not the only project they intend to carry out now that Donald Trump is returning to the White House.
Project Esther is a new proposal from Heritage that claims to lay out a plan to combat antisemitism in the United States. In fact, it aims to destroy the Palestine solidarity movement as a first step in a crusade to, ultimately, restrict activism against American policy of all sorts, foreign and domestic. Here
ICC Arrest Warrants
The ICC warrants: Palestinian skepticism and the glimpse of justice Here
War Crimes Have Never Stopped the U.S. Before Here
More Resources
“Unleashed”: Report Details How Israeli Soldiers Brutalize West Bank Palestinians in Hebron Here
The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill Here
Intent: The Road to Genocide (Visualizing Palestine) Here
Vatican's Use of Palestinian Keffiyeh in Nativity Scene Sparks Controversy Here
The West Bank villages wiped off the map by Israeli settler violence Here
Former Israeli minister says army is carrying out ‘ethnic cleansing’ in north Gaza Here
UNRWA suspends aid delivery through main Gaza crossing after ‘looting’ goes unfettered under Israeli watch Here
Challenging Israeli ‘Hasbara’ and ‘Conventional Wisdom’ on Palestine: An Anti-Colonial Reframing Here
Ben & Jerry's accuses Unilever of silencing it over pro-Palestine stance Here
‘We must use every tool to resist’: Israeli teens jailed for refusing military service Here
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