Breaking The Stories: July 2023

Curated by the Rev. Loren McGrail, UCC PIN Steering Committee

The Jenin operation didn’t end. Phase Two has already begun:

As Israel’s 48-hour onslaught on the Jenin refugee camp last week entered its denouement, former Israeli Brigadier General Tamir Hayman discussed the operation’s objectives during an INSS podcast. He came away with two primary aims: the restoration of the Israeli army’s “operational freedom” — the ability of the army to enter any part of the West Bank unchallenged and unmolested by resistance — and, most notably, to facilitate the conditions for the return of the Palestinian Authority to the camp. Here

World Council of Churches fails Palestinians:

Friends of the World Council of Churches (WCC) who celebrated the WCC’s 2022 General Assembly’s overwhelming adoption of a report calling on the ecumenical organization’s leadership “to examine, discuss and discern the implications of the recent reports by B’Tselem, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International [naming Israel apartheid]” are understandably disappointed. Here

Palestinian children abused in Israeli detention: NGO

Palestinian minors arrested by Israeli forces face immense emotional and physical abuse, according to the rights group Save the Children, which has revealed the tragedy minors go through as detainees in a new report.

In the report published on Monday, the group said some of the former child detainees it spoke to reported violence of a sexual nature, while many others were beaten, handcuffed and blindfolded in small cages in detention centres and upon being moved between centres. Here

Jenin

Israel’s Jenin attack suggests history may be repeating. Biden is watching it happen. Here
Israel seeks revenge with Jenin invasion Here
On the Battle of Jenin and “The Battle of Algiers” Here
Could Israel carry out another Nakba Here
'No Red Lines,' US response to West Bank assault underlines Israel's free hand Here

More Resources

New Hampshire governor signs executive order targeting BDS movement Here
Republicans threaten Biden nominees over ‘antisemitic' boycott of Israel Here
State Dept dodges question on whether Palestinians have right to defend themselves, says situation ‘not comparable’ with Ukraine Here
Their blood cries out — Israeli-American’s memoir faces the Nakba Here
The Destruction of This Palestinian Community Was Green-Lighted by Israel’s Supreme Court Here