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Join us for a presentation by acclaimed Palestinian poet, journalist, and Pulitzer Prize winner, Mosab Abu Toha, as he shares his experiences witnessing and documenting the genocide in Gaza.
$10 suggested donation for entry, Venmo and cash accepted.
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The Ithaca Committee for Justice in Palestine is launching a petition against Congressman Josh Riley to demand justice for Palestinian hostages.
To read more about this effort and sign the petition, please visit: IthacaCJP.org/actions
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NOTE: the message to Josh Riley in CJP’s petition campaign demands action and vote in Congress to STOP THE GENOCIDE and FREE ALL PALESTINIAN HOSTAGES. Not PRISONERS… HOSTAGES.
To refresh your grasp of what it means to be a Palestinian hostage in the Israeli prison system, News & Views is posting once again the link to Nicholas Kristof’s horrifying expose in his New York Times article in May, The Silence that Meets the Rape of Palestinians. This comprehensive report charges Israeli soldiers, prison guards and “settlers” with brutal rapes and sexual abuse of male and female Palestinian prisoners. Kristof did first-hand reporting in Israel, and based his article “on conversations with 14 men and women who said they had been sexually assaulted.”
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The U.N. Names Genocide of Children in Gaza
A landmark 94-page report, released on June 23 by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, states that the deliberate killing, maiming, and systematic destruction of life-supporting infrastructure for children serve as key indicators of genocidal intent to destroy the Palestinian people:
Mass Casualties: Children made up roughly 30% of all fatalities in Gaza
Deliberate Targeting: evidence shows Israeli forces intentionally shot children using high-precision weapons, snipers, and thermal-imaging quadcopter drones.
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CAT Scan of Gunshot to the Head of a Gazan Child
Systemic Destruction: The military systematically dismantled access to life-sustaining care by attacking neonatal units, pediatric hospitals, schools, and orphanages.
Starvation and Abuse: The UN found that Israel used starvation as a weapon of war. It also documented instances of children being arbitrarily arrested, tortured, and subjected to sexual violence in detention facilities.
Post-Ceasefire Violations: The commission emphasized that the targeted killing of children has persisted at a rate of roughly one child per day even after the October 2025 ceasefire took effect.
A second Report by UN’s OCHA: “Expansion of areas under Israeli control in Gaza endangers civilians and relief efforts.” The UN and humanitarian NGOs demand: 1) end targeting of Palestinians for being in areas close to Israeli forces; 2) protection of civilians at all times and full compliance with international humanitarian and human rights law; 3) unimpeded humanitarian access into and across all parts of the Gaza Strip.
This OCHA Report coincides with the UN call on donors to fill a $100 million gap in funding for UNRWA. Last week, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said millions of Palestinians are at risk due to the shortfall, as well as Israel’s massive restrictions on UNRWA’s ability to work in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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Quotes of the Week
Calls to commit genocide radiating from the Israeli Knesset:
Nissim Vaturi, a Deputy Speaker for the Likud Party, declared in 2025 that "the women and children must be put aside, and the adult men in Gaza eliminated."
In Sept. 2025, Minister Gila Gamliel, Likud, announced: "We will turn the Gaza Strip into a place unfit for human habitation until the population leaves, and the same will happen in the West Bank."
Likud MK, Moshe Sa'ada, spoke last year of "a watershed moment of decision, annihilation, and migration from Gaza."
Tally Gotliv, a particularly provocative Likud lawmaker, has said of certain neighborhoods in Gaza that "everyone there is marked for death."
Kinneret Barashi, Likud's official appointee to the television and radio regulation council, posted on social media in 2025: "Every trace of the murderous mutations in Gaza must be erased, from the delivery rooms to the last elderly person in Gaza. One hundred percent marked for death in Gaza."
-- Ron Gerlitz reporting in Haaretz, 6/29/26
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