Will O'Leary

Boston born, University of Michigan grad. Interested in sports of both, environmental issues, and clean energy.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Jeffries, who held off a war powers resolution long enough for Trump go start the war before it came to a vote, does not condemn Trump’s attack in his initial response.

The party leadership, as we reported last week, is eager to see Trump launch this war

[jasper nathaniel @infinite_jaz]

Smotrich just announced plans to abolish Oslo, dismantle the PA, and “encourage migration” of Palestinians from the West Bank. People should really take him at his word. He telegraphed all of this about a decade ago and has been remarkably effective at pushing it through.

[jasper nathaniel @infinite_jaz]

The phrase *Hamas* Health Ministry was used as a slur for years to signal unreliability, even though it was pointed out again and again that its numbers had always held up. I’m sure the “Pallywood” crowd will be rushing to apologize today.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.

Let that sink in.

File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

Andrew Cuomo couldn’t allow his first, tepid recognition of reality — that the Israeli government, with the full support of the Trump administration, is starving the people of Gaza — last more than a few hours without walking it back.

This is someone who believes in nothing.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

I don’t know how this could be spelled out any more clearly.

[Branko Marcetic @BMarchetich]

When will this end and what would make it? Every month the there is some new evil, every day dozens to 100+ people slaughtered, and every leader in the world just shuffles their papers and lets it go on. Are we just going to let Israel kill them all? Is that it?

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

Haaretz's big exposè today is literally, word for word, what we, Palestinians, have said 20 days ago👇

Like always, when we say it, it's a "conspiracy theory". When Israeli journalists say it, it's "groundbreaking", "brave", & "compelling".

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

'It's a killing field': IDF soldiers ordered to shoot at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
https://t.co/CuTtHDFKBo

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

This is one of the most sick, twisted, depraved massacres yet. Israel fired tank shells into a crowd of starving people waiting for food, killing over 50. They're not even denying it.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

@nkulw The tedious ‘would Harris have been substantively different on Israel’ Twitter debate can easily be solved, in a matter of minutes, by Harris herself who can, whenever she wants, denounce Trump’s brutal genocide and escalation with Iran. Weirdly Harris never does this! Curious!

[Jehad Abusalim @JehadAbusalim]

Imagine what those monsters will do in Gaza while the world’s attention is fixed on their new deranged war. Plunging Gaza into communication blackout was no coincidence.

[austerity is theft @wideofthepost]

The juxtaposition between half the stage defaming Zohran for being too critical of Israel, and Israel launching bombing campaign on Tehran.

[Chris Hedges @ChrisLynnHedges]

https://t.co/ILBoNqfqQ7

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

Israel has gone from "how dare you call us colonizers" & "what occupation" to "we're proud occupiers ethnically cleansing Palestine to colonize it"

Keep it up Smotrich... That's what happens when the US/EU refuse to sanction this ghoul & allow him to tour Paris & DC!

[austerity is theft @wideofthepost]

What will it take for people to grasp the parallels here, are you waiting for the actual cattle cars to show up? Do you need to see a smokestack?

[Will O'Leary @BillyOYeah]

@TA1297 36 too

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Israel is now arguing publicly that their main obstacle to seizing Gaza and expelling and/or killing the population is not Hamas, but international law and The Hague, so they are allowing in a few token trucks

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨Smotrich: Gaza Aid Is Just Enough to Avoid ‘War Crimes’ Charges While We ‘Annihilate’ the Strip

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich gave a speech Monday defending Israel’s strategy of mass devastation in Gaza, saying humanitarian aid is only being allowed in “so the world does not stop us and accuse us of war crimes.” The goal, he insisted, is to “conquer, clear, and stay” until Gaza is dismantled beyond recognition.

▪️ On aid, Smotrich said only the care minimum will be allowed: “A few bakeries distributing pitas… a daily portion of cooked food. Citizens in Gaza will get a pita and a plate of food, and that’s it. That’s exactly what we see in the videos—people standing in line, waiting for a plate of soup.” The purpose, he admitted, is not relief but optics: “It allows the world to continue providing us with international protection.”

▪️ “We are annihilating everything that remains in the Strip,” he declared, “simply because it is one big city of terror.” He described the new military strategy as one of permanent occupation: “No more raids with ins and outs… we are conquering, clearing, and staying until Hamas is destroyed.”

▪️ He welcomed the shift toward targeting Gaza’s civil infrastructure: “The IDF is finally conducting a campaign against the civilian rule of Hamas… eliminating ministers, officials, money changers, and figures in the economic and governmental apparatus.”

▪️ Boasting of the scale of destruction, Smotrich said: “We are dismantling Gaza, leaving it in ruins with unprecedented destruction, and the world still hasn’t stopped us.”

▪️ He added that, personally, he would prefer a total blockade: “Until the last of the hostages returns, we should also not let water into the Gaza Strip.”

▪️ Smotrich endorsed ethnic cleansing as official policy: “The population will reach the south of the Strip, and from there, God willing, to third countries, as part of President Trump’s plan.”

➡️ Drop Site’s @JeremyScahill unpacks all this and more in his latest report: “Gaza Aid Scheme Offers Israel Symbolic Cover to Finish the Genocide.” Link in reply.

[Mohammad Alsaafin @malsaafin]

Of course, this only makes the front page because it meets that old NYT standard: someone in the Israeli military said it.