Jonathan Ofir | A new Israeli Democracy Institute survey shows that 68% of Jewish Israelis oppose “the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza residents.” | This is a shocking data point. The Israeli Democracy Institute released a survey this week showing that over 2/3 of Jewish Israelis – 68% that is – opposed “the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza residents at this time.” ● It gets even worse – the survey lowered the bar to exclude any possible opposition to either UNRWA (which Israel has been inciting against) or the Hamas authorities (which Israel considers terrorists). To no avail. Over two-thirds still oppose humanitarian help “via international bodies that are not linked to Hamas or to UNRWA… A majority of Jewish respondents (68%) oppose the transfer of humanitarian aid even under these conditions,” the survey notes. ● The numbers are worse when it comes to right-wing Jewish Israelis, where the opposition is at 80% – four out of five. And consider that about 2/3 of Israeli voters are considered right-wing. ● One really has to pause here. We are in a situation where Palestinians in Gaza are starving, people are consuming animal feed in their desperation. The week the UN’s World Food Programme reported people in Gaza are “already dying from hunger-related causes,” and a UNICEF nutrition screening in north Gaza found that 1 in 6 children under two years old are acutely malnourished. Israelis are not completely ignorant of this. They are supporting genocide by an overwhelming majority.

■ On Israeli Genocidal Inclinations and The Jewish Problem (Gilad Atzmon)
■ Poll Confirms -Israelis Love To Kill (Gilad Atzmon)

■ APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (ORDER OF 26 JANUARY 2024) (.pdf) + APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS (.pdf)
■ THE EXPRESSION OF HATRED FOR GENTILES (Richard Edmondson/Nahida Izzat) (10/04/14)

Edward Hendrie | The subterfuge of provocation by Hamas justifying a retaliatory response by Israel is exactly the strategy of Israel. Indeed, that is the purpose of Hamas. | The October 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas on Israel from the Gaza Strip were orchestrated by Mossad. Hamas acted as agent provocateurs under covert guidance from Mossad. The attacks were planned to justify the brutal and genocidal offensive by Israel against the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. Below is an excerpt from Bloody Zion explaining the creation of Hamas by Israel.

Israeli warplanes bombarded the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city of Rafah overnight and on 22 February. | Several Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on homes in Rafah, the Health Ministry in Gaza said. According to residents, more than 12 members of a single family were killed by an airstrike on the southern city. The Al-Farouq Mosque in Rafah’s Shaboura neighborhood was completely destroyed in the attacks. In total, nearly 100 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, according to the ministry.

■ Israeli will launch much-anticipated offensive in Rafah, says War Cabinet member Benny Gantz (Anadolu)
■ Children, women death toll in Israel war on Gaza 6 times higher than Russia-Ukraine War (Anadolu)
■ Israel plans to build over 3,300 settlement units in occupied West Bank (TRT World)

Kiev will be able to use the fighter jets outside its claimed borders, the bloc’s head has said | Once Ukraine receives F-16 fighter jets it will be free to use them against military targets inside Russia, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said. ● Stoltenberg’s comments were made in an interview to Radio Liberty, the US government-funded broadcaster, which is scheduled to air on Friday. According to snippets released in advance, the NATO head argued that Ukraine has the right to self-defense against Russian “aggression,” which would include “striking legitimate Russian military targets outside Ukraine.” ● As to when the government in Kyiv might actually receive the promised jets, Stoltenberg would not say. Each NATO member that pledged to deliver them has different policies and will decide on their own.

Felix Livshitz | Evidence that external forces were involved has been suppressed for ‘political reasons’ | Ask the witnesses – It may not remain unsolved for much longer though, due to an ongoing trial of policemen at the scene on the fateful day. The legal action has been unfolding for well over a year and has received no mainstream news attention at all outside Ukraine. Katchanovski drew heavily on witness testimony and video evidence that has emerged over the course of the trial in his suppressed paper. ● For example, 51 protesters wounded during the incident testified at the trial that they were shot by snipers from Maidan-controlled buildings, and/or witnessed snipers there. Many spoke of snipers in buildings controlled by Maidan protesters shooting at police. This is consistent with other evidence collected by Katchanovski, such as 14 separate videos of snipers in protester-controlled buildings, 10 of which clearly feature far-right gunmen in the Hotel Ukraina aiming at crowds below. ● In all, 300 witnesses have told much the same story. Synchronized videos show that the specific time and direction of shots fired by the police not only didn’t coincide with the killings of specific Maidan protesters, but that authorities aimed at walls, trees, lampposts, and even the ground, simply to disperse crowds.

■ Pentagon Probing Over 50 Cases of 'Theft, Fraud or Corruption' Linked to Ukraine Aid (Sputnik News)
■ EU chief, leaders of Italy, Belgium , Canada land in Ukraine's Kiev (Al Mayadeen)