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2017

2017-01-01 (Context) Oracle CEO Larry Ellison donated $16.6M to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a non-profit that operates fifteen regional offices in the U.S. and Panama. A separate post on X suggested he also donated as early as 2009.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Ellison

https://x.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/1970161628915040484

2018

2018-08-31 News outlets reported the Trump administration eliminated funding during its first term to the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-administration-cuts-funding-united-nations-palestinian-refugee-agency-n905616

2021

2021-09-16 (Context) News outlets reported that Larry Ellison allegedly offered Netanyahu a post at Oracle.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2021-09-16/ty-article/.highlight/larry-ellison-netanyahu-trial-witness-offers-ex-pm-seat-on-oracle-board/0000017f-dbd9-d3a5-af7f-fbff9ae80000

2023

2023-10-01 At least since the Gaza war, Israel reportedly launched a multi-million-dollar global propaganda campaign, paying influencers to say positive things about Israel, and funding tours for MAGA and pro-Trump influencers. In November 2025 FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) filed complaints against the Israeli government.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/30/spinning-genocide-how-israel-is-using-us-pr-firms-to-frame-its-gaza-war#:~:text=Bridges%20Partners%20is%20a%20Christian%20public%20relations,become%20the%20source%20of%20an%20online%20meme.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-influencers/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-hasbara-directorate-being-sued-unpaid-activists-claiming-millions

2024

2024-02-15 During an interview at Harvard University, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner called Gaza’s waterfront property very valuable, stating he believed declaring Palestine as a State would be rewarding terrorism.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/19/jared-kushner-gaza-waterfront-property-israel-negev

2024-04-01 Keep in mind, there were multiple anti-war protests condemning the genocide in Gaza while Biden was still in office.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/31/biden-pro-palestine-protest-israel

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-campus-protest-culture-that-targeted-biden-goes-silent-for-trump-iran-anti-war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_protests_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_protest_vote_movements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE9fOY1K1Pk

2024-04-01 Mohammed Hatem of Palestine began posting his own social media content @gym_rat_in_gaza to show resilience amid war by bodybuilding. He has been displaced 13 times and according to a post updated October 2025 weighs 119 pounds.

https://www.instagram.com/gym_rat_in_gaza/?hl=en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Hatem

2024-05-02 During a peaceful protest at George Washington University, Boebert tried to rip a Palestinian flag down from a statue, failed, and then demanded the crowd to take it down.

2024-10-07 Pro Israel groups like Canary Mission peddled conspiracies on social media that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil helped plan Hamas attacks. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also alleged Khalil distributed fliers with a Hamas logo. On March 8 2025 the Trump administration arrested him and shipped him to Louisiana.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5356481/mahmoud-khalil-dhs-evidence-detained-palestinian-protests-columbia-antisemitism

2024-10-07 The Heritage Foundation developed Project Esther to “help combat antisemitism”, but some believe the façade of antisemitism is covering up the true attempt to crack down on activism, create censorship, control speech, and an effort to diminish humanitarian rights.

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/whats-project-esther/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/31/what-is-project-esther-the-playbook-against-pro-palestine-movement-in-us

https://ca.cair.com/updates/project-esther-a-dangerous-blueprint-for-censoring-palestine/

https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/report/project-esther-national-strategy-combat-antisemitism

2025 February

2025-02-04 During a joint press conference, Trump referred to Gaza as the “Riviera of the Middle East”.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/02/04/president-trump-gaza-strip-could-be-the-riviera-of-the-middle-east.html

2025-02-04 The White House released an executive order to reevaluate the U.S. commitment to three UN organizations “that deserve renewed scrutiny”: the UNHRC; the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-and-ending-funding-to-certain-united-nations-organizations-and-reviewing-united-states-support-to-all-international-organizations/

2025-02-26 Trump posted an AI-generated video of Gaza as a beach resort, featuring several disturbing images including himself as a golden idol and Elon Musk vacationing in the war-torn land.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2025/feb/26/donald-trump-shares-bizarre-ai-generated-video-of-trump-gaza-video

2025 May

2025-05-06 The Free Press - owned by Bari Weiss - published an article titled “The Gaza Famine Myth”. Unrelated but worth noting, CBS offered her a job in September 2025.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/paramount-said-prepping-to-buy-free-press-for-100m-give-bari-weiss-senior-role-at-cbs/

https://www.thefp.com/p/the-gaza-famine-myth

2025 July

2025-07-13 News outlets reported Israel and the U.S. pushing efforts to relocate Palestinians to Sudan or Libya.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/gaza-palestinians-relocation-south-sudan-netanyahu-b2806609.html

2025-07-25 BBC interviewed a U.S. Green Beret Colonel Anthony Aguilar and his first-person account of Israeli forces shooting at Palestinians trying to get aid.

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cy8k8045nx9o

2025-07-28 During an interview on Charlie Kirk’s podcast, Rabbi Pesach Wolicki asserted there is no starvation in Gaza, and claimed this was simply Hamas propaganda. He then stated, “We know what starving people look like…the people of Gaza are not starving”. Charlie Kirk replied, “these lies are relentless”. Both went on to make accusations of propaganda.

https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1949908699411288130

2025 August

2025-08-30 Israel ramped up attacks on Palestine, and the combat zone was expanded to Gaza City.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/30/we-are-on-the-streets-palestinians-flee-israels-assault-on-gaza-city

2025-08-30 Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked visas for Palestinian officials who had planned to attend the UN General Assembly in New York to discuss Palestine becoming a state.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-rubio-un-4bb2a424ecdd8805f9a7a153848b3ad7

2025 September

2025-09-09 Israel bombed Qatar. The White House later stated they weren’t informed of the strike.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-he-was-not-informed-by-netanyahu-before-israels-strike-qatar-2025-09-15/

2025-09-09 Two global Sumud flotillas came under fire by Israeli drone strike when the flotillas attempted to get aid into Gaza.

2025-09-09 During a Chatham House summit in Israel, President Issaac Herzog stated the war was aimed at preserving Western values.

2025-09-11 After their return from a fact-finding mission, Democratic Senators Chris Van Holland and Jeff Merkley released a report accusing Israel of collective punishment and ethnic cleansing.

2025-09-15 Top U.N. expert Francesca Albanese told reporters in Geneva “”Israel is bombing using unconventional weapons … it is trying to forcibly evacuate Palestinians. Why? This is the last piece of Gaza that needs to be rendered unlivable before advancing the ethnic cleansing of that piece of land”.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/israel-seeks-make-gaza-city-unliveable-says-un-expert-francesca-albanese-2025-09-15/

2025-09-15 News outlets reported that Netanyahu told Trump about the Israeli strikes on Qatar 50 minutes before the attack. This was after the White House stated they were never informed.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-told-trump-about-doha-strike-in-advance-he-didnt-say-no-report/

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/15/trump-netanyahu-call-israel-strike-qatar

2025-09-15 (context) Marco Rubio headed to Qatar to engage in talks with the Prime Minister.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/16/rubio-en-route-to-qatar-warns-of-short-window-to-secure-gaza-ceasefire

2025-09-16 The UN Independent International Commission issued a 72-page report condemning the Israeli government of violating 4-out-of-5 acts prohibited under the 1948 Genocide Convention.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8641wv0n4go

2025-09-18 During an interview, the Israeli Minister said Gaza would be a “real-estate bonanza” after the war. An article quoted Smotrich saying he started negotiations with the US on how to divide Gaza, claiming there was a business plan sitting on Trump’s desk, and declaring the “demolition phase” was complete.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/middleeast/israel-smotrich-gaza-land-intl

2025-09-21 Britain, Canada, Australia, and Portugal formally recognized Gaza as a State.

2025-09-22 The Trump administration made plans to send $6B in arms sales to Israel including 30 Apache helicopters.

https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2025/09/19/trump-administration-plans-nearly-6b-in-arms-sales-to-israel-report/

2025-09-24 Global Sumud flotillas were once again attacked by drones while trying to provide aid to Gaza. This time the Israeli military detained the workers. An article published by PBS noteed that so far more than 65,000 Palestinians have been killed. For context, the article also cited back in 2010 when flotillas attempted to provide aid to Gaza during a maritime blockade, and ten activists aboard were killed by Israeli commandos.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/activist-flotilla-seeking-to-break-the-israeli-blockade-of-gaza-says-drones-attacked-its-boats

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/01/middleeast/israel-gaza-flotilla-explainer-scli-intl

2025 October

2025-10-09 Israel’s Cabinet approved Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza strip and the release of remaining hostages held by Hamas.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-hostages-trump-peace-plan-e3d0ce091be56cc29207e566ff1603af

2025-10-10 Even after the ceasefire in Gaza, Israeli forces continued to strike Gaza and kill Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister and the Foreign Ministry accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire and responsible for the consequences. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjdy5eevn2o

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-gaza-ceasefire-holds-israel-has-right-hit-back-if-attacked-2025-10-29/

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/29/g-s1-95523/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire

2025-10-20 Israeli soldiers shot and killed 9-year-old Mohammad Bahjat Mohammad Hallaq in the head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYWFsTrquPs

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQCH6GzDBDH/

https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces_fatally_shoot_nine_year_old_palestinian_boy_playing_football

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/10/25/they-killed-his-childhood-west-bank-family-mourn-child-killed-israel

2025 November

2025-11-20 Israeli forces killed a 15-year-old Palestinian Jaja Dullah. Video shows Israeli forces shoot the child in the back, then stand around and watch the child struggle in agony as he bled to death for over 30 minutes before finally dying.

VIDEO (DISTURBING, USE CAUTION) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7oOnkZvqQE

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqwv9vvzx9o

2025 December

2025-12-17 Winter floods devastated Gaza, killing several people.

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/12/29/winter-floods-wreak-havoc-on-gaza-displacement-camps-as-israel-blocks-aid

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/12/utterly-preventable-gaza-flood-tragedy-must-mobilize-action-to-end-israels-genocide/

2026 January

2026-01-16 Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 2-year-old Palestinian baby in the head outside Jenin.

https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/posts/palestinian-child-shot-dead-by-israeli-troops-in-occupied-west-bank/1337781241729560/

https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces_fatally_shoot_2_year_old_palestinian_girl_in_the_head_near_jenin

https://www.btselem.org/firearms/20250317_the_killing_of_a_two_year_old_and_injuring_her_mother_and_aunt_in_muthallath_a_shuhada_in_jenin_district

2026-01-30 Israel resumed air strikes on Gaza, killing at least 29 more since the October ceasefire.

https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c2vdnvdg6xxt

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/6/israel-kills-two-in-gaza-as-palestinians-call-for-rafah-crossing-to-open#:~:text=Israeli%20forces%20bomb%20a%20tent,truce%20to%20at%20least%20422.&text=Israel%20has%20launched%20intense%20artillery,according%20to%20Gaza%20health%20authorities

2026 February

2026-02-16 Israel continued strikes on Gaza, and on this date killed at least 11, making the death toll at least 600 since the US “brokered” a peace deal and wounding at least 1,600.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/15/at-least-11-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-attacks-across-gaza

2026 March

2026-03-24 The UN demanded immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya by Israel. In the demands they condemned Israel for severe abuse and torture. Dr. Safiya had been detained by Israeli forces since December 27 2024 after refusing to abandon his patients during an Israeli raid at a hospital.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/release-dr-hussam-abu-safiya

https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-repeats-call-for-release-of-gaza-doctor-after-reports-of-severe-torture/

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/03/un-experts-demand-immediate-release-dr-abu-safiya-after-reports-severe

2026-03-27 Israeli soldiers fatally shot and killed 15-year-old Adma Dahman in the abdomen south of Bethlehem.

https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces_fatally_shoot_15_year_old_palestinian_boy_in_dheisheh_refugee_camp

https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-child-in-bethlehem-3

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-kills-15-year-old-palestinian-west-bank-health-ministry-says-2026-03-28

2026-03-30 Israel passed a death penalty law specifically for Palestinians.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/1/this-is-an-apartheid-regime-critics-decry-israels-new-death-penalty-law

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/31/israel-death-penalty-law-international-criticism

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8dkd6lnjdo

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/eight-muslim-majority-countries-condemn-israels-new-death-penalty-law-2026-04-02/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/general-strike-leaves-west-bank-streets-empty-over-death-penalty-bill

https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/31/israel-discriminatory-death-penalty-bill-passes

2026 April

2026-04-09 Israel approved 34 new settlements in their occupation of the West Bank.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-formally-approves-34-new-settlements-as-it-acts-to-deepen-hold-on-west-bank/

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-approves-dozens-new-settlements-west-bank-watchdog-says-2026-04-09/

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/10/headlines/israel_approves_34_settler_outposts_amid_continuing_settler_violence_in_occupied_west_bank

2026-04-09 Israeli soldiers shot and killed 9-year-old girl Ritaj Rihan in the head in front of her classmates in Bethlehia.

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/israeli-army-shoots-kills-9-year-old-girl-her-gaza-classroom

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/10/headlines/9_year_old_palestinian_girl_shot_dead_in_front_of_classmates_in_gazas_beit_lahia

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dressed-school-returned-shroud-israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-girl-class

2026-04-15 Mike Johnson argued that Pope Leo should not have condemned the war, stating, “There’s something called the Just War Doctrine…”. The Poper corrected Johnson by explaining the doctrine is only in self-defense once ALL PEACE EFFORTS HAVE FAILED, and then later wrote on social media, “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth” and warned that the world is currently “ravaged by a handful of tyrants”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taNi3btpaLs&list=WL&index=1

https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/04/16/pope-leo-cameroon-peace/

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-04/pope-bamenda-woe-to-those-who-manipulate-religion-military.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-pope-warns-of-tyrants-spending-billions-on-wars

2026-04-21 An Israeli convoy killed a 16-year-old Palestinian child near Hebron in the West Bank as he was riding his bicycle to school.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/car-said-to-belong-to-ministers-security-detail-strikes-and-kills-west-bank-teen/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/car-that-killed-16-year-old-palestinian-cyclist-belongs-to-ben-gvirs-security-team/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/21/israeli-soldiers-and-settlers-kill-11-palestinians-across-gaza-west

2026-04-23 Israeli soldiers shot and killed 15-year-old Yousef Sameh Ishtayyeh during a raid in Nablus West Bank.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-palestinian-teen-killed-earlier-was-hurling-stones-at-troops-in-west-bank/

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2641142/middle-east

https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2026/04/23/israeli-fire-kills-15-year-old-palestinian-in-west-bank-raid

https://en.royanews.tv/news/69174/NBC-poll-shows-massive-%E2%80%9Csympathy%E2%80%9D-for-Palestinians-among-American-Gen-Z

2026-04-24 Israel continued to kill more citizens in Gaza amid a ceasefire.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/24/israel-kills-at-least-12-palestinians-in-gaza-amid-ceasefire

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-attacks-kill-least-four-palestinians-gaza-medics-say-2026-04-26/

2026 May

2026-05-03 Bay Bridge takeover by several vehicles. At least nine people were arrested and 77 vehicles were impounded. It is unclear if this was another protest against the war in Gaza (Israel is still occupying the West Bank and killing civilians).

https://abc7news.com/post/23-people-charged-illegal-bay-bridge-sideshow-dozens-atvs-dirt-bikes-seized-police/19057577/

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/charges-filed-bay-bridge-takeover/4081559/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/bay-bridge-crackdown-traps-illegal-120800984.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFJYojZ4DMQ&list=WL&index=5

2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_tXMhvKvTs

2023 https://www.kcra.com/article/protesters-shut-down-bay-bridge-heading-san-francisco/45862462

2024 https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/bay-bridge-78-gaza-ceasefire-protesters-announce-agreement-avoid-jail-time/

2026-05-04 Captured Global Sumud Flotilla activists reported Israeli forces administering torture and beatings causing detainees to pass out.

https://globalsumudflotilla.org/press/11-nations-global-legal-bodies-and-amnesty-international-demand-release-of-flotilla-activists-as-israeli-interrogators-issue-death-threats/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/3/gaza-flotilla-activists-appear-in-israeli-court-allege-torture-in-custody

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/4/headlines/israel_jails_flotilla_activists_seized_in_international_waters_as_lawyers_report_torture_beatings

2026-05-07 Israel continued to kill Palestinians, block aid, and prevent reconstruction. Meanwhile, Gaza faced more health crises of sewage contamination, cooking with cardboard, no water or shelter, and rat infestation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q4bM3mkrbE&list=WL&index=3

2026-05-11 The BBC censored a documentary “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/11/gaza-filmmakers-slam-bbc-after-shelved-documentary-wins-bafta

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eh69K_7pAuE

TIMELINE: https://www.camera.org/article/timeline-the-bbc-gaza-documentary-controversy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedback/corrections_clarifications/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clydv5yngq4o

2026-05-13 Israeli fire killed a 16-year-old Palestinian child Yusef Ali Kaabnah near the town of Jiljilya.

https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2054676281531175217

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYTFVXTkWyi/

2026-05-13 Israeli forces shot and killed 44-year-old Zakaria Qatusa in the West Bank as he tired to climb a concrete barrier to find work in Israel to feed his four children.

https://apnews.com/article/west-bank-shooting-israel-palestinians-d230dc14e42fd45f319b4ad083a1495f

https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/world/article/palestinian-man-shot-dead-while-climbing-west-22257064.php

2026-05-18 Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim wrote, “The world cannot continue to bow to tyranny and corruption. The oppression against Palestinians and those who mobilize and deliver humanitarian aid must be stopped immediately, and Israel must face justice and accountability!”.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/19/headlines/world_leaders_condemn_israels_abduction_of_activists_from_gaza_bound_aid_flotilla

https://aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/world-should-not-continue-to-bow-to-oppression-says-malaysian-premier-after-israeli-attack-on-gaza-flotilla/3941639

2026-05-24 France’s foreign ministry barred Ben-Gvir from entering France, citing his “incitement of hatred and violence against Palestinians”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1omqCrvapw&list=WL&index=3

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/24/france-bans-ben-gvir-which-other-israeli-leaders-have-been-penalised

2026-05-26 Israeli strikes killed 5 Palestinians at a refugee camp in central Gaza, following a strike on Monday at another tent encampment in the Moasi area. A six-year-old girl was among the dead killed at the encampment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1omqCrvapw&list=WL&index=3

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/26/headlines/israeli_strikes_kill_at_least_five_palestinians_at_a_refugee_camp_in_gaza