Editorial Note: 🇵🇸 Hello. If you’re new here to A Little Beacon Blog, you should know that we post about Palestine. In addition to the ✨good and troubling things happening in Beacon. If you’re only watching the regular news, like CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, New York Times, Washington Post, then you may not know all of the details of what’s been going on, and how it impacts your life as an American citizen. Smaller brands like this one, and especially this one since we are a media outlet, have taken it upon ourselves to spread the word.

The Palestinian poet, Mosab Abutoha, who was taken by Israeli military IDF while he was waiting in line with his family to evacuate Gaza in December 2023 and wrote about his experience in the New Yorker, reported this:

August 8, 2024: USA urges the resumption of negotiations to reach a ceasefire.

Keep in mind, on July 31, 2024, Israel assassinated Hamas’ political chief and lead ceasefire negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh, after having killed 3 of his children, his grandchildren, and at least 60 members of his family, according to Al Jazeera. See also this report from the Washington Post.

August 9, 2024: (CNN) US releases $3.5 billion to Israel to spend on US weapons and military equipment.

See videos below of the twin babies who have died, and the Palestinians who continue to have their bodies shredded alive due to US funding of Israel for these weapons.

August 9 (9:45pm EST) August 10 (4:45pm Gaza time): Israel targets displaced people performing dawn prayer in a school shelter, killing more than 100. (Not yet reported by CNN or any American major news agency or newspaper.)

As reported in Al Jazeera:

“A deadly Israeli attack on a school in Gaza has renewed calls for the United States to stop providing staunch support for Israel, including weapons transfers that rights advocates say are fueling atrocities in the Palestinian enclave.

“The Gaza Civil Defense agency said more than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens more were injured on Saturday when Israel launched an attack on al-Tabin school in Gaza City.

“‘The US & allies are claiming a ceasefire is near. But all Palestinians see is more death, dislocation, & despair. The genocide continues,’ James Zogby, co-founder and president of the Arab American Institute, wrote on social media.

“‘It past time to end the charade. Israel doesn’t want peace or a ceasefire. Why are we still sending Israel weapons?’

“On Saturday morning, CNN journalist Allegra Goodwin said in a post on X that the US news network had confirmed a “US-made GBU-39 small diameter bomb” was used in the deadly Israeli attack on al-Tabin school. Al Jazeera could not immediately verify that report.”

Every Weekend This Happens, And The Days Inbetween

Every weekend, Israel has committed some kind of heinous massacre. At first it was shocking, disturbing, life could not go on as normal in the bouncy castle room with the kids on 9D as we passed a Saturday. Now that Israel’s actions have become the norm, the fight is directed toward VP Kamala Harris to step up into her power to stop this, and fight back against the weapons industry she professes to be passionate about, or step aside for Dr. Jill Stein and maybe Cori Bush to break the cycle.

You won’t see much of anything about orange Tea here. We deplore that flavor.