November 2023 (Continued)
Palestinians sue Biden for failing to prevent genocide in Gaza
By Prem Thakker: A group of Palestinian human rights organizations, residents of Gaza, and U.S. citizens with family members impacted by Israel’s ongoing assault jointly sued President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Monday for failing to “prevent an unfolding genocide.” The 89-page lawsuit, filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights in a California federal district court, traces 75 years of history and analyzes acts committed and rhetoric espoused by the Israeli government that exhibit a disregard for international law. It is accompanied by a declaration from a genocide expert who describes Israel’s actions as signs of genocide and argues that the Biden administration has breached its duty under international law to prevent it. Read More
Gaza: War on We, the People and Arab-Muslim’s Shame
by Dr Mahboob A Khawaja: Where is the so called International Humanitarian Law and the protocols of the Geneva Conventions offering protection to civilians in war against forced displacement, working of hospitals and medical professionals and supplies of unrestrained foods and other necessities for human survival? Well, these were written words in dried ink many decades ago and now subject to interpretation of political agenda manipulated and coerced by American politicians and Israeli leaders. In essence, the whole world has come to stand still and lingers on the whim of President Joe Biden and Israeli PM Netanyahu whatever they perceive of the International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Conventions becomes a reference point. Read More
Religious framing of Israel’s massacres imperils millions
BY YUSUF ZIYA DURMUŞ: References to prophecies, the Bible and the Torah flood the pro-Israel narrative in the Palestine-Israel conflict. Seeking justification for the massacre of civilians in the Palestinian territories, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu often invokes religion. No Abrahamic religion sanctions the atrocities Israel has engaged in the past month but for Netanyahu and his supporters, including those in the United States, this is almost a “holy war.”In the latest instance of his speech peppered with religious references on Oct. 30, Netanyahu claimed that the Bible says, “There is a time for peace and a time for war. This is a time for war,” as the death toll amid Palestinian civilians slaughtered in the Israeli attacks exceeded 10,000 since Oct. 7. Read More
Israel's war on Gaza and the liberal order at crossroads
By Burak Elmali : How can one even talk about the international order and nation-states as rational actors when Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu cites biblical references as a rationale for his actions. Read More
President al-Assad: Gaza was never the issue
President Bashar al-Assad argued that the aggression against Gaza cannot be understood in isolation from prior Zionist crimes. He urged Arab-Islamic nations to avoid fragmented responses, emphasizing that continued lack of comprehensive action allows Israel to execute further massacres, leading to potential complete annihilation of Palestinians. Read More
Why Palestinian resistance cannot be subdued?
By Shaheryar Ali Khawaja: Palestinian resistance has also strengthened over the years due to Israel’s brutal oppression that has united once fierce rivals like Hamas and Fatah, who have now joined forces to form a united front against Zionist forces. The 2017 reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah is a prime example. Read More
The Horror, The Horror
By Chris Hedges: Israel’s genocidal attacks, which are killing hundreds of Palestinians a day, including some 160 children, have expanded to shelling the remaining hospitals in Gaza. Read More
Cruelty, power and forgetting
by Dr Richard Hil: Anyone with a heart will surely be aghast at what’s happening in the Middle East. The cruel slaughter of innocents, the destruction, the endless cycle of hate, recrimination and vengeance. Bearing witness to all this, day-in, day-out, is a grotesque reminder of the endgame that is more fear and loathing, and endless violence. There’s no respite in sight. Read More
Zionism: "Religiosity that deems killing children a virtue"
By Yasin Aktay: In the face of Israel's brutal massacres in Gaza, where every human value, emotion, and principle is disregarded, Western countries continue to support it. Simultaneously, in the streets of Western capitals or other cities, masses are protesting both Israel's policies and their leaders who support these policies. This uprising of conscience is becoming more vibrant each day, even more so than in Islamic countries. Read More
16 hospitals and 34 health centers no longer operational in Gaza
Anadolu Agency: Half of hospitals in Gaza, 62% of health centers ceased their operations. See graphic
Gaza war: At least 40,000 Palestinians have been killed or injured by Israel
The New Arab: At least 40,000 people have been killed or injured or have gone missing since Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip began on 7 October, Gaza's government media office has said. At least 10,328 Palestinians, including 4,237 children, 2,719 women, 631 elderly people have been killed, spokesperson Salama Marouf of the media office said. Nearly 26,000 others have been injured and more than 3,000 people are missing, Marouf said. Read More
A Day of War against Gaza Hospitals - Al-Shifa Chief
Telesure: "We are taking difficult decisions between who to save and who to let die … as I speak to you, I am standing in front of 100 dead bodies," said the head of Al-Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salmiya. On Friday, Israeli tanks approached at least four hospitals in northern Gaza from all directions, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported. Read More
Screams, prayers: Gaza victims endure medical procedures without anesthetic
Daily Sabah: Cries, screams and moans of agony fill the halls of Gaza's hospitals as doctors lacking proper supplies desperately try to treat those wounded in Israel's incessant attacks. A little girl was weeping in pain and screaming "Mummy, Mummy," while the nurse stitched up her head wound without using any anesthetic because none was available at the time at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Read More
The Moral Bankruptcy of the ‘Amen Corner’
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui: The third Republican presidential debate once again showed the ugly side of the Republican candidates. When the rest of the world, including millions of Americans here in the US, are appalled by the brutality of the Israeli Occupation Forces in Gaza and condemning the apartheid state, these individuals were in a competition to score and prove their naked support for its ongoing genocidal crimes. “I’d be telling Bibi: Finish the job once and for all with these butchers,” Florida Governor DeSantis said, referring to the Israeli prime minister by his nickname. Read More
The US and Israel Agree: It's OK to Kill Thousands of Children
By Norman Solomon: The governments of Israel and the United States are now in disagreement over how many Palestinian civilians it’s okay to kill. Last week—as the death toll from massive Israeli bombardment of Gaza neared 10,000 people, including several thousand children—top U.S. officials began to worry about the rising horrified outcry at home and abroad. So, they went public with muted misgivings and calls for a “humanitarian pause.” But Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear that he would have none of it. Read More
Letter to the Children of Gaza
Chris Hedges, travels to the border of Gaza, detailing the fear and suffering experienced by the children living there due to constant bombing and deprivation. Despite explaining their plight for years, the reporter feels his efforts have been largely ignored, but continues to share their stories in an attempt to stop the violence. Read More
Normalization with Israel 'still on the table': Saudi minister
Cradle: The Saudi Minister of Investment, Khalid bin Abdulaziz al-Falih, conformed that the issue of normalizing relations between the kingdom and Israel is still on the table, but it is conditional on a peaceful solution to the Palestinian issue. Falih responded to a question about normalization in a discussion session at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum held in Singapore: “This matter was on the table, and it is still on the table, and it is clear that the recent withdrawal (from the talks) explains why Saudi Arabia is so determined to make a solution to the Palestinian conflict part of broader normalization in [West Asia].” Read More
Dismantle Israel And The Entire US Empire
By Caitlin Johnstone:It’s not just the Israeli state that has proven it needs to be dismantled, it’s the entire US-centralized western empire. The whole giant power structure has got to go. Read More
Americans are trying to make Arabs do their dirty work...
By Yahya Bostan: Israel has not given up its "occupation and annexation plan" for Gaza. The issue of the transfer of Gazans to Egypt has been put on hold for now. Israel's current goal is to eliminate Hamas and create a buffer zone by dividing Gaza in the north. (Netanyahu will keep his soldiers in Gaza until the U.S. elections for his more advanced demands. If Trump is elected, many issues, including the exile of Gazans to Egypt, will be brought up again.) The U.S. supports the elimination of Hamas. It seems to have convinced Arab countries on this issue. Read More
Arab-Islamic summit urges ICC prosecutor to ‘complete investigation into war crimes’ against Palestinians
Anadolu Agency: The joint Arab-Islamic summit on Saturday urged the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to "complete investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel against Palestinians." In a communique copy of which was received by Anadolu, the summit mandates foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye, Indonesia, and Nigeria to “start immediate international action” on behalf of the Arab-Islamic summit countries to “stop the war on Gaza and press for the launch of a serious and real political process to achieve lasting and comprehensive peace in accordance with the adopted international terms of reference.”
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Israel bombs three hospitals after Biden says “no prospect” of ceasefire
By Andre Damon: Israel has bombed the al-Shifa Hospital complex, where tens of thousands are sheltering, with an experimental bladed missile, whose horrifying aftermath was shown in a widely shared video. The missile, believed to be an American Hellfire R9X, carried no explosives but dispersed blades throughout the area, slashing and amputating limbs and leaving pools of blood. Gaza’s al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital was also attacked, with Dr. Mostafa al-Kahlout telling Al Jazeera of a “massive fire” at the hospital, which is sheltering 1,000 refugees. The area surrounding the Indonesian Hospital was struck by 11 missiles, damaging its buildings, the hospital director said. Read More
Nukes: Israel's secret that everyone knows
Daily Sabah: Amichay Eliyahu, member of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party and Israeli Heritage Minister in Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government, has said that “one of Israel’s options in the war in Gaza is to drop a nuclear bomb on the Strip. Israel has never publicly confirmed the widespread claims that it has nuclear weapons. However, independent international experts say that Israel has nearly 100 nuclear warheads. Read More
Gaza reaction shows growing West-Global South rift
By JORGE HEINE: The lopsidedness was stark: 120 countries voted in favor of a resolution before the United Nations on October 26, 2023, calling for a “humanitarian truce” in the war in Gaza. A mere 14 countries voted against it. But the numbers tell only half the story; equally significant was the way the votes fell. Those voting against the resolution included the United States and four members of the European Union. Meanwhile, about 45 members abstained – including 15 members of the EU, plus the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Japan. Seldom has the isolation of the West been so apparent. Now the Global South seems able to speak with, if not one voice, at least a chorus that is not discordant. Read More
How the War on Gaza Has Stalled the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)
by Vijay Prashad: Israel’s war on the Palestinians in Gaza has changed the entire equation and stalled the IMEC. It is now inconceivable for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to enter such a project with the Israelis. Public opinion in the Arab world is red-hot, with inflamed anger at the indiscriminate bombardment by Israel and the catastrophic loss of civilian life. Regional countries with close relations with Israel—such as Jordan and Turkey—have had to harden their rhetoric against Israel. In the short term, at least, it is impossible to imagine the implementation of the IMEC. Read More
Century-long Palestinian genocide from British-ruled Palestine to apartheid Israel’s present Gaza massacre
by Dr Gideon Polya: Genocidally racist Zionists from Zionism’s psychopathic founder Theodor Herzl to present war criminal Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu have explicitly stated that they want all the land of Palestine but not its Indigenous Palestinian inhabitants. Below is a convenient Summary for peace and human rights activists of the century-long Palestinian Genocide from British-ruled Palestine to neo-Nazi Apartheid Israel’s present US Alliance-backed and genocidal Gaza Massacre. Read More
Israeli forces intensifies Gaza assault as civilian plight grows
Daily Sabah: Israeli forces intensified it's Gaza assault, fighting Hamas through shell-blasted buildings in the north of the strip Thursday as the plight of civilians in the besieged Palestinian territory worsened. Gaza residents said Israeli troops were inching their way closer to the Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza's biggest health facility, where Israel claims Hamas has a command center. Thousands of Palestinians have taken refuge there from the relentless Israeli bombardments. Read More
Rashida Tlaib censure vote sets precedent for criminalizing opposition to Gaza genocide
By Patrick Martin: The vote comes amid mass murder in Gaza, with more than 10,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli bombs, missiles and artillery shells, the vast majority of them women, children and the elderly. This death toll is set to skyrocket as the Israel Defense Forces pushes forward with its ground invasion and tightens its noose around Gaza City, the largest population center in the tiny enclave. Read More
USCMO Denounces House Censure of Rashida Tlaib
USCMO: The US Council of Muslim Organizations Thursday denounced the U.S. House of Representatives for voting to unjustly and hypocritically single out and censure Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib due to her vocal opposition to the Netanyahu government’s ongoing attempted genocide of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Read More
There Will Be Repercussions: The West is Collectively Responsible for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
by Dr Ramzy Baroud: The word ‘hypocrisy’ here does not even begin to describe what is taking place, and the repercussions of this moral failure will be felt around the world for years to come. Never again should the West be allowed to play the role of the mediator, the impartial politician, the judge or even the self-serving humanitarian. This is not a difficult conclusion to reach. Gaza has been turned into a Hiroshima as a result of Western bombs and the blank political check handed to Israel by Western governments and leaders from the onset of the war, in fact, 75 years prior. Nothing will ever alter this fact, and no ‘strongly worded’ future statements will ever help the West redeem its collective moral failure. Read More
Turkish parliament speaker meets with Palestine National Council chair in Ankara
Daily Sabah: Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş met Rawhi Fattouh, chair of the Palestinian National Council, in the capital, Ankara, on Thursday. Kurtulmuş voiced Türkiye’s support for the Palestinian cause and greetings to oppressed, innocent civilians amid Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Read More
Death toll rises to 10,569 as Israel continues air attacks on Gaza
Yenisafak: At least 10,569 Palestinians, including 4,324 children and 2,823 women, have been killed since then. The Israeli death toll, meanwhile, is nearly 1,600, according to official figures. Besides the large number of casualties and massive displacements, basic supplies are running low for Gaza’s 2.3 million residents due to the Israeli siege. Read More
59 mosques destroyed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since Oct. 7
Anadolu Agency: Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday damaged two mosques in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of completely destroyed mosques in the current conflict to 59 and partially destroyed mosques to 136, according to Gaza’s Interior Ministry. “Israeli occupation aircraft bombed and completely destroyed Khalid bin al-Walid and Al-Ikhlas mosques in Khan Yunis,” said a ministry statement. Read More
Israeli attacks kill 509 Palestinians in hospitals, WHO report says
Yenisafak: Israel has carried out 229 attacks on hospitals, healthcare centers in occupied Palestine since Oct. 7. World Health Organization (WHO) released a report that Israel's attacks on healthcare facilities in occupied Palestine territory have resulted in the deaths of 509 Palestinians, including patients and healthcare personnel, and injuries to 447 people. Read More
Gaza governance ‘pure Palestinian affair’, Hamas says
Yenisafak: Hamas said Wednesday the governance of the Gaza Strip is a “pure Palestinian affair,” in response to US statements that the movement could not be part of the ruling equation in the enclave. “Governing Gaza or part of our land is a Palestinian affair, and no force will be able to change reality or impose its will,” Hamas spokesman Abdul-Latif al-Qanou said. White House national security spokesman, John Kirby, said Tuesday that Hamas could not be part of the governance equation in Gaza. “There needs to be a healthy set of conversations about what post-conflict Gaza looks like and what governance looks like,” he added. Read More
Lebanon's Hezbollah targets Israeli military near Shomera base
Yenisafak: Tensions have flared along Lebanese-Israeli border since Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. Hezbollah on Wednesday said it targeted an Israeli infantry unit near the Shomera base in northern Israel, located close to the border with Lebanon, resulting in casualties. Read More
More on Tlaib Censured for Her Criticism of Israel
Telesur: On Tuesday night, the United States House of Representatives approved a motion of no confidence against Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib due to her criticism of Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip. Introduced by Republican Representative Rich McCormick, the resolution was approved by 234 votes in favor and 188 votes against. Among the representatives who voted in favor of censuring Palestinian-American Congresswoman Tlaib were 22 Democratic legislators. Read More
House of Representatives Votes to Censure Rep. Tlaib for denouncing Israeli genocide in Gaza
ADC: It is unconscionable that the House of Representatives, including 22 Democrats joined together with almost all Republicans, voted to censure Rep. Tlaib this evening. Make no mistake – Rep. Tlaib was censured simply for speaking up and calling out Israel for its ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. This action tonight is yet another example of Palestinians being targeted, harassed and silenced not just on school campuses and on social media, but also at the highest level of government. Read More
ADC defends Rep. Tlaib against censorship and misrepresentation of Palestinian chant
ADC: The Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) strongly condemns the continued attempts to censor and silence Representative Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress. The ADC finds it unacceptable that Representative Tlaib’s advocacy and use of the chant “from the river to the sea,” a call for justice and equality, is being misrepresented. Read More
Gaza fallout: Arab Voters in Michigan Say No to President Joe Biden
ADC: Since early October, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has engaged with voters in Michigan to gauge the sentiment of the Arab American community. The overall sentiment reflects a community that is deeply disappointed, angry and frustrated. Mirroring the poll recently released by the Arab American Institute (AAI) in which just 17% of Arab Americans were supportive of President Biden’s reelection, our conversations with voters in Michigan reflects a community that feels betrayed by the President and his Administration. Read More
Israeli attacks 'forcibly displaced' nearly 70% of Gaza population
Daily Sabah: The ongoing Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip has "forcibly displaced" nearly 70% of the besieged territory's population from their homes, the Gazan authorities said Tuesday. According to recent figures, the Gaza population is estimated at 2.3 million. Read More
Gaza deaths in month-long Israeli attacks top entire Ukraine war toll
Daily Sabah: The month long Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed more civilians than the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war since it broke out 620 days ago, according to the Anadolu Agency (AA). AA compiled and compared civilian casualties in Gaza since Oct. 7 and the start of the Russia-Ukraine war since Feb. 24, 2022. According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, Israeli attacks in the besieged Palestinian enclave have so far killed 10,022 Palestinians, including 4,104 children and 2,641 women, wounding at least 24,000 people. In the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Israeli forces and Jewish settlers have killed 155 Palestinians over the past 31 days. As of Oct. 8, 2023, a total of 9,806 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the war with Russia. Read More
Why Israel targets Gaza?
BY MUHITTIN ATAMAN: Israel wants to destroy the Hamas movement. Some Arab regimes also share this view with Israel. They want to destroy the Palestinian front of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is known as the only relevant political actor demanding change in the Arab world. It is generally believed that Hamas is the only Islamic movement left in the Arab world after the Arab insurgencies and revolutions. For Israel and its supporters to complete the secularization process in the Arab world, it is necessary to get rid of Hamas. On the other hand, Hamas is considered an obstacle to the normalization and transformation of the Middle East. Read More
More violence leads to even more violence
by Ron Forthofer: If this killing of Palestinians isn’t ended soon, there have been warnings that other nations will feel forced to intervene to protect the lives of the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. We have to end this violence now before the Middle East explodes. Read More
Israel’s Final Solution for the Palestinians
by Chris Hedges: When Jewish extremists, fanatic Zionists, religious zealots, ultranationalists and crypto-fascists in the apartheid state of Israel say they want to wipe Gaza off the face of the earth, believe them... Israelis who cheer on the Palestinian nightmare will soon endure a nightmare of their own. Read More
Zionism: The ideology of colonization, occupation and murder
By Hakki Ocal: Ideologies appear natural; they seem to be common sense and thus are often invisible and elude criticism. That is how the mass media in the U.S. and its social media extensions function as a means of generating false consciousness. The U.S., European and Israeli media expect that the entire world should join them in condemnation of Hamas and Islamic Jihad because of what they did in the Oct. 7 massacres. Their ideology closed their eyes to the fact that what Israel has been doing since then, with the help of the U.S. and EU, upended world public opinion. The inhumanity of the Israeli armed forces, the crimes against humanity Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his accomplices, U.S. President Biden, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and unelected EU commissioners, committed are so gross that the world does not only say that the Oct. 7 had not happened in a vacuum, but it says Hamas had a point in its actions against Netanyahu government. Read More
Palestine, dilemmas of decolonization
By Stephen Sefton: It seems inevitable in the current historical context of the development of a multicentric world that the logic of decolonization in one way or another will prevail in the case of Palestine. It remains to be seen how profound dilemmas, for example, regarding the right of return of the millions of Palestinian families displaced for decades by the Zionist ethnic cleansing will be resolved. The Zionist settlers are going to have to accept giving up the lands they have usurped and those among them who cannot tolerate being in a state recognizing their Palestinian counterparts as equals are going to have to leave to wherever will take them, just as happened in Angola, Algeria, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Read More
Gaza Infographics by Anadolu Agency
Israel ignores Gaza cease-fire calls as toll crosses 10,000 mark
Daily Sabah: The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip crossed the grim 10,000 mark on Monday, according to the Health Ministry. The confirmation comes as Israel continued to ignore growing calls for a humanitarian cease-fire as it pounded Gaza with "significant" strikes Monday while claiming it has surrounded the besieged territory, splitting it in two. Israeli troops and Hamas are engaged in house-to-house combat in densely populated Gaza, where the war has sent 1.5 million people fleeing to other parts of the territory in a desperate search for cover. "This strike is like an earthquake," Gaza City resident Alaa Abu Hasera said, in a devastated area where entire blocks were reduced to rubble. Read More
Wars in Gaza, Ukraine expose US foreign policy double standards
The stark contrast in Washington's response to Russia's war in Ukraine and the Israeli war on Gaza has exposed the double standards in its U.S. foreign policy. While U.S. government officials do not hesitate to accuse, condemn and besiege Russia by imposing harsh sanctions because of Moscow’s "special military operation" in Ukraine, they take the opposite position regarding Israeli attacks on Gaza. American officials make statements that implicitly suggest they view Israeli attacks as "legitimate acts," without a single condemnation. Read More
There is no 'Palestinian issue' but an 'Israeli issue'
TRT News: Turkish Communications Director Altun has called for a paradigm shift in the way the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict is understood. He emphasised that the problem, often known as the "Palestinian issue," should instead be recognised as the "Israeli issue." Read More
Russia says West is pushing Middle East to brink of a ‘big war’
Anadolu Agency: The Russian foreign minister on Monday said the West is pushing the Middle East region to the brink of a “big war,” leading to a surge in terrorism and refugee flows. “Now we see how the Anglo-Saxons are literally pushing the Middle East to the brink of a big war,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a panel discussion during the Russia International Exhibition and Forum in Moscow. Read More
War on Gaza Signals Insanity Replacing Humanity
By Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja: The challenging truth arising from the conflict between Israel and Palestine and failure of Western leadership call for new thinking and new people of ideas and ideals to reject the violent assumptions of militarization and egoistic triumphs by acts of genocidal plans in Gaza. The UNSC failed to uphold its obligations under the Charter for conflict management. Therefore, We, the People , We, the Humanity ask for global scholars to address the emerging conflicts and devise workable plans for an immediate ceasefire and peacemaking. We, the People ask the Israeli and Palestinian political leaders to avoid the upcoming epicenter of cataclysm and listen to voices of reason for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. At the edge of reason, war is anti-human and it could lead to global catastrophic annihilation of human cultures and civilizations. Read More
Gaza’s death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 9,770
Anadolu Agency: The death toll from Israeli bombardments in the Gaza Strip has risen to 9,770, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave announced on Sunday. “The death toll as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 is 9,770, including 4,800 children and 2,550 women,” the ministry said in a statement. Read More
Israeli night strikes on Gaza's Al-Maghazi refugee camp kill 45
Daily Sabah: Dozens of Palestinians were killed and injured in Israeli airstrikes on a central Gaza refugee camp on midnight Saturday, according to multiple Palestinian sources. The strikes on Al-Maghazi refugee camp targeted the Sam'an family’s home in the Al-Maghazi camp, leaving dozens injured, according to the WAFA news agency, which added that most of the casualties were children and women. The Gazan Health Ministry in the besieged Gaza Strip said in a statement that "the number of martyrs in the Maghazi massacre has risen to 45." Read More
Israeli army destroys two mosques in southern Gaza City
Yeni Safak: The Israeli army destroyed two mosques in the southern Gaza City within two hours, an Anadolu correspondent reported. The army bombed the Ali bin Abi Talib and the Al-Istijabah mosques in the Al-Sabra neighborhood. The destruction came amid Israel's relentless offensive targeting civilian objectives and infrastructure. The latest Israeli strikes included an attack on a school housing displaced people in northern Gaza City, targeting of two ambulances, and hitting of vicinity of four hospitals, resulting in casualties. Read More
Far-right Israeli minister suggests nuking Gaza Strip an 'option'
Daily Sabah: A far-right Israeli minister suggested Sunday that dropping a "nuclear bomb" on the Gaza strip was an "option," before being reprimanded by the government for the comment. Israeli Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu, from the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, said that "one of Israel’s options in the war in Gaza is to drop a nuclear bomb on the Strip," daily Times of Israel reported. Read More
Algerian parliament unanimously votes to support Palestine militarily
The Cradle: The Algerian parliament on November 2 unanimously voted to authorize President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to enter the Gaza-Israel war and throw his support behind Palestine. The 100/100 vote icame a day after the anniversary of Algeria’s war of liberation against French colonialism. Read More
The Gaza Genocide Continues
Philip Giraldi argues that narratives surrounding Gazan violence disproportionately paint Israel as the victim and Hamas as the aggressor. He suggests mainstream media and politicians suppress reports of Israeli responsibility in mass killings, draw attention from Israel’s nuclear arsenal, and excessively fund Israel’s defense, perpetuating an inhumane war on Gaza. Israel is an unrestrained monster that endangers all of us. Read More
Israeli military bombs hospitals, ambulance convoys and schools
By Kevin Reed: The Israeli military, with the backing of the Biden administration, has targeted hospitals and medical staff for missile strikes in Gaza over the past 24 hours. On Friday, Israel carried out an airstrike on an ambulance at the gate of Al Shifa hospital, killing 15 people and injuring 60 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The strike near the hospital, located in the neighborhood of North Rimal in Gaza City, was confirmed by the Israeli government, which claimed the ambulance was being “used by a Hamas terrorist cell.” Read More
Israel hit 4 Gaza schools-turned-shelters run by UN, killing 23
Daily Sabah: At least 23 people were killed under 24 hours as Israel targeted four schools being used as shelters in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said late Thursday. The four "schools-turned-shelters" have served as temporary homes for some 20,000 people, who have been displaced by the nearly four weeks of relentless attacks by Israeli forces on the densely populated Palestinian enclave. Read More
Erdogan: Türkiye will bring Israel’s war crimes to ICC
Daily Sabah: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he "crossed out" Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that Türkiye will file a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the country's war crimes and human rights violations in Gaza. The embattled premier "is no longer someone we can talk to; we have crossed him out," Erdoğan told reporters on Friday aboard the presidential plane returning from Kazakhstan, where he attended the Organization of Turkic States summit. "I said something in my speech at the Palestine Rally. I announced that we would support initiatives that would bring Israel's human rights violations and war crimes to the ICC. Our relevant authorities, especially our Foreign Ministry, will carry out this work," the president added. Read More
An Open Letter to President Biden
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui: It is said that an uncouth hog needs whipping and not carrots! Such tough measures will help revive your credibility and spare you from being called to the Hague. Otherwise, even if you manage to dodge such a verdict in the ICC, please, be assured that history will judge you very harshly as one who financed mass murder and aided genocidal crimes of the apartheid state of Israel. And you can say, Sayonara to the next election. Read More
The Pathology of Crisis in Palestine and the Recipe of Relentless War
By Firoz Mahboob Kamal: International law does not allow settlement colonies in the occupied lands. But Israel continues to build more settlement colonies and increase the number of the implanted Jewish population in the occupied West Bank. Israel thus shows total disregard of international law. And Israel has powerful sponsors like the USA, the EU and UK to commit further war crimes and further violation of the international laws. With such persistent war crimes and such violation of law, how can one expect peace in Palestine? It can only work as a perfect recipe for more wars and more war crimes. Read More
The Gaza genocide: 75 years in brief
By Tom Suarez: For 75 years, Israel has been terrorizing Gaza, attacking and bombing the very people it ethnically cleansed from their homes in 1948. When finally on 7 October the Gaza concentration camp blew wide open, the ‘West’ feigned outrage — and blamed Gaza. Read More
How peace flourished in Ottoman Palestine: A story of coexistence
By AYSE BETUL AYTEKIN: Palestine, which yearns for peace and stability for over a century, saw its longest period of peace during the 401 years of Ottoman rule, from the conquest of Jerusalem in 1516 to the dawn of the British Mandate in 1917. But how was that possible? Read More
Israel strikes Jabaliya refugee camp for third day running as war crimes pile up in Gaza
By Jordan Shilton: The Israeli regime is carrying out horrendous war crimes on a daily basis, with Thursday marking the third day in a row that the Jabaliya refugee camp was struck. As the official death toll among Palestinian civilians surpassed 9,000, the Israel Defence Forces also reportedly struck four schools within 24 hours and is preparing a horrific massacre of civilians in Gaza City. Read More
Official “Secret” Israeli document revealed: Expel all Palestinians from Gaza, Israeli Intelligence Ministry
By Yuval Abraham: The Israeli Ministry of Intelligence is recommending the forcible and permanent transfer of the Gaza Strip’s 2.2 million Palestinian residents to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, according to an official document revealed in full for the first time by +972’s partner site Local Call. The 10-page document, dated Oct. 13, 2023, assesses three options regarding the future of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the framework of the current war, and recommends a full population transfer as its preferred course of action. It also calls on Israel to enlist the international community in support of this endeavor. The document’s authenticity was confirmed by the ministry. Read More
‘Turning Gaza into Ashes’: Israeli Hasbara vs the World
by Dr Ramzy Baroud: It is time for us to speak about justice – real justice – the outcome of which is non-negotiable: equality, full political rights, freedom and the right of return. Gaza has told us all of this, and much more. And it is time for us to listen. Read More
34 of 59 (58%) countries rejecting the UN Resolution on Gaza were rich European
by Dr Gideon Polya: The World responded overwhelmingly with condemnation, Sanctions and Boycotts to the 1950 Sharpeville Massacre in which 69 Africans were killed, but in response to the latest Gaza Massacre in which about 11,000 Palestinians have been killed so far in the Gaza Concentration Camp or buried in rubble (a nearly 160 times greater atrocity) so far the World has substantively acted by overwhelmingly supporting a UNGA Resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire and an end to the Gaza Massacre by an uncontrolled, genocidally racist, neo-Nazi Apartheid Israel. However while 120 countries supported the Ceasefire Resolution, 59 countries rejected the Resolution and of these 34 (58%) were rich European countries. Read More
The Historical Background of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (up to 1914)
by Dr Vladislav B Sotirovic: The historical background of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict goes back to 1917 (the Balfour Declaration) and the establishment of the British protectorate over Palestine (the Palestine Mandate) after WWI with its provision for a national home for the Jews, although formally not to be at the expense of the local inhabitants – the Palestinians. Nevertheless, it became in practice the focal problem to keep an appropriate balance between these stipulations to be acceptable to both sides – the Jews and the Palestinians. Read More
Gaza bleeds under Israeli attacks as toll crosses 9,000 mark
Daily Sabah: The Palestinian death toll in Gaza crossed the grim 9,0000 mark on Thursday, with 9,061 people confirmed killed in indiscriminate Israeli attacks since Oct. 7, according to the Gazan Health Ministry. "The victims include 3,760 children and 2,326 women, while 32,000 other people were injured," ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra told a news conference in Gaza City. He said 2,060 people were still trapped under the rubble in Gaza. "The Israeli attacks left 135 medics dead and 25 ambulances destroyed," al-Qudra added. According to the spokesperson, Israeli forces have targeted more than 100 health care facilities in Gaza since Oct. 7. Read More
Many casualties as Israel hits Gaza's Jabalia camp twice in 24 hours
Daily Sabah: Dozens of people were reported killed and injured Wednesday as Israeli airstrikes targeted residential areas at Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp for a second day, according to Palestinian media. The attacks come less than 24 hours after at least 50 people were confirmed killed while hundreds of others were injured in an earlier bombardment of the camp Tuesday night. Read More
Bombing of Jabalia refugees sparks outrage around the world
Thousands mobilized in cities such as Athens, Berlin, Copenhagen, Geneva, Krakow, Los Angeles, London, Melbourne, New York, Sydney, Toronto, Valencia, Vancouver and Montreal. On Tuesday, millions of people mobilized in cities around the world to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people and reject the bombing by Israeli occupation forces against the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Read More
At least 52 mosques destroyed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Yeni Safak: Israeli attacks on Gaza have completely destroyed 52 mosques and caused varying degrees of damage to 110 other mosques, the government media office in the besieged enclave said on Wednesday. Salama Marouf, head of the government's media office, told the press that 2,510 students have so far been killed in the ongoing conflict. Read More
US Muslim group expresses disappointment over Biden's stance on Israel-Hamas conflict
Yeni Safak: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Wednesday condemned repeated Israeli attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza and expressed its disappointment over the Biden administration’s refusal to demand a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. "We are running out of words to describe the American Muslim community’s disappointment with the Biden administration’s refusal to demand a cease-fire," CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said in a statement. Read More
U.S. and Israel Mulling International Peacekeeping Force For Gaza Strip
by Countercurrents Collective: U.S. and Israeli officials are mulling an international peacekeeping force for the Gaza Strip should Israel successfully remove Hamas from power, Bloomberg reported, suggesting U.S. troops could take part in the deployment. The two countries have been “exploring options” for Gaza’s future as Israel escalates its ground assault on the Palestinian enclave, including several different peacekeeping arrangements, officials familiar with the discussions told the outlet on Tuesday. “One option would grant temporary oversight to Gaza to countries from the region, backed by troops from the U.S., UK, Germany and France. Ideally, it would also include representation from Arab nations such as Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates,” Bloomberg reported. Read More
Houthi rebels target Israel with drones and missiles amid tensions
Daily Sabah/Reuters: The Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired missiles and drones at Israel from Sanaa, amid ongoing fears of a regional spillover of the conflict. Part of an "Axis of Resistance" backed by Iran, the Houthis have rallied behind the Palestinians since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, opening a new front for a movement that has waged war for eight years with a Saudi-led coalition in the Gulf. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised statement the group had launched a "large number" of ballistic missiles and drones toward Israel, and there would be more such attacks to come "to help the Palestinians to victory." Read More
The Middle East order established by the British, which enslaves Muslims, must be overthrown!
By Yusuf Kaplan: We are all the product of the British, we are all their captives. The colonial system in the Middle East was established by the British, and they used the Jews, who were settled as slaves in this system, to attack Muslims. The British paved the way, and the Jews launched their attack. Thus, the British, according to their ultimate goal, achieved Hitler's project of expelling the Jews from Europe by first settling the Jews in Palestine and then inventing a sick Middle East order that would allow the Jews to erase Palestine from the map. Read More
Hamas presents ‘comprehensive vision’ to halt Israeli assault on Gaza
Yeni Safak/Anadolu Agency: Leader Ismail Haniyeh says plan includes opening border crossings, prisoner exchange, self-determination. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said Wednesday his group has presented a “comprehensive vision” to halt the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. “This vision starts with halting the aggression, opening the border crossings, exchanging prisoners, and opening a political horizon for establishing a Palestinian state and for self-determination,” Haniyeh said in a televised speech. Read More
Palestinian Death Toll Soars to 8,306 As Israel Intensifies Its War on Gaza
Safaa Kasraoui: The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said that the Palestinian death toll from Israeli occupation aggression has jumped to 8,306. The number of Palestinians massacred since Israel launched its genocidal Gaza campaign includes 3,457 children and 2,136 women, the ministry detailed. Ashraf al-Qudra, the health ministry’s spokesperson, said in a press conference in Gaza today that over 21,048 people have been injured in the merciless, indiscriminate Israeli bombardment of civilian infrastructure in the besieged Palestinian enclave. Read More
Horrendous death ratios, child deaths & Palestinian genocide demand immediate cessation of Gaza massacre
Dr Gideon Polya: Apartheid Israel’s third major ethnic cleansing of Palestinians after the 1948 Nakba and the 1967 Nakba is underway in the Gaza Concentration Camp, with Israel also bombing Lebanon and Syria, and the US bombing Syria and Iraq and threatening Iran. The excuse for genocide in Gaza has been alleged child-killing terrorism as hysterically purveyed by mendacious, racist and Zionist-subverted Western media. The core ethos of Humanity is Kindness and Truth yet this is grossly and regularly violated by neo-Nazi Apartheid Israel and by pro-Apartheid Israel and hence pro-Apartheid America with Genocidal Violence and Orwellian Mendacity that turns Truth on its head. Read More
Israel launches a surprisingly calibrated invasion
By DANIEL WILLIAMS: Israel’s “second phase” of its war against Hamas consists of small unit attacks just inside the northern Gaza Strip border, accompanied by continual aerial bombing and artillery fire targeting the interior of the enclave. One reason for the air strikes is to make sure Hamas doesn’t emerge from the war intact, a NATO general said. “The air force is used because not all objectives are achievable with targeted ground operations. And because, at this moment, only the air force can carry out the IDF’s main aim: to strike the large network of underground tunnels,” declared the general, who spoke anonymously. Read More
The Gaza Manifesto: Why America’s Old Middle East is Crumbling in Palestine
by Dr Ramzy Baroud : History will not forgive those who have remained silent, exhibited or expressed ‘balanced’ positions – or worse, defended Israel’s ongoing genocide in an already besieged, impoverished and overcrowded Gaza. This is not a cliché declaration, a desperate attempt aimed at jolting the world, especially the Western world, to show a degree of morality as Palestinians are dying in their thousands, as the pulverized bodies of children are scattered in every neighborhood in Gaza. Read More
This is what it was like to be indifferent to Nazi Genocide
By Finian Cunningham: Looking back at the horrors inflicted by Nazi Germany, a fascinating, disturbing question is: why and how could so many people at that time be indifferent to the crimes? After the defeat of the Nazi fascist regime, people adamantly lamented “never again” would such horror be permitted. Part of the lament was due to a sense of collective guilt that more wasn’t done at the time to stop the systematic mass killings and brutality. Well, up to a point, it is happening again in Gaza where 2.3 million have been subjected to three weeks of constant, indiscriminate. Read More
Nakba 2.0 revives the Neocon Wars
By Pepe Escobar: The vengeful, narcissistic tribe of conquistadors, masters of political deception and moral exemption, is deep into consolidating its Nakba 2.0 – which doubles as the perfect solution to illegally gobble up all that gas offshore Gaza. The Israeli Ministry of Intelligence’s deportation directive affecting 2.3 million Palestinians is quite clear. It has been officially endorsed by the Ministry on October 13. It starts with expelling all Palestinians from northern Gaza, followed by serial “land operations”; leaving routes open across the Egyptian border in Rafah; and establishing “tent cities” in northern Sinai and later on even new cities to “resettle Palestinians” in Egypt. Read More
US condemns calls for Gaza ceasefire, as Israel accelerates ground offensive
By Andre Damon: The United States, a leading instigator and supporter of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza, has once again publicly rebuked global calls for an end to the war. At a news briefing Friday, US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby was asked to comment on Friday’s overwhelming 140-15 vote in the United Nations General Assembly in favor of a ceasefire in Gaza. “We do not believe that a ceasefire is the right answer right now,” Kirby said. “We believe that a ceasefire right now benefits Hamas, and Hamas is the only one that would gain from that right now.” Read More
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