Daily Archives: November 21, 2023

2023-11-21: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-11-21). Xi to attend BRICS extraordinary virtual summit on Palestinian-Israeli issue. ecns.cn At the invitation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS extraordinary virtual summit on the Palestinian-Israeli issue and deliver important remarks in Beijing on the evening of Nov. 21, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announced Monday.

Editor (2023-11-21). Dangers only multiply: Could Israel's war on Gaza go nuclear? mronline.org Israel's robust military, the fourth-strongest in the world, is ravaging Gaza and, along with armed settlers, terrorizing Palestinians in the West Bank following the brutal Hamas massacres of October 7th.

Joshua Frank (2023-11-21). Israel's Nuclear Threat: The Dangers Only Multiply. counterpunch.org Israel's robust military, the fourth-strongest in the world, is ravaging Gaza and, along with armed settlers, terrorizing Palestinians in the West Bank following the brutal Hamas massacres of October 7th. Like so many other colonial projects, Israel was born of terror and has necessitated the use of violence to occupy Arab territory and segregate Palestinians ever since. The realization that its existence was dependent on

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-21). Republican China Hawks Want $12 Billion Added to Biden's $105 Billion Request. news.antiwar.com Seven Republican members of the House's China committee led by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) sent a letter to congressional leaders on Sunday calling for an additional $12 billion to be added to President Biden's behemoth $105 billion spending request. Biden's request includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and funding for border security. "We write …

Editor (2023-11-21). Nov 21, 2023. sitrepworld.info Sona Jobarteh — GAMBIA Will the Scorpion Sting the U.S. Frog? by Alastair Crooke US & Israel Dead-Last in Following UN Charter, by Jeffrey Sachs and Guillaume Lafortune Day 45: Israeli military besieges the last functioning hospital in northern Gaza, by Leila Warah Israel's War on Hospitals: Nowhere is safe. If you stay you die, by Chris Hedges Having Vanquished Gaza's Hospitals, Israel Turns to bombing Schools, Killing Dozens, by Juan Cole Is there any hope of a ceasefire in Gaza? by Paul Rogers Shame on the U.S. Ambassador to the UN: She Has Forgotten Her Roots, by Steven Sahiounie Ge…

Steve France, Mondoweiss. (2023-11-21). Maryland Lawmakers Threaten Leading Immigrant Advocacy Group. popularresistance.org The retribution from state lawmakers was swift and severe after Gustavo Torres, the executive director of CASA de Maryland, posted a tweet and statement on November 6, calling out Israel's "terror" against Gaza and urging a ceasefire. Outrage and threats rained down from donors and politicians against the largest immigrant rights group in the Mid-Atlantic region. | Deeply alarmed, CASA took down…

WSWS (2023-11-21). Healthcare workers speak out against the genocide in Gaza as Palestinian healthcare system crumbles. wsws.org As the US medical establishment largely justifies the genocide in Gaza, healthcare workers voice their opposition and join the mass movement of workers against the war on Palestine.

WSWS (2023-11-21). SEP speakouts in Sydney and Melbourne: "Mobilise workers to end the Gaza genocide!" wsws.org In key working-class suburbs, the SEP speakers raised the need for independent action by workers to stop the genocide and fight militarism.

Editor (2023-11-21). Chris Hedges: Israel's War on Hospitals. scheerpost.com

Craig Murray, Consortium News. (2023-11-21). Activating The Genocide Convention. popularresistance.org There are 149 states party to the Genocide Convention. Every one of them has the right to call out the genocide in progress in Gaza and report it to the United Nations. | In the event that another state party disputes the claim of genocide — and Israel, the United States and the United Kingdom are all states party — then the International Court of Justice is required to adjudicate on "the responsibility of a State for genocide." Note that here "parties to the dispute" means the states disputing the facts of genocide, not the parties to the genocide/conflict. Any single state party is able to invoke th…

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-21). Israel's Intelligence Minister Proposes the 'Resettlement' of Palestinians Outside Gaza. news.antiwar.com Israeli Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel proposed the "voluntary resettlement" of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to other countries around the world in an op-ed for The Jerusalem Post published Sunday. Gamliel said one option for Gaza's future is to "promote the voluntary resettlement of Palestinians in Gaza, for humanitarian reasons, outside of the Strip." She …

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-11-21). Americans are Bankrolling Israel's Unfolding Genocide in Gaza. counterpunch.org Palestinians, on the basis of their legal right against being wiped out, have filed a major lawsuit against President Joe Biden's administration for funding Israel's ongoing pogrom in Gaza, one that has killed more than 11,000 people, including 4,700 children. Represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the plaintiffs include Palestinians who have collectively lost at least 116 family members to U.S.-funded Israeli military attacks.

Robert Fantina (2023-11-21). Twiddle-Dum and Twiddle-Dee: Senior Edition. counterpunch.org The world's attention has been, rightly, focused on Palestine for the last several weeks. Certainly, this writer's attention has been mainly fixed on the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, and the additional, escalated violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank. But he has not completely lost sight of another approaching travesty, not

Editor (2023-11-21). 'We are now rolling out the Gaza Nakba,' Israeli Minister announces. mronline.org Denying the Nakba is normally a central tenet of Zionism.

Larry Johnson (2023-11-21). The Tunnels of the Al Qassam Brigade. sonar21.com A fascinating and informative documentary. If Israeli intelligence analysts had any doubt about the scope and scale of this tunnels, this video will erase those. It looks like Israel got played on the Al Shifa as the Command Center of Hamas meme. Israel clearly believed the intelligence it had gathered on the place, most of it likely provided by human sources who were fed misinformation. | The information presented in this documentary appears legit. Decide for yourself. | When this war started on October 7 I assumed, incorrectly, that this would be a larger version of Israel's 2914 venture into Gaza. It…

Patrick Mazza (2023-11-21). Shutting Down the Space Needle, Standing Up for Gaza. counterpunch.org We shut down the Space Needle yesterday. Close to 500 stood at the base of the Needle while protesters in shirts saying "NOT IN OUR NAME" and "CEASEFIRE NOW" blocked the doors, arms clasped together, willing to go to jail if necessary. But the cops never showed up over the 3-hour action. The Needle closed

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-11-21). Israel has killed more than 12,900 Palestinians since October 7. plenglish.com Ramallah, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that 12,916 Palestinians have been killed and 32,850 have been injured since the beginning of Israel's aggression against the Gaza Strip on October 7.

ecns.cn (2023-11-21). Beijing hosts delegation, urges immediate cease-fire in Gaza. ecns.cn China urged an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, expressed opposition to any forced displacement and relocation of Palestinian civilians and emphasized that any arrangement concerning the future and destiny of the Palestinian people must have their consent.

Urariano Mota (2023-11-21). For Whom the Bell Tolls, Gaza? counterpunch.org In the face of the murders of children while they are still in the nursery, the war crimes against civilians, the massacres committed by Israel's extreme right-wing government against Palestinians, John Donne's immortal poem comes to mind: "Each man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know for whom

Al Mayadeen (2023-11-21). Five Nations Call for ICC Investigation Into 'Israel's' Genocide in Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Al Mayadeen (2023-11-21). Turkey Files Lawsuit Against Netanyahu with ICC Over Gaza Genocide. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-11-21). FM: Cease-fire in Gaza 'key to survival'. ecns.cn Beijing became the first stop on Monday of a mediation trip by a delegation of Arab-Islamic countries' foreign ministers, who seek to cool down the ongoing conflict in the Gaza region.

Editor (2023-11-21). Lies surrounding Al-Shifa hospital recall those preceding the Iraq invasion. mronline.org The evidence-free claims that have flooded media regarding Hamas using Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital as a military headquarters recall similarly devastating intelligence lies preceding the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Mohamed Naeem (2023-11-21). Everything Led Gaza to the Inevitable Insurrection. counterpunch.org Q: How did you see the Middle East on the eve of October 7, 2023? We are dealing with an Arab world whose peoples have experienced devastation, even if the circumstances of that devastation differ. There are peoples whose democratic and social revolutions were destroyed, and military rule came to administer the counter-revolution, such as

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-21). Yemeni Armed Forces Capture Israeli Ship in Red Sea: Exclusive. orinocotribune.com The Yemeni Armed Forces detain an Israeli cargo ship in the Red Sea in the latest escalation against the Israeli occupation in light of its genocide in Gaza. | The Yemeni Naval Forces managed to capture an Israeli ship in the depths of the Red Sea, sources familiar with the matter told Al Mayadeen on Sunday. | Reportedly, 52 people aboard the Israeli ship, presumably a vehicle carrier, were detained, Al Mayadeen's sources added, revealing that the Yemeni Armed Forces were working on revealing their identities and nationalities. | The ship is called the Galaxy Leader. It is Bahamian-flagged but owned by an Israeli…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-21). To Palestine: Lessons From Overthrowing the French in Algeria. orinocotribune.com By Adrian Kreutz — Nov 17, 2023 | In Algeria's liberation struggle, we can find lessons on the limitations of humanistic ideals in the face of violence, offering insights into the ongoing Palestinian national liberation struggle | Sixty-six years ago, in the midst of a raging war, the renowned French-Algerian writer Albert Camus delivered his most perilous political speech. On the surface, his speech called for a

WSWS (2023-11-21). Australian protesters declare: "No human heart can accept the Gaza genocide" wsws.org "There's obviously a powerful movement of the people supporting those in Palestine. But the government isn't doing anything about it."

WSWS (2023-11-21). Israel escalates fighting with Lebanon, as ethnic cleansing of Palestinians continues. wsws.org Since October 7, nearly 100 have been killed in Lebanon, including 74 members of Hezbollah, and nine in Israel, including six IDF soldiers.

WSWS (2023-11-21). French pseudo-left parties block struggle by the working class to stop Gaza genocide. wsws.org In order to initiate an international working class mobilization aimed at halting arms shipments to Israel, a political struggle against the nationalism of the petty-bourgeois pseudo-left parties is necessary.

WSWS (2023-11-21). Award-winning novelist Arundhati Roy denounces "brazen slaughter" and "crimes against humanity" in Gaza. wsws.org Roy's comments speak to the revulsion felt by hundreds of millions at the savagery of the Israeli destruction of Gaza.

WSWS (2023-11-21). Indonesian protests against Israeli genocide continue. wsws.org The largest events have been in Bekasi, where tens of thousands rallied on November 12, filling a main thoroughfare in the city centre and leading to road closures.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-11-21). Presidentes de China y Francia rechazan mayor crisis en Gaza. telesurtv.net Ambos líderes destacaron que la solución de dos Estados constituye la vía fundamental en la resolución del conflicto.

teleSUR, hvh, YSM (2023-11-21). Médicos de Jordania instalarán hospital de campaña en Gaza. telesurtv.net El titular del hospital de la Franja de Gaza, Mohammed Zaqut, señaló que el centro médico será instalado en Jan Yunes.

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-11-21). ONU afirma que la muerte de niños en Gaza no tiene precedentes. telesurtv.net Sin entrar en discusiones sobre la exactitud de las cifras publicadas por las autoridades en Gaza, lo que está claro es que en unas semanas hemos tenido miles de niños muertos, indicó Guterres.

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-11-21). Israel y Hamas continúan negociaciones para liberar rehenes. telesurtv.net El embajador de Israel en Estados Unidos, Michael Herzog, dijo el domingo que tenía "esperanzas" de que se pudiera firmar un acuerdo "en los próximos días".

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-11-21). Presidente de EE.UU. tiene la aprobación más baja de su mandato. telesurtv.net Según el estudio, el nivel de desaprobación ha aumentado por su gestión en el conflicto de Israel en la Franja de Gaza.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-11-21). Mueren al menos dos periodistas en agresión israelí contra Gaza. telesurtv.net Entre las víctimas de los ataques se reportó a la periodista Alaa Taher al-Hasanat, en una agresión dirigida a su casa en la ciudad de Gaza.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-11-21). Convocan a cumbre extraordinaria de BRICS sobre Gaza. telesurtv.net Al final de la reunión, los líderes adoptarán una declaración conjunta sobre la situación en Oriente Medio.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-11-21). Evacúan a decenas de bebés prematuros desde Gaza hacia Egipto. telesurtv.net Desde el 11 de noviembre, cuando se acabó el suministro de combustible en Al Shifa, ocho bebés han muerto debido a la falta de electricidad para hacer funcionar las incubadoras.

teleSUR, JCM, JGN, SH, MER, JDO, MS, DRL (2023-11-21). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net El comandante militar de las Brigadas Ezzedin Al-Qassam de la Resistencia Palestina, Mohammed Deif, anunció el inicio de la operación Diluvio de Al-Aqsa.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-11-21). Rusia envía 27 toneladas de ayuda humanitaria a Gaza. telesurtv.net Un avión IL-76 del Ministerio de Emergencias ruso partió de Majachkalá con destino a la República Árabe de Egipto.

Phil Pasquini (2023-11-21). Women Visit U.S. Senators in Seeking a Ceasefire in Gaza. indybay.org Activists visited the Hart Senate Office Building calling on women senators to support a ceasefire in Gaza.

Angela (2023-11-21). Saturday 11/18: Stockton: Rally for Palestine. indybay.org Stockton City Hall | 425 El Dorado St | Stockton, CA…

Angela (2023-11-21). Monday 11/20: Transnational Feminists Demand a Free Palestine: A Dialogue & Training for Action. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

An anarchist writer (2023-11-21). Ten thousand acts of graffiti vandalism in solidarity with the people of Palestine. indybay.org

IMEMC (2023-11-21). Israeli Attacks Across Occupied West Bank on November 18. indybay.org The Israeli army continued its massive invasions and violent searches of homes across the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem, wounding, and abducting dozens of Palestinians.

UCSC Faculty for Justice in Palestine (2023-11-21). Statement from UCSC Faculty for Justice in Palestine. indybay.org Announcing Faculty for Justice in Palestine at UC Santa Cruz…

Hazel W (2023-11-21). "Stop Palestinian Genocide" banner dropped over Highway 101 overpass during APEC. indybay.org As CEOs and heads of state gather for APEC, San Francisco activists had a message for them: end the genocide in Palestine…

Angela (2023-11-21). Wednesday 11/22: Power Half Hour for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Angela (2023-11-21). Monday 11/20: Santa Clara: Vigil for the Children of Gaza. indybay.org Santa Clara City Hall | 1500 Warburton Ave | Santa Clara, CA…

Revolution Books (2023-11-21). Thursday 11/30: Dr. Ussama Makdisi: "Genocide Livestreamed: Gaza 2023 and How We Got to This Point" indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). BRICS leaders to hold virtual meeting on Gaza upon Iran's proposal. presstv.ir As proposed by the Iranian president, the BRICS leaders will hold an emergency virtual meeting on Gaza genocide on Tuesday.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia refugee camp, wounded in hospital. presstv.ir Scenes of devastation could be seen in Jabalia refugee camp following Israeli airstrikes.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Two journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. presstv.ir An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon has left four people dead, including two Lebanese journalists, amid intensified border clashes following the regime's onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Thousands march at funeral of Palestinians killed in Nablus airstrike. presstv.ir Thousands marched at the funeral of five Palestinian fighters killed in an Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Gazans hold mass funeral for family members killed in Israeli airstrike. presstv.ir Palestinians bid farewell to 45 members of a family killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Humans of Gaza: Dr. Doaa Shammout, a paediatrician, and daughter Zeina. presstv.ir Dr. Doaa Shammout, a Gaza-based paediatrician, and her little daughter Zeina were killed in an Israeli airstrike less than one year after Shammout and Dr. Ahmad Shatat welcomed their baby girl.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). 'Massacring kids no victory for defeated Israelis; Palestinians' triumph is near'. presstv.ir Iran's highest-ranking military commander says Israel's killing of innocent people in Gaza does not show the victory of the regime that has suffered defeat at the hands of the Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Hamas says any 'truce deal' must be on terms of Palestinian resistance. presstv.ir The head of Hamas' political bureau says the Palestinian resistance group is nearing a truce agreement with Israel.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Israel seeks to 'liquidate' Palestinian issue by massacre in Gaza: Syrian envoy. presstv.ir Syria's deputy UN envoy says that Israel aims to eradicate the Palestinian issue by committing massacres in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Yemeni forces release video of seizing Israeli ship in Red Sea. presstv.ir Yemen's Armed Forces release a video showing their earlier capture of an Israeli ship in the Red Sea.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). London demo calls for lifting of Israeli blockade of Gaza. presstv.ir Demonstrators gathered on World Children's Day in London to demand an end to the Gaza blockade.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Group of 28 babies evacuated from war-torn Gaza arrive in Egypt. presstv.ir A group of 28 premature infants evacuated from the besieged Gaza City arrived in Egypt.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Spanish minister removed after urging end to Israel's 'genocide' in Gaza. presstv.ir Spanish cabinet minister removed after criticizing West's 'deafening silence' on Israel's war crime in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Gaza becoming an inescapable quagmire for Israel. presstv.ir The al-Aqsa Storm Operation, lasting ten-hours, was a humiliating blow to the Israeli narrative of invincibility.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Seizure of Israeli ship just the beginning of naval battle against regime, warns Yemen. presstv.ir A Yemeni official stresses that the recent seizure of an Israeli ship in the Red Sea is just the start of a series of retaliatory naval operations.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Israel trying to provoke Hezbollah, draw US into a wider war: US media. presstv.ir The US President's top adviser arrives in Israel for talks with senior Israeli officials amid concerns over Israeli provocations against Hezbollah.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). South Korean protesters display 2,000 shoes in solidarity with Palestinian victims. presstv.ir South Korean activists display 2,000 shoes in solidarity with Palestinian victims.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Pro-Palestinian protesters march in Berlin, accuse Germany of siding with Israel. presstv.ir Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march peacefully in Berlin in support of the people of Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Tens of thousands of Yemenis rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza. presstv.ir Tens of thousands of protesters demonstrate against the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Yemen's capital Sana'a.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Thousands join Paris march in support of Palestinians. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators marched in Paris in support of Palestinians in the conflict against Israel.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Protesters in Washington, Michigan call for Gaza ceasefire. presstv.ir Dozens of protesters gathered in Washington DC, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, where thousands have been killed by Israel since early October.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Fresh rallies across globe to demand ceasefire in Gaza. presstv.ir People across the world have held fresh rallies to express solidarity with Palestinians and demand an end to Israel's war on Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Babies evacuated from al-Shifa hospital transferred to Rafah before evacuation to Egypt. presstv.ir More than 30 premature babies evacuated from Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital receive care at the Emirates hospital in Rafah.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). 'World Children's Day big tragedy without practical steps to protect Palestinian children'. presstv.ir Iran urges international measures to protect the lives of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Palestinian fighters destroyed 60 Israeli military vehicles in 3 days: Al-Qassam Brigades. presstv.ir Hamas' military wing says its fighters destroyed 60 Israeli military vehicles over the last three days.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Tens of thousands rally in Lahore in support of Palestine. presstv.ir Tens of thousands gather in Lahore in support of Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). World must recognize Palestinian children's right to live: Iran's rights chief. presstv.ir Iran's rights chief Gharibabadi says the world must act to protect the rights of children in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Lebanon's Hezbollah targets Israeli military sites with missiles in fresh attacks. presstv.ir Hezbollah has launched a fresh round of retaliatory missile attacks on Israel's military sites in the occupied territories.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Raeisi: All countries must sever ties with Israel to force regime to end Gaza genocide. presstv.ir In a letter to the heads of 50 countries, the Iranian president says all governments should end commercial and political cooperation with Israel.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). 'Iran warned US resistance groups won't stay silent amid Gaza war; world wants ceasefire'. presstv.ir Iran says the resistance front has repeatedly warned the US and Israel that they will not sit idly by if the occupying regime continues its attacks against the people of Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). China hosts Muslim-majority nations for 'urgent' action on Gaza. presstv.ir China says the situation in Gaza affects all countries around the world.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Jakarta condemns Israel's attacks on Indonesian Hospital in Gaza. presstv.ir Israeli tanks have surrounded Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). Iran raps UN Security Council for failing to call for ceasefire in Gaza. presstv.ir Iran slams the United Nations Security Council for failing to include a call for ceasefire in Gaza in its recent resolution.

presstv.ir (2023-11-21). All Israeli ships in Red Sea 'legitimate targets', Yemen warns. presstv.ir The Yemeni information minister in the National Salvation Government has stressed that all Israeli ships passing through the Red Sea are 'legitimate targets.'

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