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2023-11-29: News Headlines

Editor (2023-11-29). Nov 29, 2023. sitrepworld.info Guantanamera | Playing For Change | Song Around The World 'The Horror! The Horror!', Revisited in Palestine, by Pepe Escobar War Is Not Abstracted Anymore, by Caitlin Johnstone Understanding the U.S. War Industry w/Christian Sorensen (Video) Operation Ongoing Bullshit, by Bill Astore JFK's Fight to Stop WW3 and America's Tragic Slide into Empire — Cynthia Chung Video The Magician's Hat, and the Great Simulacrum of Palliative Balm, by Alastair Crooke Banned Books, by Craig Murray Step Closer to Victory in Gaza: Burns' 'Expansive Deal' Could Only Mean One Thing, by Baroud, Rubeo…

Leila Warah (2023-11-29). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 54: Two children killed by Israeli forces in Jenin amid discussions of truce extension. mondoweiss.net As leaders discuss extending the temporary truce, Israeli forces kill two children, including an 8-year-old boy, in the occupied West Bank. Meanwhile, Gaza is still facing a grave humanitarian crisis, with children on the front line.

WSWS (2023-11-29). Why have right-wing forces attacked Adania Shibli's novel Minor Detail? wsws.org After the outbreak of the new Israeli war against Palestinians a number of critics discovered antisemitism in the book and denounced Shibli as a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activist.

WSWS (2023-11-29). Australia: Western Sydney health workers protest Israel's genocide in Gaza. wsws.org For the second time in a week, workers demonstrated at Westmead Hospital in opposition to the assault on Palestine and Israel's targeting of health workers.

Kellie Tranter, Consortium News. (2023-11-29). Australia Too Is Aiding Gaza Massacre. popularresistance.org Australian-equipped Israeli Air Force F-35 Joint Strike Fighters are being used to commit what amounts to war crimes in Gaza by bombing civilians and providing aerial support for a murderous ground invasion. | The Lockheed-Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter global supply program is a co-operative partnership, with Australia an enthusiastic member and part of the global supply chain. The Australian government cannot escape the uses to which these aircraft are being put. | A week ago came news that Israel is stockpiling spare parts from the global supply chain, that Australia contributes to, for its F-35 'Adir' fight…

Ben Becker, PSL Central Committee (2023-11-29). State repression won't succeed at intimidating the Palestine solidarity movement. liberationnews.org The PSL condemns the heavy-handed wave of repression that U.S. authorities are using to try and intimidate and silence activists nationwide.

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-29). Looking for Likud Support, Netanyahu Says He's the Only One Who Can Prevent a Palestinian State. news.antiwar.com As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political career is in peril due to his failure to prevent the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, the Israeli leader has been meeting with members of his Likud party to ensure continued support. According to Israeli media, in these meetings, Netanyahu has sold himself as the only …

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-29). Rep. Massie Casts Lone No Vote Against Bill Equating Anti-Zionism With Antisemitism. news.antiwar.com Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was the lone member of the House to vote against a resolution equating criticism of the modern state of Israel with antisemitism. The resolution passed in a vote of 412-1-1, as Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) voted "present." The bill states that the House "reaffirms the State of Israel has the right …

Wyatt Reed, Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone. (2023-11-29). Israeli Tank Gunner Reveals Orders To Fire Indiscriminately Into Kibbutz. popularresistance.org Firsthand testimony by admittedly inexperienced Israeli tank operators reveals orders to open fire upon Israeli communities when Palestinian militants breached the fences encircling Gaza on October 7. | A glowing profile of an all-female tank company by Israel's N12 News network contains admissions by the 20-year-old captain — identified only as 'Karni' — that she was ordered by a "panicked" soldier to open fire on homes in the Holit kibbutz whether they contained civilians or not. | Ten Israelis were killed in Holit on October 7; no children were among the dead. | "The soldier points and tells me, "s…

Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada. (2023-11-29). Gaza Truce Extended As Israel Threatens Even Bigger Attack. popularresistance.org Israel and Hamas agreed to extend a pause in hostilities in Gaza for two more days, Qatar's foreign ministry announced on Monday. The initial four-day pause was set to end on Monday night. | Hamas politburo member Khalil al-Hayya said that the group hoped the truce could be extended for a longer period and that Israelis held in Gaza would continue to be exchanged for Palestinians held by Israel. | Al-Hayya added that Hamas wanted more aid to reach northern Gaza after "negligence and delay" over the past few days. | Since the pause began, Hamas has released 69 people captured during its surprise 7 October attack,…

Natalia Marques (2023-11-29). Across the globe, mobilizations called for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. peoplesdispatch.org With over 15,000 dead and 6,500 missing from Israeli attacks on Gaza, the world is mobilizing on the day of International Solidarity with the Palestinian People…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-11-29). Community organizations in the UK step up solidarity with Palestine by blockading arms supply companies. peoplesdispatch.org Activists from the British tenants' union and housing rights platform ACORN organized blockades in front of the offices of three arms companies that are involved in supplying arms to Israel…

Nashwa Bawab, In These Times. (2023-11-29). The Right's Persecution Of Palestine Supporters Looks Like A New Red Scare. popularresistance.org I attended the Janazah and burial of Wadea Al-Fayoume on October 16. In the first weeks of Israel's assault on Gaza, the six-year old Palestinian American boy, from a suburb of Chicago, was stabbed 26 times by his family's landlord in a hate crime. | The United States is currently awash in rhetoric justifying Muslim and Arab deaths. Joseph Czuba, 71, the landlord charged with killing Wadea and gravely injuring his mother, was on the receiving end of that rhetoric. | Czuba was reportedly an avid listener of conservative talk radio. According to Czuba's wife, he'd grown irate over supposed plans for a ‚Ä…

People's Dispatch. (2023-11-29). Anti-Arab And Islamophobic Hate Crimes On The Rise In The US. popularresistance.org This Saturday, three young Palestinian men, Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ali, and Kenan Abdulhamid were shot in Vermont. The three men, all college students, were shot at four times by 48-year-old Jason J. Eaton. They were speaking Arabic and two of them were wearing Palestinian keffiyehs. All three of the shooting victims are 20 years old. | This comes shortly after three separate videos went viral of former State Department official Stuart Seldowitz harassing an Egyptian halal cart worker with vile Islamophobic and racist remarks. "Did you rape your daughter like Mohammed d…

Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo, LA Progressive. (2023-11-29). How Gaza War Galvanizes Global Indigenous Solidarity Movement. popularresistance.org For decades, the struggle for national liberation in Palestine was rightly understood to be part and parcel of a global struggle for liberation, mainly in the Global South. | And since national liberation movements were, per definition, the struggle for Indigenous people to assert their collective rights for freedom, equality, and justice, the Palestinian struggle was positioned as part of this global Indigenous movement. | Alas, the collapse of the Soviet Union; the growing dominance of the United States and its allies; and the return of Western colonialism in the form of neocolonialism to Africa, the Middle Eas…

Steve Topple, The Canary. (2023-11-29). 'We Will Not Leave': The Canary Talks To The Gaza Sunbirds Paracycling Team. popularresistance.org As Israel pauses its bombing of Gaza during a temporary cessation of violence, both it and Hamas have been releasing hostages. However, it is likely that Israel's attempted genocide in Gaza and the Occupied Territories will continue after the so-called temporary ceasefire ends. | Israel has already killed nearly 15,000 people in Gaza, including over 6,100 children — and injured more than 36,000 more. Moreover, it has obliterated much of the territory, destroying vital infrastructure and homes. It is unlikely that Israel will end there — hence people's objections to a ceasefire in the first place. More…

Editor (2023-11-29). Ralph Nader: An Open Letter to Members of the United States Congress. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader / Nader.org RE: Hamas-Israel-Gaza-Genocide We are writing to exercise our First Amendment to petition Congress for redress of grievances. We are urging Congress to end the United States' unconditional, close, and continual military and intelligence support of Israel in its ongoing physical destruction of 2.3 million Palestinians residing in Gaza. The United …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-11-29). One Small, Red Triangle: Palestine, We Are Finally Looking. counterpunch.org Did you know that there was an international conference held in France on November 9 under the title 'International Humanitarian Conference for Gaza's Civilian Population'? According to the French foreign ministry website, the conference "involved states, main donors, international organizations and NGOs active in Gaza" with the declared objective of promoting "compliance with international humanitarian

Vijay Prashad (2023-11-29). A New Mood in the World Will Put an End to the Global Monroe Doctrine. dissidentvoice.org Tagreed Darghouth (Lebanon), from the series The Tree Within, a Palestinian Olive Tree, 2018. Every day since 7 October has felt like an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with hundreds of thousands gathering in Istanbul, a million in Jakarta, and then yet another million across Africa and Latin America to demand an end to the brutal attack being carried out by …

Editor (2023-11-29). Historic march demands an end to Canada's complicity in Israel's crimes in Palestine. mronline.org 100,000 people marched in the Canadian capital on November 25 to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the complicity of the Canadian government in Israel's ongoing violence and colonization of Palestine.

W. T. Whitney (2023-11-29). How Skewed Access to Land Has Fostered War in Gaza. counterpunch.org In 1945, 84.7% of cultivatable land in Palestine was "Arab-owned." The "newly established Israeli [military] forces in 1948 launched a major offensive" after Israel declared its independent statehood and after the surrounding Arab nations attacked. This was the setting for the "Nakba" (catastrophe); hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forcibly displaced from homes and land.

Judy Albert, MD, Claire Cohen, MD, Ed Grystar, Ana Malinow, MD. Martha Schmidt, Kay Tillow (2023-11-29). National Single Payer, a Health Care Justice Organization in the U.S., Denounces Targeting of Hospitals in the Gaza Strip and U.S. Complicity in Genocide. counterpunch.org As a national, grassroots, social justice organization that organizes locally in the struggle for national single payer health care in the U.S., united by the common principles that health care is a human right, must be free from corporate profit, and must be achieved through national legislation, the Steering Committee of National Single Payerfeels it is

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-29). Israeli Occupation Forces Violated Terms of the Gaza Truce Again. orinocotribune.com Al Mayadeen correspondent in Gaza confirmed that Israeli occupation forces violated the ceasefire by firing bullets in northern Gaza, after a series of breaches. | The Al Mayadeen correspondent in Gaza confirmed that Israeli occupation forces violated the ceasefire by firing gunshots in northern Gaza, particularly in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood. | He revealed that the occupation forces fired artillery and smoke shells west of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood during their withdrawal, aiming to cover their retreat from the central part of the neighborhood towards Rashid Street. | Al Mayadeen's correspondent in the…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-29). Israeli Occupation Forces Violated Terms of the Gaza Truce Again. orinocotribune.com Al Mayadeen correspondent in Gaza confirmed that Israeli occupation forces violated the ceasefire by firing bullets in northern Gaza, after a series of breaches. | The Al Mayadeen correspondent in Gaza confirmed that Israeli occupation forces violated the ceasefire by firing gunshots in northern Gaza, particularly in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood. | He revealed that the occupation forces fired artillery and smoke shells west of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood during their withdrawal, aiming to cover their retreat from the central part of the neighborhood towards Rashid Street. | Al Mayadeen's correspondent in the…

The Independent (2023-11-29). Border confrontations with Israel catastrophic for Lebanon's tourism sector. independent.co.ug Beirut, Lebanon | Xinhua | Confrontations between Israel and Hezbollah, a Shiite military group in Lebanon, on Lebanon's southern border have had a disastrous effect on the country's tourism sector, said industry experts. Due to the ongoing border tension that has lasted for more than seven weeks, many hotels outside of Beirut, the capital …

Larry Johnson (2023-11-29). Israel's PR Problem Is Summed Up in One Man — Itamar Ben-Gvir. sonar21.com This madman is a real sweetheart. Say hello to Itamar Ben Gvir. To call him an extremist is an insult to extremists. His latest antics pose a threat to Bibi Netanyahu's ability to retain a governing coalition. The National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Tuesday threatened to break apart the government if Israel does not restart its war with Hamas, currently on a negotiated pause. | "Stopping the war = breaking apart the government," he said in a statement.

Josh Frank (2023-11-29). Which Side Are You On? The False Binary of the Israel-Hamas War. counterpunch.org As a child of two Holocaust survivors and a product of Jewish day schools and Zionist summer camps, I was brought up to love Israel unconditionally. My great-grandmother moved to Palestine from Poland in the 1930s because she recognized the dangerous drumbeat of the approaching Third Reich. Most of her children chose not to follow

kwjorinoco (2023-11-29). Israel and Hamas Extend Ceasefire for 2 More Days. orinocotribune.com The Palestinian resistance movement in the Gaza Strip announced Monday that the four-day truce and hostage-for-prisoner exchange agreement with Israel, which began on Friday, will be extended by two more days. | "The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announces that it has been agreed with the brothers in Qatar and Egypt to extend the temporary humanitarian truce for two more days under the same conditions as the previous truce," the group reported in a statement released through Telegram. | At the same time, Qatar, a country that acts as a mediator, indicated that Israel and Hamas will extend the humanitarian tru…

WSWS (2023-11-29). Palestinian student Hisham Awartani issues powerful statement following Vermont shooting. wsws.org Prior to the reading of Awartani's statement at his vigil, Brown University President Christina Paxson was booed off the podium by students for refusing to endorse a ceasefire in Palestine and the divestment of Brown from war profiteers.

WSWS (2023-11-29). "Slow death": Israel weaponizes disease in the Gaza genocide. wsws.org Israel and its imperialist backers have used the destruction of hospitals, starvation and dehydration as weapons for the mass murder of the population of Gaza.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-11-29). Israel añade a 50 palestinas secuestradas en lista de excarcelaciones. telesurtv.net Gobierno israelí confirmó recibir la lista con los nombres de los rehenes que serán devueltos este martes por la resistencia palestina en el marco del acuerdo para prorrogar la tregua.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-11-29). CIA y Mossad deciden sobre utilidad de ampliar tregua en Gaza. telesurtv.net El acuerdo de intercambio fue negociado por Qatar, que sirvió como intermediario entre Hamás e Israel en negociaciones con la estrecha participación de Estados Unidos.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-11-29). Hamas acusa a Israel de violar tregua temporal en Gaza. telesurtv.net El vocero del brazo armado de Hamás, Abu Obeida, afirmó que Israel cometió "una clara violación" del acuerdo de tregua.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-11-29). Rusia insiste en la solución de dos Estados en Palestina. telesurtv.net Estas declaraciones se dieron en el contexto de otra reunión de Bogdanov, con los vicecancilleres de Siria, Bassam Sabbagh y Ayman Susan.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-11-29). Siria denuncia agresiones de Israel ante la ONU. telesurtv.net Siria lamentó la demora de 50 días para llegar a un cese temporal y parcial de la agresión de las fuerzas de ocupación de Israel contra la Franja de Gaza.

teleSUR, JCM, JGN, SH, MER, JDO, MS, DRL (2023-11-29). 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.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-11-29). "Wiping Gaza Off the Map": Implementing Israel's "Secret Intelligence Memorandum". More than 20,000 Civilians Killed. globalresearch.ca

Angela (2023-11-29). Friday 12/1: Writers Against the War on Gaza: Bay Area Teach-In. indybay.org Arab Cultural and Community Center | 2 Plaza St. | San Francisco, CA…

Angela (2023-11-29). Wednesday 11/29: Marin Vigil for Palestine. indybay.org Outside of Representative Huffman's office | 1002 4th Street and City Plaza | San Rafael, CA…

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Iran holds IAEA accountable for Israel's atomic threats: Nuclear chief. presstv.ir Iran's nuclear chief says the International Atomic Energy Agency bears responsibility for any nuclear accident caused by Israel amid the regime's repeated threats to use atomic bombs.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Israeli forces conduct extensive raid against Jenin: Reports. presstv.ir The Israeli regime's forces reportedly embark on an extensive raid against the city of Jenin and its refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Activists begin hunger strike outside White House demanding Gaza truce. presstv.ir Activists begin a hunger strike outside the White House calling for a permanent truce in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Actress Cynthia Nixon launches hunger strike calling for permanent ceasefire in Gaza. presstv.ir Cynthia Nixon, joined by state legislators and activists, launches a hunger strike calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). 'Gaza health situation catastrophic despite truce; hospitals buckle under shortage'. presstv.ir Gaza Health Ministry spokesman warns about the "catastrophic" situation of hospitals in Gaza despite a truce.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). US, Israel 'main losers' of Gaza war, 'incapable' of eliminating Hamas: Iran. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister says the US and Israel have failed to eradicate the Palestinian Hamas resistance group and lost their war on the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Iran urges UN to revive resolution equating Zionism with racism, racial discrimination. presstv.ir Iran calls on the UN to revive its 1975 resolution that described Zionism as a form of racism and racial discrimination.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Pentagon says has no money for Middle East buildup, forced to reassess US operations. presstv.ir Pentagon reveals that the US military is short of funding for its involvement in the Israeli war on Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). 'Stop slaughtering children in Gaza'. presstv.ir Thousands of makeshift tombstones were displayed in the center of Rome to commemorate the children of Gaza who were slaughtered by Israel in recent weeks.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Iran: Afghanistan-like escape awaits US troops in Syria, Iraq. presstv.ir Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi says "escape" is the ultimate fate of US occupation forces in Syria and Iraq, as it was the case in Afghanistan.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Leader: Hamas' Al-Aqsa Storm, mainly anti-Israeli, upended US political agenda in region. presstv.ir Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the historic Hamas' Al-Aqsa Storm disrupted the table of American policies in the region and will hopefully erase the "agenda."

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). People march in pro-Palestinian demonstration in London. presstv.ir People take to the streets of London to march in support of Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate in Frankfurt. presstv.ir Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters hold a demonstration in Frankfurt, calling for an end to Israel's war on Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Sri Lankans rally outside US embassy, denounce its support for Israel. presstv.ir Hundreds of Sri Lankan protesters gather in front of the US embassy in Colombo to denounce Washington's support for Tel Aviv.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Thousands protest in Lyon in solidarity with Palestinian. presstv.ir Thousands of demonstrators joined a pro-Palestine rally in Lyon to demand ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). New York City protesters disrupt Black Friday shopping to support Palestinians in Gaza. presstv.ir Dozens of protesters gather near Macy's megastore in Manhattan, disrupting Black Friday shopping to show support for Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Thousands rally in Nuremberg, demanding permanent Gaza ceasefire. presstv.ir Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators marched in Nuremberg to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Iran calls on ICC to prosecute Israeli officials for war crimes in Gaza. presstv.ir Iran's FM has called on the ICC to establish a court to prosecute Israeli authorities for war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Israel extends detention of Gaza's Shifa hospital chief for 45 days. presstv.ir Mohammad Abu Salmiya had been arrested last week along with five other medical staff by Israeli forces in Gaza…

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Hamas frees 12 captives, Israel releases 30 Palestinians in 5th phase of swap deal. presstv.ir Hamas frees 12 captives in exchange for 30 Palestinians released by the Israeli regime, as part of the fifth phase of a swap deal between the two sides.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Hamas once again scores major victory in cognitive war against Tel Aviv: Israeli think tank. presstv.ir An Israeli independent think-tank has confirmed that the Palestinians resistance movement Hamas has scored more victories against Israel.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Canadians demonstrate for Palestine. presstv.ir The temporary pause in the bombardment of Gaza did not stop Canadians from holding a historic national march in the capital city in solidarity with Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Palestinians going through 'one of the darkest chapters' of their history. presstv.ir Guterres also says Palestinians were going through "one of the darkest chapters" of their history.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). US, Israeli spy chiefs discussing 'next phase' of Gaza truce: Report. presstv.ir Spy chiefs of the US and Israel are discussing the 'next phase' of the current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Qatar, a source says.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). British politician tells Press TV: Israeli crimes in Gaza part of 'ethnic cleansing policy'. presstv.ir Ranjeet Brar, a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, who was arrested for an anti-Israel stance, says the regime's actions in the besieged enclave are a part of its 'ethnic cleansing policy'

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Iran warns US, Israel of 'harsh consequences' if war crimes continue in Gaza. presstv.ir The Iranian foreign minister warns the US and Israel that they will face 'harsh consequences' if they keep committing crimes in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-11-29). Hamas says it confronted Israeli forces violating truce after brief extension. presstv.ir Hamas' military wing says it confronted Israeli forces after they violated the ceasefire in Gaza.

ecns.cn (2023-11-27). Calls grow to extend truce in Palestine-Israel conflict. ecns.cn China's top diplomat Wang Yi will travel to New York to chair a UN Security Council high-level meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli issue on November 29, which is believed to be the latest effort by international community.

WSWS (2023-11-28). Palestinian theater calls for international performance of the play The Gaza Monologues. wsws.org The Ashtar theater in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank has called for performances around the world on November 29 of The Gaza Monologues.

WSWS (2023-11-28). Palestinian theater calls for international performances of the play The Gaza Monologues. wsws.org The Ashtar theater in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank has called for performances around the world on November 29 of The Gaza Monologues.

Staff (2023-11-28). Justice collapsed and United Nations died on 29 November 1947 when Israel was created in Palestine. muslimmirror.com By Latheef Farook November 29 marks the day when the United Nations, under pressure from US, Britain and Europe, divided Palestine and created an artificial state for imported Jews in violation of all accepted norms , laws and moral principles. The main purpose of planting this alien entity in Palestine was to ensure Middle East …

ecns.cn (2023-11-27). Wang Yi to chair UN Security Council high-level meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli issue. ecns.cn China will hold a Security Council high-level meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli issue on November 29.

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