(2023-12-05). Senate to Vote on Biden's $106 Billion Military Aid Bill on Wednesday. news.antiwar.com Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has scheduled a vote for Wednesday to advance President Biden's massive $106 billion emergency spending request that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, as well as additional funding for the border, POLITICO reported. The vote is not expected to pass as Republicans have said they would block …
(2023-12-05). Dec 5, 2023. sitrepworld.info 
Karen Matheson — Crucán Na bPáiste — Transatlantic Sessions 3 Black Pattern Forming? by Alastair Crooke 75th Anniversary Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Russia's Perspective, by Karl Sanchez The Horrors In Gaza Are Happening Because The US Empire Wants Them To Happen, by Caitlin Johnstone Academic Freedom Under Fire as Gaza Burns, by Mick Hall Day 59: Palestinian civilians have nowhere to run, by Leila Warah Chaos in south Gaza hospitals after new Israeli strikes This is a War on Children, and "Safe Zones" are Death Traps: UNICEF, by Juan Cole "Freedom! Justice!" for Palesti…
(2023-12-05). 'There were bodies everywhere. Horrific scenes, enough to make a stone cry': one family's harrowing journey out of Gaza City. mondoweiss.net 
Zakaria Bakr and his family were forced from their home in Al-Shati refugee camp by Israeli bombs on November 7. As they traveled south over 15 kilometers they witnessed incredible horrors and not everyone survived the journey. This is their story.
(2023-12-05). Almost 1.9M Palestinian displaced across Gaza Strip since Oct. 7: UN. muslimmirror.com ISTANBUL : Almost 1.9 million people, or over 80% of the population, have been displaced across the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the UN Agency for Palestinian refugees or UNRWA said Monday in a statement. As of Dec. 2, 111 UNRWA staffers have been killed since the beginning of the war, it added. The Israeli …
(2023-12-05). Congress Reviews Plan to Facilitate Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians From Gaza. news.antiwar.com Israel Hayom reported last week that some members of Congress have reviewed a plan to condition US aid to Arab countries on their willingness to accept refugees from Gaza, which would facilitate the Israeli goal of cleansing the territory of Palestinians. The proposal was shown to key figures in the House and Senate, but the …
(2023-12-05). A Confrontation Grows Between The United States And Iraqi Forces. popularresistance.org The October 2023 war, which kicked off with the Palestinian resistance's Al-Aqsa Flood operation and Israel's brutal assault on Gaza, has extended to Baghdad, with Iraqi resistance factions launching drone and missile strikes on US bases after warning Washington to desist in its military support of Tel Aviv. | The US has now responded by targeting Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) headquarters – killing thirteen of its members, injuring countless others, and heightening tensions between Baghdad and Washington. | These strikes inside Iraq have strongly reignited pre-existing calls to expel US military forces…
(2023-12-05). Israel Bombs Areas of Southern Gaza Where It Told Palestinians to Flee. news.antiwar.com Israel intensified airstrikes in southern Gaza on Monday and bombed areas where it told Palestinians to seek shelter, Reuters reported. Israel ordered the evacuation of parts of the main southern city of Khan Younis, but residents said areas where they were told to flee were still coming under attack. The Israeli military posted a map …
(2023-12-05). Israel Reopens the Gaza Slaughterhouse. Chris Hedges. globalresearch.ca
(2023-12-05). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 59: Palestinians Have Nowhere To Run. popularresistance.org In the last 24 hours, Israeli forces have targeted homes, commercial centers, and hospitals across all of the Gaza Strip, where civilians have been experiencing non-stop bombardment, killing tens if not hundreds of people. On Monday morning, Al Jazeera reported that Israeli tanks and armored vehicles began entering southern Gaza, moving towards Khan Younis from the east. | "The [military] continues to extend its ground operation against Hamas centers in all of the Gaza Strip," Daniel Hagari told reporters in Tel Aviv. | The army added that its invasion into the south will exhibit "no less strength" than its previ…
(2023-12-05). The New Hollywood McCarthyism Emerging Around Palestine. popularresistance.org Following the outbreak of Israel's latest war on Gaza, Melissa Barrera, an up-and-coming young actor who made a name for herself as the star of the Scream franchise, became vocal on social media, denouncing the war on Gaza and resharing posts which accused Israel of perpetuating ethnic cleansing and genocide. In response to these posts, Spyglass Media, the production company of Scream, fired Barrera from the upcoming film and accused her of antisemitism despite Barrera explicitly posting, in one of her Instagram posts denouncing Israel, "We don't need more hate. No Islamophobia. No antisemitism."
(2023-12-05). Yemen's Armed Forces Resume Attacks Against Israel. popularresistance.org The Yemeni Armed Forces announced that it had launched two direct attacks on Israeli ships in the Bab Al-Mandab Strait off Yemen's coast on December 3. | The spokesperson for the Forces, Brigadier-General Yahya Saree confirmed the operation on Sunday, stating that it was in response to the demands of the Yemeni people and the "free people of our Arab and Islamic nation, to stand fully with the choices of the Palestinian people and their steadfast resistance". | Saree added that Yemen's naval forces had carried out a targeted attack on the Unity Explorer and Ship No.9 vessels, the first with a naval missile and th…
(2023-12-05). How Israel Got An Endless Supply Of US-Made 'Smart' Bombs. popularresistance.org The United States has had the authority to quietly transfer precise-guided munitions, or PGMs, to Israel for the past three years through a little-noticed provision passed by Congress in January 2021. | Section 1275 of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) allows a limitless transfer of PGMs from U.S. reserve stocks to Israel's stockpile without normal congressional notifications, as long as U.S "combat readiness" isn't compromised.
(2023-12-05). The Israel-India-U.S. Triangle. counterpunch.org 
In 1981, India's post office issued a stamp showing the flags of India and occupied Palestine flying side by side above the phrase "Solidarity with the Palestinian people." That now seems like ancient history. Today, Hindu nationalists are flying the flags of India and Israel side by side as a demonstration of their support for that country's
(2023-12-05). The Indiscriminate Killing of Palestinian Children, Deliberate Killing of 59 Journalists, The Forcible Annexation of Palestinian Lands, The Dangers of Military Escalation. globalresearch.ca
(2023-12-05). The tasks of communists in the Palestine solidarity movement. thecommunists.org The massive demonstration that took place in London on 11 November was the largest since the two million-strong demonstration against the Iraq war of 15 Feburary 2003. It showed clearly that there exists an ever-growing gap between the members of our unified political class in Britain, who have all committed themselves to backing the murderous …
(2023-12-05). In Harm's Way. counterpunch.org 
What's the world's fascination with dead, dying and orphaned children? Wait, before you condemn what seems to be callousness. My point is this: our focus is to the exclusion of those children's fathers, uncles and big brothers? Intentional or not. Fascination or fixation, it's basically the same — it amounts to a diversion, perhaps to
(2023-12-05). The Ben Gurion Canal to Replace the Suez Canal: 'Israel' Destroys Gaza to Control World's Most Important Shipping Lane. globalresearch.ca
(2023-12-05). Israel's Intelligence Failure: Worse Than We Thought. counterpunch.org 
Turns out that over a year before the Hamas attack, Israeli intelligence secured multiple documentation that gave a detailed account on what Hamas would do Oct. 7. But the Israelis discounted the plan as being unrealistic and therefore not worth planning to counteract. What accounts for that reaction? Intelligence failures are usually of three types:
(2023-12-05). With Ceasefire Calls Growing, Israeli Military Launches Closed-door "PR Blitz" on Capitol Hill. globalresearch.ca
(2023-12-05). Israel mantiene intensos ataques en el sur de la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Ante el incremento de los ataques israelíes sobre Gaza, la ONU alertó que la situación que se avecina en el territorio palestino es todavía más infernal.
(2023-12-05). Casi 2 millones de desplazados deja asedio israelí sobre Gaza. telesurtv.net El Ejército de ocupación israelí también bombardeó las rutas de evacuación y ya ha comenzado una incursión terrestre en el sur del territorio palestino.
(2023-12-05). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net A más de 50 días de los ataques de Israel contra la Franja de Gaza y Cisjordania, las autoridades palestinas han registrado más de 15.500 personas asesinadas…
(2023-12-05). Ataque del Ejército israelí deja al menos 50 muertos en Gaza. telesurtv.net Aviones de combate y artillerías del Ejército sionista atacaron dos escuelas donde se albergaban desplazados en el barrio de al-Darraj.
(2023-12-05). Israel asesina a dos jóvenes cerca de Hebrón en la Cisjordania ocupada. telesurtv.net Según reportó la cartera sanitaria, los jóvenes fueron identificados como Anas Ismail al-Froukh y Mohammad Saa'di al-Frouk.