Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-12-06). NATO/West Or Global Majority? popularresistance.org Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the fracturing international order between the NATO/West bloc and the Global Majority, analyzing Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, Argentina, and Europe.

Staff (2023-12-06). Headlines for December 6, 2023. democracynow.org Israeli Forces Intensify Assault on Khan Younis as U.N. Official Decries "Apocalyptic" Situation, IDF Spokesperson Lauds Reported Ratio of 2 Civilians Killed for Death of Every Hamas Fighter, U.S. Bans Visas for Settlers Involved in Violence; Divided Senate Votes on Israeli, Ukraine Funding, 14 Congressmembers Vote Against House Resolution Conflating Anti-Zionism with Antisemitism, AIPAC Throws Millions at Possible Insurgent Campaigns to Unseat Progressive Democrats, Advocates Condemn Lack of Attention to Sexual Assault Accusations Against Hamas, Senate Confirms 400+ Military Nominees After Sen. Tuber…

Editor (2023-12-06). Dec 6, 2023. sitrepworld.info Russian Patriotic Folk Song about the Mongol Invasion Day 60: Israel surrounds Kamal Adwan hospital, 'shooting anything that moves' There's Nothing You Can Say To Make Me Accept The Murder Of Thousands Of Children, by Caitlin Johnstone 'A Mass Assassination Factory': Inside Israel's Calculated Bombing of Gaza — +972 The Obliteration of Gaza: AIPAC and the MICC as Mechagodzilla, by Bill Astore Israeli Children Are Taught Genocide (Video) 50 Palestinians Killed, Hundreds Wounded as Israel Targets Two Schools sheltering Palestinians Genocide in service of Nakba 2023, by Nour Odeh COP28, Qu…

Staff (2023-12-06). "Catastrophic": Gaza Aid Worker on "Horror" of Forced Relocations Amid Israel's War on Southern Strip. democracynow.org We go to Gaza for an update on Israel's attack, which is now being described as one of the worst assaults on any civilian population in recent times. As Israeli tanks enter Khan Younis and the Palestinian death toll tops 16,000, we speak with Yousef Hammash. The advocacy officer for the Norwegian Refugee Council in Gaza describes how he and his family are facing internal displacement for the third time during the assault, this time from Khan Younis, where they had fled after Israeli warnings to head to the south of the Gaza Strip. Now in Rafah by the Egyptian border, they are struggling to find shelter and,…

Zakaria Baker, Mondoweiss. (2023-12-06). 'Bodies Everywhere:' One Family's Harrowing Journey Out Of Gaza City. popularresistance.org I am Zakaria Baker, one of the people who were displaced from their homes four days ago in November 2023 — around November 7, 2023. | The beginning of the displacement is as follows: An Israeli intelligence officer called one of my cousins. There were about 20 of us sitting on chairs. The bombing of Al-Shati Refugee Camp did not stop for a single second. The missiles that were fired at the camp — we couldn't see or hear them. They were barrel bombs. When they were dropped on a residential block of six or seven houses, they destroyed them completely. The scariest and most painful thing is that these mi…

A Guest Author (2023-12-06). Hamas to world movement: 'Victory for our people is near'. workers.org The following statement was given at a Hamas press conference on Dec. 3, 2023. Firstly, we pay tribute to the souls of our people's martyrs who ascended since the Nazi occupation began its aggressive war against our people in the Gaza Strip. We ask Allah Almighty for a speedy recovery . . . |

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-12-06). Hezbollah Strikes Israeli Occupation Military Sites. orinocotribune.com Several Israeli soldiers were injured by Hezbollah on Sunday as the group ramped up operations in solidarity with Gaza | Hezbollah pounded Israeli military sites on the Lebanese border on 4 December for the third day since the collapse of the Gaza-Israel truce. | "In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance, at 11: 30 noon on Monday 12/4/2023, targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers east of Misgav Am with guided missiles and it was directly hit," the group said in a statement. | The Ruw…

Mick Hall, Consortium News. (2023-12-06). Academic Freedom Under Fire As Gaza Burns. popularresistance.org Academic freedom and freedom of expression on university campuses across the Anglosphere have continued to come under attack in the past week with Israeli lobbyists conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. | As Israel resumed its bombing campaign, now focusing on southern Gaza, the push to hold back the growing tide of disgust is intensifying, as the official Palestinian death toll in the strip nears 16,000. | On Tuesday, the presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are being hauled before a U.S. congressional committee to face accusations t…

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-06). Netanyahu Says Israeli Military Will Maintain Open-Ended Occupation of Gaza After War. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed on Tuesday that he wants Israel's military to maintain an open-ended occupation of the Gaza Strip after the current war. "Gaza must be demilitarized. And in order for Gaza to be demilitarized, there is only one force which can ensure this demilitarization — and this force is the Israel …

David Cronin (2023-12-06). Buying Israel's weapons is a bigger EU priority than aiding Palestinians. electronicintifada.net Ursula von der Leyen is no friend of Gaza's victims.

Global Research News (2023-12-06). Selected Articles: In Harm's Way. What's with the World's Fascination with Dead, Dying and Orphaned Children? globalresearch.ca By Today, it's dead young Palestinians. Months ago, it was Ukrainian (although its fallen fighters have ample attention—after all …

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2023-12-06). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 61: U.S. believes Israel's Gaza invasion could last until the end of January. mondoweiss.net Israeli forces approach Khan Younis as the destruction of north Gaza continues. Despite Israeli hopes of neutralizing Palestinian rocket capability in the early days of the war, resistance fighters are still launching rockets on Tel Aviv.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-12-06). China and US discuss relations, Taiwan and Palestine. plenglish.com Beijing, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone talk with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday about bilateral relations, the Taiwan issue, and the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Kenneth Surin (2023-12-06). Zionist Jonathan Freedland, the UK's Nuanced Version of Thomas Friedman. counterpunch.org Freedland contends we can't "do much for the two peoples trapped" in what he regards as an inexorable tragedy. But of course we can! Freedland scarcely mentions Israel's countless illegalities in its dealings with the Palestinian people. A start can be made by addressing some of these. |

Palestine News Network (2023-12-06). Journalists Pay the Ultimate Price: 63 Media Professionals Martyred in Israeli Aggression on Gaza. pressenza.com The Journalists Syndicate announced the martyrdom of 63 journalists since the beginning of the Israeli occupation forces' aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7 of last month. | A statement from the Freedom Committee of the Syndicate stated that the monitoring committee documented the martyrdom of 63 journalists due to targeting by the occupation forces with missiles from airplanes, artillery shells, and sniper gunfire. | The statement added that among the media casualties are 41 journalists working in various media disciplines, while 21 of their colleagues working in administrative, financial, and technical d…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-12-06). Prisoners in Chiapas Show Solidarity with Palestine. itsgoingdown.org Letter from political prisoners of San Juan Cancúc, Chiapas, in solidarity with the people of Palestine. CERSS No. 5, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. To the Human Rights Organizations To the Believers To the Sixth To SIPAZ To SWEFER To FRAYBA To Those Who Struggle from Below and to the Left To the People…

Editor (2023-12-06). One Family's Harrowing Journey Out of Gaza City. scheerpost.com

Jake Johnson (2023-12-06). White House Interns Send Letter Demanding Biden Call for Permanent Ceasefire. truthout.org Dozens of White House interns sent a letter late Tuesday urging President Joe Biden to demand a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, echoing the calls of a growing number of lawmakers, congressional staffers, administration officials, and ordinary Americans. "We heed the voices of the American people and call on the administration to demand a permanent cease-fire," reads the letter, which is signed "40+… |

scorinoco (2023-12-06). Israeli Occupation's Ground Forces Enter South Gaza. orinocotribune.com Israeli occupation forces have expanded their A local source told AFP on Monday, December 4, that the troops are "two kilometers inside" Gaza, in the Al-Qarara village near Khan Yunis. | Another eyewitness said that Israeli forces are "holding Salah al-Din Street on both sides and are now cutting it between Deir al-Bala…

Ryan Cristián (2023-12-06). Freed Israeli Captives Admitted More Fear Of IDF Bombs Than Hamas & Provable Lies In Rape Allegation. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/5/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

The Cradle (2023-12-06). Border Surveillance Footage from 7 October 'Disappears': Israeli Officers. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-12-06). 95 Democrats and 216 Republicans Support Resolution Conflating Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism. scheerpost.com

WSWS (2023-12-06). Protests continue for eighth weekend across Canada against Israel's genocide in Gaza. wsws.org Thousands turned out at protests in Toronto and across the country over the weekend to denounce the resumption of Israel's mass slaughter of Palestinians and demand an immediate ceasefire.

Angela (2023-12-06). Saturday 12/9: Virtual Protest for Palestine. indybay.org TikTok LIVE…

Angela (2023-12-06). Monday 12/4: SJSU SJP Palestine Teach-In. indybay.org San Jose State University (Student Union, Meeting Room 1) | San Jose, CA…

Angela (2023-12-06). Wednesday 12/6: Palestine Through a Social Justice Lens: Follow-Up. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Angela (2023-12-06). Thursday 12/7: Virtual Teach-In on Palestine for South Asians. indybay.org

Angela (2023-12-06). Wednesday 12/6: Gaza Solidarity Teach-in. indybay.org Laney College Room D200 | 900 Fallon St | Oakland, CA…

Angela (2023-12-06). Sunday 12/10: Fairfield Palestine Rally! indybay.org 1325 Travis Blvd | Fairfield, CA…

Angela (2023-12-06). Saturday 12/9: Pleasant Hill: Gathering in Solidarity with Palestine. indybay.org Diablo Valley College Commons | 321 Gulf Club Rd | Pleasant Hill, CA…

https: (2023-12-06). Wednesday 12/6: Caroling for Palestine. indybay.org SF Civic Center, the public Holiday tree (tree lighting ceremony)…

Angela (2023-12-06). Friday 12/8: Power Half Hour for Gaza. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Dave DeCamp (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 …

Editor (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…

Zachariah Bakr (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.

Staff (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 …

Dave DeCamp (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 …

Zafar Mehdi, The Cradle. (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…

Dave DeCamp (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 …

Chris Hedges (2023-12-05). Israel Reopens the Gaza Slaughterhouse. Chris Hedges. globalresearch.ca

Leila Warah, Mondoweiss. (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…

Sybil Davis, Left Voice. (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."

Tanupriya Singh, People's Dispatch. (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…

Ari Tolany, Lillian Mauldin, Janet Abou-Elias, Women for Weapons Trade Transparency, In These Times. (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.

Priti Gulati Cox — Stan Cox (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

Hans Stehling (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

thecommunists (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 …

B. Nimri Aziz (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

Richard Medhurst (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

Mel Gurtov (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:

Ken Klippenstein (2023-12-05). With Ceasefire Calls Growing, Israeli Military Launches Closed-door "PR Blitz" on Capitol Hill. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, SH (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.

teleSUR, DRL (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.

teleSUR, DRL, MER, JDO, JGN (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…

teleSUR, odr, YSM (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.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (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.