(2024-04-11). Biden Walks Back Call for Israel to Declare a Ceasefire in Gaza. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Wednesday walked back a call for Israel to declare a six-to-eight-week ceasefire in Gaza, saying the truce must be tied to a hostage deal and that it was "up to Hamas." The comments came a day after an interview aired in which Biden appeared to say Israel should unilaterally declare a temporary …
(2024-04-11). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 186: Hamas Calls For Permanent Ceasefire. popularresistance.org The Gaza-based Palestinian health ministry announced that 153 Palestinians were killed and 60 wounded by Israeli forces' ongoing strikes on the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours. | Meanwhile, local media sources reported that Israeli forces continued to conduct airstrikes on different parts of Khan Younis, after having withdrawn from the city. In the town of al-Qarara, north of the city, an Israeli airstrike reportedly wounded several Palestinians. In Rafah, medical sources reported recovering two Palestinians killed in the al-Tanour neighborhood by an Israeli airstrike.
(2024-04-11). Protests At German Diplomatic Missions: Stop Arming Genocide. popularresistance.org On the first day of ICJ proceedings, April 8, 2024, in Nicaragua v. Germany, pickets and letter deliveries took place in DC, NYC, LA, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Houston, Miami and Seattle. Demonstrators echoed Nicaragua's requests of the World Court to order Germany and the United States to stop supplying weapons to Israel. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the US supplies 69% of Israel's arsenal; Germany supplies 30% of the weaponry. | Benjamin Alvarez Gruber, US correspondent for Deutsche Welle (DW), state-owned German state-television, covered the story at the DC German em…
(2024-04-11). German imperialism must answer for complicity in Gaza genocide. wsws.org On 8 and 9 April, the International Court of Justice in The Hague heard a complaint by Nicaragua accusing the German government of violating the UN Genocide Convention and other international agreements.
(2024-04-11). Killing Humanitarian Workers as a Strategy: Israel's Endgame in Gaza. counterpunch.org 
Israel described its clearly deliberate killing of seven humanitarian aid workers on April 1 as a "grave mistake", a "tragic event" that "happens in war". Israel is, obviously, lying. This entire so-called war — actually genocide — in Gaza, has been based on a series of lies, some of which Israel continues to peddle. For
(2024-04-11). Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza. counterpunch.org Among the many brutalities in war prohibited under international humanitarian law are starvation of civilian populations and deliberate attacks on aid workers. Here are some new findings worth considering as we ponder the continued decline of human security in the Gaza fighting. Starvation By now we are all familiar with the appalling food situation in
(2024-04-11). Germany, Gaza and the World Court: Broadening the Scope of Genocide. counterpunch.org 
Can it get any busier? The World Court, otherwise known as the International Court of Justice, has been swamped by applications on the subject of alleged genocide. The site of interest remains the Gaza Strip, the subject of unremitting slaughter since the October 7, 2023 cross-border attacks by Hamas against Israel. The retaliation by Israel
(2024-04-11). Ramadan amid the rubble. dissidentvoice.org 
The area around al-Shifa, Gaza's largest hospital, following an Israeli massacre. (Omar Ishaq DPA via ZUMA Press) Ramadan in Gaza is unlike any we have previously seen. We don't have the traditional suhoor to brace us for the day ahead. There are no feasts here. No invitations extended for people to come and visit. We …
(2024-04-11). 2024: Historic al-Quds Day. dissidentvoice.org 
It took a genocide for Torontonians to commit themselves to the goal of defeating Israel. It turns out Iranian President Akhmedinejad was right after all. 'Israel' must be wiped off the map. It is an ugly cancer that could kill its Earthly host. But it will disappear only by the will of the people, Palestinian, …
(2024-04-11). US Public Housing — Not Weapons for Israel. dissidentvoice.org 
(2024-04-11). Six months of protest: Australian workers and young people denounce Israel's genocide and Labor government. wsws.org "It's setting a terrifying precedent for what the future could look like if we don't resist, so that's why I am here."
(2024-04-11). Multiple students at Pomona College in Southern California arrested for protesting against Gaza genocide. wsws.org In a vicious attack against democratic rights and freedom of speech, nineteen students were arrested Friday at Pomona College in Southern California. The students were arrested at the college president's office after holding a sit-in opposing the university's previous crack downs on pro-Palestinian protests.
(2024-04-11). Illegal Real Estate Sales Of Palestinian Land Happening In The United States. popularresistance.org Six months into the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza, there is little use denying that what is taking place before our eyes is an intended land grab. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich have called for Gaza to be "resettled" and for the Palestinian population to be expelled. And in the US, the likes of Ben Gvir and Smotrich have their allies and accomplices who hope to profit from the theft of Palestinian land. Across the US, real estate events advertising the sale of land parcels in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem have begun to appear.
(2024-04-11). UN Rapporteur: Australian government is "aiding and abetting" genocide in Gaza. wsws.org Labor's attempts to dupe the population by denying its active complicity in the Gaza genocide are running up against reality.
(2024-04-11). Consulate Rally Demands an End to German Weapons for Israel. indybay.org Members of Code Pink held a rally at the German Consulate in San Francisco calling upon Germany to desist in arming the Israeli military and to reopen humanitarian aid to Gaza.
(2024-04-11). Aid Flotilla Heading To Gaza To Break Siege. popularresistance.org Hundreds of human rights activists with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, including CODEPINK's Ann Wright and Medea Benjamin, are due to set sail on multiple vessels in mid-April to carry 5,500 tons of aid for Gaza. | Their mission, aside from delivering the much-needed humanitarian aid, is to challenge Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza amid dire conditions, including widespread hunger and lack of medical attention intentionally caused by Israeli policies. Time is running out for many in Gaza as Israel threatens an all-out attack on Rafah and experts warn hunger and disease could soon surpass casualties from bombin…
(2024-04-11). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. Mohamed Mandour
(2024-04-11). Muslims in US observe Eid-ul-Fitr with religious fervour, zeal. geo.tv 
People offer special prayers seeking Pakistan's prosperity, freedom of Palestinians from Israeli oppression…
(2024-04-11). Indonesia 'willing to normalise ties with Israel' in bid to join OECD: Report. middleeasteye.net 
Indonesia 'willing to normalise ties with Israel' in bid to join OECD: Report | Jakarta requires unanimous approval from 38 member states, including Israel, to gain membership to trade organisation | | Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take part on a rally in front of the US embassy in Jakarta on 17 De…
(2024-04-11). 'Automated Murder': Israel's 'Artificial Intelligence' In Gaza. popularresistance.org Along with the +972 report on the use of AI came others in a week notable for its stomach-churning news of Israeli depravity. In its April 3 editions The Guardian revealed that the IDF intentionally deploys snipers and quadcopters—remotely controlled sniper drones—to target children. The evidence of this comes from U.S. and Canadian doctors who, while serving in Gaza, treat many children with wounds consistent with and easily identified as caused by snipers' bullets. These are larger than the ammunition generally used in combat because they are intended to kill rather than wound.
(2024-04-11). Biden declares "ironclad" commitment to Israel as death toll mounts in Gaza. wsws.org The declaration came only hours after Israeli missiles killed three sons and several grandchildren of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.
(2024-04-11). Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war. Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director
(2024-04-11). Death by Algorithm: Israel's AI War in Gaza. counterpunch.org 
Within the first weeks of the war, the IDF placed extensive, even exclusive reliance on Lavender, with as many as 37,000 Palestinians being identified as potential Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants for possible airstrikes. This reliance signaled a shift from the previous "human target" doctrine used by the IDF regarding senior military operatives. In such cases, killing the individual in their private residence would only happen exceptionally, and only to the most senior identified individuals, all to keep in awkward step with principles of proportionality in international law. The commencement of "Op…
(2024-04-11). Israel shuts down a town in the occupied West Bank, cancelling Eid for Palestinians. middleeasteye.net 
Israel shuts down a town in the occupied West Bank, cancelling Eid for Palestinians | Israeli officials have imposed a total curfew in Jayyus, claiming a Palestinian responsible for a shooting attack fled there | | Israeli soldiers stationed in the occupied West Bank town of Qalandiya i…
(2024-04-11). Walid Daqqa, the longest-held Palestinian political prisoner, was killed by Israeli occupation. liberationnews.org 
Walid Daqqa, the longest-held Palestinian political prisoner and a revolutionary leader, passed away on April 7 at the age of 62, serving 38 years in Israeli prison.
(2024-04-11). CPJ calls on Jordan to free photojournalist Ahmad Mohsen. middleeasteye.net
(2024-04-11). April 15: Coordinated Economic Blockade To Free Palestine. popularresistance.org The proposal states that in each city, we will identify and blockade major choke points in the economy, focusing on points of production and circulation with the aim of causing the most economic impact, as did the port shutdowns in recent months in Oakland, California and Melbourne, Australia, as just a few examples. | There is a sense in the streets in this recent and unprecedented movement for Palestine that escalation has become necessary: there is a need to shift from symbolic actions to those that cause pain to the economy.
(2024-04-11). Germany confiscates funds of Jewish people (once again). workers.org 
Berliner Sparkasse, a state-owned bank in Germany, has frozen the account of Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Near East. Berliner Sparkasse Bank also demands that the anti-Zionist organization disclose a list of its members. According to Jewish Voice's social media platforms, Berliner Sparkasse froze the account on . . . |
(2024-04-11). EcuadorPalestine solidarity; neoliberal president assaults Mexican Embassy. workers.org 
Quito, Ecuador April 8, 2024 — Most of the world commemorated Al Quds Day on Friday, April 5. On Saturday I traveled to Quito to join the annual commemoration. This year it was a march of solidarity with Palestine that started in Arbolito Park and ended with a protest at . . . |
(2024-04-11). Roundtable on Current U.S. Foreign Policy: Militarism Unhinged. counterpunch.org 
U.S. policymakers are still mired in imperial delusions, fueling fights to maintain and extend their hegemony in Ukraine, Palestine and even in the South China Sea, and refusing to recognize the emerging reality of a multipolar world which is expressed in so many ways economically in the rise of the BRICS countries but also simply in the refusal of other nations to go along with what the imperial hegemon expects them to do.
(2024-04-11). Thursday 4/11: Webinar: International Law and the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza. indybay.org Zoom | go.rutgers.edu/csrrgaza24…
(2024-04-11). Saturday 4/13: Virtual Teach-In about Palestine. indybay.org Zoom | http: //tinyurl.com/PalestineSaturday…
(2024-04-11). Anti-Zionist artists withdraw work from San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum exhibition. wsws.org The anti-Zionist artists call themselves the California Jewish Artists for Palestine.
(2024-04-11). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Organizaciones de DD.HH. han realizado varios llamados a un alto al fuego inmediato ante la grave situación que se vive en los territorios palestinos.
(2024-04-11). Ataque israelí asesina a tres hijos del líder político de Hamás. telesurtv.net Ismail Haniye afirmó que "esta sangre solo nos hará más firmes en nuestros principios y adhesión a nuestra tierra".
(2024-04-11). Pueblo de Jordania se manifiesta en apoyo a Gaza. telesurtv.net El pueblo jordano ha llenado las arterias principales portando banderas palestinas y carteles con mensajes que reclaman un cese al fuego en territorio gazatí.
(2024-04-11). The Voices of Palestinian Women. cadtm.org
(2024-04-11). Israeli leaders could oppose phased Gaza ceasefire agreement. newarab.com 
High-level The
(2024-04-11). Israel kills 14 Palestinians in Gaza Eid Al-Fitr airstrikes. newarab.com 
Israel bombed apartment buildings in The air strikes targeted both Jabalia and Nuseirat, killing 14 members of the Abu Youssef family, according to Gaza authorities. | Gaza's government media office described the attack in Nuseirat as a "massacre" and said the Israeli army was continuing its war of "genocide and ethni…
(2024-04-11). Israel is carrying out an AI-assisted genocide in Gaza. newarab.com 
Throughout history, marking people for death with a number or tattoo has become a trait of oppressive regimes. It is a process of And now it's happening to Palestinians. | Palestinians in Gaza are given an
(2024-04-11). Europe Jewish leader hits out at Ben-Gvir over antisemitism. newarab.com 
A senior European Jewish leader has accused extremist Israeli National Security Minister Ariel Muzicant, president of…
(2024-04-11). US envoy asked Middle East foreign ministers to mediate with Iran. newarab.com 
The U.S. Middle East envoy called the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Iraq to ask them to deliver a message to Iran urging it to lower tensions with Israel following an White House Middle East czar Brett McGurk asked the officials to contact the Iranian foreign minister to convey a message that Iran should de-escalate with Israel, which they did, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymit…
(2024-04-11). Diaa al-Kahlout recalls 33 harrowing days in Israeli custody. newarab.com 
Diaa Al-Kahlout, the veteran Gaza bureau chief for the Qatari London-based newspaper On December 7, Diaa Al-Kahlout was
(2024-04-11). Iran says could close Hormuz Strait, amid Israel 'threat'. newarab.com 
(2024-04-11). Canadian embassy in Damascus damaged by Israeli strike. newarab.com 
(2024-04-11). Palestinians try to find joy in Eid amid Israeli bombings. newarab.com 
Palestinians in Many gathered in the rubble of destroyed mosques across Gaza, to perform special Eid prayers in congregation. | Local Palestinian media reported that volunteers and activists also launched a campaign to distribute toys to wounded ch…
(2024-04-11). Israel strike kills three of Hamas leader Haniyeh's sons. newarab.com 
The bombing, which targeted a civilian vehicle in north Gaza's Al-Shati refugee camp, also killed several of his grandchildren, the Al-Jazeera news network reported. | There were at least five people killed, Al-Jazeera j…
(2024-04-11). Israeli MK says secret plans underway for Gaza resettlement. newarab.com 
Israeli Knesset member Limor Son Har-Melech has said that there are "secret" Israeli plans to settle in Har-Melech, a
(2024-04-11). Ireland poised to recognise independent Palestinian state. newarab.com 
(2024-04-11). A Turkey of an Election for Erdogan>. newarab.com 
The recent local elections in Turkey did not go to plan for President Erdogan. | The voters sent a clear message to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) party and the strongman president, when they voted in unprecedented numbers for the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). | The CHP took control of Turkey's biggest cities and also managed to make significant headway into provinces that had been traditional AKP territory. | Additionally, the AKP also lost out to the New Welfare Party (YRP), and Islamist party, who collected former AKP voters, who were angered by Erdogan's Gaza policy. | The rec…
(2024-04-11). Released Bahraini political prisoners chant for Palestine. newarab.com 
Around 600 political prisoners in The released prisoners left the jail "with their heads held high and chanting for Palestine", Bahraini human rights defender and activist Maryam Al-Khawaja said, while videos showed them clapping, chanting and celebrating. | Some waved Palestinian flags, while others praised the Prophet Muhammad. | The release comes…
(2024-04-11). Activists target UK Ministry of Defence over Gaza support. newarab.com 
(2024-04-11). Biden: Netanyahu's approach to war in Gaza is a 'mistake'. newarab.com 
(2024-04-11). Thousands of Palestinians mark Eid al-Fitr at Al-Aqsa Mosque. newarab.com 
(2024-04-11). Can Gaza trigger a 'Palestinian Spring' in the Arab world. newarab.com 
(2024-04-11). Nicaragua closes embassy in Berlin after suing Germany over Gaza genocide. presstv.ir Nicaragua shuts down its embassy in Germany after taking the European country to the ICJ for helping Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.
(2024-04-11). 'US gives green light to Israel to continue crimes in Gaza'. presstv.ir The Government Information Office in Gaza says the United States and its President Joe Biden are responsible for the continuation of Israel's crimes in Gaza.
(2024-04-11). Israeli strikes kill over 120 Palestinians in Gaza in single day: Ministry. presstv.ir More than 120 Palestinians have been killed in a single day after the Israeli military hit the Gaza Strip with airstrikes.
(2024-04-11). Raeisi: Killing of Haniyeh family members sign of Israel's desperation. presstv.ir Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says Israel has revealed its desperation in the face of the Palestinian resistance with its killing of three sons and four grandchildren of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in the Gaza Strip.
(2024-04-11). Haniyeh: Hamas won't back down on its goals after Israeli murder of sons. presstv.ir Haniyeh says Israel's assassination of his children will not change the position of Hamas in Gaza truce talks.
(2024-04-11). Yemenis congratulate Palestinians on Eid from deck of seized UK ship. presstv.ir Yemeni worshippers congratulate Palestinians on Eid al-Fitr as they performed prayers on the deck of the seized Israeli-linked Galaxy Leader cargo ship.
(2024-04-11). Funeral held for three Palestinians killed during Israeli raid on Jenin. presstv.ir Mourners take part in the funeral procession of three Palestinians killed during an Israeli raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
(2024-04-11). Israel speeded up collapse by killing Hamas' leaders sons, grandchildren: FM. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister says the Israeli regime's recent massacre against a Hamas' leader's family members only speeds up the regime's certain collapse.
(2024-04-11). Crowds in Amman protest in support of Palestinians on Eid al-Fitr. presstv.ir Crowds in Amman protest near the Israeli embassy after Eid al-Fitr prayers in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
(2024-04-11). Leader: Israel made mistake, will be 'punished' for attack on Iran's consulate. presstv.ir Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Israeli regime "must be punished and will be punished" for its attack on Iran's consulate in Syria.
(2024-04-11). Israel kills 3 sons of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza. presstv.ir Haniyeh's grandchildren were also killed in the airstrike that targeted a vehicle in al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza.
(2024-04-11). Hezbollah extends condolences to Hamas chief on martyrdom of his sons. presstv.ir The leader of Hezbollah conveys condolences to Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on martyrdom of a number of his sons and grandchildren.
(2024-04-11). Resistance groups rally around Hamas leader after deadly Israeli strike. presstv.ir Resistance groups erupt in a chorus of condmenation and condolence after an Israeli airstrike claimed the lives of Hamas' leader's sons and grandchildren.
(2024-04-11). Yemeni naval units target Israeli, US vessels in solidarity with Gaza. presstv.ir The Yemeni forces targeted the vessels in the Gulf of Aden.
(2024-04-11). Killing Hamas leader's sons proof of Israel's savagery: Raeisi. presstv.ir President Raeisi offers condolences on death of Hamas leader's sons in an Israeli bombardment.
(2024-04-11). UK says will keep selling arms to Israel anyway. presstv.ir Foreign Secretary David Cameron says London's position on exporting arms to the occupying regime remains "unchanged."
(2024-04-11). Rescuers pull bodies from rubble after Israeli strike on Rafah. presstv.ir Rescue teams searching the area were working on retrieving two more bodies of the Zorob family from under the debris.
(2024-04-11). Over 8,000 Palestinians arrested in West Bank since Gaza war. presstv.ir The number of Palestinians arrested by Israeli military forces in the West Bank has surged to 8,165 since October 7.
(2024-04-11). 'Punishing aggressor a necessity', Iran FM tells German counterpart. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister has told his German counterpart that "legitimate defense with the aim of punishing the aggressor is a necessity" after Israel's April 1 airstrike on the Iranian consular section in Damascus.
(2024-04-11). Iran tells Turkey Muslim countries should cut economic ties with Israel. presstv.ir Iran's Raeisi tells Turkey's Erdogan that Muslim countries need to cut their economic ties with Israel.
(2024-04-11). Hackers break into Israeli ministry of military affairs, offer to sell data. presstv.ir Hackers break into the Israeli regime's ministry of military affairs, offering to sell stolen data unless the regime releases hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
(2024-04-11). Spain says Israel's 'disproportionate' attacks in Gaza threaten whole world. presstv.ir Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was speaking to the Spanish lawmakers on Wednesday.
(2024-04-11). April 10: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation. presstv.ir Resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers.
(2024-04-11). Israel threatens to invade Rafah, return to Khan Younis after carnage. presstv.ir That is despite tremendous international pressure the regime faces to end its military campaign in Gaza.
(2024-04-11). Destruction at Nasser medical complex in Khan Yunis. presstv.ir Palestinians inspect the destruction at Nasser medical complex in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.
(2024-04-11). Gazans prepare for Eid 'despite adversity and pain'. presstv.ir Gazans prepare for Eid al-Fitr despite the adversity and pain.