2023-10-13: News Headlines

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-12). Both Israelis and Palestinians Are Victims of Israel's Apartheid System. fpif.org The violence in Gaza and Israel is bringing horrifying new levels of human suffering to both Israelis and Palestinians. | Both sides have committed heinous violations of international law, and all attacks on civilians must be condemned. But if we're serious about preventing such horrors in the future, we have to go beyond condemnation. | A lesson we ignore at our peril is that oppression undermines not only the rights, dignity, and lives of the oppressed, but eventually the security of the oppressors as well. The apartheid system that's been suffocating Palestinians for so long is now also undermining the safety…

Edward Hunt (2023-10-12). The Real U.S. Intelligence Failure in Gaza. fpif.org As officials in Washington scramble to address the rapid outbreak of war in Israel and Palestine, they are sidestepping the fact that they believed that such a dramatic outburst of violence was likely. | Since May 2021, when Hamas and Israel clashed in a

Abeer Al-Najjar (2023-10-13). The War on Gaza and The Rise of the Inquisitor Reporter. counterpunch.org Since October 7, the start of Hamas' "Al-Aqsa Flood operation", the western media went into a new phase of performative theatrical ethics over media and political discourse. They started a frenzy of highly dramatized sympathies with the Israeli victims, bestowing exclusively used labels of "innocent", and "civilian", turning a blind eye to Palestinian victims, then

Afaf Ahmed (2023-10-13). Almost Out of Water, Food, and Fuel, What Israel Is Doing to the Gaza Strip Is Genocide. indybay.org "Please, keep posting about what's going on. Please, keep talking about the Palestinian cause. This is the least you can do for us."

Angela (2023-10-13). Thursday 10/12: BFP Palestine Panel. indybay.org YouTube (see link below)…

Angela (2023-10-13). Saturday 10/14: SF: Stand with Palestine. indybay.org SF Ferry Building- Harry Bridges Plaza | Near Embarcadero Bart…


Daniel Falcone (2023-10-13). Operation Al-Aqsa: Middle East Scholars Weigh in on Gaza — Israel Conflict. counterpunch.org On October 7, 2023, Hamas and Palestinian militants carried out an extensive storming and strike against Israel from the Gaza Strip. This offensive saw the Palestinians penetrate Israeli barriers as they entered local settlements within the country and ultimately reached Israel's territory and military installments. Hama's gruesome attack was the first form of direct militarized

ecns.cn (2023-10-13). Israelis and Palestinians urged to hold discussions. ecns.cn Both the Israeli and Palestinian sides are urged to return to negotiations and stop the weeklong bloodshed and humanitarian disasters.

ecns.cn (2023-10-13). FM confirms three Chinese nationals killed, two missing in Palestine-Israel conflict. ecns.cn The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday confirmed that three Chinese nationals have been killed, two are missing and several others have been injured during the ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict.

Editor (2023-10-13). Oct 13, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ An Cailin Alainn — Sibéal The geopolitics of Al-Aqsa Flood, by Pepe Escobar The God of War Consumes All, by Bill Astore Biden Invokes Mystery Evil to Cover Up U.S. Criminal Responsibility, by Finian Cunningham People Have A Serious Case Of 9/11 Brain Right Now, And It's Scary, by Caitlin Johnstone Jewish Voice for Peace: The Root of Violence is Oppression The New Gaza Generation: Rising Against Desperation and Defying Israel, by Ramzy Baroud Day Six: Mass Displacement; Thousands Dead, Wounded; Resistance Continues — Palestine Chronicle Report from Gaza: fears that Israeli army is…

Elliot Murphy (2023-10-13). Conflict in the Gulag Archipelago. counterpunch.org Israel-Palestine is one of those issues that looks like it has a simple solution, but the more you read about it the more complex you realize the situation is — but then if you read even more about it you conclude that it does have a simple solution after all. Iran-backed Hamas is resisting the

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-13). NSW Premier, police threaten Palestinian Australians and supporters. greenleft.org.au


Jeff Shantz (2023-10-13). Canadian police connections with Israel colour responses to Palestinian solidarity. greenleft.org.au Ties between Canadian police and Apartheid Israel's security forces run deep, and mean Palestinians in Canada are being demonised and treated as a threat, reports Jeff Shantz.

Leila Warah, Mondoweiss. (2023-10-13). 'Human Catastrophe' In Gaza As Israel Prepares For Ground Invasion. popularresistance.org Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip has now entered its fifth day on Wednesday, October 11. Israeli airstrikes continued through Tuesday night and into Wednesday, targeting factories, shops, residential buildings, and a university, killing at least 30 Palestinians and wounding hundreds of others. | Health officials in Gaza say medical facilities across the Strip are on the brink of collapse, as officials announce the shutdown of Gaza's sole power plant, plunging the Strip into total darkness. Mondoweiss Gaza correspondent Tareq Hajjaj says that internet connection and cell service are still extremely difficult…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-13). Brazil chairs UN meeting to discuss Israeli-Palestinian conflict. plenglish.com The headquarters of the Brazilian presidency reported that the meeting at the United Nations was convened by Brazil to address the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, threats to security and world peace, and escalations of conflicts in the Middle East. | President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appealed to UN Secretary General António Guterres and the international community in defense of Palestinian and Israeli children last Wednesday. | "Let us take advantage of all resources to put an end to the most serious violation of human rights in the Middle East conflict. Children never ought to be taken hostage, no m…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-13). Venezuela ratified its solidarity with the people of Palestine. plenglish.com Caracas, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) The government of Venezuela ratified its vocation of solidarity with the people of Palestine and demanded compliance with the resolutions adopted by the United Nations, on the seventh day of attacks against the Gaza Strip.

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). How Western media, social media influencers peddle lies to vilify Palestinians By: Shabbir Rizvi. midwesternmarx.com Since the Hamas-led Palestinian resistance operation "Al Aqsa Storm" on Saturday, mainstream Western media and social media influencers have been aggressively pushing Zionist narratives as part of a murky disinformation campaign against the resistance.The multi-front information war is designed to control the narrative around anything surrounding the Palestinian issue and the latest military operation that has shaken the foundation of the regime.Now more than ever, i …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). Israeli terror against Palestinians is behind the war in the Mideast By: John Wojick. midwesternmarx.com People stand outside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct.8, 2023. AP Photo/Yousef Masoud At a minimum hundreds of Israelis and even more Palestinians have already been killed in violence now marked by constant barbaric air raids Israel has unleashed on the territory of Gaza, a small enclave near the southern tip of Israel that is literally an outdoor prison for its 2 million Palestinian inhabitants.​People in Gaza cannot leave there a …

Jeff Shantz (2023-10-13). Canadian police connections with Israel colour responses to Palestinian solidarity. greenleft.org.au Ties between Canadian police and Apartheid Israel's security forces run deep, and mean Palestinians in Canada are being demonised and treated as a threat, reports Jeff Shantz.

Leila Warah, Mondoweiss. (2023-10-13). 'Human Catastrophe' In Gaza As Israel Prepares For Ground Invasion. popularresistance.org Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip has now entered its fifth day on Wednesday, October 11. Israeli airstrikes continued through Tuesday night and into Wednesday, targeting factories, shops, residential buildings, and a university, killing at least 30 Palestinians and wounding hundreds of others. | Health officials in Gaza say medical facilities across the Strip are on the brink of collapse, as officials announce the shutdown of Gaza's sole power plant, plunging the Strip into total darkness. Mondoweiss Gaza correspondent Tareq Hajjaj says that internet connection and cell service are still extremely difficult…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-13). Brazil chairs UN meeting to discuss Israeli-Palestinian conflict. plenglish.com The headquarters of the Brazilian presidency reported that the meeting at the United Nations was convened by Brazil to address the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, threats to security and world peace, and escalations of conflicts in the Middle East. | President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appealed to UN Secretary General António Guterres and the international community in defense of Palestinian and Israeli children last Wednesday. | "Let us take advantage of all resources to put an end to the most serious violation of human rights in the Middle East conflict. Children never ought to be taken hostage, no m…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-13). Venezuela ratified its solidarity with the people of Palestine. plenglish.com Caracas, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) The government of Venezuela ratified its vocation of solidarity with the people of Palestine and demanded compliance with the resolutions adopted by the United Nations, on the seventh day of attacks against the Gaza Strip.

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). How Western media, social media influencers peddle lies to vilify Palestinians By: Shabbir Rizvi. midwesternmarx.com Since the Hamas-led Palestinian resistance operation "Al Aqsa Storm" on Saturday, mainstream Western media and social media influencers have been aggressively pushing Zionist narratives as part of a murky disinformation campaign against the resistance.The multi-front information war is designed to control the narrative around anything surrounding the Palestinian issue and the latest military operation that has shaken the foundation of the regime.Now more than ever, i …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). Israeli terror against Palestinians is behind the war in the Mideast By: John Wojick. midwesternmarx.com People stand outside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct.8, 2023. AP Photo/Yousef Masoud At a minimum hundreds of Israelis and even more Palestinians have already been killed in violence now marked by constant barbaric air raids Israel has unleashed on the territory of Gaza, a small enclave near the southern tip of Israel that is literally an outdoor prison for its 2 million Palestinian inhabitants.​People in Gaza cannot leave there a …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). The Moral Imperative of Unconditional Decolonization. By: Yanis Iqbal. midwesternmarx.com Naomi Klein's article "Why are some of the left celebrating the killings of Israeli Jews?" is a ragbag of liberal rhetoric. Some unspecified leftists are criticized for celebrating the anti-Jew violence of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. By minimizing the massacre of Israeli civilians, these leftists are said to be fueling the sense of insecurity among Jews that drives Zionist settler-colonialism. Klein desires for "n international left rooted in values that side with …

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). The Savagery of the War Against the Palestinian People. By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com ​Who knows how many Palestinian civilians will be killed by the time this report is published? Among the bodies that cannot be taken to a hospital or a morgue, because there will be no petrol or electricity, will be large numbers of children. They will have hidden in their homes, listening to the sound of the Israeli F-16 bombers coming closer and closer, the explosions advancing toward them like a swarm of red ants on the chase. They will have covered their ears with their hands, c …

Mnar Adley (2023-10-13). Explained: The Gaza Concentration Camp. mintpressnews.com You heard it. Media have decided that this attack was "unprovoked," casually leaving out decades of occupation and oppression that have turned Gaza into the world's largest concentration camp and open-air prison. | In fact, this attack was very much provoked. And the violence did not just start on October 7th. | To be clear, Israel and Gaza are not two countries at war. Gaza is a territory under siege, where Israel controls every aspect of life. Palestinians didn't break through a "border" to enter Israel. They destroyed a fence separating them from the homes they were forced out of. | Over 75% of Palestinians in…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-10-13). Russia Fully Supports Establishment of Palestinian State: Putin. orinocotribune.com Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow has always fully supported the establishment of a Palestinian state, as the Israeli regime is ceaselessly pounding the besieged Gaza Strip with barrages of missile attacks. | Speaking at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week on Wednesday, Putin stressed that his country has always supported the implementation of the United Nations Security Council's decision on the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. | "We have always supported the implementation of the decisions of the UN Security Council, I mean, first of all, the creation of an independent P…

Palestinian Youth Movement & others (2023-10-13). Sunday 10/15: San Jose: Stand with Palestine. indybay.org Stevens Creek Blvd & Winchester Blvd, San Jose…

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Australians rally in support of Palestinians. presstv.ir Over a thousand Sydney residents marched in solidarity with Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Dozens killed as Israel strikes Gaza refugee camp. presstv.ir Dozens of Palestinians killed, wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza refugee camp.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in front of Sydney Opera House. presstv.ir Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather in front of the Sydney Opera House, condemning the use of Israeli flag's colors on the building's sails.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Indonesians rally to support Palestinians in front of US embassy. presstv.ir Hundreds of people from different Indonesian Islamic groups gather in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinian people.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Raeisi: No new order will take hold in region until Palestinian rights upheld. presstv.ir Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says no new order will take hold in the region until the rights of Palestinian people are upheld.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Pro Palestine protests: London. presstv.ir Thousands of people came out in London to support opposing sides amid a flare up of violence in occupied Palestine. Israel's embassy became the focus of a huge outpouring of support for Palestine.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Israeli settler, who called for Palestinians to be 'wiped out', behind 'beheaded babies' fake news. presstv.ir The source behind the claim that Hamas beheaded babies during its operation against the Israeli regime is an extremist settler who called for Palestinians to be "wiped out" earlier this year, according to a report.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Islamic Jihad commander killed in Israel's latest airstrikes on Gaza. presstv.ir In the latest airstrikes by the Israeli regime on the besieged Gaza Strip for the sixth consecutive day, a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement and his family have been martyred.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Israel strikes Gaza Strip using white phosphorus munitions: Monitor. presstv.ir A human rights monitor says Israel is using banned white phosphorus munitions against people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Iran's foreign minister meets Iraqi PM, talks Palestine developments. presstv.ir Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in Baghdad.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Biden, US politicians greenlighting 'potential genocide' of Palestinians: Analysts. presstv.ir Biden has said and said that the US stands behind Israel and will provide it whatever it needs to attack Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Thousands of Tunisians express their solidarity with Palestinians. presstv.ir Thousands of unionists, representatives of civil society, political activists, lawyers, and high school students demonstrated in the center of Tunis in support of the Palestinian people.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). 1,537 Palestinians killed, 6,612 wounded in Israeli offensive. presstv.ir Israel's savage strikes on the Gaza Strip claim the lives of hundreds of Palestinian children as the total death toll exceeds 1,500.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). 1,799 Palestinians martyred, 7,000 wounded in Israeli offensive. presstv.ir Israel's savage strikes on the Gaza Strip claim the lives of hundreds of Palestinian children as the total death toll hits 1,799.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Iran: Fighting against Israel may expand to 'new fronts'. presstv.ir Iran says fighting against the Israeli regime, which has brought Gaza under an all-out war, may expand to new fronts.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Israel gives Gazans 24 hours to relocate south; Hamas calls it 'fake propaganda'. presstv.ir The Israeli regime has ordered the entire residents of Gaza City to evacuate the area within 24 hours, in what is viewed as a precursor of a ground invasion.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Millions rally worldwide to support Palestinians, condemn Israeli atrocities in Gaza. presstv.ir Muslims across the world have taken to the streets to slam Israeli crimes against Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). South Africans empathize with Palestinians: al-Aqsa Storm. presstv.ir The Palestinian struggle for liberation is one that resonates with South Africans who faced a similar regime, with recent developments in the region highlighting how some have not abandoned their past racist ideals.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Ex-diplomat: Western media overlooking Palestinians' right to self-defense. presstv.ir A former senior Palestinian diplomat says Western mainstream media are turning a blind eye to the Palestinian nation's right to self-defense.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Palestinian resistance to tap 'various capacities' if Israel continues crimes: Iran FM. presstv.ir Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned that the Palestinian resistance groups will tap into their various capacities if the Israeli occupying regime pressed ahead with savagery in its barbaric onslaught against the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Thousands of Iraqis protest in Baghdad in support of Palestinians. presstv.ir Thousands of Iraqis pour onto Tahrir Square in Baghdad in support of Palestinians amid Israeli air strikes on Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Egyptians hold demonstration at Cairo mosque after Friday prayers. presstv.ir Hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators held a protest in the courtyard of Cairo's famous al-Azhar Mosque following Friday prayers to express solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Ramzy Baroud (2023-10-13). A Day to Remember: How 'Al-Quds Flood' Altered the Relationship Between Palestine and Israel Forever. counterpunch.org Regardless of the precise strategy of the Palestinian group Hamas, or any other Palestinian movement for that matter, the daring Palestinian military campaign, deep inside Israel, on Saturday, October 7, was only possible because Palestinians are simply fed up. 17 years ago, Israel imposed a hermetic siege on the Gaza Strip. The story of the

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. (2023-10-13). A Matter Of Justice. popularresistance.org I was nine years old (1948) when there was HUGE celebration in the Bronx at the founding of the state of Israel. No one told me that Arabs had lived on that land for centuries and were displaced by force, tens of thousands of them crammed into postage-stamp-size Gaza, now host to two million Palestinians. | The Religious 'Justification': Zionist Jews, like the ones now in power in Israel, claim God gave them the land they now occupy. They cite Deuteronomy. But given the way they treat Arabs, they ignore the fact that, according to Deuteronomy, it was a two-part 'deal'. By their oppression of the Arab population,…

Robert Koehler (2023-10-13). Hell Is Not Predestined. counterpunch.org Humanity's cancer shows up in Israel and Palestine. Missiles fly, hell makes global headlines, thousands of people die, many of them (oh God, of course) children. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declares: "We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly. . . . We are imposing a complete siege on Gaza. There will be no electricity,

Staff (2023-10-13). Former EU Envoy: Israel's Forced Transfer of Palestinians in Gaza Would Be a War Crime. democracynow.org Sven Kàºhn von Burgsdorff, recently retired European Union ambassador to Palestine, says Israeli pain and anger cannot justify war crimes in Gaza, where Israeli bombardment has already killed over 1,500 people. Now with Israel demanding the relocation of 1.1 million people ahead of an expected ground invasion, von Burgsdorff says Israel must adhere to international law and protect civilians. "No matter what Hamas did, it does not justify the incredible use of lethal force without distinction and without proportionality as far as the Palestinian population is concerned in Gaza," he says.

Staff (2023-10-13). Headlines for October 13, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Warns of "Devastating Humanitarian Consequences" as Israel Orders 1.1 Million to Evacuate Gaza, Israel Fires White Phosphorus in Lebanon and Gaza, Iran's Foreign Minister Meets Lebanese Leaders, Warns Israel Could Face "Other Fronts", Hamas Says 13 Hostages Captured in Israel Have Died in Gaza Airstrikes, Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Says U.S. Won't Place Conditions on Weapons to Israel, Western Governments Ban Palestinian Solidarity Demonstrations, Competing Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine Demonstrations Raise Tensions on College Campuses, Rep. Scalise Drops Bid to Become Hou…

Staff (2023-10-13). A Second Nakba? Israel Orders 1.1 Million Palestinians to Evacuate Northern Gaza Amid Bombing & Siege. democracynow.org Israel's military on Friday ordered 1.1 million civilians in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate "southwards" in just 24 hours, a demand that aid groups say will cause untold human suffering. The ultimatum comes ahead of an expected ground invasion of the besieged coastal enclave, where authorities say 1,537 people have been killed since Israel began devastating airstrikes in retaliation for a Hamas attack in which militants killed 1,300 people and took some 150 hostages. Hamas says the intense Israeli bombardment that has pulverized much of Gaza also killed 13 hostages. Meanwhile, Israel contin…

Staff (2023-10-13). Noura Erakat: Western Leaders & Media Are Justifying Israel's "Genocidal Campaign" Against Palestinians. democracynow.org The unfolding crisis in Gaza, where relentless Israeli bombardment has killed more than 1,500 people since Saturday, is "a humanitarian catastrophe," says Palestinian American human rights attorney Noura Erakat. She says Western leaders and the mainstream media have relied on racist, Islamophobic tropes to build a false consensus "that war is inevitable and that whatever consequences come out is the fault of Hamas, thereby further blaming the victims for their own killing and massacres." Erakat also decries the Israeli order that 1.1 million residents in Gaza relocate under threat of a gro…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-10-13). Israel prepara ofensiva y amenaza con extender guerra a Líbano. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Salud de Palestina cifra las víctimas de la agresión sionista en la Franja de Gaza en 1.417 muertos y 6.268 heridos; en Cisjordania alcanzan los 31 muertos y 180 heridos.

teleSUR, JCM, JGN, SH, MER (2023-10-13). Minuto a minuto de la ofensiva de la resistencia palestina. 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, odr, YSM (2023-10-13). Realizan movilizaciones en respaldo a Palestina y condena a Israel. telesurtv.net Varias regiones de Asia occidental, Europa y América Larina realizaron manifestaciones a favor de la causa palestina.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-10-13). Elevan a 1.537 los palestinos asesinados por Israel en Gaza. telesurtv.net Los registros en el sexto día de la escalada indican que 500 de los muertos son niños y 276 son mujeres.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-10-13). Apoyan al pueblo palestino contra el genocidio en varios países. telesurtv.net El Movimiento de Resistencia Islámica Palestina (Hamas) llamó a los musulmanes de todo el mundo a un Viernes de la Ira.

Vijay Prashad (2023-10-13). The Savagery of the War Against the Palestinian People. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Oct 10, 2023 | Israel's brutal and punctual violence against the Palestinian people in Gaza over the last decade, is in violation of all international conventions on war and human rights | Who knows how many Palestinian civilians will be killed by the time this report is published? Among the bodies that cannot be taken to a hospital or a morgue, because there will be no petrol or electricity, will be large numbers of children. They will have hidden in their homes, listening to the sound of the Israeli F-16 bombers coming closer and closer, the explosions advancing toward them like a swarm…

Vijay Prashad (2023-10-13). The Savagery of the War Against the Palestinian People. counterpunch.org Who knows how many Palestinian civilians will be killed by the time this report is published? Among the bodies that cannot be taken to a hospital or a morgue, because there will be no petrol or electricity, will be large numbers of children. They will have hidden in their homes, listening to the sound of

WorkWeek (2023-10-13). WorkWeek:Kaiser Nat Workers Strike, IBT VP Palmer On UPS & Retaliation/Mastafa Barghouti. indybay.org WorkWeek covers WorkWeek On Kaiser National Workers Strike, IBT VP Palmer On UPS & Retaliation, Mastafa Barghouti On Palestine & Israel. South Africa Buthelezi, The AFL-CIO, CIA & Apartheid & Who Is Senator Laphonza Butler, UBER & SEIU, South Africa Buthelezi, The AFL-CIO, CIA & Apartheid & Who Is Senator Laphonza Butler The UBER &SEIU. Two one hour programs.

WSWS (2023-10-13). Australian Labor government bans pro-Palestinian protest, threatens police rampage in Sydney. wsws.org Police are threatening to invoke "extraordinary powers" against a Sydney protest this Sunday, which could include mass searches, enormous fines and terms of imprisonment.

WSWS (2023-10-13). French police assault banned pro-Gaza demonstration in Paris. wsws.org Thousands of people gathered in Paris on Thursday night to protest the Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip despite the French government's blanket ban on pro-Palestinian protests.

WSWS (2023-10-13). German parliament in a war frenzy. wsws.org The German parliament has given the Israeli government carte blanche to take cruel revenge on the Palestinian population for the uprising in the Gaza Strip and has promised to support it with all available means.

WSWS (2023-10-13). Australian students denounce attacks on Gaza and hypocrisy of Labor's Voice campaign. wsws.org "In the referendum, the media is saying we need to acknowledge indigenous rights. But when something happens in Palestine, they ignore the rights of the Palestinians."

WSWS (2023-10-13). US, European powers fully implicated in Israeli mass murder. wsws.org The aim of the Israeli onslaught, fully backed by the Biden administration and the European governments, is to kill as many Palestinians as possible and to render Gaza dysfunctional and uninhabitable.

Afaf Ahmed (2023-10-12). Almost Out of Water, Food, and Fuel, What Israel Is Doing to the Gaza Strip Is Genocide. indybay.org "Please, keep posting about what's going on. Please, keep talking about the Palestinian cause. This is the least you can do for us."

Ali Abunimah (2023-10-12). Biden lied about seeing photos of beheaded Israeli children. electronicintifada.net Israel is using atrocity propaganda to justify mass slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza…

Ali Abunimah (2023-10-12). Germany affirms support for famine and extermination in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Chancellor Olaf Scholz offers Israel military aid to facilitate mass killing of Palestinians.

Amy Goodman (2023-10-12). Two Palestinians in Gaza Describe "Horror" on 6th Day of Israeli Bombing. truthout.org We speak with two Palestinians in Gaza City about Israel's devastating bombing campaign while blocking all food, water and fuel from entering the besieged territory. The U.N. reports that all of Gaza's 13 hospitals are only partially operational due to a lack of fuel and medical supplies as the International Red Cross warns "hospitals are going to be turned into graveyards." The territory's only… |

Ari Paul, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-10-12). Israeli Media Examine Government Failure; US Pushes 'National Unity'. popularresistance.org As the world watches the ongoing horror in southern Israel and in the Gaza Strip, media grapple not only with the immediate violence, but to understand why this happened and how it can stop. This is truly no other Middle East skirmish anymore. Likely the deadliest offensive against Israel on its soil, and perhaps the most audacious operation by Palestinian militants, it's been compared both to 9/11 and to the bloody 1973 war between Israel and a coalition of Arab nations. | How could Israel—so famous for its military might and advanced intelligence capabilities—have missed the warnings of such an atta…

Ari Paul, Fairness, Accuracy un Reporting. (2023-10-12). Israeli Media Examine Government Failure; US Pushes 'National Unity'. popularresistance.org As the world watches the ongoing horror in southern Israel and in the Gaza Strip, media grapple not only with the immediate violence, but to understand why this happened and how it can stop. This is truly no other Middle East skirmish anymore. Likely the deadliest offensive against Israel on its soil, and perhaps the most audacious operation by Palestinian militants, it's been compared both to 9/11 and to the bloody 1973 war between Israel and a coalition of Arab nations. | How could Israel—so famous for its military might and advanced intelligence capabilities—have missed the warnings of such an atta…

Chris Gilbert (2023-10-12). Venezuelan Migrants: Survivors from a Passenger Ship That You Sunk. counterpunch.org The empire throws the stone but hides its hand, and the obedient mass media (The New York Times included) follows suit by telling only of the reactions provoked by repeated imperial stonings. Two million Palestinians have been made hostage in the world's largest open-air prison for decades, where they are subjected to repeated attacks and humiliations. Then, lo

Dan Cohen (2023-10-12). Watch the MintPress News Documentary Film: Gaza Fights Back. mintpressnews.com In light of recent events in Gaza, MintPress News brings you our original 2022 documentary, Gaza Fights Back. Filmed on the ground with exclusive access to the Palestinian resistance, the film offers valuable context to the current state of affairs in Gaza.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). U.S., Israeli lawmakers call for genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. mronline.org An Israeli MK called for nuclear weapons to be used on Gaza.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Gaza's Only Power Plant Out of Fuel as Israeli Airstrikes Pound Enclave. news.antiwar.com Gaza's only power plant was shut down on Wednesday after it ran out of fuel as the situation in the besieged enclave is becoming increasingly desperate for civilians after days of relentless Israeli airstrikes. At least 1,100 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, and 5,339 have been wounded since Hamas launched its attack on southern …

Dave Lindorff (2023-10-12). Israel's War Crime. counterpunch.org Israel's IDF has for years ignored international law and done much the same thing in a more targeted but equally criminal fashion, destroying homes and often in the process killing innocent women and even children if suspected Palestinian "terrorists" were believed to have lived there. This tactic was applied even if the "terrorist" in question had been captured or killed already.

David Sirota (2023-10-12). The Fog Of War In Israel And Palestine. levernews.com

Editor (2023-10-12). The Shift: Blinken deletes call for cease-fire while Israeli defense minister orders 'complete siege' of Gaza. mronline.org After pushback from Republicans and right-wing groups Secretary of State Blinken deleted a tweet calling for a cease-fire in Palestine.

Editor (2023-10-12). 'Israel's 9/11' Is a Slogan to Rationalize Open-Ended Killing of Palestinian Civilians. scheerpost.com By Norman Solomon / CounterPunch When Israel's ambassador to the United Nations spoke outside the Security Council on Sunday, he said: "This is Israel's 9/11. This is Israel's 9/11." Meanwhile, in a PBS NewsHour interview, Israel's ambassador to the United States said: "This is, as someone said, our 9/11." While the phrase might seem logical, "Israel's 9/11" …

Editor (2023-10-12). Report From Gaza: Two Palestinians Describe 'Horror' on 6th Day of Israel Bombing Besieged Enclave. scheerpost.com By DemocracyNow! We speak with two Palestinians in Gaza City about Israel's devastating bombing campaign while blocking all food, water and fuel from entering the besieged territory. The U.N. reports that all of Gaza's 13 hospitals are only partially operational due to a lack of fuel and medical supplies as the International Red Cross warns …

Editor (2023-10-12). Source of Dubious 'Beheaded Babies' Claim is Israeli Settler Leader Who Incited Riots to 'Wipe Out' Palestinian Village. scheerpost.com After an Israeli reserve soldier named David Ben Zion told a reporter Palestinian militants "cut [off] heads of babies," Biden, Netanyahu, and the international media amplified the dubious claim. | The Grayzone has identified Ben Zion as a fanatical settler leader who incited riots by demanding a Palestinian town be "wiped out."

Editor (2023-10-12). Oct 12, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott — Over the Rainbow Ray McGovern: A Matter of Justice Condemnation — Now We Have Your Attention, by Craig Murray This Is Exactly What It Looks Like, by Caitlin Johnstone 'A Massive War Crime': Israel Announces Total Blockade of Gaza Strip, by Jake Johnson MoA: U.S. Plans To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza The Duran: Extremist Politics in Israel, Ukraine — Alastair Crooke, Alex Mercouris and G Diesen (Video) Don't Confuse Me With Facts. They know what they think, by Aurelien Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them Palestine-Is…

Frank Cappello (2023-10-12). The Fog Of War In Israel And Palestine. levernews.com

IMEMC (2023-10-12). Israeli Soldiers Abduct 40 Palestinians In West Bank. indybay.org On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted forty Palestinians, including a father and his son, after the army stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank.

infobrics (2023-10-12). Did Western weapons smuggled from Ukraine help fuel Israel-Gaza conflict?>. infobrics.org It's a big question whether Hamas would've ever dared to attack the IDF had it not been so heavily armed. Thus, it can be said that the Neo-Nazi junta now also has the blood of thousands of Israelis and Palestinians on its hands. However, the responsibility equally lies with its principal backers, NATO and the US.

infobrics (2023-10-12). Palestinian conflict internationalizing. infobrics.org Arab and Muslim countries support Palestine while the US and its proxies back Israel.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-12). From River to Sea: Interview with a Comrade of the PFLP. libya360.wordpress.com Beir Bua Resistance Reports Q: The PFLP is of course a socialist, Marxist-Leninist political party, and generally aims for a Palestine free from both national and class oppression. What is the specific program of the PFLP, and also what separates the PFLP from other Palestinian factions? A: The Arab popular movement, with its different nationalist,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-12). Source of Dubious 'Beheaded Babies' Claim is Israeli Settler Leader Who Incited Riots to 'Wipe Out' Palestinian Village. libya360.wordpress.com Max Blumenthal and Alexander Rubenstein After an Israeli reserve soldier named David Ben Zion told a reporter Palestinian militants "cut [off] heads of babies," Biden, Netanyahu, and the international media amplified the dubious claim. The Grayzone has identified Ben Zion as a fanatical settler leader who incited riots by demanding a Palestinian town be "wiped…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-12). The Geopolitics of Al-Aqsa Flood. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Global focus just shifted from Ukraine to Palestine. This new arena of confrontation will ignite further competition between the Atlanticist and Eurasian blocs. These fights are increasingly zero-sum ones; as in Ukraine, only one pole can emerge strengthened and victorious. Hamas' Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was meticulously planned. The launch date was conditioned by…

John Helmer (2023-10-12). Moscow's Silence In Relation to the Israel-Palestine War: Russia Is Reorienting Towards the Arabs. globalresearch.ca

Kelly Hayes (2023-10-12). Israel's Tools of Occupation Are Tested on Palestine and Exported Globally. truthout.org "The danger now is not just in Palestine for Palestinians. It's gone well beyond that now. It's exported, the idea that you can export occupation, you can export the tools of occupation, the tools of apartheid. That is where we currently are in the early 2020s," says The Palestine Laboratory author Antony Loewenstein. In this episode of "Movement Memos," host Kelly Hayes talks with Loewenstein… |

Lenin Contreras (2023-10-12). Palestina, las ambigàºedades de la 4T y los verdaderos terroristas. globalizacion.ca El 8 de octubre la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE), a cargo de Alicia Bárcenas, emitió el comunicado No. 417, en el cual se condenan las acciones del grupo palestino Hamas, al catalogarlas como actos terroristas "que constituyen una amenaza…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-12). Palestine calls in the UN for humanitarian intervention. plenglish.com United Nations, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) Palestinian authorities called for humanitarian intervention to avoid what many consider a catastrophe in the face of the growing conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Manuel Restrepo Domínguez (2023-10-12). La recurrente burla a la ONU por la potencia ocupante en Palestina. globalizacion.ca La declaración universal de derechos humanos de 1948 reconoce que toda acción, política o ley, debe priorizar el respeto por la dignidad humana y a los convenios de ginebra de 1949, dirigidos a aminorar el sufrimiento y recordar que la…

Marc Steiner (2023-10-12). Report from Palestine: 'Things are going to get a lot worse' in this war. therealnews.com With thousands of Israeli and Palestinian civilians slaughtered in the past week alone, with the total blackout and bombing of civilians in Gaza happening this very moment, with Israeli government officials speaking in openly genocidal terms, and with US warships moving into the Mediterranean Sea, the permanent war between occupier and occupied has boiled over into a terrifying, new, and even more violent phase—and no one knows exactly what will happen next. In this urgent, unscheduled episode of The Marc Steiner Show—the first installment of an ongoing series of conversations we will have from…

Marjorie Cohn (2023-10-12). Israel Is Using Starvation as a Weapon of War Against the Palestinian People. truthout.org After Hamas launched more than 2,000 missiles from Gaza and sent hundreds of fighters into Israel on October 7, killing hundreds of civilians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war on Hamas. But Israel's retaliation, including massive bombing from the land, air and sea, and its collective punishment of Gazans — denying them food, water, electricity and gas — reveals that Netanyahu has… |

mforinoco (2023-10-12). Israel To Impose Total Blockade of Gaza as Air Strikes Continue. orinocotribune.com Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour questioned the stance taken by some countries and media houses regarding Israel's so-called "right to defend," saying that it was a wrong understanding of history which only starts when Israelis are hurt. | Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

Michael F. Brown (2023-10-12). Newsweek's Josh Hammer wants much of Gaza reduced to a parking lot. electronicintifada.net Rabbi Ben Packer wants to throw Palestinians to the sharks.

Michel Moushabeck (2023-10-12). There's No Path to Ending Bloodshed If Palestinian Rights Continue to Be Denied. truthout.org Since last weekend I've been glued to the news and frantically checking on my family and friends in Gaza and the West Bank. I grieve for the loss of Palestinian and Israeli lives and I mourn with all those who lost loved ones and those who continue to suffer the consequences of the longest occupation in modern history. This week's violence did not start with Hamas's October 7 act of armed… |

Mike Adams (2023-10-12). Video: "Israel has chosen the Path of Committing Genocide against Two Million Civilians": Mike Adams Interviews Martin Armstrong. globalresearch.ca

Norman Solomon (2023-10-12). "Israel's 9/11" Is a Slogan to Rationalize Open-Ended Killing of Palestinian Civilians. indybay.org "We are fighting animals"

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-10-12). 'Finish Them': How Western Leaders Blame Palestinian Victim, Hail Aggressor. orinocotribune.com By Maryam Qarehgozlou — Oct 10, 2023 | In a classic case of blaming the victim and brazenly whitewashing the Israeli regime's atrocities, many world leaders have again jumped in defense of the apartheid. | Since the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched its military operation on the occupied territories on Saturday morning, in retaliation for incessant violations of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the international community has rushed to reaffirm their support for the apartheid regime. | Since the operation was launched, more than a thousand Israeli soldiers and settlers have been killed and hundreds more are…

Palestine Action. (2023-10-12). Launch Of 50-Target-Map Of Companies Complicit In Israel's Weapons Trade. popularresistance.org Israel has now declared a 'full siege' on Gaza, dropping 1,000 tonnes of bombs on the 25-mile long Strip and cutting off all supplies, food, energy and water to its 2 million inhabitants. Over 700 Palestinians have been killed, over 180,000 made homeless, and Gazans are preparing for worse to come — until now, it was unthinkable that their 17 years of captivity and starvation could be made any worse. At this moment, those of us living in the globe's imperial core face a choice: between silence and complicity in the decades-long brutalisation of Palestine, or standing with the liberation efforts of those sub…

Palestine Chronicle (2023-10-12). Israeli Army Bombs a Single Neighborhood in Gaza 450 Times in 24 Hours. globalresearch.ca

Palestinian Youth Movement & others (2023-10-12). Sunday 10/15: San Jose: Stand with Palestine. indybay.org Stevens Creek Blvd & Winchester Blvd, San Jose…

People's Dispatch. (2023-10-12). Gaza: Power Plant Shut Down; Over 1,055 Reported Dead From Airstrikes. popularresistance.org The Israeli occupation forces targeted over 150 locations across Gaza on Wednesday, October 11, the fifth day of their assault inside the besieged Palestinian territory. According to the latest numbers from local media and the Palestinian Ministry of Health, over 1,055 Palestinians have been killed so far including over 250 children. Over 5,000 have also been injured. | Israel is also reportedly preparing for a ground offensive on Gaza and has amassed at least 100,000 soldiers and reserves on the border. | Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation inside Gaza is deteriorating fast.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-12). In one morning, 250 killed in Gaza by Israeli bombs. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli air force continued to bomb different parts of Gaza throughout the night on Wednesday, October 11 and into the morning of October 12, killing scores of Palestinian civilians and leveling The total number of Palestinians killed in the six days of Israeli offensive inside Gaza has crossed 1,448 with more than 447 children according to

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Australians rally in support of Palestinians. presstv.ir Over a thousand Sydney residents marched in solidarity with Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Dozens killed as Israel strikes Gaza refugee camp. presstv.ir Dozens of Palestinians killed, wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza refugee camp.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in front of Sydney Opera House. presstv.ir Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather in front of the Sydney Opera House, condemning the use of Israeli flag's colors on the building's sails.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Iran's Leader: Israel to receive 'heavier slap' for Gaza massacre. presstv.ir Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Israel will receive "a heavier slap" for the regime's ongoing massacre of the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Palestinian resistance 100% behind decision to launch Al-Aqsa Storm: Iran FM. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister says the Palestinian resistance is 100% behind the decision to launch the "courageous" operation against Israel.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Iranians to hold nationwide marches Friday to show solidarity with Palestinians. presstv.ir Iranian cities will on Friday be a scene of street rallies in condemnation of the Israeli regime's savage attacks against the besieged Gaza strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). EU asks Musk to censor news about Israel's war in Gaza. presstv.ir The European Union is asking Elon Musk to censor information not conforming to the Western narrative over Israel's war on Palestinians in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Gaza health ministry: 1,100 Palestinian killed in incessant Israeli bombardment. presstv.ir At least 1,100 Palestinians have been killed in more than five days of Israeli bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). People across globe stand in solidarity with Gaza. presstv.ir People in a number of countries across the globe have staged demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). US CEOs urge blacklisting of Harvard students who signed anti-Israeli statement. presstv.ir CEOs running a whole host of American business giants urge blacklisting of the Harvard University students, who recently signed an anti-Israeli statement.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Indonesians rally to support Palestinians in front of US embassy. presstv.ir Hundreds of people from different Indonesian Islamic groups gather in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinian people.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Israel cutting off Gaza's water, electricity amounts to war crime: Iran FM. presstv.ir Iran's FM says Israel's move to cut off the water and electricity supplies to Gaza amounts to collective punishment and a systematic war crime.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Raeisi: No new order will take hold in region until Palestinian rights upheld. presstv.ir Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says no new order will take hold in the region until the rights of Palestinian people are upheld.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Israel's overnight airstrikes kill dozens more in Gaza Strip. presstv.ir Israel's overnight airstrikes have killed over 50 Palestinians in the tightly-besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Islamic Jihad calls on West Bank resistance to join operation against Israel. presstv.ir The Islamic Jihad resistance movement says Operation al-Aqsa Storm against Israel is no longer limited to Gaza and other fronts may soon join the large-scale battle.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Pro Palestine protests: London. presstv.ir Thousands of people came out in London to support opposing sides amid a flare up of violence in occupied Palestine. Israel's embassy became the focus of a huge outpouring of support for Palestine.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Israeli settler, who called for Palestinians to be 'wiped out', behind 'beheaded babies' fake news. presstv.ir The source behind the claim that Hamas beheaded babies during its operation against the Israeli regime is an extremist settler who called for Palestinians to be "wiped out" earlier this year, according to a report.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Islamic Jihad commander killed in Israel's latest airstrikes on Gaza. presstv.ir In the latest airstrikes by the Israeli regime on the besieged Gaza Strip for the sixth consecutive day, a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement and his family have been martyred.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Israel killing Palestinian women, children over defeat to resistance: Raeisi. presstv.ir Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said on Thursday that the Israeli regime is dropping bombs on defenseless Palestinian civilian due to its failure to face off resistance fighters.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Israel strikes Gaza Strip using white phosphorus munitions: Monitor. presstv.ir A human rights monitor says Israel is using banned white phosphorus munitions against people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin (2023-10-12). Palestine and Ukraine: Peace Is Possible. globalresearch.ca

Ramzy Baroud, MintPress News. (2023-10-12). The New Gaza Generation: Rising Against Desperation And Defying Israel. popularresistance.org Regardless of the precise strategy of the Palestinian group Hamas, or any other Palestinian movement for that matter, the daring Palestinian military campaign deep inside Israel on Saturday, October 7, was only possible because Palestinians are simply fed up. | 17 years ago, Israel imposed a hermetic siege on the Gaza Strip. The story of the siege is often presented in two starkly different interpretations. For some, it is an inhumane act of 'collective punishment'; for others, it is a necessary evil so that Israel may protect itself from so-called Palestinian terrorism. | Largely missing from the story, however,…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-10-12). The New Gaza Generation: Rising Against Desperation and Defying Israel. mintpressnews.com Regardless of how many Palestinians Israel kills and will kill, in retaliation, although tragic, it will hardly salvage the tattered image of an undisciplined army, a divided society, and a political leadership that is solely focused on its own survival.

Rayhan Uddin (2023-10-12). Israel-Palestine War: These Posts Are Fake or Misleading. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-10-12). Palestinian Journalist: Latest Violence Shatters Notion That Israeli Apartheid Is Sustainable. democracynow.org Palestinian journalist and senior editor at +972 Magazine Amjad Iraqi believes Hamas breaking through the military border between Gaza and Israel has shattered the belief that the occupation is sustainable. Without being able to ignore Palestinians, Iraqi says, long-term reflection on Israel's apartheid system is possible, but in the short term, the international community is indulging Israel's desire for revenge. "Now for the far-right government, this massacre, as atrocious as it is, is for them a historic opportunity," says Iraqi, who describes the desire of Israeli leadership to force…

Staff (2023-10-12). Report from Gaza: Two Palestinians Describe "Horror" on 6th Day of Israel Bombing Besieged Enclave. democracynow.org We speak with two Palestinians in Gaza City about Israel's devastating bombing campaign while blocking all food, water and fuel from entering the besieged territory. The U.N. reports that all of Gaza's 13 hospitals are only partially operational due to a lack of fuel and medical supplies as the International Red Cross warns "hospitals are going to be turned into graveyards." The territory's only power plant has stopped operating due to a lack of fuel, yet Israeli authorities are vowing to continue the siege of Gaza until Hamas releases the over 100 hostages it seized during its unpre…

Staff (2023-10-12). Headlines for October 12, 2023. democracynow.org Gaza Death Toll Tops 1,350 as Relentless Israeli Assault Worsens Humanitarian Crisis, Israel Death Toll Tops 1,300 as Newly Formed War Cabinet Vows to Wipe Hamas Off Face of Earth, Settlers Backed by Israeli Army Kill Palestinians in Occupied West Bank, Israel Bombs Syrian Airports, Says Air Raid Alert Near Lebanon Border Was False Alarm, Netanyahu Thanks Blinken for U.S. Support in Fight Against "Barbarians of Hamas", Jewish Voice for Peace Calls for Restraint After Sen. Lindsey Graham Urges Israel to "Level" Gaza, Turkish President Condemns Israeli "Massacre" in Gaza, Europe…

Staff (2023-10-12). Israeli Bombardment Kills Upwards of 1,100 in Gaza Strip; VP Rodríguez Calls It Genocide. orinocotribune.com The number of Palestinians killed during the Israeli genocidal aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank has risen to over 1,100, while the number of wounded has exceeded 5,339, according to reports from the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Israeli army declared that the death toll within the Israeli settler entity had reached 1,200, and that more than 2,700 people had been injured so far. | The Palestinian Ministry of Health noted that two of the dead were from an ambulance targeted by one of the bombs dropped by the Israeli occupation forces. | Added to the occupation's blockade that keeps medicine…

Staff (2023-10-12). The Axis of Resistance: What Does it Mean for a Palestinian? orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish pieces older than two weeks. However, an exception is being made in this case as the current article remains as relevant today as when it was first published. | By Al-Hadf Editorial Team — Aug 23, 2023 | It is superficial and patronizing to reduce all of the forces combating the Zionist entity and Western imperialism in the region to being "Iranian proxies." This view is only espoused by the defeatists and the allies of the colonizers. Conversely, a substantial portion of those who have shed blood in the face of the colonial project understand that…

Staff (2023-10-12). Statement: Germany announces ban on Samidoun Network — we remain steadfast! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is outraged at the statement of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the Bundestag on 12 October 2023 where he declared his intention to ban Samidoun Network as an organization in Germany, which was supported by the ministry of interior shortly after. As we write this message, Palestinians in Gaza are …

teleSUR, DRL (2023-10-12). Colonos israelíes asesinan a tres palestinos en Nablús. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a denuncias de los palestinos, los habitantes de estos núcleos acosan a menudo a la población local y destruyen sus cosechas o pertenencias.

teleSUR, JCM, JGN, SH, MER (2023-10-12). Minuto a minuto de la ofensiva de la resistencia palestina. 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, JGN, DRL (2023-10-12). Elevan a 1.100 cifra de muertos en la Franja de Gaza por ataques de Israel. telesurtv.net Según la ONU más de 260.000 personas han sido obligadas a abandonar sus casas en la Franja de Gaza ante los fuertes bombardeos de Israel…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-10-12). Llaman a una acción árabe para proteger al pueblo palestino. telesurtv.net Al Assad y Raisi analizaron en una conversación telefónica la situación en los territorios palestinos ocupados.

teleSUR, nbb, DRL (2023-10-12). Blinken visita Israel en respaldo a ofensiva sionista en Gaza. telesurtv.net Según el secretario general de la OLP, la entrevista es "parte del esfuerzo realizado las 24 horas del día por los dirigentes palestinos para detener esta guerra devastadora".

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-10-12). Presidente de Irán y príncipe heredero saudí dialogan vía telefónica. telesurtv.net Los dignatarios dialogaron sobre la "necesidad de poner fin a los crímenes de guerra contra Palestina".

The Cradle. (2023-10-12). France Bans Pro-Palestine Rallies. popularresistance.org French police have banned two rallies scheduled for 12 October in solidarity with Palestinians being slaughtered in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces. | The protest ban was implemented "taking into account the risk of disturbance to public order," according to French media citing police officials. | The decision was taken two days after security forces violently repressed a pro-Palestine rally in France's second city of Lyon, using tear gas and batons to break it up. | The police attacks and bans on pro-Palestine rallies come as French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Morett issued a circular to the courts saying that…

The Cradle. (2023-10-12). 'We Will Target US Bases If Washington Intervenes': Iraqi Resistance. popularresistance.org Iraqi resistance faction Kataib Hezbollah issued a stern warning on 11 October, threatening to strike at US bases in Iraq and surrounding areas if the US intervened in the ongoing war between various Palestinian factions and Israel. | They, alongside other Iraqi groups and religious leaders, have voiced strong support for the Palestinians as they continue Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. | "Since the first hours, we have been in direct and indirect contact with the Palestinian resistance," Kataib Hezbollah's leader Sayyid al-Shuhada, Abu Alaa al-Walai, said in a statement. | "If the US intervenes, we will intervene direc…

WorkWeek (2023-10-12). WorkWeek:Kaiser Nat Workers Strike, IBT VP Palmer On UPS & Retaliation/Mastafa Barghouti. indybay.org WorkWeek covers WorkWeek On Kaiser National Workers Strike, IBT VP Palmer On UPS & Retaliation, Mastafa Barghouti On Palestine & Israel. South Africa Buthelezi, The AFL-CIO, CIA & Apartheid & Who Is Senator Laphonza Butler, UBER & SEIU, South Africa Buthelezi, The AFL-CIO, CIA & Apartheid & Who Is Senator Laphonza Butler The UBER &SEIU. Two one hour programs.

WSWS (2023-10-12). Spontaneous protests in solidarity with Palestinians in German cities. wsws.org There have been spontaneous pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Germany this week, despite efforts by the German government, police and courts to ban all protests against the Israeli army's brutal crackdown on Gaza.

WSWS (2023-10-12). Dearborn, Michigan: Hundreds attend rally in defense of Palestinians and residents of Gaza. wsws.org Speakers and attendees voiced strong opposition to the full backing given by President Biden and other top US officials to the murderous Israeli onslaught against Gaza.

WSWS (2023-10-12). California Democratic Senate candidates advance same right-wing, pro-war policies at union forum. wsws.org Exploding any veneer of "progressivism," every candidate backed the joint US-Israeli military campaign against the Palestinian people.

Alan Macleod (2023-10-13). Propaganda Blitz: How Mainstream Media Is Pushing Fake Palestine Stories. mintpressnews.com After Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, IDF forces responded with airstrikes, leveling Gazan buildings. The violence so far has claimed the lives of more than 2,500 people. Western media, however, show far more interest and have much greater sympathy with Israeli dead than Palestinian ones and have played their usual role as unofficial …

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Raeisi: Israeli backers complicit in regime's crimes against Palestinians. presstv.ir Iran's president says supporters of Israel are complicit in all the regime's crimes against the Palestinian people.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Iran FM: End to Israel's war crimes in Gaza top, foremost priority. presstv.ir The Iranian foreign minister urges an immediate end to Israel's war crimes against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Israeli forces kill 11 in West Bank as Palestinians rally for Gaza. presstv.ir Israeli forces open live fire on the Palestinians rallying in the West Bank in solidarity with people in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Palestinian PM slams 'genocide' of Gazans by Israel. presstv.ir "Our people in Gaza are going through genocide," Mohammed Shtayyeh said.

teleSUR, lfb, JDO (2023-10-13). Irán despliega ofensiva diplomática en apoyo a Palestina. telesurtv.net Canciller iraní visita Líbano y se entrevista con líder de Hizbullah. Por su parte, el secretario de Estado de EE.UU. se entrevistó en Jordania con autoridades palestinas.

Dave Lindorff (2023-10-12). Israel's War Crime. counterpunch.org Israel's IDF has for years ignored international law and done much the same thing in a more targeted but equally criminal fashion, destroying homes and often in the process killing innocent women and even children if suspected Palestinian "terrorists" were believed to have lived there. This tactic was applied even if the "terrorist" in question had been captured or killed already.

Staff (2023-10-12). Israeli Bombardment Kills Upwards of 1,100 in Gaza Strip, VP Rodríguez Calls It Genocide. orinocotribune.com The number of Palestinians killed during the Israeli genocidal aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank has risen to over 1,100, while the number of wounded has exceeded 5,339, according to reports from the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Israeli army declared that the death toll within the Israeli settler entity had reached 1,200, and that more than 2,700 people had been injured so far. | The Palestinian Ministry of Health noted that two of the dead were from an ambulance targeted by one of the bombs dropped by the Israeli occupation forces. | Added to the occupation's blockade that keeps medicine…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2023-10-13). Roaming Charges: Gaza Without Mercy. counterpunch.org When you declare total war against Gaza, which has been under perpetual siege since 1967 after being seized by Israel during the Six Day War, what is it you're going to war against? There are no airbases, no army bases, no tank battalions, no air defense systems, no naval ports, no oil refineries, no rail system, no troop barracks, no armored personnel carriers, no howitzers, no satellite systems, no attack helicopters, no fighter jets, no anti-tank batteries, no submarines, no command-and-control centers. Just people, most of them women and kids. It's why the entire population must be dehumanized, turned into "h…

Kenn Orphan (2023-10-13). Israel and the Gaza Prison Break. counterpunch.org There are some are saying that the recent Hamas attack in southern Israel was that country's 9/11. It's hard to miss the inference there. A gruesome and "unprovoked" attack on innocent people. An outpouring of grief and international solidarity. A demand for retaliation. As in those attacks over 20 years ago, these were no less

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-13). UNICEF expresses horror over humanitarian crisis in Gaza. plenglish.com Ramallah, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) UNICEF stated that it is horrified by the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip as a result of the total blockade and the bombings conducted by the Israeli aviation, which have caused over 1,500 deaths.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-10-13). Israeli attacks wipe out 44 Gaza families. electronicintifada.net "Hospitals risk being turned into morgues without electricity," Red Cross warns.

Mnar Adley (2023-10-13). Gaza In Context: With Mnar Adley, Lowkey and Alan Macleod. mintpressnews.com MintPress founder and director Mnar Adley is joined by activist rapper and host of the Watchdog podcast on MintPress Lowkey, and MintPress senior staff writer Alan MacLeod to break down media narratives surrounding the crisis in Gaza and what you need to know.

Neve Gordon (2023-10-13). Can Netanyahu survive Hamas's attack on Israel? counterpunch.org Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel is without doubt of historic proportions and will be remembered for generations to come. The Israeli death toll has reached 1,200 people and the number of people kidnapped and being held in Gaza is estimated at more than 100. Israelis are realising that Hamas's success is intricately tied

Peninsula Peace & Justice Center (2023-10-13). Thursday 10/19: Gaza Crisis: Emergency Webinar w/ Prof. Joel Beinin, Middle East Historian. indybay.org Zoom – join from anywhere…

Peter Bolton (2023-10-13). Media Disinformation and Selective Outrage are Key Pillars of Israel's War Propaganda Arsenal. counterpunch.org Headlines have been dominated since Saturday by the surprise Hamas attack against Israel and the Netanyahu government's response. By Monday, Israel had formally declared war against the Islamist group and moved tens of thousands of troops toward Gaza in what looks like preparation for a full-blown ground invasion. Most controversially, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Khan Yunis mourns as death toll rises amid Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. presstv.ir Footage filmed on Monday shows grief-stricken citizens in the southern city of Khan Yunis.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). 'We are being bombed in total silence' by Israel, journalist says. presstv.ir Journalist says Israel is cutting off Gazans from outside world.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Iran, KSA: Israel, US inviting 'destructive insecurity' for Tel Aviv, allies. presstv.ir Iran and Saudi Arabia say Israel's crimes and the US's green light for them stand to invite "destructive insecurity" for the occupying regime and its supporters.

Sahar Qeshta (2023-10-13). In Gaza's darkness . electronicintifada.net Israel considers everything fair game for destruction.

Staff (2023-10-13). Gaza's Health System at a "Breaking Point" Amid Israeli Siege & Bombing. democracynow.org The World Health Organization warns Gaza's healthcare system is at a "breaking point" under Israel's unabated bombing of civilians, and its blockade of resources and medical supplies. The WHO also reports dozens of attacks on hospitals and ambulances. We speak with Dr. Zaher Sahloul, a physician specializing in disaster relief with the international medical nonprofit MedGlobal, which is supporting doctors in Gaza. He calls the situation there "beyond catastrophic" as the number of critically injured patients far outstrips available hospital beds. Sahloul says the U.S. must tell…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-10-13). Israel da 24 horas a la población de Gaza para abandonar la zona. telesurtv.net Hamás dijo a los residentes de Gaza que la noticia de la evacuación "es propaganda falsa".

WSWS (2023-10-13). French President Macron endorses Israeli war on Gaza. wsws.org Before Macron's televised speech, his political advisers told the media that his position faces deep opposition and that they fear it might explode into uncontrollable protests.

WSWS (2023-10-13). As House Republican crisis deepens: Democrats seeking deal on Ukraine, Israel military aid. wsws.org The proposed tradeoff is to provide Democratic votes to elect a Republican House Speaker in return for approval of a further massive increase in military spending for the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Blinken: 'As long as America Exists,' It Will Support Israel. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared in Tel Aviv on Thursday that "as long as America exists," it will support Israel, a pledge that came amid a relentless Israeli bombardment of Gaza. "The message that I bring to Israel is this: You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself — but as …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Israel Says No Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Until Captives Released. news.antiwar.com An Israeli minister said Thursday that Israel would not allow any humanitarian aid into Gaza unless Hamas releases Israelis it has taken into the enclave. "Humanitarian aid to Gaza?" Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz wrote on X. "No electric switch will be turned on, no water tap will be opened and no fuel truck will …

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). Satellite images of damaged Gaza checkpoint after attack. ecns.cn This combination of satellite images shows the Erez checkpoint, border of Gaza and Israel on June 5, 2023 (L) and Oct. 8, 2023 (R).

Editor (2023-10-12). Patrick Lawrence: 'Innocent Israelis'. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Of all the gruesome images and stomach-turning news reports to come out of Israel since Hamas launched its daring attack across the Gaza border last Saturday, one incident stays stubbornly with me. It occurred early on the morning of the assault near a kibbutz called Re'im, which lies …

Editor (2023-10-12). Israeli Airstrikes Have Killed Over 320 Children in Gaza: Health Ministry. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-10-12). Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Should Lift Siege & Call Off Plans for Ground Invasion of Gaza. scheerpost.com By DemocracyNow! From Tel Aviv, we hear from award-winning Israeli journalist and author Gideon Levy, whose recent column for Haaretz is headlined "Israel Can't Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying a Cruel Price." Levy discusses the reaction within Israeli society toward Hamas's unexpected attack and condemns the Netanyahu government for only mobilizing for further warfare rather than …

Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. (2023-10-12). 'A Massive War Crime': Israel Begins Total Blockade Of Gaza Strip. popularresistance.org Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip on Monday, pledging to block food and fuel from entering the occupied enclave and cut off the territory's electricity—steps that international law experts and other observers decried as a clear war crime that will devastate civilians. | "There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed," said Gallant. | Using rhetoric that one commentator called "blatantly genocidal," Gallant added that "we are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly." | Israel has been imposing a land, air, and sea blockade…

Maram Humaid (2023-10-12). Today in Gaza, I No Longer Believe We'll Get Out of Israel's Assault Alive. globalresearch.ca

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-10-12). Famine looms in Gaza amid Israeli carpet bombing. electronicintifada.net Rights groups call for immediate international intervention to stave off humanitarian catastrophe.

Michael Jansen (2023-10-12). Gaza's Military Operation Against Israel Surprise to No One. globalresearch.ca

noreply (2023-10-12). Ania, Scott and Me. smoothiex12.blogspot.com Talking Gaza and Israel.

Patricia Harrity (2023-10-12). War Crimes are being Condoned by British MPs. expose-news.com Yoav Gallant, Israel's Defence Minister ordered "a complete siege of the Gaza Strip," on Monday in response to Hama's assault of Israel. "There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything …

Patrick Howlett-Martin (2023-10-12). Gaza, What Future? counterpunch.org

Peninsula Peace & Justice Center (2023-10-12). Thursday 10/19: Gaza Crisis: Emergency Webinar w/ Prof. Joel Beinin, Middle East Historian. indybay.org Zoom – join from anywhere…

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Khan Yunis mourns as death toll rises amid Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. presstv.ir Footage filmed on Monday shows grief-stricken citizens in the southern city of Khan Yunis.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Iraq's Hezbollah vows to target US bases if Washington aids Israel. presstv.ir Iraq's anti-terror group Kata'ib Hezbollah threatens to target American bases in Iraq and the entire region if the US intervenes in the Israeli regime's onslaught against Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Israel bombs residential areas in Gaza for 5th day in a row. presstv.ir The Israeli regime has launched a fresh round of airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip on the fifth day of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). IRIB World Service condemns Israeli bombing of its office in Gaza. presstv.ir The IRIB World Service condemns Israeli bombing of its office in Gaza, saying the attack was meant to muzzle free media voices.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Iran: Israel is accountable for Gaza humanitarian crisis. presstv.ir Iran's FM holds Israel accountable for the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). 'We are being bombed in total silence' by Israel, journalist says. presstv.ir Journalist says Israel is cutting off Gazans from outside world.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Ayatollah Sistani condemns Israeli's savagery in Gaza, urges intl. action to end atrocities. presstv.ir Ayatollah Sistani condemns the Israeli onslaught in the Gaza Strip and urges the world to stand up to the regime.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Iran, KSA: Israel, its supporters inviting 'destructive insecurity'. presstv.ir Iran and Saudi Arabia say Israel's crimes and the US's green light for them stand to invite "destructive insecurity" for the occupying regime and its supporters.

Revolution Books (2023-10-12). Saturday 10/14: Film/Discussion–BEHIND THE ISRAEL GAZA CLASH – No to US-Israeli Oppression of the Palest. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Ryan Cristián (2023-10-12). Killed In Gaza By Israeli Bombing: 140 Kids, 11 UN Staff, 30 UN School Pupils & 4 Israeli Hostages. 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 (10/12/23). 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

Staff (2023-10-12). Human Rights Lawyer Michael Sfard: "Israelis Must Maintain Their Humanity Even When Their Blood Boils" democracynow.org Michael Sfard, an Israeli human rights lawyer and expert on international human rights, calls for Israel to act within international law in response to Hamas's attack on civilians Saturday. "My government is waging an attack that seems to be using war crimes to retaliate on war crimes," says Sfard. "They want revenge, as if a revenge would bring back the dear ones that are gone." Sfard says Israel should end its bombing and lift the blockade on Gaza because civilians do not deserve punishment for militant attacks. "Modern international law prohibits, with no exception, collecti…

Tareq S. Hajjaj (2023-10-12). Gazans Fear Israeli Army Is Preparing for Mass Ethnic Cleansing to Egypt. truthout.org The WHO put out a statement yesterday saying that medical supplies in all of Gaza's hospitals have started to run out. At the same time, Dr. Ashraf al-Qidra, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, put out a press release saying that health services have entered a "critical phase," and that medical supplies, tools, and fuel are about to run out. He added that the hospitals are at full… |

teleSUR, JGN (2023-10-12). Nuevos bombardeos israelíes sobre la Franja de Gaza dejan 51 muertos. telesurtv.net Desde el sábado pasado el número de muertos en la Franja de Gaza por los bombardeos ha superado los 1.200.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-10-12). Continúa el asedio de Israel contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Los cortes de electricidad, agua y combustible contra los ciudadanos que residen en la Franja de Gaza debilitan la prestación de servicios de salud.

WSWS (2023-10-12). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strikes by teachers and support workers continue in parts of Lithuania, Portugal, Belgium, Montenegro, Germany and Serbia over pay, conditions and funding; protests across Middle East including in Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, the Yemen and Jordan in response to Israeli bombing of Gaza; polytechnic workers in Abeokuta, Nigeria begin indefinite strike over non-payment of salaries and allowances for three months…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-13). Iran calls for an end to the Israeli aggression against Gaza. plenglish.com Beirut, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, called on the Islamic governments to declare their support for the end of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Israeli onslaught against Gaza 'organized crime' backed by West: Hezbollah. presstv.ir Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has denounced the ongoing brutal onslaught by the Israeli regime against the besieged Gaza Strip as an organized crime backed by the Western governments.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Riyadh postpones normalization with Israel, engages with Iran amid Gaza war: Report. presstv.ir Saudi Arabia has reportedly delayed talks on normalization with Israel and is instead engaging Iran amid Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-10-13). "Beheaded Israeli Babies", "Raped Women" And Other Disinformation To Justify Gaza Massacre. thelastamericanvagabond.com Following Israel's onslaught against Gaza, killing over a thousand civilians, rendering hundreds of thousands homeless and cutting off the water, food, international aid, electricity, and fuel to what Israel's Defense Minister called "human animals" in Gaza, an immense focus has been placed upon the nature of the initial Hamas attack against Israel. By now you

Tamara Nassar (2023-10-13). Settlers go on killing spree in West Bank. electronicintifada.net Soldiers join in the violence, rights group says.

Ghada Ageel (2023-10-13). Dead in the blink of an eye. electronicintifada.net Friends, neighbors and cousins gone as US provides material support for Israel's mass slaughter from the air.

Larry Johnson (2023-10-13). More on The Israeli and U.S. Intelligence Failure. sonar21.com A good friend of mine, who retired from U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command aka INSCOM, and I had a long chat today about "intelligence failures" while puffing on a couple of fine stogies. I realized that I needed to do a better job of explaining what I meant when I said last week's Hamas attack was an intelligence failure. So let me break this down for you. | Intelligence failures can be characterized as follows: | Lack of sources and information. | Relevant information was collected but it was not read. | There was intel, analysts looked at the information and dismissed it as not relevant or inacc…

Paul Street (2023-10-13). Manufacturing Consent: The Western War Media's Selective Outrage and Imperial Amnesia. counterpunch.org Like many folks I have spent a fair amount of time the last few days in front of a television watching the US cable news stations — primarily CNN and MSNBC with an occasional look at FOX — cover the Israel-Hamas war. I am struck by the extreme and unabashed imbalance in humanitarian concern demonstrated

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Hamas frees Israeli woman, two children in humanitarian gesture. presstv.ir Hamas has released a video showing the release of an Israeli woman and two children who were captured during the group's surprise attack against the occupied territories on Saturday.

presstv.ir (2023-10-13). Israeli airstrikes target Syria's Damascus, Aleppo airports. presstv.ir Israel carries out aerial assaults on Syria's two main airports in the cities of Damascus and Aleppo, putting both facilities out of service.

Staff (2023-10-13). Seattle Rabbi David Basior Eulogizes Former Congregant Killed by Hamas, Says Occupation Must End. democracynow.org As more details emerge about the shocking Hamas attack on Saturday, we speak with Rabbi David Basior of Kadima Reconstructionist Community, a progressive Jewish group in Seattle focused on social justice. Basior's former congregant Hayim Katsman was among those killed in Israel by Hamas militants who stormed Kibbutz Holit. The 32-year-old was a gardener, mechanic and peace activist who worked with anti-occupation groups. During the attack, he shielded a woman from bullets with his own body, saving her life at the cost of his own. Katsman's family have said that he would not have wanted his death to fu…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-10-13). Siria denuncia ataques israelíes contra dos aeropuertos. telesurtv.net Las autoridades reportaron la agresión aérea simultánea con ráfagas de misiles sobre las 13H50 (hora local).

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-10-13). Venezuela condena ataques de Israel a dos aeropuertos en Siria. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas de Israel bombardearon de forma simultáneas los Aeropuertos Internacionales de Damasco y de Alepo en Siria.

Ben Bartee (2023-10-12). Israeli Ambassador Claims Hamas Attack '10 Times Bigger Than 9/11′. globalresearch.ca

Brian McGlinchey (2023-10-12). Israel Fostered the Rise of Hamas, Even After It Turned to Terror. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Israeli Airstrikes Cripple Syria's Two Main Airports. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, Israeli airstrikes hit Syria's two international airports in Damascus and Aleppo, putting them both out of service, Syria's SANA news agency has reported. "The Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression on the two international airports of Damascus and Aleppo, taking them out of service, according to a military source," the SANA report …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Poll: Majority of Israelis Blame Government for Hamas Attack. news.antiwar.com A new poll found that the vast majority of Israelis say the Hamas attack on southern Israel was caused by a failure in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a smaller majority want Netanyahu to resign once the conflict is over. In the poll released by the Dialog Center, 86% of the people …

Editor (2023-10-12). The violence of the oppressed. mronline.org NO-ONE should cheer the slaughter in Israel. Those Israeli families in their homes, the young people at the music festival deserve to be alive. The small Israeli boy taken hostage and videoed being tormented deserves to be home and safe.

Editor (2023-10-12). While Israeli Media Examine Government Failure, US Papers Push 'National Unity'. scheerpost.com

Germán Gorraiz López (2023-10-12). Is Hamas a Creation of Israel? Does the Hamas Offensive Favor Netanyahu? globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-10-12). Retired US Colonel reveals Russia eliminates NATO targets in Ukraine. infobrics.org Zelensky is worried that global attention will now focus on Israel.

Jeffrey St. Clair (2023-10-12). Some Young Lives Matter More Than Others, Some Don't Seem to Matter at All. counterpunch.org How many children will Biden's shipment of weapons to Israel kill? How many limbs will be lost? How many small heads will be crushed in the rubble? Will we see the bodies our bombs have mutilated? Get a body count of the deaths our tax dollars have underwritten? What doctrine of just war decrees that the deaths of children justify the killing of more children?

Larry Johnson (2023-10-12). Russia Closing the noose on Ukrainian Troops. sonar21.com It is astonishing how quickly Western attention shifted from the war in Ukraine to the war in Israel. As I noted in some recent interviews, Ukraine's Zelensky is frightened and stunned by this reversal and is trying desperately to stay relevant and attract Western attention. Good luck with that. The media prefers to focus on the new narrative of Arab hordes sweeping down on Israeli civilians rather than try to come up with excuses for Ukraine's failure to even breach the first line of the Surovikin defense. One visible sign of Zelensky's panic — he changed his wardrobe. Now, when he appears in public,…

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-10-12). A defesa de Israel e o sistema de inteligência sà£o mais fracos do que os militantes sionistas pensam. globalresearch.ca O recente ataque do Hamas à s foràßas de ocupaàßà£o israelenses parece ter causado um "choque" aos apoiantes de Tel Aviv. Até agora, muitos cidadà£os israelenses e ativistas sionistas em todo o mundo nà£o parecem acreditar que as foràßas de seguranàßa …

Omar Karmi (2023-10-12). West lets Israel get away with genocide. electronicintifada.net All pretense of a global rules-based order has been abandoned.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Hamas-Israeli conflict causes massive flight cancellation, suspension in Tel Aviv. presstv.ir Fierce Hamas-Israeli clashes have led to a massive flight cancellation and suspension in Tel Aviv.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Hamas frees Israeli woman, two children in humanitarian gesture. presstv.ir Hamas has released a video showing the release of an Israeli woman and two children who were captured during the group's surprise attack against the occupied territories on Saturday.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Israeli airstrikes target Syria's Damascus, Aleppo airports. presstv.ir Israel carries out aerial assaults on Syria's two main airports in the cities of Damascus and Aleppo, putting both facilities out of service.

susan abulhawa (2023-10-12). Israel is on its colonial deathbed. electronicintifada.net The likelihood that Benjamin Netanyahu's government had no prior knowledge of the Hamas-led offensive is quite low.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-10-12). Netanyahu acuerda Gobierno de emergencia con la oposición. telesurtv.net Gantz y Netanyahu se reunieron en privado durante unos 30 minutos en el cuartel general militar de Kirya en Tel Aviv, y luego permanecieron allí para discutir los detalles del acuerdo tan esperado.

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2023-10-12). "We Are at War!" declares Netanyahu. Oh really? Your War or My War. globalresearch.ca

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Afaf Ahmed (2023-10-12). Almost Out of Water, Food, and Fuel, What Israel Is Doing to the Gaza Strip Is Genocide. indybay.org "Please, keep posting about what's going on. Please, keep talking about the Palestinian cause. This is the least you can do for us."

Ari Paul, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-10-12). Israeli Media Examine Government Failure; US Pushes 'National Unity'. popularresistance.org As the world watches the ongoing horror in southern Israel and in the Gaza Strip, media grapple not only with the immediate violence, but to understand why this happened and how it can stop. This is truly no other Middle East skirmish anymore. Likely the deadliest offensive against Israel on its soil, and perhaps the most audacious operation by Palestinian militants, it's been compared both to 9/11 and to the bloody 1973 war between Israel and a coalition of Arab nations. | How could Israel—so famous for its military might and advanced intelligence capabilities—have missed the warnings of such an atta…

Ari Paul, Fairness, Accuracy un Reporting. (2023-10-12). Israeli Media Examine Government Failure; US Pushes 'National Unity'. popularresistance.org As the world watches the ongoing horror in southern Israel and in the Gaza Strip, media grapple not only with the immediate violence, but to understand why this happened and how it can stop. This is truly no other Middle East skirmish anymore. Likely the deadliest offensive against Israel on its soil, and perhaps the most audacious operation by Palestinian militants, it's been compared both to 9/11 and to the bloody 1973 war between Israel and a coalition of Arab nations. | How could Israel—so famous for its military might and advanced intelligence capabilities—have missed the warnings of such an atta…

Chris Gilbert (2023-10-12). Venezuelan Migrants: Survivors from a Passenger Ship That You Sunk. counterpunch.org The empire throws the stone but hides its hand, and the obedient mass media (The New York Times included) follows suit by telling only of the reactions provoked by repeated imperial stonings. Two million Palestinians have been made hostage in the world's largest open-air prison for decades, where they are subjected to repeated attacks and humiliations. Then, lo


Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Gaza's Only Power Plant Out of Fuel as Israeli Airstrikes Pound Enclave. news.antiwar.com Gaza's only power plant was shut down on Wednesday after it ran out of fuel as the situation in the besieged enclave is becoming increasingly desperate for civilians after days of relentless Israeli airstrikes. At least 1,100 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, and 5,339 have been wounded since Hamas launched its attack on southern …

Dave Lindorff (2023-10-12). Israel's War Crime. counterpunch.org Israel's IDF has for years ignored international law and done much the same thing in a more targeted but equally criminal fashion, destroying homes and often in the process killing innocent women and even children if suspected Palestinian "terrorists" were believed to have lived there. This tactic was applied even if the "terrorist" in question had been captured or killed already.

Editor (2023-10-12). Oct 12, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott — Over the Rainbow Ray McGovern: A Matter of Justice Condemnation — Now We Have Your Attention, by Craig Murray This Is Exactly What It Looks Like, by Caitlin Johnstone 'A Massive War Crime': Israel Announces Total Blockade of Gaza Strip, by Jake Johnson MoA: U.S. Plans To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza The Duran: Extremist Politics in Israel, Ukraine — Alastair Crooke, Alex Mercouris and G Diesen (Video) Don't Confuse Me With Facts. They know what they think, by Aurelien Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them Palestine-Is…

Frank Cappello (2023-10-12). The Fog Of War In Israel And Palestine. levernews.com


Gilbert Achcar (2023-10-12). Initial Comments on Hamas's October Counter-Offensive. internationalviewpoint.org "The Palestinian struggle must rely primarily on mass political action against Israel's oppression, occupation, and settler-colonial expansion." | – | / |

IMEMC (2023-10-12). Israeli Soldiers Abduct 40 Palestinians In West Bank. indybay.org On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted forty Palestinians, including a father and his son, after the army stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank.

mforinoco (2023-10-12). Israel To Impose Total Blockade of Gaza as Air Strikes Continue. orinocotribune.com Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour questioned the stance taken by some countries and media houses regarding Israel's so-called "right to defend," saying that it was a wrong understanding of history which only starts when Israelis are hurt. | Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

Norman Solomon (2023-10-12). "Israel's 9/11" Is a Slogan to Rationalize Open-Ended Killing of Palestinian Civilians. indybay.org "We are fighting animals"

Gilbert Achcar (2023-10-12). Initial Comments on Hamas's October Counter-Offensive. internationalviewpoint.org "The Palestinian struggle must rely primarily on mass political action against Israel's oppression, occupation, and settler-colonial expansion." | – | / |

IMEMC (2023-10-12). Israeli Soldiers Abduct 40 Palestinians In West Bank. indybay.org On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted forty Palestinians, including a father and his son, after the army stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank.

mforinoco (2023-10-12). Israel To Impose Total Blockade of Gaza as Air Strikes Continue. orinocotribune.com Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour questioned the stance taken by some countries and media houses regarding Israel's so-called "right to defend," saying that it was a wrong understanding of history which only starts when Israelis are hurt. | Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

Norman Solomon (2023-10-12). "Israel's 9/11" Is a Slogan to Rationalize Open-Ended Killing of Palestinian Civilians. indybay.org "We are fighting animals"

NPA, Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (2023-10-12). Gaza offensive: we are all Palestinians! internationalviewpoint.org "In fact, the war against the Palestinians has been going on for 75 years, and the left should remember the need for solidarity with resistance struggles against oppression and occupation." | – | / |

Palestine Action. (2023-10-12). Launch Of 50-Target-Map Of Companies Complicit In Israel's Weapons Trade. popularresistance.org Israel has now declared a 'full siege' on Gaza, dropping 1,000 tonnes of bombs on the 25-mile long Strip and cutting off all supplies, food, energy and water to its 2 million inhabitants. Over 700 Palestinians have been killed, over 180,000 made homeless, and Gazans are preparing for worse to come — until now, it was unthinkable that their 17 years of captivity and starvation could be made any worse. At this moment, those of us living in the globe's imperial core face a choice: between silence and complicity in the decades-long brutalisation of Palestine, or standing with the liberation efforts of those sub…

Palestinian BDS National Committee (2023-10-12). Western Complicity in Apartheid Israel's Brutal Violence Heightens Palestinian Resistance & International Solidarity. internationalviewpoint.org "Since oppression is the root cause of violence, to end all violence — the initial and ongoing violence of the oppressor and the reactive resistance of the oppressed — we must act to end oppression." | – | / |

Palestinian Youth Movement & others (2023-10-12). Sunday 10/15: San Jose: Stand with Palestine. indybay.org Stevens Creek Blvd & Winchester Blvd, San Jose…

People's Dispatch. (2023-10-12). Gaza: Power Plant Shut Down; Over 1,055 Reported Dead From Airstrikes. popularresistance.org The Israeli occupation forces targeted over 150 locations across Gaza on Wednesday, October 11, the fifth day of their assault inside the besieged Palestinian territory. According to the latest numbers from local media and the Palestinian Ministry of Health, over 1,055 Palestinians have been killed so far including over 250 children. Over 5,000 have also been injured. | Israel is also reportedly preparing for a ground offensive on Gaza and has amassed at least 100,000 soldiers and reserves on the border. | Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation inside Gaza is deteriorating fast.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Australians rally in support of Palestinians. presstv.ir Over a thousand Sydney residents marched in solidarity with Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Dozens killed as Israel strikes Gaza refugee camp. presstv.ir Dozens of Palestinians killed, wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza refugee camp.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in front of Sydney Opera House. presstv.ir Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather in front of the Sydney Opera House, condemning the use of Israeli flag's colors on the building's sails.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Iran's Leader: Israel to receive 'heavier slap' for Gaza massacre. presstv.ir Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Israel will receive "a heavier slap" for the regime's ongoing massacre of the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Palestinian resistance 100% behind decision to launch Al-Aqsa Storm: Iran FM. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister says the Palestinian resistance is 100% behind the decision to launch the "courageous" operation against Israel.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Iranians to hold nationwide marches Friday to show solidarity with Palestinians. presstv.ir Iranian cities will on Friday be a scene of street rallies in condemnation of the Israeli regime's savage attacks against the besieged Gaza strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). EU asks Musk to censor news about Israel's war in Gaza. presstv.ir The European Union is asking Elon Musk to censor information not conforming to the Western narrative over Israel's war on Palestinians in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Gaza health ministry: 1,100 Palestinian killed in incessant Israeli bombardment. presstv.ir At least 1,100 Palestinians have been killed in more than five days of Israeli bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). People across globe stand in solidarity with Gaza. presstv.ir People in a number of countries across the globe have staged demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). US CEOs urge blacklisting of Harvard students who signed anti-Israeli statement. presstv.ir CEOs running a whole host of American business giants urge blacklisting of the Harvard University students, who recently signed an anti-Israeli statement.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Indonesians rally to support Palestinians in front of US embassy. presstv.ir Hundreds of people from different Indonesian Islamic groups gather in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinian people.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-12). Biden's Foreign Policy a 'Disaster', Made World a 'More Dangerous Place'. sputnikglobe.com As Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his regrets about the recent escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, he labelled it a failure of the US policy in the Middle East. Washington had sought to "monopolize" the resolution of the conflict, while failing to find compromises acceptable to both sides, he said.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-12). Lavrov: Return to UN Obligation of Establishing Palestinian State Needed Once Israel-Hamas War Over. sputnikglobe.com BISHKEK (Sputnik) – Russia hopes that all parties will return to the implementation of the decisions of the UN Security Council to establish a Palestinian state once Israel and Palestine reach a ceasefire, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-12). Watch Israeli Army Strike House of Senior Hamas Member. sputnikglobe.com On October 7, the Palestinian group Hamas launched a massive surprise rocket attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, prompting Israel to declare a state of war the following day and launch retaliatory strikes.

TASS (2023-10-12). CIS foreign ministers support ceasefire between Israel and Palestine — Lavrov. tass.com The Russian foreign minister pointed out that it is also necessary to focus on the "substance of the problem" of the conflict, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the day before…

TASS (2023-10-12). Diplomat says evacuation lists of Russian citizens from Palestine being formed. tass.com According to Maria Zakharova, the issue is being resolved "in an interdepartmental format with the participation of our foreign diplomatic missions"

TASS (2023-10-12). Russia hopes Palestine, Israel return to fulfilling UN resolutions, Lavrov stresses. tass.com The Russian foreign minister pointed out that over decades, the UN decision "on the establishment of the State of Palestine has been sabotaged, above all, by the United States, which seeks to monopolize and usurp all efforts at mediation"

TASS (2023-10-12). At least 50 Palestinians killed in an Israeli air force raid on Gaza Strip. tass.com According to medical sources, 281 people were taken to hospitals…

TASS (2023-10-12). Egypt rejects idea of opening humanitarian corridors for Gaza refugees. tass.com Cairo reportedly insists that both sides resolve conflicts within their borders, believing that this is the only way for the Palestinians to secure their right to statehood…

TASS (2023-10-12). Germany to introduce ban on Hamas, pro-Palestinian Samidoun activities — chancellor. tass.com Olaf Scholz declared that such organizations openly glorifying cruel terror attacks would be outlawed in Germany…

The Cradle. (2023-10-12). 'We Will Target US Bases If Washington Intervenes': Iraqi Resistance. popularresistance.org Iraqi resistance faction Kataib Hezbollah issued a stern warning on 11 October, threatening to strike at US bases in Iraq and surrounding areas if the US intervened in the ongoing war between various Palestinian factions and Israel. | They, alongside other Iraqi groups and religious leaders, have voiced strong support for the Palestinians as they continue Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. | "Since the first hours, we have been in direct and indirect contact with the Palestinian resistance," Kataib Hezbollah's leader Sayyid al-Shuhada, Abu Alaa al-Walai, said in a statement. | "If the US intervenes, we will intervene direc…

WorkWeek (2023-10-12). WorkWeek:Kaiser Nat Workers Strike, IBT VP Palmer On UPS & Retaliation/Mastafa Barghouti. indybay.org WorkWeek covers WorkWeek On Kaiser National Workers Strike, IBT VP Palmer On UPS & Retaliation, Mastafa Barghouti On Palestine & Israel. South Africa Buthelezi, The AFL-CIO, CIA & Apartheid & Who Is Senator Laphonza Butler, UBER & SEIU, South Africa Buthelezi, The AFL-CIO, CIA & Apartheid & Who Is Senator Laphonza Butler The UBER &SEIU. Two one hour programs.

Amy Goodman (2023-10-11). As Israel Prepares to Launch Ground Invasion of Gaza, Is Ethnic Cleansing Next? truthout.org As Israel prepares to launch a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, we continue our coverage of escalating conflict in the Middle East. We're joined from Ramallah by Mustafa Barghouti, a Palestinian physician, activist and politician who serves as general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, also known as al-Mubadara, and is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Central… |

Binoy Kampmark (2023-10-11). Blue Light, Green Blood: Edifice Politics for Israel. counterpunch.org It has been a few days of slaughter-filled accounts. Starting on October 7 on the Jewish day of Simchat Torah, the State of Israel has faced assaults from hundreds of Hamas militants. Directed from southwards in the country, the mayhem has rattled the security and intelligence establishment smugly convinced in their reading of Palestinian motivations

Black Alliance for Peace (2023-10-11). The Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the Murderous Assault on Occupied Palestine. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-11). US, Israeli Lawmakers Call for Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-10-11). Palestine Letter: Israel is imposing a blackout on Gaza to hide a massacre. mronline.org Israel is slowly cutting off Gaza's communications with the outside world, because it wants to prevent us from revealing the massacres it is committing.

Editor (2023-10-11). UN slams Israeli siege on Gaza as violation of international law. mronline.org United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk calls on the global community to defuse the "explosive powder keg" situation in Palestine.

Editor (2023-10-11). Scott Ritter: Israel's Massive Intelligence Failure. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-10-11). Oct 11, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Grateful Dead — Touch Of Grey The True Face Of Israel, by Caitlin Johnstone Here We Go Loop-de-Loop, by James Howard Kunstler Hamas outlines the causes and objectives of Operation 'Al-Aqsa Flood' (full Haniyeh speech) The Lion of Palestine Returns! Hamas Commander Mohammed Deif, by Brett Redmayne-Titley MoA: Israel Confesses War Crime Gaza Crisis Gives Netanyahu His Wet Dream — The War He Has Always Longed for, by Martin Jay The War for Occupied Palestine, by Roger Boyd On Palestine: VD Hanson, Jordan Peterson and RFK Jr — Profiles in Cowardice, by Michael Hoffman 'Operation…

Gilbert Achcar (2023-10-11). Initial Comments on Hamas's October Counter-Offensive. internationalviewpoint.org "The Palestinian struggle must rely primarily on mass political action against Israel's oppression, occupation, and settler-colonial expansion." | – | / |

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-11). Podcast: The Palestine Laboratory with Antony Loewenstein. greenleft.org.au

IMEMC (2023-10-11). Israeli Soldiers Abduct 40 Palestinians In West Bank. indybay.org On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted forty Palestinians, including a father and his son, after the army stormed and ransacked dozens of homes across the occupied West Bank.

infobrics (2023-10-11). Crimes against humanity committed in responses to Palestinian attack. infobrics.org Israel and the West use Hamas attack as an excuse to foment war and famine.

infobrics (2023-10-11). Whose side is Turkey on in latest Middle East conflict?>. infobrics.org Israel has been instrumental in Ankara's major military modernization programs. When combined with massive Israeli arms shipments to Azerbaijan, it's naive (to say the least) to even think that Turkey would ever ditch Israel for Palestine.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-11). The Savagery of the War Against the Palestinian People. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad Residents move away for safer spots amid destroyed buildings and debris around the Palestinian Telecommunications Company, which was targeted, after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip on October 10, 2023. Photo: Anadolu Agency Israel's brutal and punctual violence against the Palestinian people in Gaza over the last decade, is in violation of all international…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-11). Ukraine vs Israel: Can the West Arm Both? libya360.wordpress.com William Van Wagenen Israel will need US support to survive a fight with the Palestinian resistance and its battle-tested regional allies. But it will compete directly with US ally Ukraine for ever-dwindling western weapons and funds. Just three days after the Hamas-led Palestinian resistance launched an unprecedented military offensive against Israeli military posts and settlements…

Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission (2023-10-11). Israeli War Crimes Against Palestine: Witness Testimonies. Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal. globalresearch.ca "Why were young children killed? They are so young and cannot even hold a stone. Like my brother Ahmad. My cousins who were infants were also killed. I have heard that the soldier who kills more — and younger children — moves up higher in ranks."

Leon Kunstenaar (2023-10-11). Bay Area Palestinians and Supporters Rally to Support Revolt. indybay.org Israel supporters in counter-demonstration. Sides kept apart…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-10-11). Biden cheerleads Israel's genocidal war in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Morgues overflow as Israel kills 400 Palestinians in 24 hours.

Max Blumenthal (2023-10-11). Source of dubious 'beheaded babies' claim is Israeli settler leader who incited riots to 'wipe out' Palestinian village. thegrayzone.com After an Israeli reserve soldier named David Ben Zion told a reporter Palestinian militants "cut [off] heads of babies," Biden, Netanyahu, and the international media amplified the dubious claim. The Grayzone has identified Ben Zion as a fanatical settler leader who incited riots by demanding a Palestinian town be "wiped out." An international outcry erupted when Israel's Foreign Ministry announced that Palestinian militants from the besieged Gaza Strip had killed 40 "babies," and beheaded several of them during an incursion …

MEE staff (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Reports of Israeli 'white phosphorus' use in Gaza. middleeasteye.net

MEE staff (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Keir Starmer supports Israel's 'right' to cut Gaza's water and power. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Keir Starmer supports Israel's 'right' to cut Gaza's water and power | Leader of the UK's opposition Labour Party and frontrunner to be the British prime minister was previously a human rights lawyer | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 11: 42 | Under Starmer's reign as leader, Labour has taken a more pro-Israel stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict (AFP/Paul Ellis) | The leader of the UK's oppos…

midwesternmarx (2023-10-11). The US Left Must Unwaveringly Stand for Palestinian Freedom. By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com The US "socialist" left currently playing the bothsides-ism game with Israeli genocide of Palestinians in the name of some bullshit notion of 'nuance,' must remember the words of Howard Zinn: "You can't be neutral on a moving train."Nothing is accomplished with an abstract support of Palestine when it's convenient. It is when the empire's ideological apparatuses are pumping out atrocity propaganda to dehumanize Palestinian anti-colonia …

Norman Solomon (2023-10-11). "Israel's 9/11" is a Slogan to Rationalize Open-Ended Killing of Palestinian Civilians. counterpunch.org What is very sinister about trumpeting "Israel's 9/11" is what happened after America's 9/11. Wearing the shroud of victim, the United States proceeded to use the horrible tragedy suffered inside its own borders as a license to kill vast numbers of people in the name of retaliation, righteousness and, of course, the "war on terror."

Norman Solomon (2023-10-11). "Israel's 9/11" Is a Slogan to Rationalize Open-Ended Massacre of Palestinian Civilians. globalresearch.ca

Norman Solomon (2023-10-11). "Israel's 9/11" Is a Slogan to Rationalize Open-Ended Killing of Palestinian Civilians. indybay.org "We are fighting animals"

NPA, Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (2023-10-11). Gaza offensive: we are all Palestinians! internationalviewpoint.org "In fact, the war against the Palestinians has been going on for 75 years, and the left should remember the need for solidarity with resistance struggles against oppression and occupation." | – | / |

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-10-11). Just Another Battle or the Palestinian War of Liberation? orinocotribune.com By Joseph Massad — Oct 8, 2023 | What can motorized paragliders do in the face of one of the most formidable militaries in the world? | Apparently much in the hands of an innovative Palestinian resistance, which early on Saturday morning Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the major offensive led by Hamas on 7 October, was not expected by…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-10-11). New Outburst in Palestine. orinocotribune.com By Atilio A. Boron — Oct 8, 2023 | The events that are shaking Israel and Palestine today, with a tragic toll of civilian casualties, cause pain and compassion and, unfortunately, are not surprising. The attacks launched by Hamas from Gaza are the response to the terrorist policy of conquest and territorial dispossession that the Israeli regime, with the complicity of the United States and its unworthy European vassals, has perpetrated against the Palestinian people for decades, in open violation of countless bilateral agreements and United Nations resolutions. | The current crisis could hardly be interprete…

Palestinian BDS National Committee (2023-10-11). Western Complicity in Apartheid Israel's Brutal Violence Heightens Palestinian Resistance & International Solidarity. internationalviewpoint.org "Since oppression is the root cause of violence, to end all violence — the initial and ongoing violence of the oppressor and the reactive resistance of the oppressed — we must act to end oppression." | – | / |

People's Dispatch. (2023-10-11). The World Stands With The Palestinian Struggle. popularresistance.org Israel's brutal response to the Hamas-led surprise offensive operation, has been met with sharp condemnation from people across the world. Mass protests have been taken out in dozens of cities globally in support of the Palestinian cause and to condemn the disproportionate escalation by Israel. | On October 9, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant harshened existing measures against Gaza when he announced a "complete blockade" of the enclave following the launch of the offensive by Palestinian resistance groups. In Gaza, there is to be "no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed," Gallant said in a te…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-11). Gaza's power plant shut down. Over 1,055 reported dead from Israeli airstrikes. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinians rejected US President Joe Biden's open support to Israel and called it an attempt to overshadow the "criminality and terrorism of the Zionist government"

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-11). Scores of Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli war in Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org According to Palestinian press freedom groups, most of the journalists killed were in the field reporting on the war and were victims of indiscriminate Israeli bombings…

Peter Koenig (2023-10-11). The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Netanyahu's "False Flag", Connecting the Dots — and More. globalresearch.ca

Press TV, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-10-11). 'We Are Not Attacking Civilians': Hamas Says Amid Operation Al-Aqsa Storm. popularresistance.org Osama Hamadan, senior spokesperson of Hamas, has told Al Jazeera that they are not attacking civilians. | "You have to differentiate between settlers and civilians; settlers attacked Palestinians," Hamdan said. | "We are not targeting civilians on purpose. We have declared settlers are part of the occupation and part of the armed Israeli force. They are not civilians," Hamadan added. | His remarks came after a number of Western-backed rights groups, including Amnesty International, accused the resistance movement of killing "Israeli civilians" in their retaliatory strikes. | Asked whether civilians in southern Is…

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Muslim community in Cape Town gathers at mosque in solidarity with Palestinians. presstv.ir Several hundred members of the Muslim community in Cape Town gathered at the Al Quds mosque in solidarity with Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Australians rally in support of Palestinians. presstv.ir Over a thousand Sydney residents marched in solidarity with Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Dozens killed as Israel strikes Gaza refugee camp. presstv.ir Dozens of Palestinians killed, wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza refugee camp.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in front of Sydney Opera House. presstv.ir Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather in front of the Sydney Opera House, condemning the use of Israeli flag's colors on the building's sails.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Israel poured bombs on Palestinian kids as gift on Children's Day: Iran. presstv.ir Iran says the child-killing Israeli regime poured lethal bombs and missiles on Palestinian kids as gifts on Children's Day.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Iran's Leader: Israel to receive 'heavier slap' for Gaza massacre. presstv.ir Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Israel will receive "a heavier slap" for the regime's ongoing massacre of the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Pro Palestine protests in Paris. presstv.ir Demonstrators gathered in Paris to demand that Palestinians be given their human rights and that Western governments end their complicity with Israel.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Israeli bombing of Gaza leaves Press TV journalist 'homeless'. presstv.ir A Press TV correspondent in Gaza saw his home entirely destroyed in an Israeli assault.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). If I survive, I'll continue to report Israeli crimes in Gaza: Al-Alam reporter. presstv.ir Al-Alam reporter in the Gaza Strip says she will continue to report Israeli crimes in the besieged territory if she survives.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Al-Alam TV vows to keep media battle against Israel after its office hit in Gaza. presstv.ir Iran's Al-Alam TV has condemned the Israeli regime's attack on its office in the Gaza Strip, vowing to continue its "media battle" alongside Palestinian fighters.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Gaza health ministry: 900 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombardment. presstv.ir The Israeli regime has had a total blockade of Gaza in place since October 7.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Israeli—Palestinian conflict is 'between oppressors and the oppressed'. presstv.ir "This is a war between oppressors and the oppressed," Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar has said.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Ministry confirms Israel's deployment of white phosphorous bombs against Gaza. presstv.ir The health ministry in Gaza, which has come under an all-out Israeli war, confirms the regime's deployment of banned white phosphorous munitions.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Palestine calls Israeli war on Gaza, threat for complete siege 'genocidal'. presstv.ir Palestine's UN envoy vehemently condemns Israel's underway war against Gaza, and its threat to bring the territory under an all-out siege.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Palestinian resistance 100% behind decision to launch Al-Aqsa Storm: Iran FM. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister says the Palestinian resistance is 100% behind the decision to launch the "courageous" operation against Israel.

Ramzy Baroud, MintPress News. (2023-10-11). Netanyahu's Humiliating Reality Check: Israel's 'Invincible' Army Falls Short. popularresistance.org Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had often boasted about the readiness of his army to deal with and eliminate all threats to Israel's 'security.' | The Israeli military, too, has contributed to the Israeli hasbara that Tel Aviv would be able to face several threats at all fronts, from Gaza to the West Bank, to Lebanon, and Syria. | But the Hamas attack at numerous Israeli targets on Saturday, October 5, at precisely 6: 00 a.m. Palestine time proved him utterly and humiliatingly wrong. Neither Netanyahu nor his army were, in fact, able to face a single Palestinian group operating alone and under siege.

repost (2023-10-11). San Francisco UESF educators endorse BDS: Where Do They Stand Now? indybay.org In 2019 UESF in opposition to the blockade of Gaza passed a resolution of solidarity with the Palestinians, for an end of aid to Israel and a boycott of Israel. Where does UESF stand now?>

Rima Najjar (2023-10-11). Activists, You Must Shame and Pressure the Palestinian Authority for Its Sins as Much as You Pressure Israel for Its Crimes. globalresearch.ca

Ron Jacobs (2023-10-11). The Common Thread is US Imperialism. counterpunch.org There are obviously many differences, political and otherwise between the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Palestine. One thing that is quite similar however, is that both were provoked by ultra-right nationalists in each nation. These elements currently control the government both numerically and politically in Israel, while Ukraine's right wing nationalists exercise a

scorinoco (2023-10-11). PFLP Leader George Habash on Morality and the Palestinian Revolution: 'Our Code of Morals Is Our Revolution'. orinocotribune.com

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Hamas' Surprise October Offensive: Israeli Intelligence Failure or Conspiracy? sputnikglobe.com The infiltration of thousands of Palestinian fighters into Israel from Gaza seems to have at least temporarily caught Israel's military and intelligence services totally off guard. As Israel recovers, questions have swirled about exactly what Tel Aviv may have known ahead of time. Sputnik asked senior Israeli intelligence experts to weigh in.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Holocaust Comparisons Seek to 'Exceptionalize' Hamas Violence, Not Contextualize It. sputnikglobe.com In the 75 years since Israel was founded in 1948 there have been numerous civilian massacres by both Israelis and Palestinians – a context that has been erased in recent reporting on the killings of hundreds of Jewish civilians in towns on the Gaza border, a Jewish peace activist told Sputnik.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Mideast Escalation May End Palestine's Existence, Lead to Wider Conflict – Former US Official. sputnikglobe.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The current escalation of the Middle East conflict may lead to the end of Palestine's existence as a state, for which Iran and Syria will be blamed while the conflict may spill over, former US Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts told Sputnik.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Musk Fires Back at EU Regulator: X Content on Palestine-Israel Conflict 'Open Source & Transparent'. sputnikglobe.com A European regulator had issued Elon Musk a warning about the spread of "illegal content and disinformation" on X amid the Mideast escalation, warning that in case of "non-compliance, penalties can be imposed."

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Russia Maintains Dialogue With Both Israel, Palestine, Balanced Approach Vital – Kremlin. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia maintains dialogue both with Israel and Palestine, it is important to maintain a balanced approach in order to participate in the settlement process, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Scott Ritter: Untracked US Arms to Client Regimes Land in Terrorists' Hands. sputnikglobe.com Palestinian Hamas militants have shown off US-made rifles they say were gifted to Ukraine to fight Russia — then sold on the black market. Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter said Washington cared little for where its showers of military aid ended up.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). US Aircraft Delivers First Batch of Ammunition to Israel Amid Tense Conflict – IDF. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A US aircraft has landed in Israel with the first shipment of ammunition for Tel Aviv since the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday.

Staff (2023-10-11). Can Peace in Ukraine Be Achieved Without War? Medea Benjamin & Barbara Smith Debate. democracynow.org So far this year, U.S. spending on Israel, typically the largest annual recipient of U.S. military aid, has been outstripped by military aid to Ukraine, though that balance could begin to change as President Biden plans to ask Congress to approve emergency funding to support Israel's retaliatory campaign against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip following Saturday's attack by Hamas militants. For more on U.S. policy in Ukraine and Israel, we host a discussion with CodePink's Medea Benjamin and the Ukraine Solidarity Network's Barbara Smith. Benjamin urges diplomacy and deescalation, arguing t…

Staff (2023-10-11). Mustafa Barghouti: Israel's Siege & Bombing of Gaza Are War Crimes. Is Ethnic Cleansing Next? democracynow.org As Israel prepares to launch a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, we continue our coverage of escalating conflict in the Middle East. We're joined from Ramallah by Mustafa Barghouti, a Palestinian physician, activist and politician who serves as general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, also known as al-Mubadara, and is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization Central Council. "I don't want any Palestinian or Israeli civilian to be killed," says Barghouti, who argues that a ground operation in Gaza would constitute a campaign of ethnic cleansing, and condemns Israe…

Staff (2023-10-11). President Maduro Condemns Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. orinocotribune.com This Monday, President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza strip. | "The Secretary-General of the United Nations issued a statement, which we read carefully, as a warning and alert about the genocide that has begun against the Palestinian people in Gaza," said President Maduro. "We have witnessed in the past massacres and brutal atrocities against the Palestinian people." He pointed out that the current situation is a "new apartheid system" against Palestinians. | President Maduro recalled that the UN in 1967 voted on the establishment of a two-states solution,…

Tareq Hajjaj (2023-10-11). Palestine Letter: Israel Is Imposing a Blackout on Gaza to Hide a Massacre. globalresearch.ca

TASS (2023-10-11). Putin, Erdogan ready to assist Israeli-Palestinian peace process. tass.com Putin and Erdogan expressed their concerns about the latest round of the Israeli-Palestinian escalation, which resulted in catastrophic civilian casualties, the Kremlin press service added…

TASS (2023-10-11). Hamas attack signals failure of Israeli intelligence, senior Russian lawmaker says. tass.com According to Andrey Kartapolov, Israel was caught off guard as it had long relied complacently on its technological prowess, whereas the Palestinian militant group Hamas had clearly been closely analyzing recent military conflicts…

TASS (2023-10-11). Israeli troops use phosphorus bombs near Gaza capital — Palestinian foreign ministry. tass.com The ministry also posted a video, which reportedly shows the aftermath of the attack…

TASS (2023-10-11). Over 800,000 people in Palestine require urged food assistance — WFP. tass.com WFP calls for the establishment of humanitarian corridors to facilitate the entry of aid and humanitarian assistance into Gaza and appeals for the safe and unobstructed passage for its staff and essential commodities…

TASS (2023-10-11). Hamas militants claim responsibility for cross-border attack on Israel from Lebanon. tass.com The group said that its "fighters have made one more step towards the liberation of Palestine, conducting rocket strikes on Jewish settlements in Western Galilee"

TASS (2023-10-11). US secretary of state holds phone talk with Israeli president. tass.com Earlier, US Department of State Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters that Blinken will visit Israel on October 11-12 to discuss the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian tensions with the country's government…

TASS (2023-10-11). Over 263,000 Gaza residents forced to flee their homes due to conflict — UN OCHA. tass.com According to the organization, over 175,486 people among the displaced are seeking shelter in 88 schools of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East…

TASS (2023-10-11). Palestine's MFA accuses Israel of using phosphorus, cluster munitions. tass.com The Palestinian Foreign Ministry slammed Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip as genocide, emphasizing that it "manifests itself daily in the ugliest forms"

teleSUR, DRL (2023-10-11). Rusia denuncia fracaso de política de EE.UU. en Oriente Medio. telesurtv.net El portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, aseguró que Rusia está dispuesta a contribuir a la búsqueda de vías para una solución al conflicto palestino-israelí y destacó que ya participa en todos los formatos de arreglo.

teleSUR, JCM, JGN, MER (2023-10-11). Minuto a minuto de la ofensiva de la resistencia palestina. 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, JGN, DRL (2023-10-11). Elevan a 1.078 cifra de muertos en la Franja de Gaza por ataques de Israel. telesurtv.net Según la ONU más de 260.000 personas han sido obligadas a abandonar sus casas en la Franja de Gaza ante los fuertes bombardeos de Israel…

teleSUR, MS (2023-10-11). Siria apoya la resistencia de Palestina ante la usurpación de Israel. telesurtv.net Las calles en Siria se llenaron de manifestantes locales y palestinos que se manifestaron a favor de la operación "Diluvio de Al-Aqsa".

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-10-11). ONU rechaza asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con Volker Turk, el asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza contraviene el Derecho Internacional.

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (2023-10-11). Congress Must Address the Root Cause of Violence and Stop Arming Israel. indybay.org WASHINGTON, DC, October 9, 2023—The Israeli government is bombing Palestinian families living trapped under siege in Gaza at this moment, massacring hundreds of native Palestinian people since Saturday. Justice cannot wait.

WSWS (2023-10-11). Canadian politicians and media rally behind Israel's murderous response to Palestinian uprising. wsws.org Little more than two weeks after they rose in unison to applaud a Nazi war criminal, the leaders of all the parties in Canada's parliament have joined together to endorse the Israeli state's "right" to wantonly slaughter Palestinians and denounce opposition to Israeli repression as "anti-Semitic."

Fayha Shalash (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Violence flares in Jerusalem and the West Bank as funerals become targets. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Violence flares in Jerusalem and the West Bank as funerals become targets | Palestinians in Silwan marching in solidarity with people under bombardment in Gaza come under attack, with two youths slain by Israeli police | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 14: 12 | An Israeli border policewoman looks on following an incident at a military checkpoint near Beit Jala in the Israeli-occupied…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-10-11). China calls for peace talks to solve Israel-Palestine conflict. plenglish.com Beijing, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) China on Wednesday defended its position in favor of the immediate start of peace talks to end the escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

MEE staff (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Supernova festival attack survivors describe 'hell on Earth'. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Supernova festival attack survivors describe 'hell on Earth' | Survivors of Hamas-led attacks on the Supernova festival and kibbutzim in southern Israel recount experiences to Hebrew media | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 13: 14 | Israeli troops inspect the ravaged site of the weekend attack on the Supernova desert music Festival, 10 October 2023 (AFP) | Civilian survivors of Hamas-led attacks…

Mohammed al-Hajjar (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Bodies piling up in the streets as Gaza Strip assault continues. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Bodies piling up in the streets as Gaza Strip assault continues | Residents wake to find whole neighbourhoods destroyed as Israel's 'heinous, indiscriminate' bombardment continues | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 12: 43 | Residents of al-Karama complex look through the remains of their neighbourhood following Israeli bombing (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar) | As residents of…

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Iranians to hold nationwide marches Friday to show solidarity with Palestinians. presstv.ir Iranian cities will on Friday be a scene of street rallies in condemnation of the Israeli regime's savage attacks against the besieged Gaza strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). EU asks Musk to censor news about Israel's war in Gaza. presstv.ir The European Union is asking Elon Musk to censor information not conforming to the Western narrative over Israel's war on Palestinians in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Gaza health ministry: 1,100 Palestinian killed in incessant Israeli bombardment. presstv.ir At least 1,100 Palestinians have been killed in more than five days of Israeli bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). People across globe stand in solidarity with Gaza. presstv.ir People in a number of countries across the globe have staged demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

TASS (2023-10-11). Russia can potentially help resolve Palestinian-Israeli conflict — Kremlin. tass.com Dmitry Peskov has underlined that Russia maintains its positions as a country that has the potential to participate in the settlement processes…

TASS (2023-10-11). Hamas says attack from Gaza meant to pre-empt Israeli plans to launch operation against it. tass.com According to the statemnet, the final goal of the resistance in the operation is to ensure a life of freedom to the Palestinian people…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-10-11). Presidente ruso aboga por creación de Estado palestino soberano. telesurtv.net El mandatario afirmó que sin la creación de un Estado palestino "es imposible resolver el problema en su conjunto".

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-10-11). Palestina acusa a Israel de utilizar bombas de fósforo en Gaza. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con medios locales, entre los bombardeos contra barrios civiles se encuentra el de Sheikh Radwan.

Zahra Saeed (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: People in northern Israel stockpile food in panic. middleeasteye.net

a guest author (2023-10-12). Africans support Palestinian resistance, condemn Israeli attacks. workers.org South African solidarity with Palestine. The statement below was issued Oct. 7 by Muhammed Desai on behalf of Africa4Palestine Early this morning, Palestinian resistance groups and fighters launched a massive, multipronged surprise operation on Apartheid Israel in response to the Israeli regime's recent killings of civilians in the Palestinian West . . . |

A Guest Author (2023-10-12). Black Alliance for Peace condemns murderous assault on Occupied Palestine. workers.org Palestinians protest holding up a Palestine flag amidst a Zionist assault in 2018. This slightly edited article was released on Oct. 11, 2023. Link to online version: blackallianceforpeace.com/bapstatements/bapstandswithpalestine We say that a colonized people has a right to resist occupation and fight for self-determination by any means necessary! The Black . . . |

A Guest Author (2023-10-12). Hamas calls for mass participation in Al-Aqsa Flood, Oct. 13. workers.org The slightly edited statement was released by the Hamas movement on Oct. 10, 2023. The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has called on the Palestinian people, the Arab and Muslim nations, and the free peoples of the world to participate in the Al-Aqsa Flood Friday (Oct. 13). In light of . . . |

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-12). France President Macron to address nation as antisemitic acts rise after Hamas attack. firstpost.com On Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron will meet with party leaders and deliver a TV speech to the nation to appeal for unity and try to stop the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from spilling over into France, where there has been an increase in antisemitic incidents. | The greatest Muslim and Jewish communities in Europe live in France, and historically, tensions between them have been exacerbated by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. | According to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, anti-Semitic incidents have increased in France since Hamas assaulted Israeli cities on Saturday, killing more than 1,300 people. | In…

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). As Gaza war rages, Israeli forces kill 27 Palestinians in West Bank. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). Scars of shock: Gaza militant raids remain in Israel. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). As fake news flood social media over Israel-Hamas war, observers call for more regulatory pressures on tech firms. channelnewsasia.com Observers say more regulatory pressures on tech firms by governments are needed to rein in the false narratives, but acknowledged the complexities of real-time content moderation.

ecns.cn (2023-10-11). Beijing calls for restoring dialogue. ecns.cn China's call for cease-fire and dialogue for final resolution of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is in line with UN resolutions, and aims to break the cycle of destruction and disaster in the Middle East, experts say.

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). Beijing calls for restoring dialogue. ecns.cn China's call for cease-fire and dialogue for final resolution of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is in line with UN resolutions, and aims to break the cycle of destruction and disaster in the Middle East, experts say.

FP Explainers (2023-10-12). The Business of Terror: Who funds Hamas, how does it get weapons?>. firstpost.com Hamas launched the deadliest attack against Israel in 50 years. They outfoxed the country's sophisticated security system and its famous intelligence. The Palestinian terrorist group invaded Israel by air, land, and sea, massacring people in border villages and taking hundreds in captivity. | Six days after the attacks, the

FP Explainers (2023-10-12). How cheap drones helped Hamas ambush Israel's sophisticated weaponry. firstpost.com Israeli airstrikes reduced entire neighborhoods in Gaza to rubble on Wednesday (11 October), as the West Asian nation's war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas entered its fifth day. The recent conflagration has claimed more than 2,200 lives on both sides. | Israelis were left shocked on Saturday morning as Hamas militants fired a barrage of rockets and infiltrated their territory from Gaza. Gregg Roman, director of the Middle East Forum think tank, has dubbed the multi-front assault by Hamas the "largest operational and intelligence failure in the history of the Israeli military and Israeli government."

FP Staff (2023-10-12). 'Have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children': Joe Biden decries Hamas atrocity; White House clarifies. firstpost.com US President Joe Biden called the attacks by Hamas in Israel a "campaign of pure cruelty", and said he saw "confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children." | Speaking to the Jewish community leaders at a roundtable in the White House, Biden said, "I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children." | Watch: | #WATCH | On the Israel-Palestine conflict, US President Joe Biden says "…I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children…" | (Source: The White House) pic.tw…

FP Staff (2023-10-12). Israel-Palestine War: Gaza hospitals 'risk turning into morgues,' warns Red Cross. firstpost.com Hospitals in Gaza are at risk of turning into morgues as continue to remain stripped of resources like electricity, water and food, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned on Thursday. | "As Gaza loses power, hospitals lose power, putting newborns in incubators and elderly patients on oxygen at risk," ICRC regional director for the Near and Middle East, Fabrizio Carboni, said in a statement. | Gaza is reeling under a humanitarian crisis, with over 38,934 Palestinians being displaced in the region according to the United Nations. | Meanwhile, the head of the Gaza power authority told CNN that it…

FP Staff (2023-10-12). Kamala Harris dials Israeli PM Netanyahu, reaffirms unwavering US commitment to Israel. firstpost.com US Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday said that she dialed Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday morning and restated US' commitment to stand with Israel and the Israeli people. | Expressing her complete outrage over the Hamas attack on Israel, the Vice President said that the extreme acts of terrorism must be condemned in no uncertain terms. | On Israel-Palestine conflict, US Vice President Kamala Harris says, "I'm completely outraged by what has taken place. We are looking at extreme acts of terrorism that must be…

FP Staff (2023-10-12). 'Will wipe Hamas off face of the Earth': Israel's Netanyahu vows to 'destroy' Palestinian terrorist group. firstpost.com "Israel will wipe Hamas off the face of the Earth," said Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said. | "I say here, to everyone — we will wipe out this thing called Hamas," Gallant said alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "We will wipe them off the face of the Earth." | His statement came on the day the Israel-Hamas war entered its sixth day on Thursday. | Meanwhile, Netanyahu, hours after forming an emergency government and wartime Cabinet, also vowed to keep fighting Hamas, and for the first time, on Wednesday, clearly expressed his country's intention to "destroy" the Palestinian terrorist group. | Neta…

MEE staff (2023-10-12). Israel-Palestine war: UK Muslim group vows legal action if Palestinian flag is banned. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: UK Muslim group vows legal action if Palestinian flag is banned | British Home Secretary Suella Braverman asked police to look into whether displaying the Palestinian flag was an offence | Thu, 10/12/2023 – 11: 36 | A protester waves a Palestinian flag outside Israel's embassy in London on 9 October 2023 (AFP) | A Muslim advisory group that liaises with the Metropolitan Police has…

Mohammad Ersan (2023-10-12). Israel-Palestine war: Tensions simmer in Jordan as Hamas urges tribes to join conflict. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Tensions simmer in Jordan as Hamas urges tribes to join conflict | Protesters in Amman rally in support of Hamas and demand the government scrap 1994 peace treaty with Israel | Thu, 10/12/2023 – 09: 04 | Jordanians wave the Palestinian flag and chant slogans against Israel as they gather in Amman on 10 October 2023 to express their support for Gaza (MEE/Mohammad Ersa…

Saleh Al-Batati (2023-10-12). Israel-Palestine war draws threats from Yemen's Houthis of regional conflict. middleeasteye.net

teleSUR, DRL (2023-10-12). Colonos israelíes asesinan a tres palestinos en Nablús. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a denuncias de los palestinos, los habitantes de estos núcleos acosan a menudo a la población local y destruyen sus cosechas o pertenencias.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-10-12). Presidente ruso aboga por creación de Estado palestino soberano. telesurtv.net El mandatario afirmó que sin la creación de un Estado palestino "es imposible resolver el problema en su conjunto".

teleSUR, JCM, JGN, SH, MER (2023-10-12). Minuto a minuto de la ofensiva de la resistencia palestina. 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, JDO (2023-10-12). Venezuela rechaza genocidio contra Palestina y bloqueos de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Vicepresidenta ejecutiva Delcy Rodríguez reitera llamado al cese al fuego contra el pueblo de Palestina y aboga por la paz.

teleSUR, JGN, DRL (2023-10-12). Elevan a 1.100 cifra de muertos en la Franja de Gaza por ataques de Israel. telesurtv.net Según la ONU más de 260.000 personas han sido obligadas a abandonar sus casas en la Franja de Gaza ante los fuertes bombardeos de Israel…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-10-12). Llaman a una acción árabe para proteger al pueblo palestino. telesurtv.net Al Assad y Raisi analizaron en una conversación telefónica la situación en los territorios palestinos ocupados.

teleSUR, nbb, DRL (2023-10-12). Blinken visita Israel en respaldo a ofensiva sionista en Gaza. telesurtv.net Según el secretario general de la OLP, la entrevista es "parte del esfuerzo realizado las 24 horas del día por los dirigentes palestinos para detener esta guerra devastadora".

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-10-12). Presidente de Irán y príncipe heredero saudí dialogan vía telefónica. telesurtv.net Los dignatarios dialogaron sobre la "necesidad de poner fin a los crímenes de guerra contra Palestina".

Workers World Party (2023-10-12). PDF of October 12 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. World solidarity with Palestine Boston march for Indigenous Peoples Day Bay Area activists protest war in Ukraine 'Bans off Ohio!' GM gives in on EV jobs On the picket line Download the PDF. More PDF back-issues here. |

WSWS (2023-10-12). Dearborn, Michigan: Hundreds attend rally in defense of Palestinians and residents of Gaza. wsws.org Speakers and attendees voiced strong opposition to the full backing given by President Biden and other top US officials to the murderous Israeli onslaught against Gaza.

WSWS (2023-10-12). California Democratic Senate candidates advance same right-wing, pro-war policies at union forum. wsws.org Exploding any veneer of "progressivism," every candidate backed the joint US-Israeli military campaign against the Palestinian people.

WSWS (2023-10-12). Israel: Gantz joins Netanyahu in National Unity government to wage war on Palestinians. wsws.org Gantz will sit in a special war cabinet alongside Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant to plan the genocidal slaughter of the Palestinians in Gaza already underway.

WSWS (2023-10-12). Oppose the outlawing of solidarity protests in defense of Gaza! wsws.org In a move with the most far-reaching and reactionary implications, imperialist governments are banning pro-Palestinian protests, falsely equating them with anti-Semitism and terrorism.

WSWS (2023-10-12). India and Sri Lanka "stand with" Israeli state amid its barbaric assault on Gaza. wsws.org Under Modi, India has forged close ties with Israel. But New Delhi's embrace of the Netanyahu government as it perpetrates horrific war crimes against the Palestinian people is first and foremost a product of its anti-China war alliance with US imperialism.

Afaf Ahmed (2023-10-11). Almost Out of Water, Food, and Fuel, What Israel Is Doing to the Gaza Strip Is Genocide. indybay.org "Please, keep posting about what's going on. Please, keep talking about the Palestinian cause. This is the least you can do for us."

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). As Israel seeks revenge for Hamas attack, Gaza invasion fears rise. firstpost.com After an initial frantic scramble to stop an attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Israel's military has come together and is now moving massive reinforcements towards the enclave while retaliating with airstrikes on roads, buildings, and other facilities in Gaza. | Many of the 2.3 million people who live in the area that Israeli forces left in 2005 fear that the mobilisation and heavy shelling are the start of a ground invasion that will rival or even surpass Israel's incursions in 2008 and 2014. | According to Israeli security officials, the operation that caught the Middle East's most powerful army o…

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). Brutal Hamas terrorist attack scar Israel's kibbutz dwellers. firstpost.com Over the course of his 21-year career treating victims of violent assaults, natural disasters, and war injuries, Israeli paramedic Hami Atias has witnessed a great deal of blood and death. However, the scene he encountered over the weekend on a green kibbutz close to Gaza will never leave him. | As part of a larger assault that was the bloodiest Palestinian terrorist attack on Israel in history, Atias was one of the first responders who went into Beeri in southern Israel after a raid by Hamas. | "I thought I'd seen enough but nothing could prepare me for what happened there. The smell of bodies — as many tim…

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). Denmark airforce to evacuate citizens from Israel, Palestine. firstpost.com Following the attack by Hamas, Denmark will be prepared to dispatch a military plane on Wednesday to evacuate its residents as well as those who have permanent residence in Denmark from Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, according to the Danish foreign ministry. | A spokeswoman for the foreign ministry told the media that a C-130 Hercules cargo jet had been made available for the evacuation and might be prepared to take off from Denmark in a matter of hours, though the exact time of the departure was still unknown. | According to the ministry, there are currently about 1,200 Danes in Israel and an a…

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). Egypt agrees to send aid to Gaza, will not allow refugees. firstpost.com According to Egyptian security sources, Egypt has discussed humanitarian aid plans with the US and other countries, but it resists any effort to provide safe passageways for people leaving the enclave. | Around 2.3 million people live in Gaza, a small coastal strip of land surrounded by Egypt to the southwest and Israel to the north and east, under a blockade that has been in place since 2007 when the Palestinian Islamist organisation Hamas seized power there. | Even in the midst of the most intense hostilities, Egypt has traditionally imposed restrictions on the entry of Gaza residents. | Cairo, a regular mediat…

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). Iraq: Top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urges world to Israel's 'brutality' in Gaza. firstpost.com Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most senior Shi'ite cleric in Iraq, calls on the international community to protest the "terrible brutality" occurring in Gaza and stop Israeli plans to further damage the Palestinian people, according to a statement released on Wednesday. | The bloodiest attack by Hamas terrorists against Israel in its history was carried out on Saturday when gunmen rampaged across Israeli cities, killing more than 1,000 people and capturing a large number of captives and transporting them to Gaza. | In retaliation, Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza, levelling entire neighbourhoods, and impos…

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). Israeli forces, settlers kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank amid Gaza attack. firstpost.com The Palestinian government news agency reported that three Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers on Wednesday in Qusra village, which is close to the West Bank city of Nablus. | The Red Crescent reports that eleven further Palestinians were injured by live ammunition. | The acting governor of Nablus, Ghassan Daghlas, told the media earlier in the day that Israeli settlers had stormed the community south of Nablus and had shot live bullets at local residents and ambulances.

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). Lebanon's Hezbollah on cautious alert as Israel pounds Hamas in Gaza. firstpost.com Since Hamas and Israel went to war, Lebanon's Hezbollah has proceeded cautiously, keeping Israeli troops busy with attacks along the Lebanese border but without opening a large front, according to individuals familiar with its thinking. | The Iran-backed militia has placed special forces on alert and primed its rockets in anticipation of a potential conflict. | Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah's Palestinian allies, have also joined the battle, striking Israel from Lebanon for the first time, including a cross-border invasion on Monday that the Israeli army claims resulted in the deaths of three of its soldiers…

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). 'No safe place in Gaza right now': Entire neighborhoods smashed as Israel goes after Hamas. firstpost.com The misery of a war started by a stunning and deadly attack by Hamas militants was made worse Wednesday as Palestinians in the cut-off Gaza Strip struggled to find any safe area as Israeli strikes destroyed entire neighbourhoods, hospitals ran out of supplies, and the region's only power plant ran out of fuel. | In the small coastal settlements of Gaza, airstrikes reduced entire city blocks to rubble and buried untold thousands of dead beneath piles of debris. Even though terrorists are said to be holding 150 Israeli citizens, including soldiers, men, women, children, and senior citizens, they continued to blast…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-11). Angolan FM welcomes Israeli Ambassador Shimon Solomon. plenglish.com The meeting, held at the headquarters of the Angolan Ministry, "was the perfect setting for both parties to assess the current situation in the Middle East, laying stress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," the statement said. | António also referred to the withdrawal of Angolans living in Israel, which was supported by the Israeli government. | The Director of Africa, Middle East and Regional Organizations at the Foreign Ministry Jorge Cardoso was also present at the meeting.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-10-11). Lula calls for world intervention in Palestinian-Israeli conflict. plenglish.com Brasilia, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today called on the international community to intervene to stop the situation of children who are in the line of fire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-10-11). Palestinean forces in Syria reaffirm their attachment to resistance. plenglish.com Damascus, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The representatives of the Palestinean forces based in this Levantine nation affirmed today that resistance is the only way the Palestinian people have chosen to liberate their land and recover their rights.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-10-11). Spanish IU calls for condemnation of Palestine occupation. plenglish.com Madrid, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The Izquierda Unida (IU) party of Spain will present in all the city councils of the State a motion on the occasion of the military escalation in Palestine, it was announced today.

Brian Berletic (2023-10-11). Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Continues: Israel Flattens Gaza Following Hamas Raids. thealtworld.com LIVE update on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for October 11, 2023 | — Gaza is being flattened by Israeli airstrikes following several days of Hamas raids into Israeli-held territory; | — war crimes are being committed on both sides; | — attempts by the Western politicians to implicate Iran while the US moves military assets into the region for a possible escalation beyond Israel and Palestine; | — it is important to separate emotions from facts because short-term "revenge" almost always complicates long-term strategic victory;…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-10-11). This Is Exactly What It Looks Like. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | If I was an Israel supporter I'd be thinking very carefully about the things I'm posting online in the build-up to what could end up being regarded as one of history's worst genocidal massacres. The internet doesn't forget. What you're tweeting today could haunt you for life. | ‚ùñ | The Israel-Palestine issue is not complicated; an

channelnewsasia (2023-10-11). Palestinians in Gaza say Israeli bombardment feels like new 'Nakba'. channelnewsasia.com

Dave Reed (2023-10-11). There is no proof Palestinian fighters 'beheaded' babies. The only source is a radical settler. mondoweiss.net U.S. and international media outlets are repeating unsubstantiated claims that Palestinian fighters "beheaded" babies. These unverified assertions aren't just sloppy journalism — they are being used to justify a massacre.

Heba Nasser (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Lebanese flee southern towns as tensions rise. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Lebanese flee southern towns as tensions rise | Hezbollah and Israeli military exchange cross-border fire while fears of wider conflict grow
| Wed, 10/11/2023 – 15: 04 | Aid workers walk on damaged buildings after Israeli shelling in village of Dhayra, near border with Israel, in southern Lebanon, on 11 October 2023 (Reuters)
| Cross-border violence between Lebanon an…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-10-11). Widening the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Yellow Journalism Stoking Potential War on Iran. covertactionmagazine.com The Wall Street Journal Blames Iran For Helping to Plot Tribe of Nova Massacre When This is Uncorroborated During the late 1800s, the Hearst yellow press ran stories falsely accusing Spain of sinking the U.S.S. Maine in order to help mobilize public opinion in support of the Spanish-American War that resulted in the U.S. colonization …

krish-rad_ind (2023-10-11). Palestine Action Hits Every Office of Elbit Recruiters iO Associates in One Night. palestineaction.org

Leila Warah (2023-10-11). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 5: 'Human catastrophe' in Gaza as Israel prepares for ground invasion. mondoweiss.net As the Israeli army amasses 300,000 troops on Gaza's border for a potential ground invasion, the scale of the human catastrophe in Gaza is unprecedented. But despite the carnage, people support the Palestinian resistance more than ever.

Lubna Masarwa (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Gaza workers in Israel stranded after permits revoked. middleeasteye.net

Maha Hussaini (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Without fuel or internet, Israel set to disconnect Gaza from the world. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Without fuel or internet, Israel set to disconnect Gaza from the world | Palestinians fear total blockade of Gaza's more than two million residents aims to prevent residents from telling world about their plight | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 13: 20 | Palestinian children flee an Israeli attack on Gaza on 12 October 2023 (AFP) | Over two million residents in the Gaza Strip are fac…

MEE staff (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Hamas shares footage showing release of Israeli woman, children. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Hamas shares footage showing release of Israeli woman, children | Footage aired by Al Jazeera purportedly shows woman and her children being released by Al-Qassam members near boundary with Israel | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 22: 07 | Footage aired by Al Jazeera purportedly shows an Israeli woman and her children being released by Hamas (Youtube) | Hamas's Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades publ…

MEE staff (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Harvard students face backlash over statement blaming Israel for violence. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Harvard students face backlash over statement blaming Israel for violence | The statement was signed by over 30 Harvard student organisations | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 21: 03 | People walk past the Smith Campus Center at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 29 June 2023 (AFP) | Harvard University students and over 30 organisations that signed a statement holding Israel "ent…

MEE staff (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: What we know so far about Israeli casualties. middleeasteye.net

MEE staff (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Labour Muslims condemn Starmer for backing 'collective punishment'. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Labour Muslims condemn Starmer for backing 'collective punishment' | The leader of the opposition Labour Party had earlier backed Israel's right to cut water and power to the besieged territory 'within international law' | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 16: 57 | Keir Starmer's Labour Party have not yet clarified how cutting water to Gaza can be done within international law (AFP) | Muslim membe…

Michael Arria (2023-10-11). The Shift: ADL CEO compares Palestine solidarity events to 1939 Nazi rally. mondoweiss.net In MSNBC appearances ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt accused the network of pushing pro-Hamas stories and compared recent Palestine events to a 1939 Nazi rally.

Mohammed al-Hajjar (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: Bodies piling up in the streets as Gaza onslaught escalates. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Bodies piling up in the streets as Gaza onslaught escalates | Residents wake to find whole neighbourhoods destroyed as Israel's 'heinous, indiscriminate' bombardment continues | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 12: 43 | Residents of al-Karama complex look through the remains of their neighbourhood following Israeli bombing (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar) | As residents of Gaza…

Philip Weiss (2023-10-11). Mainstream broadcasters include the Palestinian perspective at last. mondoweiss.net Despite near unanimity of support for Israel in the US political establishment these days, some voices are making it into the mainstream media to explain the causes of violence and state that while they condemn the Hamas attacks on civilians, they were not "unprovoked."

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-11). U.S. must support UN call for ceasefire in Gaza and Israel. peoplesworld.org The most recent eruption of violence in Gaza and Israel is a tragic reminder of the human consequences of decades of oppression. The human toll — hundreds of Palestinians and Israelis killed so far — tells that appalling story. Many of the targets, and many of those killed, on both sides, were civilians. And, as …

Rabbi Brant Rosen (2023-10-11). Violence in the Mideast will not end without justice. peoplesworld.org Dear Haverim, It is difficult to do justice to the depth of the pain and grief that has been experienced in Palestine—Israel over the past several days. The details emanating from news outlets and social media have been increasingly unbearable; so many of us are feeling layers upon layers of intense emotion, in often confusing …

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2023-10-11). CovertAction Bulletin — Eyewitness Gaza: Why the Resistance is Justified. covertactionmagazine.com On October 7th, the Palestinian resistance launched its Al-Aqsa Flood uprising against the decades-long occupation by Israel. Despite $3.8 billion every year in military aid from the US and a vast military and surveillance state, the Israeli government seemingly had no warning to this carefully-planned advance…

Ryan Black (2023-10-11). Left Politicians Are Showing How To Respond To The Horrors In Israel And Palestine. progressivehub.net BEN BURGIS | JACOBIN…

SAM (2023-10-11). We Haven't Learned Any Lessons In The Israel-Palestine Conflict. progressivehub.net JAMES ZOGBY | ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE…

Simon Hooper (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: How unverified reports of Hamas 'beheading babies' filled front pages. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: How unverified reports of Hamas 'beheading babies' filled front pages | Questions raised by reporting of deadly attack on kibbutz, with media warned that spreading unverified information could escalate tensions | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 16: 51 | Israeli soldiers remove a body from a house in Kfar Aza, on 10 October 2023 (AFP) | Newspaper headlines in the UK on Wednesday were dom…

Stephen Zunes (2023-10-11). Hamas, Israel, and the U.S. Have Learned Nothing. progressive.org After Hamas's attack, Israel—with Biden's full support—is waging a war of revenge with no regard for the lives of Palestinian civilians.

teleSUR (2023-10-11). 11 UN Staff Killed in Israeli Bombardment of Gaza. telesurenglish.net Eleven staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the recent escalation of violence erupted on October 7. | RELATED: | "Among them are five UNRWA school teachers, a gynecologist, an engineer, a psychological counselor and three support workers," the agency said in a statement. | "Some were killed…

teleSUR (2023-10-11). Egyptian and Iranian FMs Discuss Israel-Hamas Conflict. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discussed the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian military escalation. | RELATED: | According to a statement from the Egyptian foreign ministry, during a phone call, the two diplomats discussed the Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and the threats posed by the ongoing confrontations to regional stability…

teleSUR (2023-10-11). Egyptian President, Omani Sultan Discuss Palestinian Conflict. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said discussed the developments in the current escalation between the Palestinians and Israelis. | RELATED: | In a phone call, the two leaders discussed the grave repercussions of the ongoing tensions on regional security and stability and the humanitarian suffering as a result of the conflict. | "The two leaders agreed o…

teleSUR (2023-10-11). Erdogan and Putin Discuss Ongoing Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin, discussing the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli tensions. | RELATED: | During the phone talk, Erdogan and Putin exchanged views on measures to prevent the spread of the tension, according to a statement issued by Türkiye's Communications Directorate. | In the phone talk, Erdogan told Putin that targeting c…

teleSUR (2023-10-11). Israeli Bombings Unleash Massacre in Gaza: Arab League. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Arab League Secretary Ahmed Abulgueit described the intense Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip as a "massacre." | RELATED: | "The retaliatory operations carried out and prepared by the Israeli occupation forces will not bring stability but will provoke more cycles of violence and bloodshed," he said during an minister-level meeting convened to discuss the war between Israel and the Palestinian resistance forces led by Hamas. | Al…

teleSUR (2023-10-11). President Biden Urges Israel Security Funding From US Congress. telesurenglish.net The number of U.S. citizens killed amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine has risen to 14, according to U.S. President Joe Biden, who in a speech Tuesday also said Americans were believed to be among those held hostage by Hamas militants. | RELATED: | Speaking from the White House State Dining Room, Biden urged Congress to "take urgent action to fund the national security requirements of our critic…

teleSUR (2023-10-11). Russia Advocates Creation of Sovereign Palestinian State. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced support for the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state as a permanent solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. | RELATED: | "Without addressing the fundamental political issues, the most critical of which is the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state, it is impossible to resolve the problem as a whole," he stated during the forum of the Russian Energy Week 2023.

teleSUR (2023-10-11). Two States Are Necessary for Middle East Security: Jordan. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, King Abdullah II of Jordan stated that the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict confirms that the Middle East will not be safe or stable until a "fair and comprehensive peace" is achieved through the creation of two states. | RELATED: | "The occupied Palestinian territories are witnessing a serious escalation, acts of violence, and aggression, which once again confirm that our region will not enjoy security a…

Umar A Farooq (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: US politicians greenlighting 'potential genocide' of Palestinians, analysts warn. middleeasteye.net

unitedEditor (2023-10-11). "Turning point in Palestinian history" unitedworldint.com The Palestinian journalist Mohammad Abu Takiya spoke to the Turkish TV channel Ulusal Kanal on the reasons and scope of Hamas' operation. Below we present the English translation of the interview. For fundamental rights of Palestinians What is the reason behind this operation of Hamas? The Al-Aqsa Storm operation is launched against the relentless Israeli …

unitedEditor (2023-10-11). "Turning point in Palestinian history" uwidata.com The Palestinian journalist Mohammad Abu Takiya spoke to the Turkish TV channel Ulusal Kanal on the reasons and scope of Hamas' operation. Below we present the English translation of the interview. For fundamental rights of Palestinians What is the reason behind this operation of Hamas? The Al-Aqsa Storm operation is launched against the relentless Israeli …

Zainab Iqbal (2023-10-11). Israel-Palestine war: NYU law student loses job offer at prestigious firm after pro-Palestine message. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: NYU law student loses job offer at prestigious firm after pro-Palestine message | The student is also facing removal as student bar president after they posted a message in the newsletter condemning violence against apartheid | Wed, 10/11/2023 – 17: 47 | The NYU campus is located in Manhattan, New York (MEE/Zainab Iqbal) | An NYU Law School student's job offer with an inte…

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). Satellite images of damaged Gaza checkpoint after attack. ecns.cn This combination of satellite images shows the Erez checkpoint, border of Gaza and Israel on June 5, 2023 (L) and Oct. 8, 2023 (R).

Editor (2023-10-12). Patrick Lawrence: 'Innocent Israelis'. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Of all the gruesome images and stomach-turning news reports to come out of Israel since Hamas launched its daring attack across the Gaza border last Saturday, one incident stays stubbornly with me. It occurred early on the morning of the assault near a kibbutz called Re'im, which lies …

Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. (2023-10-12). 'A Massive War Crime': Israel Begins Total Blockade Of Gaza Strip. popularresistance.org Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip on Monday, pledging to block food and fuel from entering the occupied enclave and cut off the territory's electricity—steps that international law experts and other observers decried as a clear war crime that will devastate civilians. | "There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed," said Gallant. | Using rhetoric that one commentator called "blatantly genocidal," Gallant added that "we are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly." | Israel has been imposing a land, air, and sea blockade…

Patrick Howlett-Martin (2023-10-12). Gaza, What Future? counterpunch.org

Peninsula Peace & Justice Center (2023-10-12). Thursday 10/19: Gaza Crisis: Emergency Webinar w/ Prof. Joel Beinin, Middle East Historian. indybay.org Zoom – join from anywhere…

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Khan Yunis mourns as death toll rises amid Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. presstv.ir Footage filmed on Monday shows grief-stricken citizens in the southern city of Khan Yunis.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Iraq's Hezbollah vows to target US bases if Washington aids Israel. presstv.ir Iraq's anti-terror group Kata'ib Hezbollah threatens to target American bases in Iraq and the entire region if the US intervenes in the Israeli regime's onslaught against Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Israel bombs residential areas in Gaza for 5th day in a row. presstv.ir The Israeli regime has launched a fresh round of airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip on the fifth day of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). IRIB World Service condemns Israeli bombing of its office in Gaza. presstv.ir The IRIB World Service condemns Israeli bombing of its office in Gaza, saying the attack was meant to muzzle free media voices.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Iran: Israel is accountable for Gaza humanitarian crisis. presstv.ir Iran's FM holds Israel accountable for the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). 'We are being bombed in total silence' by Israel, journalist says. presstv.ir Journalist says Israel is cutting off Gazans from outside world.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Ayatollah Sistani condemns Israeli's savagery in Gaza, urges intl. action to end atrocities. presstv.ir Ayatollah Sistani condemns the Israeli onslaught in the Gaza Strip and urges the world to stand up to the regime.

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Iran, KSA: Israel, its supporters inviting 'destructive insecurity'. presstv.ir Iran and Saudi Arabia say Israel's crimes and the US's green light for them stand to invite "destructive insecurity" for the occupying regime and its supporters.

Revolution Books (2023-10-12). Saturday 10/14: Film/Discussion–BEHIND THE ISRAEL GAZA CLASH – No to US-Israeli Oppression of the Palest. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

TASS (2023-10-12). Death toll in Gaza Strip surpasses 1,200 since conflict began. tass.com Earlier, the Health Ministry reported that local hospitals had no vacant beds and were running out of medical essentials…

Abdel Bari Atwan (2023-10-11). The Flood From Gaza. orinocotribune.com By Abdel Bari Atwan — Oct 8, 2023 | Now we know why Mohammad Deif, the leader of Hamas' military wing in the Gaza Strip, disappeared from public view after the 'Sword of Jerusalem' campaign nearly two years ago. He was making plans and preparations for a counterstrike against Israel. On Saturday, October 7, he emerged, alongside Hamas spokesman 'Abu-Obaida,' to announce it. | They declared the start of Operation al-Aqsa Flood, describing it as a battle to end the longest occupation on the planet. Thousands of rockets were launched within a matter of minutes, confounding Israel's much-hyped air defense system…

AFSC & Bay Area World Without Walls (2023-10-11). Wednesday 10/11: "Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire" – Book Talk w/ Contributing Author, Y. Aljamal. indybay.org Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church | 3534 Lakeshore Ave | Oakland, CA 94610 | Or join the Oakland livestream via YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVJdQSaBY_U

AFSC & MCASC Santa Clara (2023-10-11). Thursday 10/12: "Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire" – Book Talk w/ Contributing Author, Y. Aljamal (SC). indybay.org MCA Khadijah Hall | 3003 Scott Blvd | Santa Clara 95054…

Alice Speri (2023-10-11). Israel Responds to Hamas Crimes by Ordering Mass War Crimes in Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-10-11). This Is Exactly What It Looks Like. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Israel is exactly the abusive apartheid regime it looks like on the surface. Remember this as the bodies pile up and Gaza is turned into a smoldering crater. This is exactly what it looks like.

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-11). US Might Send Second Aircraft Carrier to Support Israel. news.antiwar.com The US might deploy a second aircraft carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea to support Israel's attack on Gaza, two Pentagon officials told POLITICO on Tuesday. In the wake of the Hamas attack on southern Israel, the US announced that it was deploying the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group, which …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-11). Sen. Graham Says 'We're in a Religious War,' Calls to 'Level' Gaza. news.antiwar.com Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday declared that "we're in a religious war" and called for Israel to "level" the Gaza Strip, home to over 2 million people, including about 1 million children. "We're in a religious war here. I am with Israel. Do whatever the hell you have to do to defend yourself. Level …

Dave LIndorff (2023-10-11). Israel's War Crime: Collective Punishment of Two Million Gazans for Hamas Atrocities in Israel Incursion. thiscantbehappening.net

Dave LIndorff (2023-10-11). Israel's War Crime: Collective Punishment of Two Million in Gaza for Hamas Atrocities in Israel Incursion. thiscantbehappening.net

Drago Bosnic (2023-10-11). Erdogan, Friend or Foe of Netanyahu? On Whose Side Is Turkey in Latest Israel-Gaza Escalation? globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-10-11). Here's What You Need To Know About Gaza's History (w/ Norman Finkelstein). scheerpost.com

John Collins (2023-10-11). Corporate Media Outlets Are Obscuring Settler Colonialism in Their Gaza Coverage. truthout.org Much of the mainstream U.S. coverage of the recent Hamas attacks in Israel and Israel's escalating war on Gaza — such as former New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Steven Erlanger's October 9 analysis piece or NPR reporter Juliana Kim's story of the same day — focused heavily on the Israeli security establishment's alleged failures of anticipation or comprehension vis-á-vis Hamas. |

Peninsula Peace & Justice Center (2023-10-11). Thursday 10/19: Gaza Crisis: Emergency Webinar w/ Prof. Joel Beinin, Middle East Historian. indybay.org Zoom – join from anywhere…

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Khan Yunis mourns as death toll rises amid Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. presstv.ir Footage filmed on Monday shows grief-stricken citizens in the southern city of Khan Yunis.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Houthi lauds al-Aqsa Storm as 'historic victory' that shattered equations. presstv.ir Ansarullah's leader praises the recent surprise attack by Gaza-based resistance groups against the Israeli occupying regime as a great "historic victory."

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Harvard students blame 'apartheid regime' of Israel for recent brutality. presstv.ir A coalition of 34 student organizations condemned Israel's bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). UN: Israel's total Gaza blockade amounts to war crime. presstv.ir The UN human rights chief Volker Turk said the blockade "seriously" risks the already dire humanitarian situation.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). In letter to UN, Iran warns of 'human catastrophe' amid Israeli onslaught on Gaza. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister has warned of a "human catastrophe" amid ongoing Israeli aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). US: No evidence of direct Iranian role in al-Aqsa Storm Operation. presstv.ir The US says it has come by no evidence pointing to Iran's "direct involvement" in the Operation al-Aqsa Storm.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Iraq's Hezbollah vows to target US bases if Washington aids Israel. presstv.ir Iraq's anti-terror group Kata'ib Hezbollah threatens to target American bases in Iraq and the entire region if the US intervenes in the Israeli regime's onslaught against Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Iran FM: Israel seeks to raze Gaza Strip, massacre its residents. presstv.ir Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned that the Israeli regime is seeking to raze the entire Gaza Strip and massacre its residents.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). EU: Israel breaking international law by besieging Gaza. presstv.ir 'The United Nation has already said that cutting water, cutting electricity, cutting food, to a mass of civilian people is against international law'..

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Israel bombs residential areas in Gaza for 5th day in a row. presstv.ir The Israeli regime has launched a fresh round of airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip on the fifth day of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). IRIB World Service condemns Israeli bombing of its office in Gaza. presstv.ir The IRIB World Service condemns Israeli bombing of its office in Gaza, saying the attack was meant to muzzle free media voices.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-10-11). Netanyahu's "False Flag" is a "Copy and Paste": The Pentagon's Secret "Operation Northwoods"(1962) directed against Cuba. "Casualty Lists Would Cause a Helpful Wave of Indignation" globalresearch.ca Author's Introductory note | Early Saturday October 7, 2023, Hamas launched "Operation Al-Aqsa Storm". On that same day, Netanyahu confirmed a so-called "State of Readiness For War". A complete blockade on the Gaza Strip was initiated on October 9, 2023 …

repost (2023-10-11). Israel Can't Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying a Cruel Price -Gideon Levy. indybay.org We thought we'd continue to go down to Gaza, scatter a few crumbs in the | form of tens of thousands of Israeli work permits — always contingent on | good behavior — and still keep them in prison.

Revolution Books (2023-10-11). Saturday 10/14: Film/Discussion–BEHIND THE ISRAEL GAZA CLASH – No to US-Israeli Oppression of the Palest. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Robert Fantina (2023-10-11). Gaza and the Israeli War. counterpunch.org The world awoke on October 7 to the news that so-called 'militants' in the Gaza Strip had entered Israel, killed 40 people and injured hundreds of others. (The figures now stand at more than 900 Israelis killed and 2806 wounded.) In retaliation, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel is at war with Gaza.

RootsAction (2023-10-11). A Statement from RootsAction on the Gaza-Israel War. indybay.org October 08, 2023…

Staff (2023-10-11). Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Should Lift Siege & Call Off Plans for Ground Invasion of Gaza. democracynow.org From Tel Aviv, we hear from award-winning Israeli journalist and author Gideon Levy, whose recent column for Haaretz is headlined "Israel Can't Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying a Cruel Price." Levy discusses the reaction within Israeli society toward Hamas's unexpected attack and condemns the Netanyahu government for only mobilizing for further warfare rather than providing effective assistance to victims. "Nobody is leading Israel," declares Levy, who also calls for Israel to lift its blockade of Gaza and accept that its campaign of eradicating Hamas is "imposs…

Staff (2023-10-11). Headlines for October 11, 2023. democracynow.org Death Toll in Israel and Gaza Tops 2,200 as Gazans Face Total Energy Blackout and No Safe Refuge, Journalists Hold Funeral Procession for Their Colleagues Killed in Attacks on Gaza, Families of Israeli Hostages Speak Out as Survivors Grapple with Hamas Attack, Biden Does Not Urge Restraint in IDF Attacks Against Gaza as New U.S. Weapons Arrive in Israel, Another 6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Afghanistan, 29 People Killed in Burmese Military Attack on Refugee Camp in Kachin State, Dutch Lawmakers Move Toward Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies After Highway Blockade, World Food Programme Resumes Food Distribution…

Tamara Nassar (2023-10-11). Israel slaughters dozens of children in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Brothers, sisters and cousins killed together in Israeli airstrikes.

TASS (2023-10-11). Over 20,000 houses, 10 medical facilities destroyed by Israeli strikes on Gaza — ministry. tass.com According to the report, a total of 48 local schools have also been damaged…

TASS (2023-10-11). Houthi leader threatens to give 'military response' if US intervenes in Gaza conflict. tass.com The Houthi leader added that his movement was ready to coordinate its actions with other groups and join their operations in the conflict zone…

TASS (2023-10-11). Israel strikes over 200 targets in Gaza Strip's Al Furqan. tass.com According to the IDF, HAMAS militants use the area as their "terror nest"

TASS (2023-10-11). IDF eliminates at least 1,000 Gaza militants, aircraft detection system. tass.com "Over the years, Hamas set up a high-quality network of cameras, hidden inside solar water heaters all around the Gaza Strip, in order to track and monitor Israeli aircraft," the statement reads…

TASS (2023-10-11). Power plant in Gaza Strip to run out of fuel in 10-12 hours — TV. tass.com It is also noted that fuel reserves in medical institutions of the Gaza Strip will end on October 12…

teleSUR, SH (2023-10-11). Israel lanza 200 ataques aéreos contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Durante la jornada del martes, las fuerzas israelíes repelieron supuestos ataques desde El Líbano, por fuerzas de Hizbulá, y desde Siria.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-10-11). Aumenta a 922 el número de muertos en Franja de Gaza por ataques de Israel. telesurtv.net Hasta el cuarto día consecutivo de la escalada del conflicto, se contabilizan 4.650 heridos y 22 familias han sido exterminadas.

Unicorn Riot (2023-10-11). Ancient Roman Graves Discovered in Gaza. unicornriot.ninja

WSWS (2023-10-11). Biden proclaims unlimited support for Israeli onslaught on Gaza. wsws.org On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden gave a speech completely associating his government with the barbarism of the Israeli state, giving the Netanyahu government a green light to carry out mass murder.

Jake Johnson (2023-10-11). 'Bone-chilling' violence in Israel, Gaza has pushed region to a 'tipping point': UN relief head. nationofchange.org "My message to all sides is unequivocal: The laws of war must be upheld," Martin Griffiths, the U.N.'s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who called the scale and speed of the ongoing violence "bone-chilling."

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Iran: Israel is accountable for Gaza humanitarian crisis. presstv.ir Iran's FM holds Israel accountable for the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). 'We are being bombed in total silence' by Israel, journalist says. presstv.ir Journalist says Israel is cutting off Gazans from outside world.

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Ayatollah Sistani condemns Israeli's savagery in Gaza, urges intl. action to end atrocities. presstv.ir Ayatollah Sistani condemns the Israeli onslaught in the Gaza Strip and urges the world to stand up to the regime.

TASS (2023-10-11). Israel's ground operation in Gaza may aim to liberate Hamas' hostages — envoy to Moscow. tass.com "It is necessary to convey to Gaza residents that the best option for them is to live in peace and cooperation with Israel," Alexander Ben Zvi pointed out…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-10-11). Gaza se queda sin electricidad, hospitales incluidos. telesurtv.net Mientras tanto, Israel bombardea con fósforo blanco, prohibida por el derecho internacional, las instalaciones civiles de la ciudad de Gaza.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-10-11). ONU reporta más de 260.000 desplazados en Gaza por bombardeos. telesurtv.net Este miércoles cifra de desplazados en la Franja ascendió a 263.934, de los cuales 175.486 se refugiaron en escuelas de la Unrwa.

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). Thai death toll in Israel-Gaza conflict rises to 21: PM. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). Respect humanitarian laws in Israel-Hamas conflict, avoid targeting civilians and aid workers: UN. channelnewsasia.com "It cannot target innocent civilians, women, children and men who have nothing to do with this war," said a UN official on the actions of parties on both sides of the conflict.

FP Staff (2023-10-12). No electricity, water or fuel until Israeli abductees return home: Israel warns Gaza. firstpost.com As the Israel-Hamas war entered its sixth day, the Israeli Energy Minister said Thursday that until all those taken captive by Hamas were released, his country would not provide any basic resources, including electricity and fuel, or humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza. | In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz said: "Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electric switch will be turned on, no water tap will be opened and no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli abductees are returned home." | ◊°◊ô◊ï◊¢ ◊î◊ï◊û◊ ◊&ocirc…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-10-12). Gaza se queda sin electricidad, hospitales incluidos. telesurtv.net Mientras tanto, Israel bombardea con fósforo blanco, prohibida por el derecho internacional, las instalaciones civiles de la ciudad de Gaza.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-10-12). Nuevos bombardeos israelíes sobre la Franja de Gaza dejan 51 muertos. telesurtv.net Desde el sábado pasado el número de muertos en la Franja de Gaza por los bombardeos ha superado los 1.200.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-10-12). Continúa el asedio de Israel contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Los cortes de electricidad, agua y combustible contra los ciudadanos que residen en la Franja de Gaza debilitan la prestación de servicios de salud.

WSWS (2023-10-12). New Zealand political establishment backs Israel's genocidal crackdown in Gaza. wsws.org The unanimity between the major capitalist parties in backing Israeli repression exposes the sham of the confected "differences" presented in the campaign for New Zealand's October 14 election.

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). Gravediggers reinforced by volunteers as casualties overwhelm Israeli military cemetery. firstpost.com On Wednesday, gravediggers at Israel's largest military cemetery received assistance from volunteers as burials for soldiers killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip got underway. | They prepared the burial graves for the soldiers at Mount Herzl National Cemetery by scooping dirt with shovels and a mechanised digger. | At least 10 of the 1,200 Israelis killed in the attacks and subsequent fighting, which started on Saturday, have been recognised as troops, making up 169 of the total. | The cemetery is named for the 19th-century author Theodor Herzl, who envisioned the establishment of th…

btselem (2023-10-11). Israel committing war crimes in Gaza. btselem.org Revenge policy in motion.

channelnewsasia (2023-10-11). Israel strikes neighbourhood after neighbourhood in Gaza as war appears set to escalate. channelnewsasia.com

Ryan Black (2023-10-11). Israel Responds To Hamas Crimes By Ordering Mass War Crimes In Gaza. progressivehub.net ALICE SPERI | THE INTERCEPT…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2023-10-12). Some Young Lives Matter More Than Others, Some Don't Seem to Matter at All. counterpunch.org How many children will Biden's shipment of weapons to Israel kill? How many limbs will be lost? How many small heads will be crushed in the rubble? Will we see the bodies our bombs have mutilated? Get a body count of the deaths our tax dollars have underwritten? What doctrine of just war decrees that the deaths of children justify the killing of more children?

Larry Johnson (2023-10-12). Russia Closing the noose on Ukrainian Troops. sonar21.com It is astonishing how quickly Western attention shifted from the war in Ukraine to the war in Israel. As I noted in some recent interviews, Ukraine's Zelensky is frightened and stunned by this reversal and is trying desperately to stay relevant and attract Western attention. Good luck with that. The media prefers to focus on the new narrative of Arab hordes sweeping down on Israeli civilians rather than try to come up with excuses for Ukraine's failure to even breach the first line of the Surovikin defense. One visible sign of Zelensky's panic — he changed his wardrobe. Now, when he appears in public,…

presstv.ir (2023-10-12). Hamas-Israeli conflict causes massive flight cancellation, suspension in Tel Aviv. presstv.ir Fierce Hamas-Israeli clashes have led to a massive flight cancellation and suspension in Tel Aviv.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-12). Blinken Embarks on Israel Trip in Show of Support Amid Hamas Conflict. sputnikglobe.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and Jordan from October 11-13 in a show of support for the Jewish state amid its escalating war with Hamas.

TASS (2023-10-12). IDF eliminates another high-ranking Hamas member. tass.com According to the statement, Muhammad Abu Shamla's residence was used to store naval weapons designated for terror against the State of Israel…

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-11). NYT: US Intelligence Shows Iranian Leaders Were Surprised by Hamas Attack. news.antiwar.com The New York Times reported on Wednesday that US intelligence shows Iranian leaders were surprised by the Hamas attack on southern Israel and that no evidence has been found indicating Iran helped plan the operation. The report reads: "These key Iranian officials did not know the attack was coming, according to the intelligence. The United …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-11). Rep. McCaul Confirms That Egypt Warned Israel Before Hamas Attack. news.antiwar.com Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Wednesday that Egypt warned Israel of a potential attack three days before Hamas launched its incursion into southern Israel, confirming earlier reports. "We know that Egypt has warned the Israelis three days prior that an event like this could happen," McCaul said after …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-11). White House Plans to Request Military Aid for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. news.antiwar.com The White House has conveyed to members of Congress that it will request an emergency supplemental funding package that will include military aid for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, as well as additional funding for border security, NBC News reported on Wednesday. Administration officials said the request will also include funds to manufacture weapons to replace …

Editor (2023-10-11). Can Hamas Survive the Stupidity of Its ISIL-Style Tactics? scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Hamas leaders have said they were driven to their attack on Israel this weekend by two major considerations, the danger posed by right wing religious Zionism to the al-Aqsa mosque complex, the third holiest shrine for 1.8 billion Muslims, and a wave of Israeli …

Editor (2023-10-11). Indecency's Conspiracy of Silence: Hamas, Israel and the Use of Force. scheerpost.com By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch Shock and horror. But to and for whom? At 6.30 am on October 7, the State of Israel was certainly in shock. From the south, its citizens faced attacks by, as news reports put it, air, sea and land executed by the Islamic militant group Hamas. Within a matter of …

Editor (2023-10-11). Netanyahu's Humiliating Reality Check: Israel's 'Invincible' Army Falls Short. scheerpost.com

infobrics (2023-10-11). Washington's warhawks splitting over support for Ukraine. infobrics.org US Senator calls for all resources intended for Ukraine to be redirected to Israel.

infobrics (2023-10-11). Israel's defense, intelligence system weaker than Zionist militants think. infobrics.org Hamas' attack was not a "false flag", but a result of Israeli weakness and arrogance.

Israel Shahak (2023-10-11). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Jasper Saah (2023-10-11). US military aid makes Biden an accomplice in Israel's massacre. peoplesdispatch.org With confidence in Israel's continued capacity to serve its imperialist role shattered, the US has deployed an immense amount of military assets to the Eastern Mediterranean…

Jonathan Cook (2023-10-11). Israel: Racist, Violent Policing Is at the Heart of Apartheid. globalresearch.ca

Larry Johnson (2023-10-11). Understanding Israel's Intelligence Failure — Chats With Stephen Gardner And Michael Savage. sonar21.com There is a meme circulating accusing Bibi Netanyahu of having advance knowledge of the Hamas attack. According to this narrative, Bibi let it happen, believing it would be Israel's 9-11 and that he could rally support for this divided government. I don't buy it. Why? First, because he had to make deals with political opponents in order to form a government I find it hard to believe that those folks would go along with this kind of scam. Second, there are a lot of people in Mossad, Shin Bet (aka Israeli Security Agency) and Unit 8200 who do not like Netanyahu and would rat him out in a heartbeat if he pulled…

MEE staff (2023-10-11). Israeli cabinet to discuss banning Al Jazeera, say reports. middleeasteye.net

presstv.ir (2023-10-11). Hamas-Israeli conflict causes massive flight cancellation, suspension in Tel Aviv. presstv.ir Fierce Hamas-Israeli clashes have led to a massive flight cancellation and suspension in Tel Aviv.

sputnikglobe (2023-10-11). Acting US House Speaker Hints Chamber May Approve Israeli Aid Before Resolving Leadership Crisis. sputnikglobe.com The United States' lower legislative chamber is still without a permanent leader, but a statement from its interim figurehead demonstrates the depth of the country's commitment to its Middle Eastern ally.

Staff (2023-10-11). Venezuela: Opposition Deputy Suspended for Falsely Claiming to Represent Parliament on Israel. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The president of the National Assembly, deputy…

TASS (2023-10-11). Israeli forces report three terrorists eliminated in Ashkelon. tass.com The IDF noted that a fire broke out during this incident, with fire engines underway to eliminate the emergency…

TASS (2023-10-11). First plane with US munitions arrives in Israel — military. tass.com According to the report, the US plane landed at the Nevatim Airbase in the country's south…

TASS (2023-10-11). Israeli forces strike over 70 targets in Daraj-Tuffah area. tass.com The IDF press service reported that HAMAS militants use Daraj-Tuffah as their "terrorist center," from where "a large number of terror attacks targeting Israel are coming"

TASS (2023-10-11). Over 1,200 Israelis killed in Middle East conflict escalation. tass.com Over 2,700 people have been injured…

TASS (2023-10-11). Israel disinclined to believe allegations of Russia's involvement in Hamas attack — envoy. tass.com Alexander Ben Zvi also underlined that those who expected the US to redirect their resources from Ukraine to the Middle East in the current situation were mistaken…

TASS (2023-10-11). Number of Israelis wounded in Hamas attack exceeds 3,000 — Health Ministry. tass.com The ministry added that 345 people were in serious condition and 563 were in moderate condition…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-10-11). Reportan intercambio de artillería en frontera israelí-libanesa. telesurtv.net El portavoz del ejército israelí justificó los ataques a territorio libanés porque serían tres sitios que serían "de reconocimiento de Hezbollah en el Líbano en respuesta al lanzamiento de cohetes.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-10-11). Irán solicita intervención de ONU para detener la agresión israelí. telesurtv.net El titular de Exteriores expresó en nombre de la nación persa la profunda preocupación por las atrocidades que está cometiendo el sionismo y pidió que se aplique la justicia.

US Peace Council (2023-10-11). Israel and the US Bear Full Responsibility for the Ongoing Bloodshed! globalresearch.ca

TASS (2023-10-11). Red Wings to increase temporarily number of flights to Israel. tass.com According to the press service, the airline will perform an additional "evacuation" flight on route Tel Aviv-Moscow from October 11 to 16…

TASS (2023-10-11). Press review: Putin meets with Iraqi PM and US seeks to bundle arms aid to Israel, Ukraine. tass.com Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, October 11th…

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). Tears and trauma as Thai evacuees return from Israel. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). Taiwan sets up task force to study Israel-Hamas war. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). UEFA president Ceferin offers condolences in letter to Israel FA. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-10-12). EU's tech 'sheriff' sounds disinformation alarm with Musk, Zuckerberg. channelnewsasia.com

FP Staff (2023-10-12). Blinken arrives in Israel in solidarity visit after Hamas attacks, likely to meet PM Netanyahu. firstpost.com

FP Staff (2023-10-12). Germany offers Israel military help, promises to crack down support for Hamas at home. firstpost.com Germany has offered military assistance to Israel and promised to take measures against support for Hamas within its borders. Chancellor Olaf Scholz underlined Germany's historical responsibility for Israel's security on Thursday. | The Defence Ministry has approved an Israeli request to utilize a maximum of two out of the five Heron TP combat drones currently leased by the German military, which were already in Israel for the training of German personnel. Additionally, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced in Brussels that Israel has requested ammunition for its warships, a request that will now be discusse…

FP Staff (2023-10-12). Glass and leather industries from UP's Firozabad, Kanpur fear huge loss amid Israel-Hamas war. firstpost.com Uttar Pradesh's two industrial districts Firrozabad and Kanpur are fearing significant setbacks due to ongoing war between Israel and Hamas as businessmen from both cities complaining about order worth millions have come to a standstill ever since the war broke out. | Firozabad is known worldwide for its glass production. Industries here craft glass products on orders from foreign countries and ships them overseas. While Kanpur, a city known for its leather and leather product exports, is also grappling with the repercussions of the Israel-Hamas conflict. | The war has disrupted their business, causing orders wor…

FP Staff (2023-10-12). Hope persists for safe return of Kolkata couple stuck in Israel amid war with Hamas. firstpost.com The situation in Israel has taken a grim turn, with reports of daily acts of terrorism making headlines. In the midst of this turbulent period, a research couple from Kolkata has found themselves stranded in the throes of wartime conditions. | Back in Uttarpara, their elderly parents anxiously count the days, yearning for the safe return of their children and the return of peace. | Somoday Hazra and his wife, Jayita Dutta Hazra, hailing from Uttarpara in Hooghly dsitrict, are currently engaged in research on neurology in Haifa, Israel, along with their three-year-old daughter, Sindhura. | Just a fortnight ago, th…

FP Staff (2023-10-12). Israel Health Minister directs hospitals not to prioritise treatment of Hamas terrorists over civilians, soldiers. firstpost.com Ground reports suggest that the Israeli Health Minister on Wednesday issued an order telling hospitals in his country to not priorities the treatment of apprehended Hamas terrorists over civilians. | According to the Jerusalem Post, Moshe Arbel stated in his directive that due to the burden on the nation's healthcare system, Israeli hospitals must currently give priority to Hamas victims and IDF soldiers. | The problem of treating the damned and disgusting Hamas terrorists in the public hospitals has piled up a significant challenge for the healthcare system, he said. | "In these trying times, the health system s…

FP Staff (2023-10-12). US sends 2400 special force fighters to 'thwart any Iranian action' against Israel. firstpost.com US special forces were en route to the Israeli combat zone as the US prepares for a potential operation to free more than 150 hostages taken prisoner by Hamas. | The 2,400 fighters of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit secretly left their scheduled military drill in Kuwait, according to reports. | The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower group is scheduled to join the USS Gerald R. Ford group in the eastern Mediterranean in order to thwart any Iranian action. The USS Gerald R. Ford has already arrived there as the head of a carrier strike group. | However, with the deployment of the 26th, who were among the first US forces i…

FP Staff (2023-10-12). 'We are here, we are not going anywhere': US State Secretary Blinken to Israel's Netanyahu. firstpost.com

FP Staff (2023-10-12). 'Wild animals': Israel says Hamas shot children in head, raped young women, burnt people alive. firstpost.com While Israel is at war with Hamas, the citizens of the country are becoming the worst sufferers. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the horrific killings and atrocities by the "barbarians" that the country has been facing. | 'Hamas an enemy worse than ISIS' | "We saw the wild animals. We saw the barbarians that we are facing. We saw a cruel enemy. An enemy worse than ISIS. We saw boys and girls, bound, shot in the head. Men and women burned alive. Young women raped and slaughtered. Fighters decapitated… In one place, they set fire to tires around them, and burned them alive," Netanyahu said.

Mehul Reuben Das (2023-10-12). After warning Elon Musk and X, EU tells Meta to crack down on Israel-Hamas disinformation. firstpost.com The European Union has issued a stern warning to Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, regarding the proliferation of "disinformation" on its social media platforms in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel. Meta has been given a tight 24-hour deadline to respond and align with European law. | The conflict between Israel and Hamas has prompted a surge in misleading and false information across social media, with manipulated images and mislabeled videos adding to the problem. The EU previously warned X about the presence of such content. | Thierry Breton, the EU's industry chie…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-10-12). Netanyahu acuerda Gobierno de emergencia con la oposición. telesurtv.net Gantz y Netanyahu se reunieron en privado durante unos 30 minutos en el cuartel general militar de Kirya en Tel Aviv, y luego permanecieron allí para discutir los detalles del acuerdo tan esperado.

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-10-12). Crece tensión en la frontera entre Israel y el Líbano. telesurtv.net "Los combatientes de la Resistencia Islámica atacaron con misiles teledirigidos el emplazamiento sionista de Al-Yardah, frente a la zona de Al-Dhahira" indica el comunicado emitido por Hezbolá.

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). Israel ignored Egypt's warning over Hamas attack: US official. firstpost.com Three days before Hamas ambushed Israeli forces in a significant attack, Egypt warned Israel of impending violence, according to the influential US House Foreign Affairs Committee's chairman. | "We know that Egypt has warned the Israelis three days prior that an event like this could happen," Republican Michael McCaul told reporters following a closed-door intelligence briefing for lawmakers on the crisis. | For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. | "I don't want to get too much into classified, but a warning was given," he said. "I think the question was at what level."

Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-11). Israeli artillery targets south Lebanon after Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel. firstpost.com As cross-border fighting entered its fourth day, Israeli artillery struck southern Lebanese villages on Wednesday in response to a new rocket attack by the potent Hezbollah militia. | Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the deaths of two of its members after Israeli bombardment earlier this week and promised "decisive" retaliation against any attacks on Lebanese land, especially ones that result in casualties. | After one of its northern sites, close to the Israeli town of Arab al-Aramshe, was hit with anti-tank fire on Wednesday, the Israeli military said that it was assaulting Lebanon. | Information on casualt…

krish-rad_ind (2023-10-11). U.S. Military Headed To Israel. youtu.be

Morning Star (2023-10-11). No one should cheer the slaughter in Israel. peoplesworld.org Editor's note: The following is an editorial that appears today in Morning Star, Britain's socialist daily newspaper. Those Israeli families in their homes, the young people at the music festival deserve to be alive. The small Israeli boy taken hostage and videoed being tormented deserves to be home and safe. And when Jews are massacred …

Pavel López Lazo (2023-10-11). Dominican analyst describes Israel's reaction as beastly. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Dominican political analyst Felipe Ciprián on Wednesday described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu ¥s reaction as bestial, following the Hamas attack in recent days.

Ryan Cristián (2023-10-11). Israel Declares "War For The Western World" & UN Staffers/Civilians Killed By Israeli Bombing. 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 (10/9/23). 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

teleSUR (2023-10-11). Israeli Attacks in Lebanon Cause Heavy Damage. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday morning, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that the Israeli strikes on border villages and towns in southern Lebanon injured three people and caused heavy damage to property and agricultural fields. | RELATED: | Israeli attacks followed Hezbollah's missile shelling earlier in the day on the Israeli military site of Al-Jardah near the Lebanese border, which, according to Hezbollah, caused "man…

teleSUR (2023-10-11). Netanyahu and Opposition Agree to Form an Emergency Unity Government. telesurenglish.net Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, opposition leader and former defense minister, announced Wednesday the formation of an emergency unity government and a war cabinet. | RELATED: | This way Gantz's centrist National Unity party sits alongside Netanyahu's ultra-nationalist-religious coalition government. | A joint statement announced the agreement with a three-member war cabinet consisting of Prime Minister…

Mike Ludwig (2023-10-11). Supreme Court Let Texas Execute a Man Sentenced on Allegedly Faulty Evidence. truthout.org As abolitionists worldwide observed a day of protest against the death penalty on Tuesday, the six members of the Supreme Court's right-wing majority threw out lower court rulings and allowed the state of Texas to execute Jedidiah Murphy, a deeply faithful Jewish man who suffered from mental illness and wished to become a religious counselor for others in prison. Last-minute legal wrangling saw… |

Newswire Editor (2023-10-12). Jewish Voice for Peace calls on all people of conscience to stop imminent genocide. commondreams.org

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-10-11). Netanyahu's "False Flag" Is a "Copy and Paste": The Pentagon's Secret "Operation Northwoods"(1962) Directed Against Cuba. "Casualty Lists Would Cause a Helpful Wave of Indignation" globalresearch.ca

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