Tag: Middle East

Biden was my boss. As a Jew I cannot endorse the Gaza catastrophe / Phyllis Bennis Calls Out the US for Supporting Israel

GAZA casualties, live statistics There are lessons to be learned from our faith and history, as we watch the same dehumanization that fell upon my community now land upon another. Each day, I see photos of those displaced in Gaza, and I am reminded of my own family’s memory of loved ones killed in the… Read More Biden was my boss. As a Jew I cannot endorse the Gaza catastrophe / Phyllis Bennis Calls Out the US for Supporting Israel

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The message of Israel’s torture chambers is directed at all of us, not just Palestinians

‘Black sites’ are about reminding those who have been colonised and enslaved of a simple lesson: resistance is futile By Jonathan Cook On a misty November morning 21 years ago, I was desperately trying to remain camouflaged. Concealed in the foliage of an orange grove in Israel’s rural Galilee, I hurriedly took photos of a drab concrete building… Read More The message of Israel’s torture chambers is directed at all of us, not just Palestinians

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Israel Already Razed Hundreds of Homes in This Bedouin Village. Next, It Tore Down Anything Left Standing

‘Authorities are behaving like the hilltop youth in the West Bank,’ says Jabr Abu Assa, one of the leaders of the campaign against the demolition of Wadi Khalil Eden Solomon; May 24, 2024 At the entrance to the ruined community of Wadi Khalil there is a sign: “Our children deserve a home like every child… Read More Israel Already Razed Hundreds of Homes in This Bedouin Village. Next, It Tore Down Anything Left Standing

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The Arsenal of Genocide: the U.S. Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza

During the Second World War, the United States proudly called itself the “Arsenal of Democracy,” as its munitions factories and shipyards produced an endless supply of weapons to fight the genocidal government of Germany. Today, the United States is instead, shamefully, the Arsenal of Genocide, providing 70% of the imported weapons Israel is using to… Read More The Arsenal of Genocide: the U.S. Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza

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BIDEN’S LAWYERS ARE URGING THE WHITE HOUSE TO CHANGE COURSE ON GAZA

IN A MESSAGE to Attorney General Merrick Garland and other senior officials this week, federal government attorneys invoked British abolitionist William Wilberforce: “You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.”  The letter, drafted by unnamed legal and policy staff at more than two dozen federal agencies, argues… Read More BIDEN’S LAWYERS ARE URGING THE WHITE HOUSE TO CHANGE COURSE ON GAZA

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Indo-Palestine Solidarity Network

Commemorates the 78th Anniversary of the NAKBA of 1948, when over 7.5 lac Palestinians were driven from their homes and villages by violence and terror ************************ GAZA casualties, live statistics United Nations Documentation on the Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem The Crisis of Ideology The west’s complete contempt for the lives of Palestinians will… Read More Indo-Palestine Solidarity Network

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Israeli military not a professional army; its ground incursions look like ISIS terror attacks

GAZA casualties, live statistics Israeli ground assaults in Gaza Strip reveal mass graves, war crimes publicized for fun, mass slaughter, human shield taking, and widespread torture.  by Robert Inlakesh Although most modern armies have committed war crimes, the Israeli military does not operate like a professional force, but rather a collection of ill-disciplined racist militia groups.… Read More Israeli military not a professional army; its ground incursions look like ISIS terror attacks

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Top Israeli Arms Maker Unwittingly Reveals Its Largest Foreign Customer: India

Avi Scharf India is the largest foreign customer of Israeli defense giant Israel Aerospace Industries, the company revealed in its 2023 annual report based on a Haaretz analysis of company statements from recent years. According to the annual report, sales to India came in at $953 million last year, about a quarter of the company’s… Read More Top Israeli Arms Maker Unwittingly Reveals Its Largest Foreign Customer: India

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There’s one thing standing in the way of a ceasefire: Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise

Simon Tisdall The latest twists and turns in negotiations to end the war in Gaza appear labyrinthine and confusing. But it’s really not that complicated. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, must compromise on the outstanding details of the proposed ceasefire deal and Hamas’s weekend counter-offer – and immediately halt Israel’s criminal bombing of Gaza and reckless military incursions… Read More There’s one thing standing in the way of a ceasefire: Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise

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