Tag: Palestine / Israel

In Gaza, we’ve seen horror unfold with global powers’ support. Is that a blueprint for elsewhere?

For now, it is Palestinians who are being killed & displaced. But ideologies of supremacy and domination threaten us all. Ahdaf Soueif Last week, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s minister of national security, put out an AI-generated video that showed a conveyor belt of overweight Palestinian prisoners – dreaming of food and education – entering one of his prisons;… Read More In Gaza, we’ve seen horror unfold with global powers’ support. Is that a blueprint for elsewhere?

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The retired generals sounding the alarm over the West Bank

Katrin Bennhold Good morning, world. Israel’s role as a safe haven for Jewish people after the Holocaust is central to its identity and values as a modern, democratic state. And so it was striking to read, in a recent story by my colleague Azam Ahmed, multiple prominent Israelis, including former military and intelligence officials, using World War… Read More The retired generals sounding the alarm over the West Bank

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Israel ‘seeking Trump’s support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza’

Andrew Roth Global affairs correspondent Israel’s defence minister has said his country is seeking Donald Trump’s support to approve plans to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in what has widely been condemned as a potential war crime. Israel Katz said there was “no real solution for Gaza in the end without thismigration” during a conference… Read More Israel ‘seeking Trump’s support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza’

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Thank Trump for This: He Has Exposed the Leaking Guts of the War Machine

War in the Middle East has morphed from the sterile narrative of fighting for freedom and democracy, to the more spectacular notion that US military force has been mobilized to serve Christian prophecy Phil Wilson Common Dreams Forget about Ancient Sparta, Attila the Hun, Hernán Cortés, Julius Ceasar, Alexander the Great, Adolf Hitler, and all of the conquerors that… Read More Thank Trump for This: He Has Exposed the Leaking Guts of the War Machine

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Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine

NB: This is the last chance for any segment of Western establishments to avoid being cast forever as irredeemably racist. DS Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press… Read More Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine

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Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes

NB: The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,382 Palestinians killed and 174,236 injured since October 7, 2023, according to medical sources. … They added that the total number of Palestinians killed since the ceasefire on October 11, 2025 has reached 1,255, while the number of injuries has… Read More Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes

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Israel: Protest against settler terror. By Ira Berkovic

Date: August 3, 2026 Author: aplutsoc “Write my name on my leg, Mama” On Friday, July 24, settlers carried out a violent raid on Palestinian homes in Tal, near Nablus. Four Palestinians were killed, and two Israeli settlers also died in retaliatory clashes. A week earlier, settlers had set fire to a house in Tal with residents inside.… Read More Israel: Protest against settler terror. By Ira Berkovic

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How a Teen, Not a Journalist, Debunked Israel’s Gaza ‘Voluntary Emigration’ Plan

The journalistic value is clear: The boy revealed Feiglin’s true face. And more importantly, he revealed the despicable lie of “voluntary emigration.” No one is leaving voluntarily. It’s just putting them on trucks and shipping them out Gideon Levy There hasn’t been an interview like this in years, perhaps never, on Israeli television. A ray… Read More How a Teen, Not a Journalist, Debunked Israel’s Gaza ‘Voluntary Emigration’ Plan

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Pravin Sawhney: India Is No Longer Useful For America Geopolitically, Strategically & Militarily (June 18, 2026)

Pravin Sawhney on the collapse of Indian diplomacy NB: Many of us still don’t understand that this is an RSS government (the Sangh has many faces); and that it has no politics except (1) the rectification of history (i.e. defeating the Mughal Empire three centuries after its demise); and (2) grabbing control of public funds… Read More Pravin Sawhney: India Is No Longer Useful For America Geopolitically, Strategically & Militarily (June 18, 2026)

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Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Mental Health Crisis Deepens

Two Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide in the Past Two Days Full text of the letter “We Refuse!”  Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance Israeli High School Seniors Continue to Go to Prison Instead of Into the Israeli Military. According to a July 29, 2026 article in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, two women Israeli soldiers have died… Read More Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Mental Health Crisis Deepens

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