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Gaza’s utter devastation and masses of civilians facing death from bombardment and deliberate starvation already presents the world with a spectacle of mass murder of unspeakable proportions, writes Gareth Porter. By Gareth PorterSpecial to Consortium News Israel’s systematic and wanton destruction of Gaza has raised long-standing issues of its political and legal culpability over the treatment of Palestinians to a new …

Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City on Oct. 9, 2023 (Naaman Omar apaimages/Wikimedia Commons)A leaked document from the Israeli Ministry of Intelligence to an Israeli news site on Monday lays out a plan to transfer more than 2 million Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt’s Sinai desert, reports Joe Lauria. By Joe LauriaSpecial to …

Avi Shlaim told an audience in London that the international community was guilty of ‘hypocrisy and ruthless double standards’ Panelists speak at ‘The War on Gaza: What’s Next for Palestine?’ event, hosted by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, on 30 October 2023 (MEE) By Alex MacDonald in London   Western powers are giving Israel a “warrant for genocide” in the Gaza Strip, …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with rabbis during a Bible study group in Jerusalem on May 23, 2012 [SEBASTIAN SCHEINER/AFP/GettyImages] by Hamed Abu Al-Ezz The US and European countries sought to create critical and important changes in the concept of religious extremism and terrorism. To achieve these changes, the US used its extensive influence in think tanks and research centres …

  Thousands of people have broken into distribution centers as humanitarian aid falls short of the needs created by war with Israel Palestinian children receive food at a UNRWA relief center in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. ©  Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images The UN’s Palestinian refugee agency has reported mass looting of aid warehouses in Gaza, saying …

  Overwhelmed rescue crews say no choice but to save the wounded, leaving many of the dead under collapsed buildings   Palestinians carry a dead child, found under the rubble of a destroyed house after Israeli air strikes on Gaza City, 24 October 2023 (AP) By Maha Hussaini in Gaza, occupied Palestine As Israel‘s air strikes on the Gaza Strip continue to claim overwhelming …