Muslim Issues

Mass protests continue in New Zealand against genocide in Gaza

Protesters march towards parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on October 28, 2023. For the third week in a row, tens of thousands of people took part in protests across New Zealand on Saturday to oppose the genocidal bombing of Gaza by the Zionist regime in Israel. They joined millions worldwide in what are the largest anti-war protests in decades, across the Middle …

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The ‘Genocide Moment’

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 …

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New Document Leak on Plan to Expel Gaza Population

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 …

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Israel-Palestine war: Western powers giving ‘warrant for genocide’, says prominent Israeli historian

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, …

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Invoking the Crusades in the war against 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 …

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