October, 2023

• 15 October

  Mass protests erupt internationally against Israeli war on Gaza

  

  A week after Palestinians initiated an armed uprising against Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, protests are erupting internationally against Israel’s war on Gaza. The fascistic regime of Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered 1.1 million Palestinians to flee Gaza City and go south, along roads bombed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Israel—which has now cut off Gaza’s water, fuel and …

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• 15 October

  Israel-Palestine war: Mass slaughter in Gaza lays bare the depth of western racism

  

  A Palestinian girl reacts in the aftermath of a strike amid the conflict with Israel in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 12 October, 2023 (Reuters) Support for the brutal, indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza finds its roots in the historical context of western settler-colonialism   In a stunning turn of events, Palestinian fighters on the weekend launched a …

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• 15 October

  Israel is likely to give the Palestinians just two options: forced population transfer or genocide

  

  Palestinians collect their usable belongings under debris after Israeli airstrikes destroyed buildings in Rafah, Gaza on October 12, 2023. [Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency] In the midst of the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza, whereby the Israeli authorities are being accused of actions tantamount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and potentially genocide, the international community by and large …

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• 14 October

  Coalition of War Criminals, Relentless War Crimes in Gaza and Changing Geopolitics in the Middle East

  

  Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal The green signal to Israel The Gaza Strip now stands as a showcase of the Israeli war crimes. People can see that on the TV screen. Anybody with an iota of morality and humanity will condemn such barbaric acts of brutality. But the US leaders failed to do so. President Joe Biden proved totally blind to …

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• 14 October

  War and hypocrisy

  

  We are said to be living in a civilised world, and much is spoken about global democracy, human rights, equality and justice, but the underlying principle of the so-called rule-based world order seems be ‘might is right’ in all but name. More than 2,000 people have reportedly been killed in Gaza, during the past several days, with Hamas and Israel …

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• 14 October

  History of the Gaza Strip By Maha Nassar

  

  Maha Nassar provides historical context to the current violence in the densely populated and besieged enclave.   The focus of the conflict in the Middle East has again returned to the Gaza Strip, with Israel’s defense minister ordering a “complete siege” of the Palestinian enclave. Israel’s military operation, which involves extensive bombing of residences, follows a surprise attack on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants …

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• 14 October

  US Jewish Group Calls on Congress to Halt Gaza Carnage By Julia Conley

  

  Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance adamaged by an Israeli airstrike, Oct. 7. (Tasnim News Agency, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0) As Biden pledges military assistance to Israel and anti-Palestine rhetoric intensifies on Capitol Hill, Jewish Voice for Peace is calling on Americans to pressure lawmakers to help end the air strikes on Gaza. The human rights group Jewish Voice for …

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