November, 2023

• 13 November

  Israel-Palestine war: Patients face ‘inevitable death’ as Israeli troops besiege Gaza hospitals for third day

  

  On war’s 37th day, hospitals run out of fuel, civilians continue to flee the fighting, while Israel’s security minister hints at occupation of enclave   Newborns share a bed after being taken off incubators in Gaza City’s under-siege al-Shifa hospital after a power outage, 12 November 2023 (Reuters) By Maha Hussaini and Aseel Mousa in Gaza, occupied Palestine and Areeb Ullah in London   Thousands of …

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• 13 November

  Israel-Palestine war: In the West Bank we are under siege – and see the West’s hypocrisy

  

  As settlers and Israeli forces kill Palestinians with impunity, the state is intensifying our physical and social repression Palestinians representing civil organisations for women protest outside the UN offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 8 November, 2023 (AFP) While the world is preoccupied with the fierce Israeli war on Gaza, there is less interest in what is happening …

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• 12 November

  Craig Murray: The Right of Self-Defense

  

  By not acting against Israel’s collective punishment of Palestinians, the U.K., U.S. and European Union are failing an obligation in international law spelled out in a 2004 ruling by the International Court of Justice.    International Court of Justice in The Hague. (R Boed, Flickr, CC BY 2.0) By Craig MurrayCraigMurray.org.uk Israel does have the right of self-defence, but only in precisely the same …

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• 12 November

  Blades of Grass

  

  Israelis joke about needing to decimate each generation of Palestinian militants as “mowing the grass,” an ugly metaphor that’s penetrated think-tanks in Official Washington, Elizabeth Murray first reported in 2012.   A blade of grass being brought to Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia, Gaza on Oct. 9, 2023.(Wafa (Q2915969) in contract with a local company APAimages/Wikimedia Commons) By Elizabeth MurraySpecial to Consortium NewsNov. 16, …

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• 12 November

  Israel-Palestine war: Indian unions call for end to labour deal with Israel

  

  Israel requests Indian workers to replace thousands of Palestinian workers whose work permits were revoked after 7 October attacks   Palestinian day labourers in Israel arrive in the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing after being brought back by Israeli authorities Friday, 3 November 2023 (AP) By Aina J Khan   Major trade unions in India have called on their government to …

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• 12 November

  Child killed every 10 minutes in Gaza – WHO chief

  

  The situation in the Palestinian enclave is “impossible to describe,” the head of the UN health watchdog says   The WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (C, front), speaks at a Security Council meeting in New York, US, on November 10, 2023. ©  Global Look Press / Xinhua / Xie E The continued Israeli military campaign in Gaza has devastated the Palestinian enclave’s …

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• 11 November

  Gaza: A Showcase of West-led War Crimes and the Ethnic Cleansing

  

  Firoz Mahboob Kamal A showcase of pure evil Gaza now stands as the glaring showcase of the US-led western barbarism, occupation and genocidal war crimes. It is a showcase of pure colonial evil. It is indeed the only existing replica of colonialism that fights to have its last breaths in a civilised world. Like any colonial occupation of the past, …

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