November, 2023

• 1 November

  Yemen confirms joining Israel-Gaza conflict

  

  The Houthis said they intend to support the Palestinians with missile and drone strikes FILE PHOTO. The Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree holds a press conference in Sanaa, Yemen, March 11, 2022. ©  Military Spokesperson of Houthis / Getty Images   The Houthi government in Sanaa said on Tuesday that it has launched drones and missiles against Israel in support of the …

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• 1 November

  Israel-Hamas war: hard experience says a land war won’t go well – and faltering international support suggests the world knows it

  

  For the past four decades, Israel’s experience of fighting paramilitary militias has been grim. Its last major operation was in southern Lebanon, which started with Operation Peace for Galilee in 1982. While initially successful, the subsequent occupation of southern Lebanon led directly to the rise of the Hezbollah Shia militias, persistent losses for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), a withdrawal to …

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• 1 November

  Israel-Palestine war: Netanyahu’s impossible war between captives and smashing Hamas

  

  The Israelis want to save their hostages, avoid a major ground offensive and crush Hamas. Those objectives are mutually exclusive   A woman looks on during a protest asking for the release of Israeli and German people held by Hamas in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, 25 October (AP) By Meron Rapoport in Tel Aviv, Israel Three weeks into the war, the Israeli public has …

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October, 2023

• 31 October

  Israeli military announces plans to attack hospitals and schools

  

  Bodies of Palestinians killed by an Israeli airstrike at the Ahli Arab hospital are gathered in the front yard of the al-Shifa hospital, in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. [AP Photo/Abed Khaled] On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) delivered a statement announcing its intent to attack “schools, mosques, and hospitals” in Gaza, amid a systematic campaign …

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• 31 October

  500,000 march in London against Gaza war

  

  A section of the 500,000 strong March for Palestine demonstration in London assembling at Victoria Embankment Saturday’s “March for Palestine” in London, UK was the largest since the beginning of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. Following marches of 150,000 and 300,000 in the last two weeks, an estimated 500,000 participated in a massive repudiation of the war.   Assembling at Victoria Embankment, …

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• 31 October

  Workers and youth speak out at Australian marches against Israel’s onslaught on Gaza

  

  Protesters march in Sydney on October 29, 2023 Tens of thousands of workers and youth took to the streets in Australia over the weekend, marching in protest to the Israeli regime’s genocidal war against Gaza. In Sydney more than 15,000 marched and Melbourne around 25,000 attended a rally on Sunday. About 500 joined a vigil in Brisbane on Friday. A …

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• 31 October

  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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