An exchange with spokesperson Matt Miller over one year of U.S. military aid to Israel totaling more than $22.76 billion raised more questions than it answered.
How Much Does Israel’s War Cost the U.S.? Don’t Ask the State Department.
Complainants request examination of allegations Israel tried to derail international criminal court inquiry
Dutch prosecutors mull criminal case over alleged Israel interference into ICC
Israel has announced a new phase of its war on Gaza while simultaneously conducting the most severe strikes so far
Israel Steps Up Pounding of Gaza & Lebanon at 1-Year Mark
October 7, 2024
There should be no illusion about Israel’s ability to cause wanton destruction in Iran. But if Iran was able to counter back with only ten percent of the extent of the Israeli damage, the devastation to Israel would be much more catastrophic
Netanyahu’s Intoxicated Euphoria will Turn into a Prolonged Hangover
While the overall picture of Oct. 7 has become clearer, an independent investigation is necessary to fully understand the events.
Israel has blocked such an inquiry and destroyed evidence, likely fearing it would reveal inconvenient truths that could undermine what little public support remains for its ongoing military operations in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.
Prior to October 7, religious Zionist and other far-right factions had gained influence over Israel’s military, judiciary, and parliament. They have used the war to tighten their grip on power, suppressing the few challengers to the ongoing violence.
The Israeli government waged a decade-long campaign to protect its officials from criminal proceedings in Britain, leaked files show, John McEvoy reports.
It was agreed “that a high level U.K. official will publish a public statement regarding the independence, fairness and impartiality of the Israeli legal system,” according to one Israeli file.
Yet once again, this was not enough for the Israeli government.
We must understand what happened leading up to that nightmarish day and certainly we cannot be blind to has happened since.
Israel-Palestine History Didn’t Begin—or End—on October 7, 2023
Israel rejects the two-state solution because it claims that a sovereign state of Palestine would profoundly endanger Israel’s national security. In fact, it is the lack of a two-state solution that endangers Israel. Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian lands, its continuing apartheid rule over millions of Palestinians, and its extreme violence to defend that rule, all put Israel’s survival in jeopardy, as Israel faces dire threats from global diplomatic isolation and the ongoing war, including the war’s massive economic, social, and financial costs.
We need to once and for all dispose of the West and the East as a clash of civilizations. Militaries and militias should not have to race to eliminate either side. They should instead realize that their fate is as intertwined as their past, and that only dialogue can solve conflict.
How Lebanon’s National Identity is exploited to justify Violence against It
Muslims Christians Druze they’re all the same to Netanyahu
“The needs of people in Lebanon who’ve been injured, traumatised and displaced, in fear of what the future might hold for them, are already huge. No other solution other than a ceasefire can alleviate the crisis they are facing,” Ayoub said.
Lebanon struggles to cope as over a million people flee Israel’s military invasion – Oxfam
Israel has bombed nearly 85 percent of Gaza’s schools in the past year, killing hundreds of children and displaced Palestinians.
October 7 did not occur in a vacuum. It was the result of decades long Israeli occupation, never ending violence and oppression of Palestinians. The pressure cooker exploded!
The context for October 7 is wilfully and deliberately ignored
Violence “frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction; it makes him fearless and restores his self-respect.” Franz Fanon
The Hamas incursion was less Israel’s 9/11 and more a Palestinian Tet Offensive, says John Wight. No ugly oppression has ever given rise to a pretty resistance.
AMERICA’S PROXY BOMBS CHRISTIANS IN LEBANON’S HIGH DENSITY POPULATED AREAS
There were 13 Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut overnight and another five on Saturday, one of which may have been targeted at paramedics, according toAl Jazeera. The number of casualties is not yet clear.
‘Increasing Destruction’: Israel Continues Bombing Campaign Across Lebanon
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