No water,no medicine,no fuel,no food,no hope ,that is the daily reality of life for Gazans suffering under these unbearable, intolerable vicious unwarranted attacks. All of the above facts are crimes against humanity and war crimes under the 4th Geneva convention. Article 18 refers specifically to the safe guarding of hospitals …
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Operation Iron Swords
Updated to 1 p.m., November 14, 2023
The southern arena: The IDF integrated maneuver in the Gaza Strip continued. It focused onthe Shati refugee camp and the Rantisi Children’s Hospital, where the IDF exposed a basementused by Hamas terrorist operatives and where Israeli hostages may have been held. Hamasstill claims its operatives are inflicting losses on the …
Read More »After Nasrallah’s speech, US and Israel escalate Gaza war
There is no more humming and hawing in Washington and Tel Aviv, as more weapons, battle plans, troops, and allies are amassed to deepen the war on Gaza and destroy the Palestinian resistance. Thirty days after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood destroyed Israel’s psychological deterrence, Washington and Tel Aviv continue to take …
Read More »Arab normalizers turn their cheek as ‘another Hiroshima’ unfolds in Gaza
While Israel has dropped the equivalent of two nuclear bombs on Gaza – and mulls over the prospect of deploying an actual one – normalized Arab regimes are quietly protecting their commitment to support Tel Aviv over Tehran. “The world cannot see another Hiroshima. If the world sees 100,000 people …
Read More »Russia’s public pivot to Palestine
As the west’s support for Israel’s Gaza war becomes indefensible, Moscow aligns itself with the global majority in defense of Palestine. The complex, nuanced issue of Russia’s geopolitical neutrality in the Israel-Palestine tragedy was finally clarified last week, in no uncertain terms. Exhibit A is Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing …
Read More »À Gaza, l’armée israélienne respecte-t-elle le droit international ?
Parmi les nombreuses voix qui ont soutenu Israël, certaines comme le conseiller à la sécurité nationale de la Maison Blanche, Jake Sullivan, lui ont demandé de conduire ses opérations dans Gaza de manière à cibler le Hamas, pas les civils. D’autres voix, moins amènes, l’ont accusé de violer le droit …
Read More »Israel-Hamas conflict: what Gaza might look like ‘the day after’ the war
Less than a week after Hamas’s devastating attacks on October 7, Israel’s intelligence ministry produced a chilling document. It advocated that Israel remove all of Gaza’s Palestinian population and forcibly resettle them in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula. In November, a poster advertising a far-right rally in Tel Aviv juxtaposed an …
Read More »US conducts airstrikes in Syria targeting Iran-backed groups, facilities
The United States carried out two air strikes in Syria against Iran and its aligned groups on Sunday, the Pentagon said, in the latest response to a series of attacks against American forces in Syria and in Iraq. In a statement, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the strikes targeted …
Read More »Hamas ‘victories’ coming with heavy political cost, missed opportunities
Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack seems to have been planned with specific goals in mind, yet without considering the wider consequences for the movement. A pattern is emerging in Hamas’ behavior where its short-term plans produce unexpected achievements and consequences that supersede the movement’s political capacity to deal with them. The …
Read More »US launches new airstrikes against IRGC facility in Syria as attacks continue
US F-15s bombed a facility in eastern Syria as the Pentagon’s Middle East policy director openly warned that the US military may target Iranian IRGC personnel in a bid to halt militia attacks on American troops. The United States military on Wednesday launched a new round of airstrikes targeting a …
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