Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

A Political History of Zionism and Palestine

by Charles Pierce, published on Dissident Voice, October 10, 2023 1. Doctrine. Zionism was devised by some middle-class Jewish Europeans (most prominently Lev Pinsker and Theodore Herzl) as one response to horrendous late 19th century anti-Jewish persecutions in Europe. Like many of their contemporaries among nationalistic privileged-class European intellectuals and like the Nazis who came later, the Zionists conceived of[…]

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Statement by the Communist Party of Israel, October 9

Statement of the Communist Party of France, published in  L’humanité, October 9, 2023 The policy of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, whom he holds responsible for the situation, and warns against acts of revenge that could be carried out against the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel. He calls for the recognition of the rights of Palestinians. For Efraim Davidi, a member of the[…]

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Free Palestine! Resistance is Justified When People are Occupied!

Statement from United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), October 9, 2023 The United National Antiwar Coalition stands firmly behind the people of Palestine as they resist over 75 years of brutal and illegal occupation by the Israelis. We call on people and organizations across the United States to take to the streets to support the cause of a free Palestine and to[…]

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Ambassador Chas Freeman Puts The Gazan Breakout into Context

by Charles W. Freeman, Jr, published on Just World Educational Blog, October 9, 2023 This war puts paid to israeli-Saudi normalization but that was never a real prospect. The Israeli ministry of strategic affairs (i.e. “hasbara” or propaganda) has touted normalization as a “game changer for the Middle East.” Not so. It would, however, be a game changer for both[…]

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Israel, and the US, Bear Full Responsibility for the Ongoing Bloodshed!

Statement from The U.S. Peace Council, October 8, 2023  This is the Inevitable Result of 75 Years of Illegal Occupation and Brutal Violation of Palestinians’ Human Rights “We are in a state of war…. The enemy will pay a price like they have never known before,” declared Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, immediately after the beginning of the Hamas[…]

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Al-Awda Says: ‘Bring Ongoing Nakba to an End!’

Statement from Al Awda, The Palestinian Right to Return Coalition, published on Workers World, October 8, 2023 We, the Al-Awda Palestine Right to Return Coalition, firmly stand in unwavering support of the Palestinian resistance, and we fervently urge our Palestinian people to mobilize in the face of colonial genocide. This ongoing struggle, born from a deep-seated yearning for justice and[…]

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Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them

by Chris Hedges, published on Chris Hedges Substack, October 8, 2023 The indiscriminate shootings of Israelis by Hamas and other Palestinian resistance organizations, the kidnapping of civilians, the barrage of rockets into Israel, drone attacks on a variety of targets from tanks to automated machine gun nests, are the familiar language of the Israeli occupier. Israel has spoken this blood-soaked[…]

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Peace comes with Justice, not War

CODEPINK Statement on the Call for War in Palestine, October 8, 2023 CODEPINK strongly opposes Secretary Lloyd J. Austin’s just-announced plan to send troops to the Eastern Mediterranean – including U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and defense munitions. Escalating the violence in Palestine is not the path to peace, it’s the path to destroying any chance the Palestinians have for peace,[…]

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Palestinian Resistance in Gaza Launches Unprecedented Surprise Attack on Israel

by Tareq S. Hajjaj and Mondoweiss Editors, published on Mondoweiss, October 7, 2023 At around 6:30 a.m., Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza launched a surprise attack on Israel from land, sea, and air, as thousands of rockets have been launched into Israel and reportedly dozens of Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed and abducted by the resistance. In the early[…]

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