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Palestinian Joint Statement: ‘Escalate all Forms of Resistance’

Published on Workers World, October 30, 2023 The following slightly edited statement was issued Oct. 28, 2023 by Palestinian forces: Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement), Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command. The five Palestinian powers held a leadership meeting[…]

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VFP Statement on Gaza

Veterans for Peace Statement, published on VeteransForPeace.org, October  24, 2023 On October 12, Veterans For Peace issued this statement about the conflict between Hamas and Israel, in which we condemned the horrific violence on both sides, particularly the killing of civilians. We added our voice to the many calls for a ceasefire and negotiations toward a political solution because there is no military one.[…]

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Refuting the “Israeli” Claims Regarding Evading their responsibility for the Massacre of the Gaza Baptist Hospital

Hamas publishes a memorandum in English, republished below (1/2): — Refuting the “Israeli” Claims Regarding Evading their responsibility for the Massacre of the Gaza Baptist Hospital  Today, the “Israeli” Occupation Entity is trying to evade their responsibility for the crime of bombarding the “Baptist” Arab National Hospital in Gaza City, which the “Israeli” Occupation Forces (IOF) committed on the evening[…]

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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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David vs. Goliath: The Epic Military Mismatch Between Palestine and Israel

by Sarmad Ishfaq, published on Mondoweiss, January 12, 2022 If one has followed objective reporting on the animosity-filled skirmishes between Palestine and Israel, it becomes clear that the Palestinians have suffered far more in terms of human losses and otherwise in relation to the Israelis. Although there might be several explanations for this reality, the primary reason undoubtedly is the[…]

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Israeli War Planes vs. Paletstinian Balloons, Kites & Rockets

By Alison Weir, published on Israel-Palestine News, June 28, 2021 Thank you Alison for this wonderful research piece.  The effect of all these graphics is visceral.  If you already have the feeling, maybe you know someone to share this with.  Whenever you see a screenshot from a video,  the video is in the original publication.  [jb] In the recent “Israel-Hamas[…]

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How War Criminal Elliott Abrams Orchestrated the 2007 Hamas-Fateh Palestinian Civil War

Elliott Abrams meets with the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie in Abu Dis near West Bank on Aug. 5, 2004. | Photo: Reuters Published in TeleSUR English, March 30, 2019 Elliott Abrams, the convicted war criminal behind many U.S. interventionist policies, was also behind the coup against a democratically elected Hamas in Palestine in 2007. On March 30, 1976, thousands[…]

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Gaza The Crucible

On Friday, 24th of August, Return demonstrated from the Eastern side of the Gaza fence in solidarity with the weekly Great March of Return in Gaza, which took place for the 22nd Friday in a row. Return activists were quickly forcibly removed from the area, but got to a hill where they waved multiple Palestinian flags and were seen by[…]

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Gaza Is Not a Country, and so Israel Is Not Protecting Its Borders

Gaza Strip – May 15 – Israeli Soldiers are shooting civilians in their legs. But they have killed many. Others are in critical condition. Hospitals are swamped with over 3,000 patients. Gaza Strip – May 15, Reuters by Aida Winfred, originally published on Mondoweiss A BBC report published July 20, 2018 accepts the framing of killing of Palestinian civilians as a “defense[…]

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