End Israel’s brutal military occupation, and legitimate resistance won’t be necessary
Motasem A. Dalloul
Middle East Monitor / October 9, 2023
Israel has attacked Palestinian villages, town and cities; homes and holy sites; and crops, as well as people for decades. The occupation state and its “democratic” allies around the world ignore human rights and international law, allowing Israel to...
European Union reverses earlier announcement that it was suspending development aid to Palestinians
Raf Casert
AP / October 9, 2023
BRUSSELS – The European Union late Monday reversed an earlier announcement by an EU commissioner that the bloc was “immediately” suspending development aid for Palestinian authorities and instead said it would urgently review such assistance in the wake of the attacks on Israel by Hamas to...
Israel’s policy of ongoing torture
Lawrence Davidson
CounterPunch / October 9, 2023
Israeli policy toward Gaza and the other Palestinian Territories has been one of premeditated torture. The present Israeli government, through its support for the settlers’ movement, has brought the real motive behind this policy to light and it is not “self-defense.” The...
Israel’s ‘finite’ Iron Dome ‘unable to deal with scale’ of Hamas attack
Thomas Harding
The National / October 9, 2023
Thousands of rockets fired across the border evaded defence system and caught Israel flat-footed, analysts tell The National.
Israel's renowned Iron Dome was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of Hamas rockets launched from Gaza, which were on a scale no defence system in the world could have...
The Gaza ghetto uprising
David Rovics
Counterpunch / October 9, 2023
The uprising began on the anniversary of another one, which had become a revolution. The occupying power had had informants throughout the ghetto, but despite their extensive networks of surveillance and control, they were completely blindsided when the uprising began. Those who...
Violence begets violence
Raouf Halaby
CounterPunch / October 9, 2023
Pyrrhic Victory: “A victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that is tantamount to defeat. The phrase originates from a quote from Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose triumph against the Romans in the Battle of Asculum destroyed much of his...
Gaza is a nightmare today, but we will not stop dreaming of freedom
Mohammed R. Mhawish
The Nation / October 9, 2023
This war is happening for one reason: the prolonged suffering and occupation that Palestinians have endured for seven decades.
GAZA CITY—The sound of war is all around me as I write this. For the third consecutive day, the Israeli military has continued...
‘Israel doesn’t care about collateral damage’: bunker busters used in Gaza
Urooba Jamal & Alex Gatopulos
Al-Jazeera / October 9, 2023
Israel has used bunker busters to target Hamas in Gaza’s tunnels, which are also a lifeline for the besieged strip.
Plumes of smoke are springing up frequently as the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip entered a third day after Hamas launched...
Israel-Palestine war: Egypt prepares for influx of refugees from Gaza amid bombing
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / October 9, 2023
Resources are being deployed in northern Sinai in anticipation of Palestinians fleeing the besieged strip, local media says.
Israel's ongoing operations in the Gaza Strip are leaving Egypt braced for an influx of refugees, with resources being set up in North Sinai to...
In the midst of war, Benjamin Netanyahu is a liability who can only make...
Simon Tisdall
The Guardian / October 9, 2023
The so-called international community must also make up for its neglect of Israel-Palestine: there has to be a ceasefire.
Why is Benjamin Netanyahu still prime minister of Israel? More than any other single political leader, on either side of the Israel-Palestine divide,...
