Gaza becomes a political trap for Netanyahu
Isabel DeBre
AP / October 8, 2023
JERUSALEM – The capture of dozens of Israeli soldiers and civilians — elderly women, children, entire families — by Hamas militants has stirred Israeli emotions more viscerally than any crisis in the country’s recent memory and presented an impossible dilemma for Israeli...
Condemning Palestinians is contemptible
David Cronin
The Electronic Intifada / October 8, 2023
I learned the word “condemn” at an early age. It was used constantly on Irish news bulletins in the 1980s.
In theory, “condemn” is a verb that may be applied to any act that triggers feelings of strong disapproval. In practice, it is...
Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire raising regional tensions
Al-Jazeera / October 8, 2023
Israeli forces say they hit a Hezbollah post in Lebanon, while the armed group says it launched rockets at three Israeli posts.
Israel has exchanged fire with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, raising the prospect of a broader regional conflict on Sunday, a day...
Gaza shatters the facade of ‘calm’
Mohammed R. Mhawish
+972 Magazine / October 8, 2023
Palestinians have long warned that Israel's blockade and repeated aggressions would eventually lead to an explosion. But few of us in Gaza expected this.
More than 24 hours have passed since Hamas broke out of its Gaza cage, launching an unprecedented attack that...
Israel-Arab normalization has not eliminated the resistance
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / October 8, 2023
Palestinians were always understood to be the sacrificial lambs at the normalization feast between Israel and Arab states.
The Palestinian question had been the thorn in the side of Arab states that wished to forge economic, military and political alliances with Israel.
Some Arab...
Palestinian attack on Israel rekindles Biden-Netanyahu relationship
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / October 8, 2023
US president says support for Israel is ‘rock solid and unwavering’ after Palestinian fighters launch land, air, and sea incursion.
The war that broke out between Hamas and Israel on Saturday morning has provided Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an opportunity to...
Hamas offensive the result of Washington’s hostility to Palestinian rights
Mitchell Plitnick
Mondoweiss / October 8, 2023
The U.S. has made it clear it will work with Israel to thwart any hope for Palestinian freedom. In response, the Palestinian resistance is doing the only thing it can to demonstrate Palestine will not be buried.
Saturday morning saw a turning point...
New Gaza conflict shows that ‘Abraham Accords’ can’t bring peace as long as Israelis...
Juan Cole
Informed Comment / October 8, 2023
Ann Arbor – The conflict that broke out on October 7, 2023, between Palestinian militants and Israel underlined once again that the status quo, with Israel occupying 5 million stateless Palestinians, is unsustainable.
In the midst of the 2012 presidential campaign, Republican...
Why Gaza’s attack on Israel was no surprise
Maha Hussaini
Middle East Eye / October 8, 2023
For Palestinians in Gaza, the assault was unprecedented not in its concept, but in its scale and nature.
For the first time in decades, Israel called the conflict with Palestinians a state of war.
"We are at war," Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded...
Just another battle or the Palestinian war of liberation ?
Joseph Massad
The Electronic Intifada / October 8, 2023
What can motorized paragliders do in the face of one of the most formidable militaries in the world?
Apparently much in the hands of an innovative Palestinian resistance, which early on Saturday morning launched a surprise attack on Israel by air, land and...
