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A deal signed in blood

Spencer Ackerman The Nation  /  October 10, 2023 An anticipated deal between the US, Saudi Arabia, and Israel is set to create a new Middle Eastern order. But as Israel and Gaza return to war, will the security pact do more than entrench the violence of the status quo...

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...

Palestinians speak Israel’s language

Chris Hedges Consortium News   /  October 9, 2023 Israel follows the colonial playbook. Death for death. Atrocity for atrocity. But it is always the occupier who initiates this macabre dance and trades piles of corpses for higher piles of corpses. The indiscriminate shootings of Israelis by Hamas and other Palestinian...

Israel massacres Palestinian families in Gaza reprisal strikes

Maureen Clare Murphy The Electronic Intifada  /  October 9, 2023 Israel was shaking the ground in Gaza by pounding it from air, land and sea overnight Sunday as a major confrontation that began with a surprise assault launched by Hamas stretched into its third day. The official figure gave 700 fatalities in...

A Second October War in Israel-Palestine

ICG  /  October 9, 2023 On 7 October, Hamas carried out a massive assault on Israel, drawing immediate comparisons to the 1973 conflict, when the Egyptian and Syrian armies similarly breached Israeli defences. In this Q&A, Crisis Group lays out what happened and where the fighting may be...

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...

Palestine Writes: on circles, keys, and joy as resistance

Abdelrahman ElGendy Mondoweiss  /  October 6, 2023 As a former political prisoner in Egypt, and dissident writer in exile, Palestinian culture and literature have inspired and shaped my work. When I attended the Palestine Writes Literature Festival, my heart came full circle. I faced the stage of Irvine Auditorium...

What is ‘Firing Zone 918’ and how Israel uses it to grab more Palestinian...

Mustafa Fetouri Middle East Monitor  /  October 5, 2023 Israeli firing zones are usually closed military areas exclusively reserved for military training purposes. They are scattered all over the Occupied West Bank, encompassing many small and equally scattered Palestinian villages of mostly Bedouin communities. The idea...

[VIDEO] Extremist Minister Ben-Gvir opposes jailing ultra-orthodox who spit on Christians in Jerusalem, as...

Juan Cole Informed Comment  /  October 5, 2023 Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli journalist Nir Hasson at Haaretz put a spotlight on the disturbing practice of some Ultra-Orthodox Israelis of eastern European heritage of spitting on Christians in Jerusalem. The incident concerned what appeared to be Filipino pilgrims carrying a cross,...