On-the-ground reporting dismantles Israeli claim bolstering case for war with Iran
Ali Younis
Drop Site News / November 9, 2024
“I don’t find the Israeli accusations credible at all”
As the dust settles from the U.S. presidential election, many are speculating about how Donald Trump’s return to the White House will impact the Middle East.
Could things get worse in Palestine under Trump? Possibly....
The role of the Gaza genocide in Kamala Harris’s loss
Mitchell Plitnick
Mondoweiss / November 9, 2024
The cause of Kamala Harris’ disastrous failure in the 2024 presidential election will forever be debated, but there are good reasons to believe the Israeli genocide in Gaza played a significant role.
Why did Kamala Harris lose the 2024 presidential election?
There is no shortage of...
Conservative Muslim cleric in North Gaza denounces Hamas for violating Islamic laws of war
Juan Cole
Informed Comment / November 9, 2024
Ann Arbor – Rushdi Abualouf of the BBC reported on a new fatwa or considered legal opinion issued by the conservative Salafi scholar Dr Salman al-Dayah, who had once been a dean at the School of Islamic Law and Civil Law at the...
The Israeli army admitted it’s staying in north Gaza – here’s the next phase...
Tareq S. Hajjaj
Mondoweiss / November 8, 2024
In one month of continuous killing, it is thought that the Israeli army has ethnically cleansed some 100,000 people out of north Gaza. Those who remain are being starved out and exterminated.
Ever since the Israeli army launched its assault on northern Gaza on...
Targeting UNRWA could harm Israel’s own interests [so what ?]
Imran Khalid
Foreign Policy in Focus / November 8, 2024
Israel is strengthening the case of those who question its international legitimacy.
The recent Israeli measures against the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)—including two controversial bills to ban UNRWA from operating on Israeli territory and areas under Israel’s control—are certainly a...
US: as the Department of Justice unseals murder plot charges, fears of Trump Iran...
Jessica Corbett
Common Dreams / November 8, 2024
"Trump is inheriting a mess that he helped create," said the National Iranian American Council. "All parties need to focus not on threats but on dialogue to end these crises."
Amid growing concerns about what U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House...
‘Horrific reality’: nearly 70% of UN-verified Gaza deaths are women and children
Brett Wilkins
Common Dreams / November 8, 2024
The United Nations human rights office noted the "unprecedented levels of killings, death, injury, starvation, illness, disease, displacement, detention, and destruction" wrought by Israel's 13-month onslaught.
Nearly 7 in 10 people killed by Israeli forces in Gaza during an earlier six-month period of the...
The 10 foreign-policy implications of the 2024 U.S. election
Stephen M. Walt
Foreign Policy / November 8, 2024
What to think about Trump 2.0.
Movie fans know that sequels are rarely any good, and they often take a darker turn than the original. The first instalment of Trump as President was disappointing to many and fatal for some, which explains why he lost...
Netanyahu, delirious at Trump’s return, dumps his Defense Minister to pursue complete occupation of...
Scott Prosterman
Informed Comment / November 8, 2024
Oakland, Ca. – It was no coincidence that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu chose the US Election Day to fire his Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, when Washington was too distracted to respond. With Netanyahu, everything is calculated for his benefit, even if it inflicts...
UNRWA: 67 children killed by Israeli attacks on average each day in Gaza
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / November 8, 2024
Children account for the single largest group of people killed by Israel.
The Israeli military is killing over five dozen children every day in Gaza, a UN official has reported, as Israel is worsening already unimaginable conditions in Gaza each day with no end in...
