After October 7, my home became a bag I carry with me
Tareq S. Hajjaj
Mondoweiss / October 7, 2024
I have lived through my own Nakba and understand why thousands of Palestinians fled their homes in 1948. I made the most difficult decision of my life and left Gaza, not knowing that what I carried might be all I will ever possess...
‘Jabalia is being wiped out’: Gaza pleads for help as Israel intensifies assault
Jake Johnson
Common Dreams / October 8, 2024
One Palestinian journalist said that "the situation in the north is horrific and very dangerous" and implored people to "please share what's happening."
Israel's latest days long assault on besieged northern Gaza intensified Tuesday as the nation's tanks advanced deeper into the Jabalia refugee...
Gaza remains our compass
Jehad Abusalim
Mondoweiss / October 8, 2024
Gaza has become a battlefield in the war over the fate and collective dignity of the people of the region, including beyond Palestine. But amid all this, Gaza remains the compass.
When I saw the news of the October 7 events a year ago, I...
Biden officials say ceasefire talks are suspended as Harris names Iran top enemy
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / October 8, 2024
The U.S. has reportedly all but given up on a ceasefire proposal it put forth just two weeks ago.
Biden officials have reportedly admitted that ceasefire negotiations amid Israel’s war on Lebanon and genocide in Gaza have been suspended, despite public insistence by high-powered figures...
‘I can’t feel anything anymore’: women in a West Bank refugee camp reflect on...
Qassam Muaddi
Mondoweiss / October 8, 2024
After a year of near-constant Israeli military raids on their homes and private spaces, women are some of the most affected among the Palestinian residents of Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem.
The escalating Israeli offensive against the northern West Bank has primarily been aimed...
One had lived 101 years, the other, just two hours: the stories of Gaza’s...
Malak A. Tantesh & Emma Graham-Harrison
The Guardian / October 8, 2024
The Guardian tracks down families of great-great-grandfather and newborn baby girl.
Gaza’s health ministry has identified 34,344 Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in the territory, publishing a list of names, ages, sex and ID numbers that cover more than 80%...
Who is Naim Qassem, the acting leader of Hezbollah ?
Abby Sewell
AP / October 8, 2024
BEIRUT – Sheikh Naim Qassem has been the acting head of Hezbollah since its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed as part of an Israeli offensive that has taken out many of the Lebanese militant group’s senior officials.
Qassem made a defiant televised speech Tuesday,...
A changing of the guard at Lebanon’s southern border
Frederic C. Hof
New Lines Magazine / October 8, 2024
An armistice that followed the Nakba offers one historical precedent for ending the country’s conflict with Israel
Mistakenly attributed to Winston Churchill, the expression “Never let a good crisis go to waste” still ranks as one of the greatest things that he...
As Israel plots to strike Iran, its choices range from symbolic to severe
Josef Federman
AP / October 8, 2024
JERUSALEM –Israel has promised to retaliate for Iran’s massive missile attack last week. How it does so involves great risk, and could have major repercussions for the archenemies, the Middle East and the world.
Israel’s options range from symbolic strikes on military targets to crippling...
France arms Israel despite Macron’s claims
David Cronin
The Electronic Intifada / October 8, 2024
France is a paragon of peace and restraint. So Emmanuel Macron, the country’s president, wants us to think.
In comments that irked the Tel Aviv establishment over recent days, Macron opposed arms exports to Israel and claimed that “France is not delivering any.”
Figures...
