We feel fear, anger and helplessness: all of Israel is in a state of...
Orly Noy
The Guardian / October 9, 2023
We are in shock as we digest the Hamas attacks and the failings of Netanyahu’s government. The worry now is what comes next
It is still impossible to digest these darker-than-dark days, that began with sirens jolting us awake on Saturday morning,...
The myth that Israel can continue to ‘manage the conflict’ with Palestinians lies in...
Nasim Ahmed
Middle East Monitor / October 9, 2023
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood led by Hamas has shattered the myth that Israel’s occupation of Palestine can be managed in perpetuity without resolving the underlying cause of the cycle of violence that plagues the region. For years, the occupation state has pursued...
Israel responds to Hamas crimes by ordering mass war crimes in Gaza
Alice Speri
The Intercept / October 9, 2023
Years of impunity for Israeli crimes against civilians have bred a culture of disregard for international law.
Israel’s Defense minister Yoav Gallant used genocidal language and ordered mass war crimes in the occupied Gaza Strip on Monday in response to Hamas’s weekend assault...
Haniyeh outlines context and objectives of Hamas Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
Middle East Monitor / October 9, 2023
The following is the full text of the speech by Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas Political Bureau, on the first day of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, 7 October, 2023, as reported by Al-Jazeera:
In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the...
Israel could win this Gaza battle and lose the war
Stephen Walt
Foreign Policy / October 9, 2023
An all-out effort is again underway to maintain an unsustainable regional status quo.
Another bloodletting is underway between Israel and Hamas. Hamas started the latest round by launching a well-coordinated missile and ground attack on Israel, including the kidnapping of some number...
Gideon Levy: Are we allowed to be arrogant without paying a price ?
Middle East Monitor / October 9, 2023
Israeli journalist Gideon Levy said in an article in Haaretz newspaper that Israel’s arrogance is behind everything that has happened, adding that the Israelis thought they were allowed to do anything and that they wouldn’t pay a price or be punished for it.
Levy...
Netanyahu vows to ‘change the Middle East’ with attack on Gaza
Middle East Monitor / October 9, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today pledged that the Israeli response to the unprecedented military operation by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza Strip “will change the Middle East”.
Netanyahu’s remarks came, according to his office, as he was speaking to mayors of...
Biden doubled down on the Abraham Accords – to ‘devastating consequences’
Murtaza Hussain
The Intercept / October 9, 2023
The Biden administration’s policy of ignoring conditions in Gaza contributed to this weekend’s explosion of violence.
The recent explosion of violence in and around the Gaza Strip, triggered by a Hamas assault that killed hundreds of Israelis, including scores of civilians, has drawn...
UN Security Council fails to reach consensus on condemnation of Hamas
Middle East Monitor / October 9, 2023
The US has expressed its regret at the inability of the UN Security Council to reach a consensus on condemnation of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in its emergency, closed meeting. Before the session opened, the US called on all...
The US has ignored the hopelessness of the Israel-Palestine conflict for too long
Richard Hall
The Independent / October 9, 2023
The conflict was traditionally a high priority for US presidents. But in recent years, it has been allowed to fester.
This weekend’s heinous massacre of unarmed civilians by Hamas was shocking not just for its unbridled brutality, but because the people in places of...
