[VIDEO] Footage from UN vehicle shows scale of destruction in northern Gaza
The Guardian / November 7, 2024
Video recorded from UN vehicle shows the scale of devastation caused by Israel's assault on northern Gaza. The video, filmed during a UN drive-through on Wednesday, shows roads completely torn up and buildings reduced to rubble
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Trump will give Israel ‘blank check’ which may mean all-out war with Iran, says...
Martin Pengelly
The Guardian / November 7, 2024
Leon Panetta says he also expects US president-elect to favour letting Russia retain control of areas of Ukraine.
Washington – Donald Trump will as president give Benjamin Netanyahu a “blank check” in the Middle East, possibly opening the way for all-out war between Israel...
‘We held out until our last breath’: Palestinians fleeing the north arrive in Gaza...
Tareq S. Hajjaj
Mondoweiss / November 7, 2024
Civilians fleeing north Gaza are arriving in Gaza City and staying in newly established refugee camps. The camps are already overflowing and there aren’t any more tents.
Hundreds of families gather in Yarmouk Stadium, west of Gaza City. The large stadium’s field is now...
A dentist, a lawyer and an accountant make falafel
Rasha Abou Jalal
The Electronic Intifada / November 7, 2024
Under the roof of a small kiosk in front of a shelter for the displaced west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, three young men gathered one morning in July to prepare falafel and sell it to the displaced...
UN agency for Palestinian refugees urges world to save it from Israeli ban
Edith M. Lederer
AP / November 7, 2024
UNITED NATIONS – The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) urged the world Wednesday to save it from an Israeli ban that would have “disastrous consequences” for millions of people caught up in the war in Gaza.
Philippe Lazzarini, who heads...
A new law allows Israel to deport the relatives of attackers – experts expect...
Julia Frankel & Melanie Lidman
AP / November 7, 2024
JERUSALEM – Israel’s parliament passed a law early Thursday that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers, including the country’s own citizens, to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other locations.
The law, which was championed by members of Prime...
Large Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs
AP / November 7, 2024
Several large airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early Thursday, including one on a site adjacent to Lebanon’s only international airport. The Israeli military had issued an evacuation notice for the site, saying there were Hezbollah facilities there, without giving more details.
Also Thursday, the Israeli military...
Why the EU won’t divorce Israel
David Cronin
The Electronic Intifada / November 7, 2024
Josep Borrell is turning into Mister Angry now that his term as European Union’s foreign policy chief is almost over. In one recent comment, he argued that it is “high time” to end the “illegal occupation” of the West Bank and Gaza.
Borrell...
Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant fired by Benjamin Netanyahu over ‘crisis of trust’ in...
Alex Croft
The Independent / November 6, 2024
Netanyahu previously tried to fire Gallant in 2023, in a move which sparked nationwide protests over judicial reforms.
Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant has been fired by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who cited a “crisis of trust” affecting the invasions of Gaza and Lebanon.
The...
Israel’s scholasticide and the irrelevance of US Politics: 11,923 Palestinian students didn’t go back...
Juan Cole
Informed Comment / November 6, 2024
Ann Arbor – The Palestinian Ministry of Education released a report this week detailing that 11,923 students in Gaza have been killed by Israel’s total war in the past year.
In addition, 19,199 have been wounded, many with life-altering injuries.
A physician working in Gaza...
