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Re: Gaza
By: GreenWaves Date: October 19, 2023, 1:24 pm
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10 Things to Do Right Now for Gaza
[quote]Feeling overwhelmed by the injustices of Israel’s war on
Gaza? You're not alone.
In this week's episode of our Islamic Thought series, we talk
about the 10 actions Muslims can undertake to help the situation
in Gaza and Palestine through proactive engagement.
In this video, we uncover ten practical ways to stand with our
brothers and sisters in Palestine. These actions aren't just
duties; they're forms of worship and solidarity.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNXgGyroiCk
Germany & EU Backs Genocide in Gaza, Unmasking 'Shared Values'
Rhetoric
[quote]Denijal Jegic, Professor of Communication at the Lebanese
American University in Beirut, discusses how and why the
European Union, and especially Germany, enable Israel’s crimes
against the Palestinian people, shielding the Israeli regime
from any potential accountability.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlabdJL8_Io
Comments:
[quote]The EU is in big trouble. More than half the population
of EU is aware of the atrocities committed by Israel, and are
therefore very critical of the official position of the EU. Even
Joseph Jungle-Borrell was forced to show nuance in his comments
on the situation. Here in Denmark, the state media actually
reports on the sufferings of Palestinian civilians, not because
they want to, but because they have to: The BDS Israel movement
is quite strong among Danish consumers, and most Danes are quite
well-informed on this subject. Even our prime minister had to
retract some of her Zionistic statements because of the ongoing
genocide, and she had to pledge to continue support for
Palestinian civilians. Cheers from Denmark![/quote]
[quote]Pathetic for both to stand for genocide, German is back
to their old ways.[/quote]
[quote]Germany! Again! For everlasting shame![/quote]
Related:
[quote][...]
While going to war brought the unsavoury prospect of fighting
fellow Jews in Russia, France and Britain, for the majority of
Jews this severing of ties with Jewish communities in the
Entente was accepted part of their spiritual mobilisation for
war. After all, the conflict also pitted German Catholics and
Protestants against their fellow believers in the east and west.
Indeed, for some Jews the fact that Jews were going to war with
one another was proof of the normality of German-Jewish life;
they could no longer be considered a minority with transnational
loyalties but loyal German citizens. German Jews often broke
ties with Jews of other countries; the Alliance Israélite
Universelle, a French organisation that was dedicated to
protecting Jewish rights, saw a German Jewish member quit once
the war started, declaring that he could not, as a German,
belong to a society that was under French leadership.[47] German
Jews supported German colonial ambitions in Africa and Eastern
Europe, out of the desire to increase German power and to rescue
Eastern European Jews from Tsarist rule. The eastern advance
became important for German Jews because it combined German
military superiority with rescuing Eastern Jews from Russian
brutality; Russian antisemitism and pogroms had only worsened as
the war dragged on.[48][49] However, German Jews did not always
feel a personal kinship with Russian Jews. Many were repelled by
Eastern Jews, who dressed and behaved differently, as well as
being much more religiously devout. Victor Klemperer, a German
Jew working for military censors, stated "No, I did not belong
to these people, even if one proved my blood relation to them a
hundred times over...I belonged to Europe, to Germany, and I
thanked my creator that I was German."[50] This was a common
attitude amongst ethnic Germans however; during the invasion of
Russia the territories the Germans overran seemed backwards and
primitive, thus for many Germans their experiences in Russia
simply reinforced their national self-concept.[51]
[...]
Prominent Jewish industrialists and bankers, such as Walter
Rathenau and Max Warburg played major roles in supervising the
German war economy.
In October 1916, the German Military High Command administered
the Judenzählung (census of Jews). Designed to confirm
accusations of the lack of patriotism among German Jews, the
census disproved the charges, but its results were not made
public.[52] Denounced as a "statistical monstrosity",[53] the
census was a catalyst to intensified antisemitism and social
myths such as the "stab-in-the-back myth"
(Dolchstoßlegende).[54] For many Jews, the fact the census was
carried out at all caused a sense of betrayal, as German Jews
had taken part in the violence, food shortages, nationalist
sentiment and misery of attrition alongside their fellow
Germans, however most German-Jewish soldiers carried on
dutifully to the bitter end.[48]
When strikes broke out in Germany towards the end of the war,
some Jews supported them. However, the majority of Jews had
little sympathy for the strikers and one Jewish newspaper
accused the strikers of "stabbing the frontline army in the
back." Like many Germans, German Jews would lament the Treaty of
Versailles.[48]
[...][/quote]
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Germany
Marxism, Bolshevism, and Russia, made life bad for German Jews
after WWI and leading up to WWII. Leftists need to understand
this...
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Re: Gaza
By: . Date: October 20, 2023, 7:05 am
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HTML https://www.newarab.com/news/algerians-protest-palestine-despite-protest-ban
Algerians to march for Palestine, first time since ban on
protests
[quote]
Last week, the opposition party of Peace Society called on the
authorities to open public spaces for the Algerian people to
voice their position supporting the Palestinian resistance.
n Algeria, thousands are set to take to the streets Thursday, 19
October, in solidarity with Palestine after reportedly an
Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza killed over 500 people.
Since the start of Israel's war on Gaza, activists and
politicians have seemingly failed to organise a national
pro-Palestine march amid the state's censorship on all public
protests since the end of the Hirak.
In 2019, Hirak protesters chanted against the Algerian regime's
oppression and the Israeli occupation, saying that the
Palestinian cause was always a key inspiration for various
popular uprisings in the Middle East and North African region.
Last week, the opposition party of Peace Society called on the
authorities to open public spaces for the Algerian people to
voice their position supporting the Palestinian resistance.
Their call seems to be answered as opposition and majority
parties are set to march together for the first time since the
Hirak uprising.
[/quote]
Algeria: Massive protests to support Gaza against Israeli
massacres
[quote]
To condemn the Israeli aggression against Gaza, the Algerian
streets are filled with demonstrators in support of occupied
Palestine and the people of the Gaza Strip in the face of the
massacres of the Israeli occupation.
Yesterday, 16 parties and organizations sent a call to the
Algerian people of all categories to go out in popular marches
in all the states of Algeria to support Palestine, after the
horrific massacre committed by the occupation army against
civilians in the Baptist Community Hospital in Gaza, and the
ongoing massacres against the Palestinians for days.
[/quote]
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Re: Gaza
By: NoVisasNeeded Date: October 20, 2023, 12:26 pm
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[quote]1 child killed every 15 minutes in Israeli
airstrikes[/quote]
Israel Loves Murdering Children
[quote]A video about the fact that Israel intentionally targets
civilians, especially children & babies, and really loves doing
so - all while claiming that their victims are the real child
killers.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz6lBguvmAc
Comments:
[quote]It’s crazy watching Americas propaganda machine play out
in real time..not just reading about it in history books
anymore.[/quote]
[quote]I enjoy listening to intelligent and honest left wing
discussions as a person on the dissident right. Respect
🫡. Neo-liberalism and neo-conservatives must fall for
the world to know prosperity and peace. May Palestine know
freedom[/quote]
[quote]I hope I live to see it. Amen.[/quote]
[quote]BuT tHeY dRoPeD fLyErS[/quote]
[quote]With Palestine Till Death![/quote]
Israel Bombing Gaza Like World War 2 Nuclear Attack By USA On
Hiroshima: Seymour Hersh's Source
[quote]Amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine war, another U.S voice
has slammed Israel for its brutal offensive in Gaza. U.S veteran
journalist, Seymour Hersh, said Israel is turning aza city into
Hiroshima without using nuclear weapons. He further added
Israeli forces can use American guided bombs during a ground
operation including bunking busters. These bombs can penetrate
to a depth of 30-50 m before exploding, which will make it
possible to destroy the underground weapons production
facilities of the radical Hamas movement. Watch this to know
more.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnQNGH2xGjQ&t=15s
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Re: Gaza
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 20, 2023, 2:32 pm
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[quote]I enjoy listening to intelligent and honest left wing
discussions as a person on the dissident right. Respect
🫡. Neo-liberalism and neo-conservatives must fall for
the world to know prosperity and peace. May Palestine know
freedom[/quote]
This commenter is our enemy. Israel itself is neither neoliberal
nor neoconservative, Israel is dissident right (a.k.a.
identitarian). Dissident rightists allowed to power will treat
"non-whites" in their countries like Israel is currently
treating Palestinians.
In contrast, Clinton (who heroically bombed Serbia) was a
neoliberal. Neoliberalism is not the problem. Willingness to
wage wars against distant countries is not the problem: it is
all about which distant countries, and why. Neoconservatism
advocates war against non-democratic countries in order to turn
them democratic, hence we as anti-democrats are opposed to
neoconservatism. Neoliberalism can be interpreted to advocate
waging war against countries with closed borders (including
Israel!) in order to open their borders, hence we as
pro-migrationists are not necessarily opposed to applied
neoliberalism (even if we disagree with parts of its underlying
reasoning e.g. capitalism).
The problem is that Zionist neoliberals (including Clinton)
since the founding of Israel have hypocritically allowed Israel
to be the sole exception to their otherwise neoliberal
principles just because Israel is Jewish. If Clinton had been a
consistent neoliberal, he would have bombed Israel along with
Serbia. Neoliberalism and Zionism should theoretically be
incompatible.We wish Clinton had been more neoliberal (and hence
less Zionist), not less neoliberal.
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-false-left/true-left-breakthrough-folkish-imperialism/
[quote]In general, let X be an idea. If X is something that can
succeed only if everyone practices it, invasion to impose X is
justified. Whereas if X is something that can succeed with
merely a fraction of people practicing it, invasion to spread X
is unjustified (but invasion of practitioners by
non-practitioners to eradicate X is justified!).[/quote]
If there are two countries, one democratic and one autocratic,
the latter does not prevent the former from working, therefore
neoconservatism (ie. invasion of the autocratic country) is
unjustified.
If there are two countries, one with open borders and one with
closed borders, the latter prevents the former from working
(because it only takes the border to be closed from one side for
it to be closed), therefore neoliberalism (ie. invasion of the
country with closed borders) is justified.
Anyone who puts neoliberalism and neoconservatism in the same
category is not to be trusted.
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Re: Gaza
By: aid Date: October 21, 2023, 4:52 am
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HTML https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/rafah-gaza-aid-1.7003356
'We have the food, and we cannot deliver it,' says aid worker at
Egypt-Gaza border
[quote]
Mohsen Sarhan has spent the last week camped outside the Rafah
crossing in northeast Egypt, waiting to deliver food and
medicine to Gazans on the other side.
Sarhan is the CEO of the Egyptian Food Bank, one of many
humanitarian organizations trying to deliver aid to Gazans
through Rafah, the only entry point to Gaza that's not
controlled by Israel.
About 2.3 million people live in Gaza, a narrow strip of land
that has been under a complete siege and heavy bombardment by
Israel for the last two weeks.
About 4,137 Palestinians have been killed, including more than
1,500 children, according to Gazan officials. Half the
population has been made homeless, and an estimated 13,000 homes
have been completely destroyed, according to the United Nations.
As human rights organizations call for a humanitarian corridor
into Gaza, Israel says it will allow aid through Rafah. But it
warned the supplies could only go to civilians and that it would
"thwart" any diversions by Hamas.
Still, hundreds of trucks full of supplies remain stuck on the
Egyptian side due to a damaged road and continued bombing on the
Gazan side.
We are not crossing through the crossing because we will die....
The Egyptian authorities do not want us to pass because we will
be killed. That's it.
This is insanity and this is exactly what Israel is doing to
prevent aid from going.
The priority, the absolute priority, is anesthetics. Because
imagine this, that someone [is] doing surgery ... without
anesthetics. It's another crime against humanity.
They need antibiotics because the wounds get infected after the
surgeries and people die because they don't have antibiotics.
They need equipment to get to their dead from the rubble of
buildings … because now they cannot keep up with the deaths, so
they just leave people under the rubble.
I'm very frustrated. Very frustrated because I can see people
dying in front of me — and I have the medicine, and I cannot
give it to them.
There is nothing I can do except I'm trying to speak up and I'm
trying to make the world understand that this is an asymmetric
warfare. This is an asymmetric warfare in information, in
messaging, in context, in everything.
Hamas ... killed many Israelis, and the whole world is mourning.
The answer is not wiping out the [Gazan] population. Because
there will be a million orphans that will repeat a million
Hamases, and the world will pay that price for decades to come.
[/quote]
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Re: Gaza
By: - Date: October 21, 2023, 9:24 pm
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HTML https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/21/the-strikes-are-everywhere-palestinians-flee-south-in-gaza-but-cannot-escape-bombs
‘The strikes are everywhere’: Palestinians flee south in Gaza
but cannot escape bombs
[quote]
“We are not the only family at the house now. There are other
families. We are sleeping seven ladies in the same room and the
men [are] sleeping outside,” Lubna wrote in a series of texts
from Khan Younis. “There is no electricity or water,” she said.
“The strikes are everywhere.”
The implication behind the order for northern Gazans to move
south to towns like Khan Younis and Rafah was that it was
somehow for their own safety, but Lubna says the bombing in the
south is constant. Her friend’s house has been only narrowly
missed.
“When I say everywhere, it’s literally everywhere,” she said of
the airstrikes.
“This is very difficult – every person can get less than one
litre a day,” Lubna said. The UN-recommended bare minimum for
basic survival is 15 litres per person per day.
“There is no water since three days,” she added. “We eat canned
food. Since there is no water to cook or clean, we use plastic
plates and spoons. During my period it was very difficult to
find water to clean myself and do my routine hygiene.”
Guterres called life in Gaza a “godawful nightmare”, but for
more than two million Palestinians, it could soon become even
worse.
[/quote]
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Re: Gaza
By: d Date: October 24, 2023, 1:48 am
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HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/23/gaza-death-toll-exceeds-5000-as-israel-continues-daily-bombardments
Gaza death toll tops 5,000, nearly half of them children:
Officials
[quote]
Nearly 5,100 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip
since Israel launched a relentless bombing campaign against the
besieged enclave after an attack by Hamas inside Israel more
than two weeks ago, according to health officials.
About 40 percent of the 5,087 people killed are children, Gaza’s
Ministry of Health said on Monday, the day when Israel’s army
said it carried out more than 300 new air attacks within 24
hours. Palestinian officials said more than 400 people were
killed in that period.
Thousands of buildings have been destroyed, and more than one
million people displaced in the territory, which has been under
siege and largely deprived of water, food and other basic
supplies.
Fighting raged unabated overnight after Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu promised that Israel would “erase Hamas”, an
armed group that runs Gaza, as a full-scale ground invasion
loomed.
Hamas’s attack in southern Israel killed at least 1,400 people,
mostly civilians, according to Israeli officials.
“We were literally shaking due to fear. We didn’t know if we
would wake up alive or not,” Tala noted, adding that she woke up
in the morning to a “series of bombings” nearby.
[/quote]
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Re: Gaza
By: Gaza Date: October 24, 2023, 1:09 pm
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Israeli captive endured ‘hell’ in attack, but treated ‘well’ in
Gaza
[quote]Hamas freed 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz, along with
another elderly woman, on ‘humanitarian’ grounds late on Monday.
An 85-year-old Israeli woman who was taken captive by Hamas for
two weeks said she was beaten while being abducted, but treated
“well” while in the Gaza Strip.
Yocheved Lifshitz was freed on Monday night along with another
elderly woman, 79-year-old Nurit Cooper. Hamas released them on
“humanitarian” grounds in a deal brokered by Qatar and Egypt.
The women are the third and fourth captives released by Hamas
since its October 7 onslaught on Israel; some 218 people,
including foreigners and dual nationals, are still in captivity
in the besieged Palestinian enclave.[/quote]
HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/24/israeli-captive-endured-hell-in-attack-but-treated-well-in-gaza
Qatari emir says Israel should not be given ‘free licence to
kill’ in Gaza
[quote]Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani calls for an end to war
that ‘has transcended all limits’ and threatens regional
stability.
The emir of Qatar has called on the international community to
restrain Israel in its fight against Hamas, saying Israeli
forces should not be given a green light for unconditional
killing in the besieged Gaza Strip.
In his opening speech at the Shura council’s annual session on
Tuesday, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani also said the
continuing war was a dangerous escalation that threatened the
region.
“We are saying enough is enough,” he said. “It is untenable for
Israel to be given an unconditional green light and free licence
to kill, nor it is tenable to continue ignoring the reality of
occupation, siege and settlement.”
The emir went on to condemn the violence against innocent
civilians on both sides, but also faulted the international
community for “double standards” and “acting as if Palestinian
children’s lives are not worth to be reckoned with, as though
they are faceless or nameless”.[/quote]
HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/24/qatari-emir-says-israel-should-not-be-given-free-license-to-kill-in-gaza
Lobby lusts for attack on Gaza’s main hospital
[quote]Imagine having a job where you try to sell the idea of
bombing a hospital as reasonable.
Daniel Schwammenthal has such a job. He is one of the top
pro-Israel lobbyists in Brussels.
Over the past few days, Schwammenthal claimed that “Hamas has
its headquarters” either in or under al-Shifa, Gaza City’s
largest hospital for referrals.
[quote]
Hamas has its headquarters in/under Shifa Hospital.
To refuse to acknowledge this war crime is to be complicit
in it.
HTML https://t.co/xLoBzDk9m4
— Daniel Schwammenthal (@DSchwammenthal) October 21, 2023
[/quote]
His claim was a reply to eyewitness testimony from the
humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders (known by its French
acronym MSF). A nurse working with MSF had observed that the
huge numbers of people taking shelter in al-Shifa “think the
hospital is a safe place but there is no safe place.”
There is only one possible interpretation of Schwammenthal’s
comment. He is implicitly contending that it would be
justifiable for Israel to target al-Shifa based on allegations
that Hamas is active in the vicinity.
Schwammenthal made his comment shortly after Ehud Barak, a
former Israeli prime minister, dropped a strong hint that an
attack on al-Shifa is being prepared.
It is not the first time that Schwammenthal – who heads the AJC
Transatlantic Institute (an office of the American Jewish
Committee) – has made an argument like that.
During Israel’s 2014 offensive against Gaza, he offered excuses
for Israel’s mass killing of civilians by referencing the
seventh paragraph of a Washington Post article.
The paragraph in question branded al-Shifa “a de facto
headquarters for Hamas leaders, who can be seen in the hallways
and offices.”
In Schwammenthal’s view, The Washington Post did not seem to
realize “the enormity of this information.” He added: “The
leadership of one of the warring parties is hiding in a
hospital, a clear war crime validating Israeli accusations.”
Contrary to what Schwammenthal inferred, The Washington Post is
not an exemplar of impartiality. It is a publication which
reflects the thinking of the US establishment – an establishment
then as now siding vociferously with Israel.
The paragraph which caught Schwammenthal’s eye did not validate
Israel’s accusations...[/quote]
HTML https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/lobby-lusts-attack-gazas-main-hospital
Do Russia, China and India support Israel in the war on Gaza?
[quote]The United States has been Israel's strongest backer in
the war on Gaza. The European Union and United Kingdom have also
voiced political support. As more Palestinians are killed and
the humanitarian situation worsens, where do Russia, China and
India stand?[/quote]
HTML https://omny.fm/shows/the-inside-story-podcast/do-russia-china-and-india-support-israel-in-the-wa
Developing World Sees Double Standard in West’s Actions in Gaza
and Ukraine
[quote]For 20 months, the Biden administration has attempted to
stake out the moral high ground against Russia, condemning its
brutal war on Ukraine for indiscriminately killing civilians.
The argument resonated in much of the West, but less so in other
parts of the world, which viewed the war as more of a
great-power conflict and declined to participate in sanctions or
otherwise isolate Russia.
Now, as Israel bombards the Gaza Strip, killing more than 4,300
people since Oct. 7, the Biden administration’s unwavering
support risks creating new headwinds in its efforts to win over
global public opinion.
Speaking from the Oval Office on Thursday, President Biden tied
American support for Ukraine and Israel together, describing
both nations as democracies fighting enemies determined to
“completely annihilate” them. Russia invaded and seeks to annex
Ukraine, while Hamas, the group that controls Gaza and denies
Israel’s right to exist, staged a terrorist attack that killed
at least 1,400 people in southern Israel.
But Israel’s counterattack on Gaza, its threats to mount a
ground invasion and America’s tight embrace of its most
important Mideast ally, regardless, have prompted cries of
hypocrisy.
Such accusations are not exactly new in the Middle East
conflict. But the dynamics of the dual crises have gone beyond
Washington’s desire to rally global support to isolate and
punish Russia for invading its neighbor.
Increasingly, the Middle East region is emerging as a renewed
front in the struggle for influence in the Global South — the
collective name for the developing nations of Africa, Asia and
Latin America — pitting the West against Russia and China.
“The war in the Middle East will drive a growing wedge between
the West and countries like Brazil or Indonesia, key swing
states of the Global South,” said Clifford Kupchan, chairman of
the Eurasia Group, a New York-based risk assessment
organization. “That will make international cooperation on
Ukraine, like sanctions enforcement on Russia, even
harder.”...[/quote]
HTML https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/us/ukraine-gaza-global-south-hypocrisy.html
Obama criticizes Israel’s decision to cut off food and water to
Gaza
[quote]Ex-president says decision threatens to worsen
humanitarian crisis, undermine peace effort and erode global
support for Israel
Some of Israel’s decisions in its war against Hamas – including
cutting off food and water for Gaza – could “harden Palestinian
attitudes for generations” and weaken international support for
Israel, Barack Obama said on Monday.
In rare comments on an active foreign policy crisis, the ex-US
president said any Israeli military strategy that ignores the
human costs of the war “could ultimately backfire”.
“The Israeli government’s decision to cut off food, water and
electricity to a captive civilian population [in Gaza] threatens
not only to worsen a growing humanitarian crisis – it could
further harden Palestinian attitudes for generations, erode
global support for Israel, play into the hands of Israel’s
enemies, and undermine long-term efforts to achieve peace and
stability in the region,” said Obama...[/quote]
HTML https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/obama-israel-food-water-gaza
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Re: Gaza
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 24, 2023, 2:28 pm
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[quote]Hamas freed 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz, along with
another elderly woman, on ‘humanitarian’ grounds late on
Monday.[/quote]
At least these two have no reproductive potential remaining. The
same is also true of Judith Raanan:
HTML https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67177249
[quote]The 59-year-old Illinois mother[/quote]
However, Hamas screwed up by releasing Natalie Raanan who
presumably has reproductive potential remaining:
[quote]17-year-old daughter[/quote]
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Re: Gaza
By: gaza Date: October 24, 2023, 5:51 pm
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HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/10/23/israel-hamas-war-live-hundreds-killed-israeli-strikes-gaza
Israel-Hamas war
[quote]
The World Health Organization warns that without “vital fuel and
additional health supplies”, thousands of vulnerable patients in
Gaza will be at risk.
Palestinian top diplomat deplores inaction by the UN Security
Council to stop “massacres”, as Gaza health ministry says 704
people killed in Israeli air raids in last 24 hours.
France’s President Macron, in Tel Aviv, suggested the Western
coalition fighting ISIL could turn its guns on Hamas.
Israeli forces raid Jenin
Israeli military forces are conducting a raid on Jenin, where
they have clashed with Palestinian fighters in the northern
occupied West Bank city.
Jenin, and particularly its refugee camp, is a base for
Palestinian armed resistance to the Israeli occupation, who
regularly battle Israeli forces during the latter’s raids.
Gaza health ministry calls for unimpeded flow of medical aid,
fuel
Ashraf al-Qedra, the Palestinian Health Ministry spokesperson,
has called for the “immediate flow” of much-needed medical
supplies and fuel into the Gaza Strip.
“After the complete collapse of the healthcare system, we need
an immediate flow of medical aid and fuel to restore work in our
life-saving departments,” he wrote on X.
His remarks come as the WHO warned that without “vital fuel and
additional health supplies”, thousands of vulnerable patients in
Gaza will be at risk.
[/quote]
HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/24/more-than-700-killed-in-overnight-israeli-attacks-gaza-officials-say
More than 700 killed in overnight Israeli attacks, Gaza
officials say
[quote]
More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air
raids on Gaza, according to Palestinian officials, the highest
24-hour death toll since Israel began bombarding the the
besieged territory earlier this month.
The Israeli military said on Tuesday it hit more than 400 “Hamas
targets” and killed dozens of Hamas fighters in the attacks, and
warned that it would take time to achieve its aim of destroying
the Palestinian group.
Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra said it was the highest
24-hour number of deaths in the two weeks of Israeli bombing.
The Israeli military said it killed three Hamas deputy
commanders in the attacks.
In addition to bombarding the territory, Israel has cut access
to food, water, medicine and fuel in a “complete siege”.
More than 40 medical centres have stopped operations due to the
shortages and the damage caused by the bombing, the health
ministry spokesperson said.
“Fuel is extremely urgent because, without fuel, the trucks
themselves cannot move,” UNRWA spokesperson Tamara Alrifai said.
“Without fuel, the generators cannot produce electricity for
hospitals, for bakeries and for the water desalination plant”.
UN humanitarian agencies said on Tuesday they were on their
“knees” pleading for unimpeded aid to enter Gaza.
[/quote]
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