Monday, December 25, 2023

Terrorism related links 122523


A Pacifist Sect From Russia Is Shaken by War, and Modernity: The Ukraine conflict is causing soul-searching among the Doukhobors, a peace-loving group that emigrated to Canada in 1899.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/world/canada/canada-doukhobors-ukraine-war.html

 

Russia Loses 23 Artillery Systems, Over 1,000 Soldiers in a Day: Ukraine

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-artillery-casualty-count-ukraine-counteroffensive-1807798

 

Modi’s U.S. visit sends a big, if quiet, signal to China

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/21/india-modi-biden-china/

 

Ukraine Update: Why is Russia afraid of actually using its defensive trenches?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/21/2176641/-Ukraine-Update-Why-is-Russia-afraid-of-actually-using-its-defensive-trenches

 

The Grayzone has been criticized for defending authoritarian regimes.[14][1][31][32][50] Nerma Jelacic, writing in the Index on Censorship, described The Grayzone as "a Kremlin-connected online outlet that pushes pro-Russian conspiracy theories and genocide denial."[51] Blumenthal has repeatedly stated that The Grayzone has not received any funding through Russia or the Kremlin.[52] The Grayzone had previously claimed Jelacic's employer collaborated with ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra affiliates.[51]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grayzone

 

Another Russian falls out of a window

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/29/2178319/-Another-Russian-falls-out-of-a-window

 

The Coup That Wasn’t: Why, once Wagner troops began marching toward Moscow, did the military not launch a major strike on them?

https://www.laprogressive.com/europe/the-coup-that-wasnt

 

Ukraine’s counteroffensive hasn’t met expectations. Here’s why progress has been slow

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/04/europe/ukraine-counteroffensive-slow-progress-intl/index.html

 

The “Chaos” at the Border Is by Design: As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden criticized Trump for “drastically” restricting access to asylum. Now he’s doing the very same thing.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/title-42-asylum-immigration/

 

Pakistani Police Are Making Protesters Disappear: While reporting on the protests against the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan, I was attacked and held without cause. I’m not the only one.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/pakistan-protests-imran-khan/

 

Secret Histories: Don DeLillo’s Cold War.

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/don-delillo-white-noise-libra-names/

 

President John F. Kennedy's "Peace Speech"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fkKnfk4k40

 

Ukraine’s counteroffensive, extreme heat and Beyoncé.

https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?abVariantId=0&campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20230710&instance_id=97133&nl=the-morning&productCode=NN&regi_id=168579403&segment_id=138808&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F7e25e371-8aa3-5a7a-b297-9d701f3de641&user_id=c2e7b902faa70db20b1eaaead145c496

 

UN secretary-general condemns air strike that killed at least 22 people in Sudan

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/un-sec-gen-condemns-air-strike-that-killed-least-22-people-sudan-2023-07-09/

 

Zelensky visits Snake Island on Ukraine War's 500th day

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66141701

 

Cluster Munitions Will Definitely, Totally, For Sure Win the War: The U.S. will send weapons of considerable potency with the same justification: that these will help break the stalemate and lead to total victory for Ukraine.

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/cluster-munitions

 

Border ‘Crisis’ Defies Compromise

https://www.populist.com/29.11.ArtCullen.html

 

Mary Sanchez: No more hoisting immigration woes on COVID – The end of Title 42

https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/mary-sanchez-no-more-hoisting-immigration-woes-on-covid-the-end-of-title-42/

 

China and the Axis of the Sanctioned: How America’s Divide-and-Rule Strategy in the Middle East Backfired

https://www.juancole.com/2023/05/sanctioned-americas-backfired.html

 

Hiroshima’s Nuclear Lesson: The G7 Must Push for Peace in Ukraine

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/18/hiroshimas_nuclear_lesson_the_g7_must

 

Ukraine wins G7 security pledges, but NATO membership remains elusive

https://apnews.com/article/nato-summit-ukraine-biden-2e7d25531e659bb9aa7274e203b0711b

 

Ukraine war: Russian general fired after criticising army leaders

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66185545

 

Stop Buying Russian Fossil Fuels and Putin Will Be Powerless: If you stand with Ukraine, tell world leaders to fully sanction Russian oil and gas companies.

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/russian-fossil-fuels

 

Treasury Secretary Yellen’s Beijing Journey Report Card: The Chinese aren’t fooled by shifts in language. Decouple, de-risk, diversify—they’re all the same to them.

https://www.laprogressive.com/asia/yellens-beijing-journey-report-card

 

Clean Energy, Green Jobs: Keys to Securing Ukraine’s Energy Security.  A Ukrainian clean energy revolution is the clear solution for energy security, new employment opportunities, and sustainable economic recovery.

https://www.laprogressive.com/europe/clean-energy-green-jobs

 

Philippines ‘deeply concerned’ about Chinese activity in South China Sea

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-07-07/china-philippines-coast-guard-10665455.html

 

The Beginning of the End of the War in Ukraine?  Congress has become too deferential to presidential power on war and peace. This amendment would help correct that imbalance.

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/end-of-the-war-in-ukraine

 

Two dead after explosions on Kerch Bridge linking Crimea and Russia: Only direct overland link damaged as Russia says it will pull out of UN-brokered grain deal

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/17/explosions-reportedly-hit-crimeas-kerch-bridge-as-russia-cites-emergency-situation

 

Iran’s morality police resume headscarf patrols, state media says

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/16/middleeast/iran-morality-police-hijab-patrols-intl-hnk/index.html

 

Russia halts grain deal in what UN calls blow to needy people everywhere

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/crimea-bridge-key-russian-supply-line-damaged-two-dead-reports-blasts-2023-07-17/

 

Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin says Russia preparing response to Crimea bridge attack; US condemns Moscow grain deal exit – as it happened

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jul/17/russia-ukraine-war-live-crimean-bridge-emergency-traffic-stops-explosion

 

Putin, Prigozhin, and Russia’s Future: Caution should be our guiding principle.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/putin-prigozhin-and-russias-future/

 

Ukraine war: Russia strikes Ukraine grain after ending sea deal

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66242446

 

DOJ says it’s assessing the situation along the Texas-Mexico border amid ‘troubling reports’ over migrant treatment

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/19/politics/doj-texas-border/index.html

 

Ending Climate and Nuclear Crises for the Next Generations - 3 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bttZaQFMarM

 

Russia strikes Odesa cathedral, Putin dismisses counteroffensive

https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-vows-retaliation-deadly-odesa-100738523.html?guccounter=1

 

Is there a way to get Russia to pay for the war?  Global powers have begun wrestling with the thorny question of how to make Putin pick up the tab for Ukraine's reconstruction

https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1025389/is-there-a-way-to-get-russia-to-pay-for-the-war

 

Ukraine Launches Rare Missile Strikes in Russia, Moscow Says.  Kyiv did not take responsibility for the attacks, which could be a bid to broaden a war that has mostly rained ruin and death on Ukraine.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/world/europe/missiles-ukraine-russia-taganrog.html

 

Sanctions Are an Act of War: Economic sanctions which claim to target authoritarian governments and wealthy profiteers of global conflicts only hurt innocent civilian populations.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/sanctions-are-an-act-of-war-human-rights-economic-terrorism-humanitarian-crisis-iraq-afghanistan-venezuela-iraq-united-nations

 

How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement to Africa: The European Union is militarizing Africa’s internal borders to curb migration, with little regard for human rights.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/europe-militarize-africa-senegal-borders-anti-migration-surveillance

 

The Lingering Effects of Iraq War Lies: The conflict was a textbook case of rewriting history to cover up war crimes.

https://progressive.org/magazine/lingering-effects-of-iraq-war-lies-zunes/

 

Will We Always Be This Way?  Those who have an insatiable appetite for war seldom heed the wreckage they have left behind.

https://progressive.org/magazine/will-we-always-be-this-way-kelly/

 

Yearning to Breathe Free: A new U.S. immigration policy is leaving thousands of asylum seekers stranded on a path fraught with danger.

https://progressive.org/magazine/yearning-to-breathe-free-deslandes/

 

Can We Make a Difference?  A look at the first comprehensive, book-length scholarly analysis of the anti-war movement that opposed the U.S. war in Iraq.

https://progressive.org/magazine/can-we-make-a-difference-stockwell/

 

Tommy Tuberville Reminds Us That the U.S. Military Has a White Nationalist Problem

Sen. Tuberville, whose main claim to fame and qualifications for the U.S. Senate stem from his role as a college football coach at Auburn, is dumb as a sack of grits.

https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/tommy-tuberville

 

Zelensky says war is "returning" to Russia after Moscow drone attack

https://www.axios.com/2023/07/30/zelensky-moscow-drones-war-returning-russia

 

Body found in river buoys at Mexico border amid criticism of policy

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/body-found-river-buoys-mexico-border-amid-criticism-policy-2023-08-03/

 

Decades Later, the U.S. Government Called Hiroshima and Nagasaki ‘Nuclear Tests’: Today, in some elite circles of Russia and the United States, normalized talk of using “tactical” nuclear weapons has upped the madness ante.

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/hiroshima-and-nagasaki

 

Guantánamo 21 Years Later: Shutting down Gitmo is hardly the last step

https://www.laprogressive.com/latin-america-2/close-guantanamo

 

The Korean War Never Ended: In recent weeks, the U.S. has flown nuclear-capable bombers, and war planning talks with South Korean

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/the-korean-war-never-ended

 

Russia, Niger, and Coup Politics in Africa: Coup politics in Africa has become a Russian specialty, and we may yet find that Russia’s Wagner mercenary group will be operating in Niger.

https://www.laprogressive.com/africa/coup-politics-in-africa

 

Ukrainian drones hit sanctioned Russian tanker in second sea attack in a day: A source from Ukraine's security service told NBC News the ship was transporting fuel to Russian troops.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-drone-attack-tanker-navy-ship-crimea-black-sea-rcna98307

 

Russia unleashes missile and drone strikes against Ukraine, retaliating for an attack on a tanker

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-shelling-missiles-air-strikes-drones-9afba9271d343cd7f077211ff8507b88

 

China ‘backs further Ukraine peace talks’ after Saudi Arabia summit: Senior officials from about 40 countries met in Jeddah in attempt to draft key principles on ending war

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/06/china-backs-further-ukraine-peace-talks-saudi-arabia-summit

 

Russia unleashes missile and drone strikes against Ukraine, retaliating for an attack on a tanker

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-shelling-missiles-air-strikes-drones-9afba9271d343cd7f077211ff8507b88

 

Russia increasing nuclear threat, Japanese PM says on Hiroshima anniversary 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/06/hiroshima-nagasaki-anniversary-russia-ukraine/

 

Africa: In Peril from Without

https://www.populist.com/29.13.Rollins.html

 

GENE LYONS: GOP agitates for a war on Mexico

https://www.goshennews.com/opinion/gene-lyons-gop-agitates-for-a-war-on-mexico/article_05e9eb3a-1c34-11ee-9d15-b77a3db479f4.html

 

A Tale of Two Tragedies at Sea: Why should lost billionaires get an international rescue effort while hundreds of refugees are left to die at sea?

https://www.populist.com/29.13.Bennis.html

 

To Clear the Air, Cut Military Spending: Most of us understand the need to cut carbon emissions. But a huge share of our tax dollars are funding the most carbon-intensive institution on the planet.

https://www.populist.com/29.13.Lusuegro.html

 

Will US-Iran talks in Oman allow the two Countries to avoid War?

https://www.juancole.com/2023/07/talks-allow-countries.html

 

What Oppenheimer Misses: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the Age of Normalized Violence

What should be viewed as a war crime against humanity is turned into a Hollywood biopic.

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/what-oppenheimer-misses

 

The Many Enigmas of Oppenheimer: In Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan neither indicts nor vindicates the physicist. Instead, he offers a study of a man full of contradictions.

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/oppenheimer-nolan-atomic-bomb/

 

A Speech By Oleg Bodrov, Physicist, Ecologist, Before The World Conference Against A & H Bombs

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/NUCLEAR-POWER-PLANTS-AS-A-NEW-TYPE-OF-WEAPONS-OF-MASS-DESTRUCTION---HOW-TO-STOP-DANGER-.html?soid=1135857337851&aid=b30Qn1SvX3c

 

Ukraine announces 'humanitarian corridor' for ships stuck in Black Sea ports

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-navy-announces-black-sea-humanitarian-corridor-says-russian-threat-2023-08-10/

 

Biden seeking $40B in emergency funds for Ukraine, disaster relief: That total includes $13 billion in military aid to Ukraine, as well as billions of dollars more in funding to replenish a dwindling pot of federal disaster relief, according to two people with direct knowledge of the request.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/10/biden-ukraine-emergency-funds-00110691

 

There Is No Such Thing As Humane Bombs

https://www.populist.com/29.14.Cintli.html

 

Reopen the Port of Odesa

https://www.populist.com/29.14.Joseph.html

 

The Ill-Effects of NATO’s Eastward Movement

https://www.populist.com/29.14.Gunasekaran.html

 

Hunger and a Lack of Diplomacy Are Driving Unrest: An interview with journalist and historian Ahmed Rashid.

https://progressive.org/magazine/ahmed-rashid-interview-drake/

 

Russia says 20 Ukrainian drones destroyed over Crimea: Russian defence ministry says 20 Ukrainian drones were shot down and electronically suppressed in early morning attack.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/12/moscow-says-wave-of-ukrainian-drones-repelled-over-russia-annexed-crimea

 

Eritrea: A Bright Spot on a Planet Approaching Armageddon.  This was the speech I would have given if the Eritrean American Festival had not been disrupted by violence.

https://www.laprogressive.com/africa/eritrean-american-festival

 

Silencing Voices for Peace: Why Is the U.S. mainstream media almost always pro-war

https://www.laprogressive.com/the-media-in-the-united-states/silencing-voices-for-peace

 

Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention and Resistance.  Told in an engaging and persuasive way, this book presents the history of a small nation that has resisted continual efforts to dominate and control it.

https://hollywoodprogressive.com/literature/intervention-and-resistance

 

Russia-Ukraine war live: seven people killed by Russian shelling in Kherson region – as it happened

Russian military targeted residential areas, factories and mobile communications towers, says regional governor

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/aug/13/russia-ukraine-war-live-moscow-says-it-destroyed-drone-targeting-belgorod-kyiv-claims-progress-in-south

 

‘Morality Shouldn’t Get in the Way’ — Russia’s Genocidal State Media

https://cepa.org/article/morality-shouldnt-get-in-the-way-russias-genocidal-state-media/

 

An Ambassador Without a Country: The Afghan statesman Zalmai Rassoul is recognized by the governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland—but not by the Taliban.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/an-ambassador-without-a-country

 

Tens of thousands of Afghans waiting for US visas

https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/afghanistan/2023/08/13/tens-of-thousands-of-afghans-waiting-for-us-visas/

 

Russia sent a message to Turkey when it bombed Motor Sich, say experts

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/08/11/russia-sent-a-message-to-turkey-when-it-bombed-motor-sich-say-experts/

 

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 537

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/14/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-537

 

Marine veteran killed while volunteering as a fighter in Ukraine

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/veterans/2023/08/11/marine-veteran-killed-while-volunteering-as-fighter-in-ukraine/

 

Nebraska to use pandemic funds for National Guard border trip

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/08/13/nebraska-to-use-pandemic-funds-for-national-guard-border-trip/

 

Russian warship fires warning shots at cargo ship in Black Sea

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-warship-fires-dry-cargo-ship-black-sea-defence-ministry-2023-08-13/

 

The Nuclear Apple: If we can cooperate in our own collective suicide, nuclear war, surely we can cooperate in eradicating war.

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/the-nuclear-apple

 

Don’t Let “Anti-Nuke” Be Just Another Holiday: We need to be shouting “No Nukes” from the rooftops of every building every single day throughout the year.

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/anti-nuke

 

Power of Science and the Weakness of Scientists: Oppenheimer Paradox: Oppenheimer’s fall from grace was a lesson to the scientific community that if it crossed the security state, no one was big enough.

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/oppenheimer-paradox

 

Russia unleashes a country-wide missile barrage on Ukraine as Putin addresses security conference

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-lviv-missile-attack-76106ea15cb7acd543e506039f64baf9

 

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (full documentary) | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS - 3 weeks ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx9DEE-N_Z0

 

Texas, What the Hell? A Murderous Governor

https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/texas-what-the-hell-a-murderous-governor#details

 

Russian Roulette – With Missiles, Drones and Food

https://www.populist.com/29.15.Guebert.html

 

George H.W. Bush’s 9/11 Legacy Must Be Remembered

https://www.populist.com/29.15.Kingsbury.html

 

Immigration Policy Wrapped in Razor Wire, Robert Frost

https://www.populist.com/29.15.Koehler.html

 

Chaos as Israel departs the Ranks of Democracies, Adopting the Hungarian Model of Elective Dictatorship

https://www.juancole.com/2023/07/democracies-hungarian-dictatorship.html

 

Was the Collapse of US-Russia Relations Inevitable?  How US hubris and Russian paranoia undermined partnership.

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/us-russia-putin-relations-nato/

 

Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-send-its-first-depleted-uranium-rounds-ukraine-sources-2023-09-01/

 

Russia attacks a Ukrainian port before key grain deal talks between Putin and Turkey’s president

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-attack-odesa-grain-a795984a5c42f5a65f64f2e35772a49b

 

CHINA ANNEXES RUSSIAN LAND | Crazy News Update September 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NO3vT1y1PY

 

Zelensky ousts defense chief as ministry grapples with corruption claims

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/04/ukraine-oleksii-reznikov-defense-minister/

 

US says North Korea will 'pay a price' for any weapons supplies to Russia

https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-says-nothing-say-possible-visit-by-north-koreas-kim-2023-09-05/

 

Cuba says it uncovered a human trafficking ring that sends Cubans to fight with Russia against Ukraine

The announcement comes after Spanish-language media in Miami reported on Cubans being taken to Russia to fight alongside its military forces.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/cuba-uncovers-trafficking-ring-sending-cubans-fight-russia-ukraine-rcna103461

 

The floating border barrier in the Rio Grande must be removed, a federal judge rules

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/06/1198028921/texas-floating-border-barrier-rio-grande-abbott-judge-mexico-immigration

 

Ukraine rips Elon Musk for disrupting sneak attack on Russian fleet with Starlink cutoff

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/07/ukraine-rips-musk-disrupting-sneak-attack-russian-navy.html

 

FBI Director Wray issues warning about number of Russian spies in the US

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/politics/fbi-director-christopher-wray-warning-russian-spies/index.html

 

The Chinese Kaleidoscope: Where is China actually headed?

https://newrepublic.com/article/174668/china-future-dominance-growing-pains

 

The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump

Farther Away Than Ever: The promise of the day after and the betrayal that followed

https://marytrump.substack.com/p/farther-away-than-ever

 

Work Won’t Love You Back: The Intersection of Climate Crises and a Broken Immigration System

Those who disproportionately suffer are the workers of color and immigrants, who come to the United States seeking safety and decent work and are repaid with brutal conditions on the front lines of a global crisis.

https://progressive.org/magazine/the-intersection-of-climate-crises-jaffe-20230816/

 

Playing With Fire: The world’s nuclear weapons enterprise is playing a dangerous game, but is anyone paying attention?

https://progressive.org/magazine/playing-with-fire-carrier/

 

The Bipartisan Atom: A new nuclear arms and energy race is full speed ahead, thanks to both sides of the aisle.

https://progressive.org/magazine/the-bipartisan-atom-meyer/

 

Russia's Crimea fleet shipyard on fire after Ukrainian missile strike.  Photos and videos showed huge explosions and raging fires at the Sevastopol Shipyard

https://theweek.com/digest/russias-crimea-fleet-shipyard-on-fire-after-ukrainian-missile-strike

 

A Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer Is in Jail for Giving a Speech. My lawyer, Imaan Mazari, was arrested for speaking out against the Pakistani military.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/imaan-mazari-arrest/

 

Wagner group formally banned as terror organisation in the UK

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66822833

 

‘Evil cannot be trusted’: Zelenskyy urges reticent countries to side with Ukraine.  The Ukrainian president warns that Russian aggression will not end in Ukraine.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/19/zelenskyy-allies-united-nations-ukraine-peace-00116812

 

Zelenskyy delivers upbeat message to US lawmakers on war progress as some Republican support softens

https://apnews.com/article/zelenskyy-biden-washington-visit-congress-ukraine-war-1d20574fb3ea4fb5efcc7db5458a33a3

 

Ukraine pushes for diplomatic solution with Poland, Slovakia on grain

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-pushes-diplomatic-solution-with-poland-slovakia-grain-2023-09-21/

 

Ukraine targets a key Crimean city a day after striking Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-crimea-9c287d5bad840beedbd68eb32c4c76a3

 

Nuclear Brinkmanship in Ukraine a Dangerous, Infantile Stance.  Empire loyalists talk about nuclear brinkmanship like it’s something courageous that they personally are doing, as though it’s a risk that could only hurt them.

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/nuclear-brinkmanship

 

US will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles, Biden tells Zelenskiy: NBC

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-will-send-ukraine-atacms-long-range-missiles-biden-tells-zelenskiy-nbc-2023-09-22/

 

China’s Coup: Saudi and Iranian Ambassadors arrive at Reopened Embassies, Stress Bilateral Relations, Regional Development

https://www.juancole.com/2023/09/ambassadors-embassies-development.html

 

Israeli Judicial Reform and Decline of Democracies in Asia

https://populist.com/29.17.Gunasekaran.html

 

Ukraine Says it Has a Massive Database the American Embassy Can Use to Track Every Last Weapon the US Has Sent to Kyiv

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/09/30/ukraine-says-it-has-massive-database-american-embassy-can-use-track-every-last-weapon-us-has-sent.html

 

Biden Tells Allies Ukraine Support ‘Strong’ Amid Congress Chaos

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-03/biden-holds-call-with-allies-to-assure-them-of-ukraine-support

 

Timothy Snyder: Way to end Putin's war in Ukraine is to help Ukraine win it.  Denmark has announced its largest military aid package yet to Ukraine, worth $833 million, as Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hold arms talks in the Far East. Yale University professor of history Timothy Snyder joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss.

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/timothy-snyder-way-to-end-putin-s-war-in-ukraine-is-to-help-ukraine-win-it-192924229588

 

Trudeau Has Egg on His Face After Parliament Applauds Nazi: Somebody needs a history lesson. The entire Canadian Parliament stood to applaud a living (former) member of the Waffen-SS, a Ukrainian (Yaroslav Hunka)

https://www.laprogressive.com/education-reform/trudeau-parliament-applauds-nazi

 

Help Project Censored Fight Book Bans: Censorship threatens to silence underrepresented communities nationwide, including LGBTQ+ youth, marginalized racial and ethnic groups

https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/help-project-censored-fight-book-bans

 

'Woman, life, liberty': Iran rights activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/10/06/iran-human-rights-activist-narges-mohammadi-wins-nobel-peace-prize/71057223007/

 

Russian missile strike on Ukraine village kills 51 during memorial to fallen soldier

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-attack-kills-49-northeast-ukraine-ukrainian-officials-say-2023-10-05/

 

The significance of why Hamas chose to attack Israel now: Former U.S. officials say the group and its Iranian backers tried to exploit Israeli political divisions and to derail historic negotiations between Saudi Arabia, Israel and the U.S.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/significance-hamas-chose-attack-israel-now-rcna119351

 

‘We are at war,’ Netanyahu says, after Hamas launches devastating surprise attack.  PM vows to exact ‘unprecedented price’ from terror group after hundreds of gunmen cross border, attack homes and IDF bases; thousands of rockets fired; opposition backs gov’t, IDF

https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-are-at-war-netanyahu-says-after-hamas-launches-devastating-surprise-attack/

 

Our Common Humanity

https://steady.substack.com/p/our-common-humanity

 

Dozen injured, including baby, in Russian attack on Ukraine's Kherson, governor says

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dozen-injured-including-baby-russian-attack-ukraines-kherson-governor-2023-10-08/

 

Indian Americans now largest Asian American group in U.S.

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/07/indian-americans-now-largest-asian-american-group-united-states

 

Largest Hindu temple outside of Asia opens in New Jersey, built by 12,500 volunteers.  The impressive construction prompted a labor lawsuit that’s now on hold, with some saying it raises questions about the line between religious service and labor exploitation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/largest-hindu-temple-asia-opens-new-jersey-built-12500-volunteers-rcna119085

 

Rising of the Ghetto Fighters: The Gaza Ghetto Uprising has begun.

https://davidrovics.substack.com/p/rising-of-the-ghetto-fighters

 

Finally! Hamas Witnessed True Power of Israel: Israel Carry Out Most Massive Airstrike on Hamas! – October 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JXxmVk85wo

 

As Israel Reels From Mass Deaths and a Seeming Intel Failure, Evidence Mounts of Negligence By Netanyahu—Or Maybe Something More Sinister.  Israel has the world’s very best intel services, yet allegedly failed to foresee a massive invasion months in the making. Now media outlets are beginning to point a finger at Netanyahu—as is the IDF. – October 9, 2023

https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/as-israel-reels-from-mass-deaths

 

Gaza power plant runs out of fuel, Israel creates a war-time Cabinet

https://apnews.com/live/israel-hamas-war-live-updates#0000018b-13c5-d540-af9b-17e5ed710000

 

‘Essence is the same’: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy likens Hamas to Russia.  Ukrainian president says Moscow and the Palestinian armed group that attacked Israel are ‘terrorists’, while alleging Iran has a role in both conflicts.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/9/essence-is-the-same-ukraines-zelenskyy-likens-hamas-to-russia

 

Israeli general describes moment his soldiers found dead bodies in kibbutz attacked by Hamas

From CNN’s Nic Robertson, Muhammad Darwish and Martin Goillandeau

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-10-10-23/h_acc9121c3e878d221f6e5ee32e74be80

 

Power goes out in Gaza, as Israel tightens siege and bombs the Palestinian territory

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/11/1205036361/israel-strikes-neighborhoods-across-gaza-as-the-war-with-hamas-intensifies

 

Did Hamas Somehow Get Inside Information About Israel’s Defenses from a Trump Leak?  I have a few questions in trying to make sense of Gaza...

https://hartmannreport.com/p/did-hamas-somehow-get-inside-information-23e

 

Mr. Begin never said "Our race is the Master Race.”  There is no factual basis for that quote.

http://begincenterdiary.blogspot.com/2009/05/correcting-misquotation-reputedly-by.html

 

Golda Meir Quotes on Israel & Judaism

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/golda-meir-quotes-on-israel-and-judaism

 

Golda Meir Quotes.  “If the Palestinians lay down their weapons, there will be peace. If the Israelis lay down their weapons, there will be a massacre.”

https://quote.org/quote/if-the-palestinians-lay-down-their-weapons-623755

 

What Was Hamas Thinking?  One of the group’s senior political leaders explains its strategy.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-was-hamas-thinking

 

They're not happy in Gaza

https://middleeastfacts2015.blogspot.com/2015/05/theyre-not-happy-in-gaza.html

 

Harvard suffers major loss as ‘stunned and sickened’ Wexner Foundation pulls $2M+ support

https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/10/16/harvard-suffers-major-loss-as-stunned-wexner-foundation-pulls-support/

 

We must not deepen the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and dramatically undermine Israel’s security – October 18, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqACaFi1oU

 

WATCH: Biden urges Americans to reject ‘all forms of hate’ – October 19, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBg8b_wtKVk

 

Connecticut SEIU leader resigns after controversial speech at ‘All Out for Palestine’ rally

https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-haven/connecticut-seiu-leader-resigns-after-controversial-speech-at-all-out-for-palestine-rally/

 

Hear the chilling call a daughter placed to her father as she and her brother were taken hostage

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/10/19/father-plays-call-from-daughter-son-kidnapped-hamas-israel-vpx.cnn

 

The devastating Gaza hospital blast is shrouded in uncertainty. Here’s what we know, and what we don’t

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/18/middleeast/gaza-hospital-explosion-israel-wwk-explainer-intl

 

Biden: Gaza to get aid by Friday; US says Israel not to blame for hospital blast. Live updates

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/10/18/israel-biden-gaza-hospital-live-updates-hamas-war/71224204007/

 

Troops hurt after three drones attack US bases in Iraq as tensions flare after Gaza hospital blast

https://apnews.com/article/iraq-militias-iran-us-base-attack-drone-hamas-israel-war-80f6739c3ab34662afba316285914e39

 

First U.S. deportation flight lands in Venezuela under new Biden crackdown

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/first-us-deportation-flight-lands-venezuela-under-new-biden-crackdown-2023-10-18/

 

Biden walks a fine line between support for Israel and empathy for Palestinians

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/19/1206997120/biden-israel-politics-democrat-republican-middle-east-hamas

 

Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist, is detained by Russia

https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=1207367383:1207367384&utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20231020&utm_term=9030332&utm_campaign=news&utm_id=44826067&orgid=433&utm_att1=

 

WATCH: Jewish Major League Baseball players call on fans to stand with Israel

https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-jewish-major-league-baseball-players-call-on-fan-to-stand-with-israel/

 

‘You’re a Coward’: Professor calls out Columbia U. president for silence on pro-Hamas protests

https://worldisraelnews.com/you-are-a-coward-israeli-columbia-university-professor-calls-out-president-for-silence-on-pro-hamas-protests/

 

Columbia University suspends Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine

https://www.jta.org/2023/11/10/ny/columbia-university-suspends-jewish-voice-for-peace-and-students-for-justice-in-palestine

 

The Devastation of Be’eri.  In one day, Hamas militants massacred, tortured, and abducted residents of a kibbutz, leaving their homes charred and their community in ruins.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-devastation-of-beeri

 

Support USCJ

https://uscj.org/israel-resources

 

Former US General says it will be 'exceedingly difficult' to destroy Hamas – October 22, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnlI0ToSnro

 

The Case for Hope in Israel and Gaza. Really.  After the Hamas slaughter of Jews and the looming Israeli invasion of Gaza, there’s a slender cause for optimism that this carnage can lead to steps toward peace. It’s happened before.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/10/17/the-case-for-hope-in-israel-and-gaza-really/

 

The anatomy of trauma and the recycling of violence. Is there a solution? – October 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5J1ImD1DL4

 

Israel confirms two more hostages released from Gaza.  With updates from Rushdi Abualouf in Gaza; Lyse Doucet, Lucy Williamson in southern Israel; Jeremy Bowen, Paul Adams, Yolande Knell, Tom Bateman and Joel Gunter in Jerusalem; Anna Foster in northern Israel; and Hugo Bachega in southern Lebanon

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-67185260

 

Russian missile kills 6 at Ukraine postal facility

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/22/russian-strike-hits-mail-facility-ukraines-kharkiv-killing-6/

 

Philippines says Chinese coastguard 'intentionally' collided with its boats

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-tells-china-stop-provocative-actions-south-china-sea-2023-10-23/

 

Your Israel and Hamas takes offend me — not as a Jew, but as a journalist.  My colleagues and I are striving for balance. Sensationalist takes on social media are exhausting us

https://forward.com/culture/566010/israel-hamas-war-journalist-misinformation/

 

How Trump’s MAGA GOP Increases the Risk of WWIII.  Republican-aligned rightwing billionaires are gleeful at the prospect of further government dysfunction gutting social programs while Putin, Xi & the leaders of Hamas are reveling in the chaos...

https://hartmannreport.com/p/how-trumps-maga-gop-increases-the-a42

 

Turkey's Erdogan submits Sweden's NATO bid to parliament for ratification, presidency says

https://www.reuters.com/world/turkeys-erdogan-submits-swedens-nato-bid-parliament-ratification-presidency-2023-10-23/

 

Gaza and the Empathy Gap.  How we Americans feel about Gazans living under Israeli bombs does matter, since we’re the ones financing it.

https://theintercept.com/2023/10/23/gaza-israel-hamas-war/

 

Roger Waters - To Whom It May Concern: Please Stop. - 12 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPjLhpZBteI

 

US not ruling out retaliation against Iran-backed groups after attacks on soldiers in Middle East: At the same time, officials have said they don't "seek conflict with Iran."

https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-ruling-retaliation-iran-backed-groups-after-attacks/story

 

Israel may delay Gaza ground invasion for hostage negotiations and aid for Palestinians

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/israel-may-delay-gaza-ground-invasion-for-hostage-negotiations-and-aid-for-palestinians

 

We must avert a total humanitarian disaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWkN-F3Y91Y

 

A Murdered Israeli Filmmaker’s Prophetic Warning, in “The Boy”.  Yahav Winner’s final work captures the dissonance of life along the Israel-Gaza border.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/screening-room/a-murdered-israeli-filmmakers-prophetic-warning-in-the-boy

 

Mary Sanchez: The shame goes to Congress, not ‘Dreamers’

https://www.scribd.com/article/671518455/Mary-Sanchez-The-Shame-Goes-To-Congress-Not-Dreamers

 

An Iranian teenager injured on Tehran Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media say

https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-injured-teen-armita-geravand-dies-16c4f49e15dd774121e7498f34bd6622

 

Hamas’s Shock Attack Should Spark Our Horror—and Our Questions.  This appalling violence emerged within a context, and we need to understand that context in order to achieve peace.

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/hamas-israel-attack-palestine/

 

Cambodia Is Teaching the World How to Clear Land Mines.  The country’s history of bombardment has led it to develop expertise in the dangerous, delicate business of removing these hidden threats.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/cambodia-land-mine-clearance/

 

Art Against Occupation.  Malak Mattar’s London show examines the U.K.’ s role in Palestinian colonization.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/malak-mattar-palestine-gaza-paintings-israeli-occupation

 

Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam

https://populist.com/29.19.ArtCullen.html

 

Alarm over Kim Jong Un’s Russia Trip.  Weapons Deals and Heightening Tensions

https://populist.com/29.19.Gurtov.html

 

Seize Starlink from Elon Musk

https://populist.com/29.19.Joseph.html

 

Russia's "quiet invasion" in Georgia | 60 Minutes – October 29, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfLJCuiervI

 

Hamas’s attack on towns, kibbutzim, and a music festival in Israel, on October 7th—an operation that the group refers to as the Al-Aqsa Flood—and Israel’s strikes throughout the Gaza Strip, in response, have left countless people in mourning and the region in a state of profound instability.

https://link.newyorker.com/view/5f108bc3a1573c18f411ce44jrhqh.1dazx/a02d89b4

 

The Hamas Propaganda War.  Across the Arab world, the group is successfully selling its narrative of resistance

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-hamas-propaganda-war

 

Why We on the Israeli Left Feel Hit From Both Sides: We have battled Netanyahu and the right wing for decades. And now we feel alienated from a global left that won’t see Hamas for what it is.

https://newrepublic.com/article/176511/israeli-left-hit-both-sides-netanyahu

 

US Navy SEAL Squadron Leader Explains Russia's Disaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Cc0wJ6uM8

 

Why Israel Has Gone Missing from China's Maps | Vantage with Palki Sharma – October 31, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmMiIN_02ng

 

THE SENATE CONDEMNS STUDENT GROUPS AS BACKLASH TO PRO-PALESTINIAN SPEECH GROWS

“Do we risk losing our careers over an ephemeral social post that doesn’t save a single life in Palestine?”

https://theintercept.com/2023/10/27/palestine-israel-free-speech-retaliation-senate/

 

Israel strikes dense Gaza camp, says it kills Hamas commander

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-says-it-fires-israeli-troops-pressing-gaza-ground-assault-2023-10-31/

 

Jack Lew confirmed as ambassador to Israel as the country's war rages on with Hamas

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/31/senate-confirms-jack-lew-israel-ambassador-war-hamas/71395524007/

 

Wray warns of increased terrorist threat, says U.S. is in a 'dangerous period'

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/31/1209699057/wray-warns-of-increased-terrorist-threat-says-u-s-is-in-a-dangerous-period

 

There is a humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Congress must act. – November 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJxNBOOGHw

 

Hamas leader's son who became a spy explains what Hamas really wants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwvsrybklf8

 

For some Jewish peace activists, demands for a cease-fire come at a personal cost

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/28/1208980580/for-some-jewish-peace-activists-demands-for-ceasefire-come-at-a-personal-cost

 

SPIEGEL conversation with a Palestinian and an Israeli.  »How do you take revenge for the killing of a child? By killing other people’s children?”  The Palestinian Bassam Aramin and the Israeli Rami Elhanan each lost a daughter in the Middle East conflict. Instead of becoming bitter, they fight for peace as close friends. How did you do that?  An interview by Jörg Schindler, November 4th, 2023, 7:26 p.m • from DER SPIEGEL 45/2023

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/nahostkonflikt-ein-palaestinenser-und-ein-israeli-kaempfen-als-enge-freunde-fuer-frieden-a-3fd0a625-a2d0-467d-9190-f7ba6a9cbfa9

 

Palestine’s Obituary

https://www.juancole.com/2023/11/palestines-obituary.html

 

Russia-Ukraine war not a 'stalemate,' Zelenskyy tells NBC News in exclusive interview,  The world's attention is on Israel and Gaza, and some U.S. and Ukrainian military officials consider the war to be at an impasse — an assessment President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disputed on "Meet the Press."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/zelenskyy-ukraine-russia-war-not-stalemate-rcna123670

 

Is the House GOP about to give Putin a pat on the back for his barbarism?

https://www.somerset-kentucky.com/opinion/is-the-house-gop-about-to-give-putin-a-pat-on-the-back-for-his/article_e79fb482-7a45-11ee-8d66-dbccd1904a70.html

 

Why The Middle East Won’t Accept Palestinian Refugees – November 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7GAg8sWDpI

 

Ambassador Dennis Ross on why Israel faces an “excruciating dilemma” in war with Hamas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5zvabpXqzc

 

Cries of Victory in Israel: Hamas Elites STRANDED in Tunnel & SURRENDERED Helplessly with White Flag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXj2LlGcPA8

 

How Israel Inadvertently Created Hamas | Vantage with Palki Sharma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4C6-tHLhh0

 

U.S. Military Conducts ‘Self-Defense Strike’ In Syria As Attacks Against Service Members Increase – November 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc0nOIg7rO4

 

UN says Gaza becoming a 'graveyard for children', as Israeli strikes intensify

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-67324897

 

Prominent 22-year-old Palestinian protester Ahed Tamimi arrested by Israel on suspicion of "inciting violence"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/palestinian-protester-ahed-tamimi-arrested-israel-suspicion-inciting-violence/

 

The Line Between Gaza and America: Fragments of life and death from Palestinians inside the Strip and their relatives abroad, four weeks into Israel’s war.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-line-between-gaza-and-america

 

‘Conflicting statements’ complicate investigation into Jewish man’s death at protest

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-06/man-dies-after-fight-at-protest-westlake-village-israel-hamas-war

 

A Cease-Fire in Gaza Is Just the First Step.  We must end the slaughter. And then comes the hard part.

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/gaze-palestine-ceasefire-bds-netanhayu/

 

We Must Not Let the Truth Become a Casualty of This War.  Now more than ever, it’s crucial that we talk about what is actually happening in Gaza and Israel, not about unverified rumors.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/gaza-war-facts-misnformation/

 

Memo to Biden Admistration Policy Dissidents: Don’t Mourn. Resign.  The best thing staffers frustrated by the president’s policy in the Israel-Gaza war can do is quit.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-policy-israel-gaza-dissent/

 

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Sits Down With The Nation.  In his first-ever interview with a US outlet, the Cuban president shares his thoughts on the future of Cuban socialism, the US blockade, and the economic difficulties facing the island nation.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/interview-cuban-president-diaz-canel/

 

Western Media Under Israeli Government's Scanner. Here's Why | Vantage with Palki Sharma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V4KIwUv9NA

 

The Palestinian Refugee Problem Explained (Nakba and the Arab narrative)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8bkqqvoGpc

 

7 Things pro-Palestinians Forgot to Tell You (...this war is not about land...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTwQh72XUZo

 

Michal Cotler-Wunsh's powerful speech at the UN about the ever-mutating virus of antisemitism. – November 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTFV1t9_AuQ

 

Calls for ‘Intifada’ Are Traumatizing MIT’s Jewish Community.  To Jews with connections to Israel, the word “intifada” is associated with suicide bombings, terrorism and the wanton loss of innocent life

https://thetech.com/2023/11/01/intifada-connotes-violent-uprising

 

Israeli tanks outside Gaza hospital, Biden hopes for 'less intrusive' action

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/largest-gaza-hospital-not-functioning-amid-israeli-assault-2023-11-12/

 

Africa: The Epicenter of International Terrorism.  America's forever wars yield a 75,000% increase in terror attacks

https://www.laprogressive.com/africa/epicenter-of-international-terrorism

 

UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent ‘humanitarian pauses and corridors’ in Gaza

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/world/un-security-council-humanitarian-pauses-gaza-intl/index.html

 

Body of Israeli abducted in Hamas' brutal rampage found near Gaza hospital: Live updates

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/israel-hamas/2023/11/16/israel-hamas-gaza-war-live-updates/71602781007/

 

David DePape found guilty in violent hammer attack on Paul Pelosi

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/16/david-depape-found-guilty-paul-pelosi-hammer-attack/71608752007/

 

F.B.I. Ramps Up Investigations of Hamas.  Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, made the disclosure in testifying about threats to the United States after Hamas’s surprise attack on southern Israel last month.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/us/politics/fbi-hamas-israel-threats.html

 

The Hostages Are Not a Diversion From This War. They’re at the Heart of It.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/opinion/hostages-israel-war.html

 

All the Americans Still Believed to Be in the Clutches of Hamas.  These are the 10 Americans who remain “unaccounted for” after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.  So, I wonder why Americans are protesting against Israel when it is Hamas that are holding their fellow countrymen hostage.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/list-of-americans-still-believed-to-be-hostages-of-hamas-in-gaza-after-oct-7-attack-on-israel

 

Immigrating to the US Requires Navigating a System Both Parties Say is Broken.  Here's Why It's So Difficult.  After her brother was gunned down in Colombia in 2012, Jessica Mejía and her mother wanted to legally migrate to the US. But like millions of migrants who want to move to the US, they discovered how difficult it is.

https://populist.com/29.20.Garcia.html

 

Letters to the Editor: Teach Peace; Stop the Madness; Try Trump Before the Election; Open Letter to Third-Party Activists; and Rollo the Rich Kid, Matt Gaetz.

https://populist.com/29.20.Letters.html

 

Truth in War Remains Hard to Ascertain

https://populist.com/29.20.McMillen.html

 

Hamas battles Israeli forces in north Gaza, amid hopes of hostage deal

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-renews-call-gazans-flee-key-southern-city-2023-11-17/

 

Crazy Talk. Iowans should keep their heads about them when it comes to solving our immigration problems.

https://populist.com/29.20.ArtCullen.html

 

Gene Lyons: The complicated equation of Israel and Palestine

https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2023/10/20/gene-lyons-the-complicated-equation-of-israel-and-palestine/

 

Eye for Eye, Extremism for Extremism

https://populist.com/29.20.Young.html

 

Mary Sanchez: Musk’s border tour leads to a lesson on educating migrant children

https://www.everand.com/article/675916391/Mary-Sanchez-Musk-s-Border-Tour-Leads-To-A-Lesson-On-Educating-Migrant-Children

 

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

https://jcpa.org/

 

The horrors in Gaza will only get worse.  The grim horror in Israel and Gaza is about to get worse. The terrorist attacks by Hamas that killed a reported 1,400 Israelis, wounded over 3,500 more, and kidnapped nearly 200

https://www.magzter.com/stories/newspaper/Scoop-USA-Newspaper/THE-HORRORS-IN-GAZA-WILL-ONLY-GET-WORSE

 

Israel’s Revenge Genocide in Gaza is Only the Latest in a Long History of Such Massacres

https://populist.com/29.20.Cole.html

 

First One to Commit to Nonviolence Wins

https://populist.com/29.20.Hastings.html

 

After the Attack, Israeli Rulers Launch Genocidal Destruction

https://nader.org/2023/10/13/after-the-attack-israeli-rulers-launch-genocidal-destruction/

 

Israel should respond, not react

https://rall.com/2023/10/15/israel-should-respond-not-react

 

We Need an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

https://populist.com/29.20.Bennis.html

 

Letters: War in Gaza; Is College Campus Antisemitism Real?; What Can US Advisers Teach Israel About War with Hamas?; Billionaire Utopians Take Heed; Has An Excessive Amount of Testosterone Fortified Republicans’ Stupidity?; and Hartmann Scares Me.

https://populist.com/29.21.Letters.html

 

Americans Need to Hear More Palestinian Voices.  The absence of Palestinians and their advocates from news coverage isn’t just unfair. As a Jewish American, I think it’s harmful.

https://populist.com/29.21.Gertler.html

 

Ceasefire in Gaza is imperative

http://www.louisianaweekly.com/ceasefire-in-gaza-is-imperative/

 

Reaping What’s Been Sown

https://populist.com/29.21.OLeary.html

 

The Rebellious CEO

https://nader.org/books/the-rebellious-ceo/

 

Israel Is Not Acting in “Self-Defense”

https://rall.com/2023/10/29/israel-is-not-acting-in-self-defense

 

For the People in the Back: Anti-Zionism Is Not Anti-Semitism.  Nikki Haley, as usual, is wrong.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/antisemitism-zionism-nikki-haley/

 

Saving Palestinian Lives Will Save Israeli Lives

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/2/saving_palestinian_lives_will_save_israeli

 

The Oslo peace process could have settled the Israeli-Palestinian conflict decades ago. The reasons it failed — violence, extremism and weak leaders — help clarify today’s fighting.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/20/magazine/israel-gaza-oslo-accords.html

 

Israel releases videos it says show hostages and a tunnel at Al-Shifa hospital

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLjkPX4fXdw

 

Sunday Worship Service | November 12, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVL5IxwFjiI

 

‘I Worked With Putin: Here’s What You Don’t Know About Him’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2AwAXcScds

 

Fascinating panel discussion highlighting issues re antisemitism on campus at Columbia, Cornell, Drexel, and Harvard. Since this was recorded this evening, please click on the following link:

https://streicker.nyc/past-event-recordings

 

What Is the 'Iron Beam?' Israel's Never-Before-Used Defense System: Report

https://www.newsweek.com/iron-beam-israel-defense-system-1845381

 

Why North Korea may use nuclear weapons first, and why current US policy toward Pyongyang is unsustainable - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

https://thebulletin.org/2023/11/why-north-korea-may-use-nuclear-weapons-first-and-why-current-us-policy-toward-pyongyang-is-unsustainable/

 

Israel and Hamas agree to breakthrough deal on hostage release and four-day truce

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/22/middleeast/israel-approves-hamas-hostage-deal-intl/index.html

 

Israel-Hamas truce and hostage release will begin on Friday, Qatar says

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/23/middleeast/israel-hamas-hostage-release-delayed-intl-hnk/index.html

 

Myanmar: Soldiers Surrender to Rebels Without a Fight | Vantage with Palki Sharma – November 22, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-bslu3ljb8

 

North Korea says it is suspending military pact with South

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-vows-deploy-new-weapons-border-south-rcna126463

 

US fires back after ballistic missile attack on Iraq base

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/11/21/us-fires-back-after-ballistic-missile-attack-on-iraq-base/

 

Yale historian says west can break Ukraine stalemate with more military aid.  Timothy Snyder argues that ‘dropping five more queens on the board’ would allow Ukraine to prevail

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/23/yale-historian-says-west-can-break-ukraine-stalemate-more-military-aid

 

Israel-Gaza Truce Takes Effect

https://katiecouric.com/news/israel-gaza-truce-takes-effect/

 

On Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism.  A “non-Jewish” Jewish perspective.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/antisemitism-palestine-israel-gaza/

 

Israeli Hostages' Families Need to Be Silenced, Jailed, US Spy for Israel Said – November 24, 2023

https://www.businessinsider.com/jonathan-pollard-says-hostages-families-should-have-been-jailed

 

Rocket alarms sound in Gaza border towns 15 minutes after ceasefire comes into effect

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/rocket-alarms-sound-in-gaza-border-towns-as-terrorists-possibly-violate-ceasefire/

 

November 24, 2023 Israel-Hamas war

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-24-23/index.html

 

Ukraine Aims a Major Drone Attack at Crimea as Russia Tries to Capture a Destroyed Eastern City

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/11/24/ukraine-aims-major-drone-attack-crimea-russia-tries-capture-destroyed-eastern-city.html

 

More Russian stuff blowing up: Convicted Russian cannibal gets a pardon for fighting in Ukraine

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/23/2207586/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Convicted-Russian-cannibal-gets-a-pardon-for-fighting-in-Ukraine

 

Israel plans next phase of Gaza war as first hostages released.  After four-day ceasefire 'we will not stop' until destruction of Hamas, says Israel

https://theweek.com/defence/israel-plans-next-phase-of-gaza-war-as-first-hostages-released

 

The "accidental" death of another Russian general - this time no fall was involved

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/16/2206296/-The-accidental-death-of-another-Russian-general-this-time-no-fall-was-involved?detail=emaildkre&pm_source=DKRE&pm_medium=email

 

Hamas freed 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino who had been held hostage in Gaza in exchange for 39 Palestinian prisoners on the cease-fire’s first day. More than 130 aid trucks reached Gaza.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/world/middleeast/released-hostages-israel-gaza-hamas.html

 

Russia launches biggest drone attack against Kyiv since start of war, Ukrainian officials say

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/25/world/russia-biggest-drone-attack-kyiv-intl-hnk/index.html

 

Second Group of Hostages Is Released Under Truce Deal.  Seventeen hostages were transported to Israel late Saturday, the Israeli military said. Dozens of Palestinian prisoners in Israel were expected to be freed.

https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv3

 

Progressive Magazine Weekly Update – November 25, 2023

https://mailchi.mp/progressive/hoping-to-give-thanks-for-peace?e=645398ebef

 

Acclaimed novelist and military veteran Phil Klay about morality during times of war

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/26/magazine/phil-klay-interview.html

 

Ukraine War Cost Russia 'Military Superiority' in Baltics: Report

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-loss-military-superiority-report-1846854

 

More hostages released by Hamas despite agonising delay

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67531477

 

Crowds line the street to welcome home Danielle Aloni and Emilia, 5, freed from Gaza on Friday

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/crowds-line-the-street-to-welcome-home-danielle-aloni-and-emilia-5-freed-from-gaza-on-friday/

 

WATCH: Emotional scenes as girls Emily Hand, Hila Rotem reunite with families after 50 days

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/watch-emotional-scenes-as-girls-emily-hand-hila-rotem-reunite-with-families-after-50-days/

 

Attackers take, let go of Israel-linked tanker off Yemen in third such assault in Israel-Hamas war

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-yemen-ship-attack-526842504dc9f6bb7ca6e1d5104f77a3

 

Third Time’s a Charm

https://www.dailychatter.com/stories/third-times-a-charm/

 

What Would a Lasting Peace Between Israel and Palestine Really Look Like?  The need for a new paradigm after October 7th.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-would-a-lasting-peace-between-israel-and-palestine-really-look-like

 

Ukraine Update: General Storm smashes Russian defenses in Crimea

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/27/2208298/-Ukraine-Update-General-Storm-smashes-Russian-defenses-in-Crimea

 

First of three U.S. military flights carrying humanitarian aid set to arrive in Gaza

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/11/28/military-gaza-relief-flights/2601701172408/

 

US Navy Seizes Attackers Who Held Israel-Linked Tanker. Missiles from Rebel-Controlled Yemen Follow

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/11/26/attackers-seize-israel-linked-tanker-off-coast-of-aden-yemen.html

 

Several U.S. service members injured in missile attack at Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, Pentagon says

https://www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/us-service-members-injured-missile-attack-al-asad-airbase-iraq/

 

Hamas, Israel release more hostages, prisoners in fifth day of Gaza truce

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/more-israeli-hostages-palestinians-expected-be-freed-with-extended-truce-2023-11-27/

 

Finland to close last operating checkpoint on Russian border

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/28/europe/finland-to-close-last-operating-checkpoint-on-russian-border/index.html

 

Senate Democrats meet with IDF officials for 'extremely frank' discussion of Israel-Hamas war

The meeting on Capitol Hill wasn’t classified, but senators kept many of the details private.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-democrats-meet-idf-officials-discuss-israel-hamas-war-rcna126929

 

I am LIVE on the floor of the U.S. Senate to discuss the situation in Gaza.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWVSdJJ4vr8

 

Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago.  A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html

 

Bay Area couple races to Israel to embrace sister freed from Gaza.  “The first thing we needed to do was get on the next plane over”

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11/30/bay-area-couple-races-to-israel-to-embrace-sister-freed-from-gaza/

 

A brief timeline of Russia's war in Ukraine: How the Kremlin's plan for a quick conquest turned into a quagmire

https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1025988/timeline-russia-ukraine-war

 

Hamas to release Russian hostages as gesture of thanks to Putin.  Show of appreciation follows release of Israeli-Russian national Roni Krivoi on 26 November

https://theweek.com/politics/hamas-to-release-russian-hostages

 

Decorated Russian general blown up on land mine in Ukraine possibly planted by another unit

https://nypost.com/2023/11/29/news/russian-general-blown-up-on-land-mine-in-ukraine/

 

Russian POWs Describe ‘Nightmare’ of Combat in Ukraine.  Soldiers captured by Ukrainian troops in the battle for Avdiivka tell of the high price their army is incurring for its grinding advance

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/russian-pows-describe-nightmare-of-combat-in-ukraine-4dd492b5

 

Facing failure, Estonia pushes EU ammunition target for Ukraine

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/11/30/facing-failure-estonia-pushes-eu-ammunition-target-for-ukraine/

 

Israel resumes Gaza military operation after cease-fire with Hamas ends.  Israel's military carried out airstrikes across the Palestinian enclave Friday after accusing the militant group of violating the truce deal.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-resumes-gaza-military-operation-hamas-cease-fire-ends-rcna127541

 

Son of Hamas Co-Founder Denounces Group at UN, Exposes 'Savage' Indoctrination of Palestinian Kids.

The son of a co-founder of Hamas blasted the terror organization in a blistering half-hour speech at the United Nations on Monday. Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, defected from the terrorist group in the late '90s and secretly worked with Israel's security services to expose and prevent several Hamas terrorist attacks. He later became a Christian and wrote a 2010 autobiography titled "Son of Hamas." Yousef, 45, now endeavors to expose the true face of Hamas' genocidal death cult.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjOEJumoABg

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Anti-Hate' Message Amidst Amid Israel Hamas War Is Viral

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYn5t0tuuAk&t=87s

 

Middle East crisis — explained.  The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis

 

Mehdi Hasan Booted From MSNBC After 'Daring to Practice Journalism'.  "Mehdi Hasan's program has felt like an oasis on air and more needed than ever," said one Palestinian American advocate of the journalist's Gaza coverage.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/mehdi-hasan-canceled

 

A political stalemate led to the bloodshed in the Middle East. Only a political settlement can truly end it.  To escape this bloody impasse, Israel must declare it seeks a settlement with a willing Palestinian leadership and take steps to end occupation

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/29/israel-gaza-settlement-palestine-end-occupation

 

How Gaza War Galvanizes Global Indigenous Solidarity Movement.  The common element of “decolonization”—in all its manifestations—has created intersectional links among various struggles around the world.

https://www.laprogressive.com/the-middle-east/global-indigenous-solidarity-movement

 

Spinning Ukrainian Peace into Oblivion.  From the very beginning, Putin’s principal goal in invading Ukraine was to stop it from joining the NATO military alliance

https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/spinning-ukrainian-peace-into-oblivion

 

Thankfulness Buried in the Rubble.  As much as the human race has accomplished in the past several hundred thousand years, its evolution hasn’t yet created global social sanity.

https://www.laprogressive.com/the-middle-east/thankfulness-buried-in-the-rubble

 

Former Israeli Ambassador lauds U.S. backing of Israel, but senses support wavering

https://denvergazette.com/news/former-israeli-ambassador-lauds-u-s-backing-of-israel-but-senses-support-wavering/article_b8216094-90c4-11ee-8254-0f4037c8b837.html

 

An IDF soldier killed a civilian who shot at terrorists, raising hard questions about vigilante culture in Israel

https://www.jta.org/2023/12/04/israel/an-idf-soldier-killed-a-civilian-who-shot-at-terrorists-raising-hard-questions-about-vigilante-culture-in-israel

 

US to Stop Funding Ukraine's War Effort? | Vantage with Palki Sharma – December 5, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEfcaJvriR4

 

10 Things you didn’t know about the Arab-Israeli conflict (sub: DE, ES, FR, IT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5JbNNtNKLc

 

Witnesses share brutal accounts of sexual violence during October 7 attack

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/04/israel-hamas-october-7-women-sexual-violence-accusations-tapper-pkg-vpx.cnn

 

Nagorno-Karabakh exodus amounts to a war crime, legal experts say

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nagorno-karabakh-exodus-amounts-war-crime-legal-experts-say-2023-09-29/

 

The war in Ukraine, and the U.S. funding fight. – December 6, 2023

https://www.readtangle.com/ukraine-war-update-congress-funding/

 

Israel flooding Hamas tunnels 'plausible' - but there are problems – December 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeZpy3jL55k

 

US charges Russian soldiers with war crimes in Ukraine – December 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJat1OaOdFE

 

Ahmed Abu Artema Tried to Get the World to Care About Gaza’s Pain,  The activist and Nation contributor pleaded with the world to stop Israel’s war on Gaza. Then, on October 24, his son was killed.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israeli-bombs-killed-ahmed-abu-artemas-son/

 

Architects Must Refuse to Profit From the Ruins of Palestine.  Gaza is a site of human tragedy, not a prize of war.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/gaza-rebuilding-urban-ruin-development/

 

Biden Is Tearing His Own Coalition Apart.  He’s trying to have both guns and butter. But you can’t revive liberalism by tying domestic renewal to militarism.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/biden-lbj-war-domestic-liberalism/

 

As the Death Toll Rises in Gaza, AIPAC Lobbies for War.  Political interests in Washington are vying for influence when it comes to US policy in the Middle East—no matter how out of step they are with public opinion.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/aipac-gaza/

 

Are the Palestinians Wrong about Everything? (An Average Israeli Perspective) sub: DE, ES, FR, IT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-x-cRReI1A

 

Israel military says fighting with Hamas has reached new intensity – December 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bti0cZ33Jho

 

BREAKING: IDF Pumps Water from Mediterranean Sea to Flood Out Hamas Terror Tunnels | TBN Israel – December 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzLPKmD7vpg

 

"We are going to defeat Hamas and make sure they will not have the ability to ever attack us again" – December 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyVbmSFFro

 

טליה לוועדה: יש פרופסור אצלנו שאמר שהוא התרגש והתמלא אנרגיה לאחר היוודע דבר הטבח!! (Talia to the committee: There is a professor here who said that he was moved and energized after learning of the massacre!!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFcSbw2KziQ

 

Israeli activists say world has ignored Oct. 7 sexual violence against women – December 7, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDg15fUws3E

 

To Stop the Slaughter in Gaza, We Need the Broadest Coalition Possible.  People with very different visions of what a just peace looks like must work together to stop this war.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-gaza-ceasefire-genocide-language/

 

“A Wall of Fire Smashed Into Me”: Dispatches From a Month in Gaza.  Excerpts from the diary of Atef Abu Saif, who has been in Gaza since October 7.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/gaza-diary-atef-abu-saif/

 

Gaza Shows the Difference Between International Law and the “Rules-Based International Order”

Adherence to US hegemony determines who does—and does not—get to violate the architecture restraining state violence.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/rules-based-international-order-israel-gaza/

 

Biden Supporters Still Don’t Get That He’s Sinking Because of Gaza.  The president’s full-throated support of Israel’s war in Gaza continues to hurt him with young voters and voters of color—and the threat that Trump would be worse isn’t resonating.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-democrats-dont-get-hes-in-trouble-on-gaza/

 

The Right to Speak for Ourselves.  For far too long, Palestinians have been denied the freedom to tell our own story.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestinians-claim-the-right-to-narrate/

 

Finally! Israel JUST FOUND 3 Largest Bomb Lab of Enemy! Hundreds of Weapons CAPTURED in Gaza! – December 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcahB12C8XY

 

Iran is not Arab. What is the difference between Iran and the Arabs, and why do they fight? – December 8, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKP4OQv1PVg

 

Ex-Hamas Supporter: "I Hated Jews and Israel, But Now I Condemn Hamas"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW2NS7jGR0s

 

Ukraine's fraught relationship with Russia: A brief history.  Russia and Ukraine are bound together by history and geography — but Putin sees danger in that symbiosis

https://theweek.com/history/ukraine-russia-history-relationship

 

Carlson turns a sober warning of Russian threat into a false claim of extortion

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/8/2210450/-Tucker-Carlson-spreads-anti-Ukraine-conspiracy-theory-as-Putin-thanks-Republicans

 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RR4VXNX3jA

 

Arab Muslim Speaks About Her Life in Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_MfnpuafBg

 

Ukraine’s human rights envoy calls for a faster way to bring back children deported by Russia

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-children-deportations-icc-4e2c601cf1307163917ff26bb496f5ff

 

A Ukrainian soldier says he stopped shelling small Russian units because he is running out of US-made artillery ammo

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-soldier-stopped-shooting-on-russians-running-out-of-ammo-2023-12

 

NATO Ally Fears Russian Invasion and Possible 'Defensive' War

https://www.newsweek.com/carsten-breuer-fears-russian-invasion-possible-defensive-war-1851100

 

Penn president Liz Magill has resigned following backlash over her testimony about antisemitism.  Board chair Scott L. Bok submitted his resignation minutes later.

https://www.inquirer.com/education/liz-magill-resigns-penn-university-pennsylvania-20231209.html

 

China and Philippines exchange blame after boats collide in contested South China Sea

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/12/10/south-china-sea-collision-chinese-philippine-boats/71870417007/

 

Pivotal States: Is the United States Overlooking Mexico's Potential? – December 6, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScSaOayqlww

 

Near Miss.  The Lincoln Project.  November 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QExM4GdtXDI

 

Hamas brings in $1 billion a year – the same as Somalia’s national budget, say economists.  The terror group makes $500 million a year just from its international investment portfolio

https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/hamas-brings-in-1-billion-a-year-the-same-as-somalias-national-budget-say-economists-pjrkg0v5

 

Tunnels of Cash and Cryptocurrency: Hamas' Finances Explained.  Hamas runs the Gaza Strip and its terror operations with an estimated annual budget of $2.5 billion. Here's where the money comes from – and how the Islamist group has managed to evade harsh sanctions

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2023-12-12/ty-article-magazine/.premium/tunnels-of-cash-and-cryptocurrency-hamas-finances-explained/0000018c-5d6f-de43-affd-fd6fcbb30000

 

Stanford added to US Civil Rights investigation into antisemitism and Islamophobia on college campuses

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/12/13/stanford-rutgers-added-to-us-civil-rights-investigations/

 

Hanukkah menorah near Lake Merritt destroyed by vandals in latest act of anti-Semitism

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/12/13/hanukkah-menorah-near-lake-merritt-destroyed-by-vandals/

 

San Jose police seeking hate-crime charges after second Gaza-banner teardown is caught on video

Authorities say they have identified suspects in Sunday video incident and another action Dec. 3

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/12/13/video-captures-man-cutting-down-pro-gaza-banners-in-san-jose/

 

Stolen Palestinian Land? An Arab Israeli Responds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1cVsyUXxYM

 

These 8 countries joined US and Israel in opposing UN resolution on Gaza

https://thehill.com/policy/international/4357044-these-8-countries-joined-us-and-israel-in-opposing-un-resolution-on-gaza/

 

Satellite Images Show China Building Houses on Neighbor's Territory

https://www.newsweek.com/china-bhutan-building-house-territory-land-grab-satellite-imagery-1851900

 

Synagogue Evacuated After Emailed Bomb Threat: 5 Must-Read PA Stories.  Also in today's news: Sinkhole shuts down highway; drag racing suspected in teen girl's death; armed guards in PA schools.

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/bensalem/s/itu3k/synagogue-evacuated-after-emailed-bomb-threat-5-must-read-pa-stories

 

Newtown Township Synagogue Evacuated Following Bomb Scare: Police.  An emailed threat was received at 12:05 p.m. prompting the evacuation of the synagogue and an immediate response by law enforcement.

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/newtown-pa/newtown-township-synagogue-evacuated-following-bomb-scare-police

 

North Korea confronts a modern-day challenge: a declining population

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/13/1218999673/north-korea-confronts-a-modern-day-challenge-a-declining-population

 

Dismayed by Moscow's war, Russian volunteers are joining the fight — on Ukraine's side

https://onenews.com/summary/?category=News&aid=316a8e511d2f383a423f04f599724ea0&native=ob&type=0_1001_102_0086_108_231210

 

The UN is hijacked by non-democratic countries. Israeli ambassador Avi Nir-Feldklein explains.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqWqOvef1Rs

 

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) is an independent, non-profit organization that translates and analyzes the media of the Middle East. For assistance, please contact MEMRI at memri@memri.org.  P.O. Box 27837, Washington, DC 20038-7837.  Phone: (202) 955-9070 | Fax: (202) 955-9077

www.memri.org

 

EU vows Ukraine to get aid despite veto by Hungary's Orban

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hungarys-orban-blocks-aid-ukraine-says-he-can-still-halt-eu-accession-2023-12-15/

 

The GOP has Adopted Orbán as their Official Role Model - Here's Why That's Scary...  While Zelenskyy was meeting with Biden for help defending his democracy against the brutal aggression of Putin, GOPers were meeting behind closed doors at the Heritage Foundation w/ Orban's people...

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-gop-has-adopted-orban-as-their-eac

 

The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under Trump

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/politics/missing-russia-intelligence-trump-dg/

 

How the American Right Came to Love Putin.  Many Republicans are resisting calls for more U.S. aid for Ukraine. Part of the explanation is the right’s affinity for the projects of Viktor Orbán, in Hungary, and Vladimir Putin, in Russia.

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-the-american-right-came-to-love-putin

 

In a Major Snub to Obama, Biden Is Sticking With Trump When It Comes to Cuba Policy.  One of Obama’s most significant foreign policy achievements was his move toward normalizing relations with Cuba. Trump and Biden have torn that up.

https://theintercept.com/2023/12/16/cuba-obama-biden-trump-policy/

 

An Update on Israel and Palestine – December 16, 2023

https://cdn.mc-weblink.sg-mktg.com/weblink/MTcwMjc0ODA1N3xaV1MtSlpNQTNrd3loRmNKQ09wUW53aG1BZkhuQ24wLU9fRVBvb3Y3c1l3R2tFRUc1VkFKQUdPQzBLWVlDLTM3Yi1DOFJIQVhMWlpkVXNfX3c3TWZoUVNDOHE2ZlBPT1k5Qm0zUE1sZGdlei1RY1A4T3lXckJyMW84ZHlPSDhXSGt3SnlvOVN5Ukw4a3JRTV84RXpWNkgxcTU4S043TzMyNDZIZUFyZnVncHcxMFhyaDdrUnBTa25nM1J0OXJCM1daUy1TUkN6TFZpb1h6NlFIOHVzQmdSa19wZmEzdGNNeU1WZ0ZiVzJFUGFVMWRoNkgtclc5QUozOUNqRThLb29HTkRIaG1jcnl1ODZuejRlZmVVdDVqR0l5ckdWZ29aZ0FpWi1jUWEtS1NTZVc0c0NXTEY2TXlDczNZQjZsMmh0RWFITWhEa1RmSDhWMXwxRtWPFtU_DZTRCXPZXEvuum-JugSCg1KzVdfi-DjpYA==?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=sendgrid.com

 

Amid South China Sea Tensions, India's warship Docks in The Philippines | Vantage with Palki Sharma – December 14, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuUJBRDUS30

 

Retired U.S. lieutenant general says Russia is an existential threat to U.S. and Europe #shorts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R5aFW7Ra2I&t=6s

 

I am LIVE now on the floor of the U.S. Senate to discuss the humanitarian disaster in Gaza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpmw4RSi4EA

 

“This is a disgrace. It is inhumane” Stephen A on Texas’ new immigration bill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUwBAQOjPR8

 

Jesse Jackson: It is time to stop in Gaza

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/jesse-jackson-it-is-time-to-stop-in-gaza/ar-AA1jSsbQ

 

A Tale of Two Motion Pictures

https://populist.com/29.22.OLeary.html

 

Americans Want a Ceasefire. It’s Our Politicians Who Are Out of Touch.  Our elected officials should listen to the two-thirds of Americans calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

https://populist.com/29.22.Hassen.html

 

There Is No Space in the Sports World to Call for a Free Palestine

https://www.edgeofsports.com/column/there-is-no-space-in-the-sports-world-to-call-for-a-free-palesti/index.html

 

The Undressed Wounds of Gaza

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/16/the_undressed_wounds_of_gaza

 

A Perfect Song for Our Troubled Times

https://populist.com/29.22.Patterson.html

 

Steve Earle - Jerusalem (Live in Sydney) | Moshcam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTO_XZuiblw

 

An imagery Project about "Jerusalem"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTNxgmEHhQ

Covering the strategic goals of both Hamas and Israel — as well as Donald Trump, the Red Sea and the Year in Social Media.

https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20231220&instance_id=110596&nl=the-morning&paid_regi=2&productCode=NN&regi_id=168579403&segment_id=153049&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F91a1d00e-bc0e-58fa-addc-fc64aee04cc2&user_id=c2e7b902faa70db20b1eaaead145c496

 

How Netanyahu’s Right-Wing Critics See Israel’s Future.  Danny Danon, the former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, believes there’s no path forward for a Palestinian state.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-netanyahus-right-wing-critics-see-israels-future

 

Gaza hospital director confesses Hamas used facility for terrorism

https://worldisraelnews.com/gaza-hospital-director-confesses-hamas-used-facility-for-terrorism/

 

Biden’s Bear Hug of Netanyahu Is a Disaster.  The renewed fighting between Israel and Hamas shows the incoherence of mixing humanitarian words and bigger bombs.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/biden-netanyahu-bear-hug-disaster/

 

How to FINALLY Solve Israel-Palestine?! - Rabbi Manis Friedman – December 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKKekWCcgG8

 

NETANYAHU, AMERICA & THE ROAD TO WAR IN GAZA

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/netanyahu-america-the-road-to-war-in-gaza/

 

Marine veteran killed in Ukraine fought 12 Russians in last stand.  Ethan Hunter Hertweck is one of at least 11 Marine veterans killed in Ukraine.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-veteran-ukraine-ethan-hertweck/

 

A Viral Dance and ‘Happiness Campaign’ Frustrates Iran’s Clerics.  It all started when a 70-year-old fish market stall owner nicknamed “Booghy” was grooving in public, in violation of Iranian law.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/16/world/middleeast/a-viral-dance-and-happiness-campaign-frustrates-irans-clerics.html

 

Col. (ret) Ann Wright Challenges Weapons Transfers to Ukraine & Israel at UN Security Council – December 12, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SeihfcvOOw

 

Putin Quietly Signals He Is Open to a Cease-Fire in Ukraine.  Despite its bravado in public, the Kremlin has indicated its interest in striking a deal to halt the war — so long as Russia could still declare victory.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-war-cease-fire.html

 

I Stand With Anne Frank.  The ghost of Anne Frank calls us—with a chorus of children dead in all wars—to the negotiating table. To save the children of all humanity.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/anne-frank-israel-gaza-peace

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