🇮🇱🇵🇸 The Israel-Palestine Politics Thread II

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Israel, US and Turkey launch strikes in Syria to protect interests

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels free prisoners of the former president, Bashar al-Assad, who has fled to Russia

www.theguardian.com

 

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Syria – live: US troops to stay in Syria as Israel launches more than 350 strikes

Israel denies penetrating Syria beyond buffer zone in occupied Golan Heights

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Netanyahu has made it clear: Biden’s no longer in charge

US-Israel policy appears to now be fully running through Mar-a-Lago after shocking developments in the Golan Heights, writes John Bowden

www.independent.co.uk

 

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White House Welcomes Gallant Despite ICC Warrant for Crimes Against Humanity

Gallant is no longer a member of Israel’s government and is listed as “at large” by the ICC.

truthout.org

 

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Israeli attacks kill dozens of Palestinians hours after UN demands ceasefire in Gaza

Buildings housing displaced families and aid convoy security personnel reportedly targeted amid food shortages and fears of famine in the region

www.theguardian.com

 

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Israeli attacks kill dozens of Palestinians hours after UN demands ceasefire in Gaza

Buildings housing displaced families and aid convoy security personnel reportedly targeted amid food shortages and fears of famine in the region

www.theguardian.com

He wants to starve them out.

 

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He wants to starve them out.

He's definitely trying his best.

 

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Study Finds 96% of Gaza Children Fear Imminent Death—And Half Welcome It | Common Dreams

"The world's failure to protect Gaza's children is a moral failing on a monumental scale," said one advocate.

www.commondreams.org

 

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Study Finds 96% of Gaza Children Fear Imminent Death—And Half Welcome It | Common Dreams

"The world's failure to protect Gaza's children is a moral failing on a monumental scale," said one advocate.

www.commondreams.org

Big time. I feel so awful for them.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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This is why Hamas will never die.

 

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Trump made a promise about the Middle East. It might not be so far-fetched

Trump has an ‘opportunity’ to curb Netanyahu where Biden failed, one top Saudi leader tells John Bowden. Others on the right tend to disagree — but they might have to fall in line if Trump truly intends to keep his promise about peace in the Middle East

www.independent.co.uk

 

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‘The Bibi Files,’ with leaked Netanyahu footage, can't be seen in Israel. Israelis are finding ways

“The Bibi Files” started with a sudden leak that turned into a deluge. A source contacted documentarian Alex Gibney out of the blue and offered access to video recordings of police interrogations of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife, Sara, son Yair and many others – some 1,000 hours of foo

apnews.com

 

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Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast

Top U.S. officials are in the Middle East pressing for stability in Syria and an end to Israel’s 14-month war in the Gaza Strip in a last-ditch diplomatic push by the outgoing Biden administration.

apnews.com

 

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77 House Dems Call for 'Full Assessment' of Israeli Compliance With US Law | Common Dreams

House Democrats demanded the Biden administration assess Israel's compliance with U.S. policies amid civilian casualties and humanitarian suffering in Gaza.

www.commondreams.org

 

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Israel to close Dublin embassy after Ireland supports ICJ genocide petition

Israeli foreign minister says move was prompted by Irish government’s ‘extreme anti-Israeli policies’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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Death toll in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war tops 45,000 Palestinians, health officials say

The Health Ministry said 45,028 people have been killed and 106,962 have been wounded since the start of the war in October 2023.

apnews.com

 

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Negotiators say Israel and Hamas are inching toward a ceasefire deal. This is what it may look like

After months of deadlock, Israel and Hamas appear to be moving closer toward a ceasefire to end their 14-month war.

apnews.com

 

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IDF Gaza Bombing 'By Far the Most Intense, Destructive, and Fatal' Airwars Has Analyzed | Common Dreams

"Save this for the next time you hear that the Israeli military does everything possible to avoid harming civilians, and that the level of civilian harm in Gaza is less than other comparable conflicts," said one advocate.

www.commondreams.org

 

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How the US and Israel Destroyed Syria and Called it Peace | Common Dreams

American interference, at the behest of Netanyahu’s far-right Israel, has left the Middle East in ruins, with over a million dead and open wars raging in Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, and with Iran on the brink of a nuclear arsenal.

www.commondreams.org

 

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US violating law to fund Israel despite alleged human rights abuses, lawsuit says

Suit claims state department is deliberately bypassing the Leahy Law by failing to sanction Israeli units accused of widespread atrocities in Palestinian territories

www.theguardian.com

 

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Gaza families sue Biden administration to block military aid to Israel

Gaza residents and their American families accuse the State Department of creating illegal loopholes on Israel’s behalf to evade federal law blocking aid to foreign militaries complicit in human rights abuses

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Netanyahu says Israel will occupy Syria buffer zone for foreseeable future

Israeli PM on visit to Mount Hermon says troops will remain until ‘another arrangement’ for security is found

www.theguardian.com