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'Gaza Nakba': Israeli officials admit they're ethically cleansing Palestinians

Geopolitical Economy Report   Top Israeli officials admitted they are ethnically cleansing Palestinians. A minister boasted, " We are now rolling out the Gaza Nakba ", in reference to the colonial mass expulsion of 1948. Journalist Ben Norton reviews the substantial evidence of Israel's crimes against humanity, sponsored by the US government. 

'They call us terrorists': Inside the Palestinian resistance forces of Jenin, West Bank

The Real News Network   Israel continues to unleash hell upon the 22-by-5-mile concentrated area of Gaza, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, with relentless airstrikes and indiscriminate bombings of hospitals, residential buildings, schools, and other civilian sites. As besieged Palestinians shelter and flee and die within the walls of their cage in Gaza, Resistance forces are mobilizing to rise up against an Occupation that has presided over lives for 75 years. Where there is occupation, there is resistance, and numerous Palestinian resistance groups exist across the Occupied Territories. These groups consist of occupied subjects turned freedom fighters—those who have been directly targeted by Israel, who have witnessed their friends and families die at the hands of occupying forces, and who have been labeled "terrorists" for resisting their slow extermination. In Jenin, a 1km square ghetto-like refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, and the target of numerous Israeli

October 7 testimonies reveal Israel’s military ‘shelling’ Israeli citizens with tanks, missiles

Israel’s military received orders to shell Israeli homes and even their own bases as they were overwhelmed by Hamas militants on October 7. How many Israeli citizens said to have been “burned alive” were actually killed by friendly fire?   by Max Blumenthal   Part 3 - Israeli Apache helicopters attack inside Israel: “I find myself in a dilemma as to what to shoot at”   By 10:30 AM, according to an account the military gave to the Israeli news outlet Mako , “ most of the [Palestinian] forces from the original invasion wave had already left the area for Gaza. ” But with the rapid collapse of the Israeli military’s Gaza Division, looters, common onlookers and low-level guerrillas not necessarily under the command of Hamas flowed freely into Israel. By this point, Israel’s two Apache helicopter squadrons had 8 choppers in the air, “ and there was almost no intelligence to help make fateful decisions, ” Mako reported. The squadrons did not reach full strength until noon. As the wave of in

Roger Waters & Abby Martin on Gaza Genocide

Empire Files   Legendary Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters joins Empire Files to discuss his longtime advocacy for Palestine and the crisis in Gaza.       

The Ten Dumbest Things We're Being Asked To Believe About Israel's War On Gaza

by Caitlin Johnstone   Here are the ten dumbest things we’re being asked to believe about Israel’s war on Gaza, in no particular order: 1. That Israel had no idea what Hamas was up to prior to October 7, but ever since October 7 has known about every hospital, mosque, school, refugee camp and water tower that Hamas is hiding in. 2. That the blame for all of the deaths caused by Israeli weapons launched by Israel rests solely on Hamas. 3. That Hamas is using “human shields” — meaning Hamas bases are hidden amidst civilian populations — yet Israel is managing to kill thousands of civilians without doing any meaningful damage to Hamas. 4. That it would be perfectly fine to murder children by the thousands even if they were being used as “human shields” — as though resolving a hostage situation by mowing down thousands of child hostages would be regarded as reasonable and acceptable by the public if it happened in our own country. 5. That it is only by pure coincidence that Israel bombing

Who controls agricultural land in Ukraine?

The total amount of land controlled by oligarchs, corrupt individuals, and large agribusinesses is thus over nine million hectares, exceeding 28 percent of the country’s arable land. The rest is used by over eight million Ukrainian farmers.   Part 7 - Are Ukrainians supportive of the land reform?   The law was passed while over 64 percent of the population was against it, seeing the creation of a land market as detrimental to farmers and citizens while catering to the oligarchs and corrupt officials .    While proponents of the land reform like the World Bank have argued it will bring about economic growth, they have explicitly stated that this growth is expected to come from pushing poorer, smaller farmers out of agriculture, and helping larger landholdings grow, as the price of land rises .  Moreover, as most private agricultural land remains under lease agreements with large-scale farms in coming years, the land may not even be available for individual farmers to purchase before 20

Progressives Go to War with AIPAC: “An Extremist Organization That Destabilizes US Democracy”

The Humanist Report   Ever wonder why Republicans refuse to pass gun safety laws? It’s because of the NRA’s influence. Do you wonder why politicians in both parties refuse to call for a ceasefire in Gaza? It’s because of AIPAC’s influence. Money in politics has made politicians in both parties complicit in the deaths of countless innocents, and some lawmakers are done remaining silent in the face of atrocities.    Progressive lawmakers such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, and Mark Pocan—along with Republican Thomas Massie—have decided to call out AIPAC’s influence over the U.S. political system. 

Damning evidence of war crimes as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza

For 16 years, Israel’s illegal blockade has made Gaza the world’s biggest open-air prison – the international community must act now to prevent it becoming a giant graveyard   Amnesty International   Part 3 - Whole families wiped out   At around 8:20pm on 7 October, Israeli forces struck a three-storey residential building in the al-Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, where three generations of the al-Dos family were staying. Fifteen family members were killed in the attack, seven of them children. The victims include Awni and Ibtissam al-Dos, and their grandchildren and namesakes Awni, 12, and Ibtissam, 17; and Adel and Ilham al-Dos and all five of their children. Baby Adam, just 18 months old, was the youngest victim. Mohammad al-Dos, whose five-year-old son Rakan was killed in the attack, told Amnesty International : “ Two bombs fell suddenly on top of the building and destroyed it. My wife and I were lucky to survive because we were staying on the top floor. She was nine-months p

How US media legitimise Israel's barbarism against the Palestinians

By presenting Israel's terror campaign against Palestinians as if it were defensible, the US media are doing their part to help it continue   by Gregory Shupak   Part 4 - An ethical veneer Similarly, The Los Angeles Times declared that " Israel has every right to use military force to prevent " attacks like the ones that Hamas carried out on 7 October and that Israel " must stay true to its values by doing everything possible to minimize the suffering of innocent Palestinian residents of Gaza. " The piece applauds Biden for saying he will ask Congress for " an unprecedented support package for Israel's defense " and for vaguely suggesting that Israel reflect on whether killing thousands of Palestinians will help it " achieve [its] objectives ". The editorial then asserts: " That Israel does not target civilians is small comfort for the families of those killed or wounded. " Perhaps the authors think it magnanimous to mention th

Day 1673: Julian Assange still in prison and under slow-motion execution by the Anglo-American imperialist criminals

failed evolution   On 11 April 2019, the Ecuadorian government of traitor Lenin Moreno, invited the Metropolitan Police into the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and they arrested Julian Assange . Since then, Assange is kept in Belmarsh high security prison in London, without actual charges.   The real reason world's number one political prisoner is still kept in this high security prison, is because he exposed horrendous war crimes carried out by the US imperialists and their allies.   The ruthless Western imperialist regime wants to punish the No1 real journalist in the world and make him an example for any Whistleblower or real journalist who will attempt to expose its big crimes in the future.   And the Anglo-American axis has now become officially a fascist coalition , framed by the rest of its Western pets. UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel, one of the most ruthless ever, decided to extradite Julian Assange to US. No surprise of course. The only question we had in mind is