Monthly Archives: December 2023

1948 Palestine War (see Nakba) Updated 2023-12-31 1948 Palestine War – Wikipedia     The 1948 Palestine war was fought in the territory of what had been, at the start of the war, British-ruled Mandatory Palestine. It is known in Israel as … Continue reading →

BRICS Consortium Updated 2023-12-31 2023: The Year the Bubble of US Leadership Burst   If Ukraine exemplifies yet another iconic U.S. military failure, and BRICS the changing of the guard in the economic realm, the sadistic savagery in Gaza repudiates the … Continue reading →

Auschwitz Museum Updated 2024-01-15 2023-12-30 ‘Doctors Against Genocide’ Scraps Event At Holocaust Museum, Apologizes After Uproar: ‘Misunderstanding’   A group of doctors, “Doctors Against Genocide,” planned an event at the U.S. Holocaust Museum to raise awareness about the violence in Gaza.  … Continue reading →

Anti-Muslem Updated 2024-02-23 2024-01-29 ‘Relentless Hate’: Late 2023 Saw Surge in Anti-Muslim Crimes, Discrimination     “The way to stop the hate is to end the apartheid, occupation, and genocide occurring in Palestine,” said one CAIR leader.    Nearly four months into Israel’s … Continue reading →

2023-12-26 Watchdog Submits Evidence of Israeli Executions of Gaza Civilians to UN, ICC https://www.commondreams.org/news/israeli-executions Euro-Med Monitor documented nine separate cases in which Israeli troops executed Palestinians—including numerous women and children—during the ongoing invasion of Gaza. A prominent European human rights … Continue reading →

Short Selling Updated2023-12-10 2023-12-04 Did Hamas Short the Israeli Economy?  This is a fascinating story amidst the general tragedy and bleak carnage of the last two months. Two scholars analyzed trading in the days just before the October 7th massacres … Continue reading →

Settler Attacks (see West Bank) Updated 2024-01-07 2023-12-20 Palestinians flee villages as settler violence surges in West Bank amid war  A Palestinian village school had been ransacked and a dozen houses nearby were abandoned. In some, a few belongings remained: … Continue reading →

Refaat Alareer – Gaza Professor, Author and Activist Update 2024-01-06 2023-12-12 Prominent Gaza professor and writer killed in airstrike, weeks after telling CNN he and his family had ‘nowhere else to go    In October, Refaat Alareer was deliberating whether to … Continue reading →

Palestinian Captives in Gaza Updated2023-12-09 2023-12-07 Images emerge of Palestinian captives stripped and bound in Gaza | BBC News       Images have emerged from Gaza showing dozens of Palestinian men on their knees, stripped to their underwear and with their hands … Continue reading →

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Updated 2024-01-06 Palestine Liberation Organization – Wikipedia  The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people. Founded in 1964, it initially sought to … Continue reading →