Headlines from January 22 to January 31, 2024
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 108:
Israel is systematically obliterating Gaza, section by section
Mondoweiss: As Israeli forces surround yet another hospital in Gaza, Hamas releases a letter clarifying its motives behind the October 7 attack, reiterating the Palestinian demand for the right to self-determination. Read More
Hospitals under attack in southern Gaza
In Gaza, ‘the situation gets worse by the hour.’
Israeli soldiers accused of looting
Hamas media office releases report, ‘Our narrative’
Ansar Allah acting ‘in solidarity’ with Palestine, says Irish EU parliamentarian
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 109:
Israeli forces storm Al-Khair Hospital, bomb Palestinians sheltering in tents in Khan Younis
BY MUSTAFA ABU SNEINEH: As Israel continues to attack the Palestinian health infrastructure in the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military announced 21 soldiers were killed in fighting when resistance forces struck a building being wired for detonation by Israeli forces. Read More
Israel bombs vicinity of Nasser Hospital, storms Al-Khair Hospital
Israeli forces bomb Palestinians sheltering in tents in Khan Younis
Israeli military announces 21 soldiers killed in Gaza in single day
Israelis storm Knesset meeting
Hamas and Islamic Jihad release videos of targeting Israeli forces
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen, settlers burn Palestinian car showroom
Netanyahu outlines his plan to ethnically cleanse and seize Gaza for Israel
WSWS: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has bluntly spelled out his plan to ethnically cleanse and then seize Gaza for Israel. In doing so he rejected domestic demands for a ceasefire tied to the release of hostages and denied face-saving claims made by the United States administration to justify its support for genocide that there will be some form of Palestinian mini-state established in its aftermath. Read More
The Four Horsemen of Gaza’s Apocalypse
By Chris Hedges: Joe Biden’s inner circle of strategists for the Middle East — Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan and Brett McGurk — have little understanding of the Muslim world and a deep animus towards Islamic resistance movements. They see Europe, the United States and Israel as involved in a clash of civilizations between the enlightened West and a barbaric Middle East. They believe that violence can bend Palestinians and other Arabs to their will. They champion the overwhelming firepower of the U.S. and Israeli military as the key to regional stability — an illusion that fuels the flames of regional war and perpetuates the genocide in Gaza. Read More
Israeli Foreign Minister Presents Idea For Artificial Island Off Gaza In EU Meeting
Huffpost: Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Monday presented his idea for the creation of an internationally financed and owned artificial island three miles off the coast of Gaza that in his view would “promote deep positive changes in the Gaza Strip and a better future in the Middle East” during a meeting in Brussels. Read More
Hamas: October 7 was necessary to confront Israel’s plans
Middle East Monitor: Hamas said yesterday that the 7 October resistance operation on Israel was a “necessary step” to confront the Israeli plans aimed at “liquidating the Palestinian cause”. In an 18-page report on the attack, released in Arabic and English, the movement said the Palestinian people’s struggle with the Israeli occupation and colonialism did not begin on 7 October 2023, but with 30 years of British colonialism and 75 years of Zionist occupation.Read More
Hamas document explains October 7 attack, calls on international community to end Israeli occupation
Mada Masr: Hamas put forth a set of demands to the international community in a document titled, “This is our story… Why Operation al-Aqsa Flood?” released by the Gaza government media office on Sunday. The release comes amid reports claiming that Hamas and Israel have shown willingness to resume negotiations for a second prisoner exchange deal, which Hamas officials have conditioned upon a comprehensive ceasefire agreement. Read More
Hamas says October 7 attacks 'necessary step' but admits to 'faults'
Le Monde: Palestinian militant group Hamas said Sunday, January 21, its October 7 attacks in southern Israel were a "necessary step" against Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. But the Islamist group admitted in a 16-page report justifying the attack that "some faults happened... due to the rapid collapse of the Israeli security and military system, and the chaos caused along the border areas with Gaza."Read More
Bloody red line: Israel risks dragging another Arab country into war
RT.COM: Israel plans to recapture the Philadelphi Corridor, but experts warn that might be a bad idea. The 14km border that separates Gaza from Egypt has been used for years by militants in the enclave to smuggle weapons, technology, money, and personnel. To stop that from happening, Israel is now mulling the possibility of reoccupying it. It's been more than a hundred days since Israel kicked off its Iron Swords operation in Gaza following the bloody attack of October 7, when more than 1,200 Israelis were brutally murdered at the hands of Hamas militants. Read More
Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their Attacks on Ships in the Red Sea
By Sarah G. Phillips: As the Houthi militant group in Yemen ramps up its attacks on vessels in the Red Sea – ostensibly in response to what it calls Israel’s “genocidal crimes” in Gaza – the US and UK have responded with multiple military strikes in the last week. The US has also re-listed the group as a global terrorist organisation. The hope is these strikes will pressure the Iran-aligned Houthis to back down. It won’t, however. Short of a complete halt to Israel’s war in Gaza and a 180-degree shift in Western support for Israel’s approach, there is little that will dissuade the Houthis to change course in the foreseeable future. Read More
War on Yemen? Don’t Expect A Cakewalk
By Mike Whitney: The Biden administration is in the process of re-imposing the 7 year-long embargo on Yemen that cut off food, water and essential medical supplies to the civilian population. This is how Washington weaponizes the “terrorist” designation in order to use famine as an instrument of foreign policy. The clear intention is to starve the population into submission so the US can advance its geopolitical agenda in the region. In this case, Washington’s strategic objectives remain largely concealed from the general public, so we will list them here. Read More
Sudan: A forgotten crisis the world must pay attention to now
The war in Sudan which entered its ninth month last week continues to cause extreme suffering for millions across the country and in neighboring states, with women and children experiencing the conflict’s impacts most acutely. Recent fighting in eastern and southern Sudan – including in areas that had been spared the worst of the conflict up until mid-December – has added to the trauma and displacement experienced by so many, and compounded fears for what’s next. Read More
In opening a Hindu temple on the site of a former mosque, Narendra Modi is following an old Hindu nationalist ploy
By Vikram Visana: Pronouncing the fulfilment of “the dream that many have cherished for years”, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a new Hindu temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh in the north of the country. It is built on the site of a mosque that was destroyed by Hindu nationalists more than 30 years ago. When the Hindu nationalists demolished the 16th-century Babri Masjid mosque, they did so in the belief that it had been built by the Muslim Mughal emperor Babur on the site of an ancient Hindu temple that marked the birthplace of the god Ram. But the historical and archaeological evidence for the existence of this is hotly debated by experts. Read More
Ayodhya Consecration: Death of Secularism
by Frank Huzur: BJP went ahead with the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya today, on 22nd January, despite objections from various quarters. The Congress and other opposition parties boycotted the event, seeing it as a political stunt by BJP to take credit ahead of Lok Sabha elections. Shankaracharyas also protested saying the temple complex is not fully constructed yet, but Modi wants to claim ownership of the Mandir for votes. More importantly, January 22nd holds great historical and constitutional significance as the day when the ‘Objective Resolution’ was unanimously adopted in 1947. This resolution laid down the ideals of democracy, secularism, justice, liberty, equality and fraternity which were incorporated as the fundamental principles and Preamble of the Indian Constitution. Read More
In The Name Of Ram: An Unholy Alliance Of State And Religion
by Bhavya Kumar: India is a secular republic, meaning, one has the right to practice and profess their faith. While the consecration of the Ram temple might be viewed by some as an exercise of this right, there is an insidious silence about the State’s vulgar and ostentatious participation in the same. An unholy alliance between State and religion, which was formed back in 2014, has come to full force for this occasion. Sociologically speaking, the State has displayed an impeccable understanding of the effectiveness of operationalizing both the Intellectual State Apparatus (ISA) and Repressive State Apparatus (RSA) to its benefit. The concept of ISA and RSA has been coined by Louis Althusser. Read More
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