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John Day
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Trump’s Israel Advisor: We’re Gonna Annex the West Bank and Make America Pay For It
From The Jewish Daily Forward:
Trump’s Israel adviser suggests diverting $1 billion from Palestinian aid to fund West Bank annexation.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman writes in new book that U.S. support for Israeli sovereignty is ‘based first and foremost on biblical prophecies and values’. https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64627
100 million pounds of weapons? What does an M-16 weigh? How many 500# bombs? How much ammo?
Israeli Official: Without US Aid, Israel Couldn’t Sustain Gaza Operations for More Than a Few Months
The US has sent over 50,000 tons of weapons to Israel since the genocidal war began and increased shipments over the past month. The support is especially crucial for the Israeli Air Force. The report said the US provides the IAF with “all of its fighter planes and some of its bombs, missiles and intelligence equipment.” The US also helps Israel develop “joint weapons systems for all three layers of air defense.” https://news.antiwar.com/2024/09/03/israeli-official-without-us-aid-israel-couldnt-sustain-gaza-operations-for-more-than-a-few-months/
Columbia students kick-start fall semester with pro-Palestine protest
This presents a fresh challenge for school officials after the last school year’s protests turned violent following police crackdowns and punitive measures against protesters.
Students at Columbia University kick-started their fall semester with a pro-Palestine protest against the university’s continued support for “Israel’s” genocidal war on Gaza and the repression of pro-Palestine student voices.
About 50 people protested in front of Columbia’s main gates Tuesday holding Palestinian flags and shouting “Free Palestine!” Most protesters were wearing masks over their mouths and a black-and-white scarf on their heads known as a Koufiyyeh, a symbol of Palestinian solidarity.
Columbia closed some entrances and limited campus access to students, staff, and guests with authorization, according to the university’s website. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/columbia-students-kick-start-fall-semester-with-pro-palestin
‘Israel’ detained 98 Palestinian journalists since Oct. 7: PPS
The Palestinian Prisoners Society says that 52 of these journalists remain in Israeli prisons and detention centers across the occupied Palestinian territories.
UN experts have previously expressed concern over “the extraordinarily high numbers of journalists and media workers who have been killed, attacked, injured and detained in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
Since October 7, “Israel” has killed at least 170 journalists in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to conceal its broadcast massacres against the Palestinian people before the world. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel–detained-98-palestinian-journalists-since-oct–7–p
Namibia Blocks Vessel Carrying Explosives to Israel. Ruling SWAPO party says it is upholding international law
During late August the Republic of Namibia drew the attention of the international community by publicly announcing it would not allow a vessel carrying explosive materials to the State of Israel to dock at one of its ports.
The ruling South-West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) stated that its actions were in line with international law where Tel Aviv has been found guilty of violating the Genocide Convention of 1948.
Namibia’s neighbor and longtime ally, the Republic of South Africa and its Government of National Unity (GNU) leading party, the African National Congress (ANC), has initiated a legal fight against the genocide being committed by the Israeli state since October 7. In December, South Africa took the Zionist entity before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest legal authority within the United Nations, demanding immediate action.
Both the ANC and SWAPO have been allies of the Palestinian liberation struggle for decades as all of them have a shared history of being dominated by settler-colonial regimes. The organized anti-colonial movements in South Africa, Namibia and Occupied Palestine have utilized mass demonstrations, general strikes and armed attacks in efforts to win their freedom from national oppression. Namibia gained its national independence in 1990 and four year later South Africa defeated the apartheid regime in 1994. However, the Palestinians are still fighting to break free from the Israeli state…
..The entire population of Gaza, 2.3 million people, are imperiled by the U.S.-backed Netanyahu administration. No one living in Gaza can be considered safe from the atrocities being committed by the Occupation Forces. Since late August, the IDF has launched deadly raids into the West Bank under the same guise of combating “terrorism.”
Although the White House under President Joe Biden says it does not support the aggression in the West Bank, they have not halted the supply of arms to Tel Aviv. Just recently, Washington was reported to have approved the supply of an additional $20 billion in military assistance to the Zionist state…
Imperialism Defies International Solidarity and Public Opinion
Despite the outrage exemplified by millions around the world against the genocide being perpetuated by the Israeli state and its supporters, the Zionist regime continues to operate with impunity. John Kirby, the National Security Advisor for the U.S., dismissed the legal actions taken by South Africa as being devoid of merit.
Biden along with Vice-President Kamala Harris have repeatedly said that they believe the Apartheid Israeli state has the right to exist. How can any government carrying out genocide within a settler-colonial state have any right to be accepted among the global community of nations and peoples?
The U.S. ruling class maintains that not only does this racist state have the right to exist they must be armed to defend themselves against the liberation movements seeking their overthrow. These liberation organizations such as Hamas in Palestine and Hezbollah in south Lebanon have been labeled as “terrorist” in efforts to justify the mass slaughter taking place within the communities in which they have emerged. https://www.globalresearch.ca/namibia-blocks-vessel-explosives-israel/5867066