November, 2023

• 26 November

  How Gaza United the World

  

  For decades, the struggle for national liberation in Palestine was rightly understood to be part and parcel of a global struggle for liberation, mainly in the Global South. And since national liberation movements were, per definition, the struggle for indigenous people to assert their collective rights for freedom, equality and …

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• 26 November

  Israel’s Genocidal Antisemitism Against the Arab Civilians of Gaza

  

  “It should never have happened,” an elderly Holocaust survivor of a Nazi death camp told the New York Times. He was referring to the colossal failure on October 7th, of Israel’s touted high-tech military and intelligence operations that opened the door to Hamas’ attack on Israeli soldiers and civilians. In …

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• 26 November

  Iranian FM Meets With Hezbollah Leader

  

  Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Seyed Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met in Beirut on Thursday for talks on the latest regional developments. The top Iranian diplomat and the Hezbollah chief exchanged views on regional issues, with a particular focus on Palestine and Lebanon, …

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• 26 November

  Armenia Says No Intention Of Quitting Russian-Led CSTO Despite Summit Snub

  

  Armenia is not considering quitting the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a senior official in Yerevan said on November 23, despite Yerevan’s decision not to attend a CSTO summit in Minsk on November 23. Deputy Foreign Minister Mnatsakan Safarian also told reporters that Armenia also had no intention of …

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• 26 November

  Drastic Increase In Anti-Semitism In The World – Analysis

  

  After Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on October 7 this year and after Israel’s fierce counterattack in the Gaza Strip, where the number of dead Palestinians far exceeded the number of dead Jews in the Hamas attack, anti-Semitism throughout the world experienced a drastic rise. The old evil is back …

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• 26 November

  European Lawmakers Vote For Abolition Of Member-State Vetos In Latest Brussels Power-Grab

  

  European lawmakers approved plans on Wednesday to remove the national veto for EU member states in the latest attempted power grab by Brussels to wrestle control away from national governments. A total of 291 MEPs supported the proposal put forward by the “Verhofstadt Group,” a group of MEPs led by …

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• 26 November

  How US support for Israel’s war on Gaza is damaging its global standing

  

  Analysis: The unwavering US and Western support for Israel’s devastating war on Gaza is doing long-term damage to the legitimacy of the ‘rules-based order’. The world has been glued to news about Israel-Palestine since 7 October. The killing by Israel of over 13,000 Palestinians, including 5,500 children, in Gaza and …

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• 26 November

  ‘What about Hamas?’: Israel & the West’s propaganda tools

  

  Since 7 October & Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, pro-Israel media pundits & commentators have increasingly adopted the tactic of forcing condemnations of Hamas to avoid providing any context that identifies Israel’s crimes, explains Timo Al-Farooq. Since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza following Hamas’ 7 October operation, ‘whataboutism’ in …

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• 26 November

  Israel’s struggle to defeat Hamas: An impossible war?

  

  On 21 November, the US, Qatar, and Egypt achieved the first major diplomatic breakthrough of the 2023 Gaza war. They brokered an agreement which will secure the release of 50 Israeli hostages and 150 Palestinian prisoners and facilitate a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas. The agreement also allowed hundreds …

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• 26 November

  What to expect from an Israel-Hamas tunnel war in Gaza

  While an expected four-day cessation in hostilities and the release of 50 Israeli hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners might be a breakthrough in the six-week conflict, Israel has been clear that it will continue its deadly war on Gaza afterwards. “The war continues,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

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