Iran blamed a “software problem” for the major interruption on Monday that knocked about 70 percent of the country’s 33,000 gas stations out of service, but an Israeli-linked hacker group claimed responsibility.
Category: THE ISRAEL WAR – Dec 19 2023
U.S. CONGRESS KNESSET PASSES RESOLUTION TO KILL FREE SPEECH IN COLLEGES: SUPPORT ISRAEL GENOCIDE OR SHUT YOUR MOUTH
The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week on a bullshit resolution bashing the testimony of three Ivy League presidents who refused to follow Israel-lobby pressure and condemn campus protesters who dared call for a ceasefire in Gaza while Israel carries out its genocide.
IRAN WARNS OF POTENTIAL FOR ‘BIG EXPLOSION’ IN REGION
Hossein Amirabdollahian, the top Iranian diplomat, warned last week that the Middle East is a tinderbox and can experience a “big explosion in the region, one not controllable by any party.”
GAZA IS STARVING: OVERWHELMING MAJORITY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOOD, WATER
Israel’s brutal blockade in Gaza since the 7 October Hamas attack has been effective in choking off Palestinians from food and water—pushing many of the 2.2 million in the coastal enclave on the brink of starvation.
HAMAS HIDING IN GRAVES? ISRAELI FORCES RAZE CEMETERIES IN GAZA
Satellite and video images show Israeli forces targeted cemeteries in northern Gaza in recent weeks—in Israel’s latest attempt to punish the civilian population over the 7 October Hamas attack.
HOUTHIS TARGET COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN RED SEA AS TENSIONS IN REGION RISE
Shipping companies have announced that they will suspend shipping activities in the Red Sea amid attacks by Yemeni Houthis who are opposed to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
U.S., AGAIN, VOTES FOR ISRAEL TO KEEP ITS GENOCIDAL WAR GOING
The UN last week adopted a non-binding resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, with 153 countries voting in favor of the resolution that was presented by Egypt and Mauritania.
U.S.’S UN VOTE GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ISRAEL TO KEEP SLAUGHTERING PALESTINIANS
The U.S.’s decision to oppose the UN General Assembly’s vote last week for a ceasefire resolution in Gaza gives the hardline Israeli government carte blanche to continue its onslaught against Palestinians in the coastal enclave and the West Bank, according to an article in WSWS.
PAPER OF RECORD SELLS ‘BIG TOLL’ FROM RUSSIAN ATTACK ON KYIV… WHICH PALES IN COMPARISON TO ISRAEL’S SLAUGHTER
The New York Times published a story last week to describe the living conditions that many Ukrainians find themselves living in nearly two years since the Russian invasion.
WHITE HOUSE BRUSHES OFF BIDEN’S COMMENT ON ISRAEL’S INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING IN GAZA
John Kirby, the spokesman for the White House National Security Council, did his best last week to play down President Joe Biden’s comment that Israel has been conducting “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza.