Top Israeli officials knew about the Hamas plan for a year before the 7 October attack and reportedly brushed it off as unrealistic, according to a report last week.
Tag: The Israel War
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ANTI-GENOCIDE PROTESTS CONTINUE TO BREAK OUT AROUND THE WORLD, AS WESTERN MEDIA TRIES TO LOOK AWAY
Protests continued to break out around the world to criticize Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza that killed about 16,000 people – about 70 percent women and children.
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ISRAEL’S WAR OF DECISION
According to Omer Bartov, a strong supporter of Israel and an astute observer of events since October 7, “In brief, Israel seems to have no political plan and a very hazardous military one. It can only blame itself—not least Netanyahu, but also the military leadership—for having arrived at this point.”
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THE U.S., NOT ISRAEL, IS THE MAIN COMBATANT IN THE WAR AGAINST HAMAS
In terms of costs and munitions, Washington, not Israel, is the main combatant against Gaza. On December 1 The Wall Street Journal reported that Washington has sent Israel 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells.
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SURGING LEVELS OF MIGRATION IN THE EU GIVES NEW ENERGY TO ANTI-IMMIGRATION PARTIES, LIKE WE HAD LONG FORECAST
European countries are seeing a surge in immigration not seen in years, which is helping propel far-right political parties to election victories, based on the promise to get a grip on the problem.
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U.S. GIVES ISRAEL GREEN LIGHT TO KEEP ON KILLING, PROVIDES BUNKER-BUSTING BOMBS
U.S. officials said the U.S. has provided tens of thousands of weapons to Israel to keep up the killings in Gaza, including massive bunker-busting bombs that are powerful enough to smash tunnels dug deep below ground level.
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WHAT DOES BOMBING APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND KILLING THOUSANDS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN HAVE TO DO WITH DEFEATING HAMAS?
Israel expanded its bombing campaign in southern Gaza on Friday and a video emerged of Israeli warplanes launching a series of missiles on the Hamad towers in Khan Younis—destroying six residential buildings.
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BY WORDS AND DEEDS, ISRAEL IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE
By words, deeds and definition, Israel’s mass bombing of Gaza and its killing thousands of Palestinian civilians who have nowhere to hide is genocide: the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group. "A campaign of genocide."
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ISRAEL PREPARES FOR YEAR-LONG WAR IN GAZA, WITH GROUND OFFENSIVE IN SOUTH BELIEVED TO BE NEXT MOVE
Israel is working up plans for a long war in Gaza that will include a multiphase strategy that involves a cocktail of bombing campaigns and a ground invasion inside the battered enclave.
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CYNTHIA NIXON ANNOUNCES HUNGER STRIKE FOR GAZA AFTER TALK WITH JEWISH SON
Cynthia Nixon, the actress best known for “Sex and the City,” who was a former New York governor hopeful, announced in front of the White House last week that she would begin a five-day fast to draw attention to the White House’s support of Israel’s relentless bombing campaign in Gaza.