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.”
Tag: The Israel War
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.
GAZA UNFIT FOR HUMAN LIFE, UN SAYS
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said last week that the conditions on the ground in Gaza are so poor that the coastal enclave is “not really a habitable place anymore.”
PUTIN: NO COMPARISON BETWEEN UKRAINE AND GAZA
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his lengthy news conference last week that no sensible person can compare the conflict in Gaza with Russia’s approach to Ukraine.