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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: US Ultimatum Insists No Israeli policy of forced evacuation of Gazans
URL: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/biden-letter-to-israel/
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Critics: US ultimatum to Israel a 'cynical' election ploy The 30 day deadline conveniently comes after the presidential election AARON SOBCZAK OCT 15, 2024 The Biden administration says it is giving Israel 30 days to address concerns related to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In a letter to two senior Israeli officials dated Oct. 13, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said, “We are now writing to underscore the U.S. government’s deep concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, and seek urgent and sustained actions by your government this month to reverse this trajectory.” But critics are panning the letter, calling it a political gambit that’s too little and too late. “I don’t know whether I'm terribly naive, I still have the capacity to be shocked, but the degree of cynicism required to set a 30 day limit … which coincidentally, gets you past the election date,” said Daniel Levy, president of the U.S./Middle East Project. Levy spoke about the letter Tuesday during a panel discussion on Israel’s war in Gaza hosted by the Quincy Institute. The letter warns that a “failure to demonstrate a sustained commitment to implementing and maintaining these measures may have implications (arms embargo) for U.S. policy under NSM-20 and relevant U.S. law.” The problem with this is that “the Biden administration hasn’t done this (ultimatums) throughout” the last year when it could have, according to Levy. Others wondered, given atrocities are playing out in real time, whether the Biden administration would act on its ultimatum. “The U.S. giving Israel 30 days to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza or face cuts in weapon shipments is the most dishonest and morally bankrupt announcement I've seen for a long time,” said former UK diplomat Ian Proud on X. “Surely U.S. voters aren't so stupid they won't spot a big can of worms kicked down the street until after the elections?” Blinken and Austin say that a minimum of 350 aid trucks per day need to enter Gaza through the four major crossings, as well as a fifth crossing that must be opened. Additionally, they want to ensure that Israel is not preventing essential items from entering Gaza by listing them as “dual use.” They also insist “that there will be no Israeli government policy of forced evacuation of civilians from northern to southern Gaza." Dr. Annelle Sheline, Middle East fellow at the Quincy Institute, said that the letter appears to be a “clear acknowledgement” that the Biden administration knows that Israel is flouting laws governing U.S. military assistance. Aaron Sobczak Aaron is a reporter for Responsible Statecraft and a contributor to the Mises Institute. He received both his undergraduate and masters degrees in international relations from Liberty University. The views expressed by authors on Responsible Statecraft do not necessarily reflect those of the Quincy Institute or its associates. |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: US threatens Israel but deploys troops, revealing policy inconsistency
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US threatens Israel but deploys troops, revealing policy inconsistency "The US threatened to withhold military aid to Israel, but deployed troops and an anti-missile system at the same time. The United States has deployed a missile defence system to Israel along with troops to defend it against a potential Iranian attack [File: US Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters] By Alice Speri 15 Oct 2024 The United States’s deployment of an anti-missile system to Israel – plus 100 soldiers to operate it – comes at the same that it is saying it will stop military aid to Israel in compliance with a US law that prohibits militarily supporting countries that block humanitarian aid, as Israel is doing in Gaza. It also raises questions about the legality of US involvement at a time when the administration of US President Joe Biden is facing growing backlash over its support for Israel. KEEP READING list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Risk of long-feared regional war rises as Israel and Iran swap threats list 2 of 4 Is Biden administration seeking de-escalation – or driving Middle East war? list 3 of 4 US deploying THAAD missile defence system, troops to Israel list 4 of 4 What is the THAAD antimissile system that the US is sending Israel? end of list Two recent developments – the Sunday announcement that the US would deploy troops to Israel and a letter sent by US officials the same day calling on Israel to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza or face unspecified consequences – underscore the inconsistent approach of an administration that has effectively done little of substance to rein in Israel’s ever-widening war. At a press briefing on Tuesday, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller declined to say what the consequences of Israel failing to comply with US requests would be, or how this differs from an earlier, unfulfilled threat by the Biden administration to withhold military aid to Israel. “I’m not gonna speak to that today,” Miller told reporters when pressed for details of how the US would respond to Israel’s failure to comply. Empty threats In the private letter, which was leaked on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin called on Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer to implement a series of “concrete measures”, with a 30-day deadline, to reverse the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza. The US briefly paused the delivery of thousands of bombs to Israel earlier this year as Israeli officials planned to expand their operations in southern Gaza, but it quickly resumed and continued supplying Israel with weapons even as it escalated its assault in Gaza and later in Lebanon. “A letter jointly signed by both the secretary of state and secretary of defence indicates a heightened level of concern, and the not-so-subtle threat here, whether the administration carries through with it or not, is that they will actually impose consequences under these various legal and policy standards,” Brian Finucane, a former legal adviser to the US State Department and senior adviser with the US programme at the International Crisis Group, told Al Jazeera. Whether the administration would carry through with it remained very much in question. “It’s important to note that there were legal standards during the entire course of this conflict, and the Biden administration has just not enforced them. It may be the situation is so dire in northern Gaza that the political calculations have changed, and that they may actually finally decide to implement US law. But it’s really long past the point at which they should have done so,” Finucane said. Finucane also noted that the 30-day deadline would expire after the US presidential election next month. “So they may feel that whatever political constraints the administration may have felt it was operating under, they may feel less constrained by,” he said. Miller, the State Department spokesman, told reporters on Tuesday that the election was “not a factor at all” — but Annelle Sheline, a former State Department official who resigned earlier this year in protest of the administration’s Israel policy, disagrees. “I interpret it as being intended to try to win over Uncommitted [National Movement] voters and others in swing states who have made clear that they are opposed to this administration’s unconditional support for Israel,” Sheline told Al Jazeera. “I do not expect to see consequences.” Deeper entanglement Whether the US would carry through with its threats, the deployment of troops to Israel sent a much more concrete message of ongoing US support no matter how dire the humanitarian situation. The US-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, an advanced missile defence system that uses a combination of radar and interceptors to thwart short, medium and intermediate-range ballistic missiles, adds to Israel’s already extraordinary anti-missile defences as it weighs its response to an Iranian missile attack earlier this month. Biden said its deployment is meant “to defend Israel”. The announcement of the deployment came just as Iranian officials warned that the US was putting the lives of its troops “at risk by deploying them to operate US missile systems in Israel”. “While we have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region, I say it clearly that we have no red lines in defending our people and interests,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi wrote in a statement on Sunday. In practice, the deployment further drives the US into war at a time when US officials continue to pay lip service to diplomacy. “Rather than force de-escalation or act to rein in Israeli officials, President Biden is redoubling efforts to reassure Israeli leaders that he is in lockstep with them as they deliberately barrel towards regional war and escalate a genocidal campaign against Palestinians,” Brad Parker, a lawyer and associate director of policy at the Center for Constitutional Rights, told Al Jazeera. Parker and other lawyers argue that the Biden administration is relying on narrow and stretched legal arguments in an attempt to justify a seemingly unilateral move under US law. The US is also already implicated under international humanitarian law for the support it has given Israel as it violated the laws of war. “So far, the Biden administration has tried to characterise the fortification of existing deployments and authorisation of new deployments as fragmented or individual incidents. However, what emerges is a comprehensive and robust introduction of US forces into situations where involvement in hostilities is imminent without any congressional authorisation as required by the law,” Parker said. “All Americans should be seething that a lame duck president is clinging to narrow legal interpretations that cut against the clear intent of existing US law to justify the massive deployment of US forces into a regional conflagration that was in part created as a result of his own destructive, genocide-supporting policies.” No congressional approval Experts say that deploying US troops equipped for combat anywhere in the world and without congressional approval, as Biden is doing now, could trigger US laws that require reports to congressional committees. Should the deployed troops engage in certain actions – in this case, using the THAAD missiles – it would start a 60-day clock for their removal, or for Congress to sign off on further engagement. “This does, in my view, constitute the introduction of US armed forces ‘into hostilities or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances’,” Oona Hathaway, director of the Center for Global Legal Challenges at Yale Law School, told Al Jazeera, citing the federal law regulating the president’s authority to commit the US to an armed conflict. “And therefore [it] ought to be authorised by Congress”. But the US has been quiet about the legal implications. “The Biden administration has gone out of its way to avoid acknowledging the application of this law,” said Finucane. “Because one, this law imposes constraints, the 60-day limit on hostilities; and two, if the Biden administration acknowledges that this law is in place and the constraints apply, it doesn’t have attractive options. It can either stop the activity or go to the US Congress for a war authorisation. And it doesn’t want to do either of those.” This wouldn’t be the first time the administration has downplayed its legal obligations as it entangles the US in conflicts abroad. The US has, for instance, been fighting Yemen’s Houthi rebels since October 7 without congressional approval. The Biden administration has justified those military operations as “self- defence” — something it may try to do again. The US Defense Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Thus far, Congress has not required the administration to explain how exactly Iran firing on Israel undermines US security,” said Sheline, the former State Department official. “It’s possible that Biden anticipates that Iran will attack and Congress will then be eager to declare war.”" SOURCE: AL JAZEERA |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Now: Israel Warns 40,000 Northern Gazans: Evacuate or Die
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The humanitarian area designated by Israel in the message is al- Mawasi, previously an agricultural area on the coast near Rafah. It is overcrowded and no safer than many other parts of Gaza. BBC Verify has tracked at least 18 airstrikes on the area. 5 days ago Israeli attack on northern Gaza hints at retired general's 'surrender or starve' plan for war Jeremy Bowen International Editor, BBC News Reuters A man pushes a cart carrying belongings in Gaza City as he flees northern Gaza on 12 Oct Reuters Palestinians and aid groups suspect Israel is gradually adopting a new tactic in northern Gaza On Saturday morning, a message was posted on social media by the Israeli military’s Arabic spokesman warning people living in the ‘D5’ area of northern Gaza to move south. D5 is a square on the grid superimposed over maps of Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It is a block that is split into several dozen smaller areas. The message, the latest in a series, said: "The IDF is operating with great force against the terrorist organisations and will continue to do so for a long time. The designated area, including the shelters located there, is considered a dangerous combat zone. The area must be evacuated immediately via Salah al- Din Road to the humanitarian area." A map is attached with a large yellow arrow pointing from block D5 down to the south of Gaza. Salah al-Din Road is the main north-south route. The message is not promising a swift return to the places people have been living in, an area that has been pulverised by a year of repeated Israeli attacks. The heart of the message is that the IDF will be using "great force… for a long time". In other words, don’t expect to come back any time soon. The humanitarian area designated by Israel in the message is al-Mawasi, previously an agricultural area on the coast near Rafah. It is overcrowded and no safer than many other parts of Gaza. BBC Verify has tracked at least 18 airstrikes on the area. Hamas has sent out its own messages to the 400,000 people left in northern Gaza, an area that was once the urban heartland of the Strip with a population of 1.4m. Hamas is telling them not to move. The south, they are told, is just as dangerous. As well as that, Hamas is warning them that they will not be allowed back. Many people appear to be staying put, despite Israeli airstrikes and artillery bombardments. When I went down to an area overlooking northern Gaza I could hear explosions and see columns of smoke rising. The intensity reminded me of the first months of the war. Map showing the aid entry points and the military zone bifurcating north and south Gaza. Some of the people who have stayed in northern Gaza when so many others have already fled south are doing so to remain with vulnerable relatives. Others are from families with connections to Hamas. Under the laws of war, that does not automatically make them belligerents. One tactic that has been used over the last year by civilians who want to avoid IDF operations without taking their chances in the overcrowded and dangerous south of Gaza is to move elsewhere in the north, for example from Beit Hanoun to Gaza City, while the IDF is operating near their homes or shelters. When the army moves on, they return. The IDF is trying to stop that happening, according to BBC colleagues who are in daily contact with Palestinians in Gaza. It is channelling families who are moving in one direction only, down Salah al-Din, the main road to the south. Israel does not allow journalists to enter Gaza to report the war, except for brief, rare and closely supervised trips with the IDF. Palestinian journalists who were there on 7 October still do brave work. The Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 128 Palestinian media workers in Gaza have been killed since the war began. In northern Gaza, since Israel went back on the offensive, they have been filming panic-stricken families as they flee, often with small children helping out by carrying oversized backpacks. Getty Images Palestinians leave on 12 Oct after IDF order to eave area D5 on its map of GazaGetty Images Some Palestinians began moving south after the IDF order to leave area D5 on its map of Gaza One of them sent out a brief interview with a woman called Manar al-Bayar who was rushing down the street carrying a toddler. She was saying as she half- walked, half-ran on the way out of Jabalia refugee camp that "they told us we had five minutes to leave the Fallujah school. Where do we go? In southern Gaza there are assassinations. In western Gaza they’re shelling people. Where do we go, oh God? God is our only chance.” The journey is hard. Sometimes, Palestinians in Gaza say, people on the move are fired on by the IDF. It insists that Israeli soldiers observe strict rules of engagement that respect international humanitarian law. But Medical Aid for Palestinians’ head of protection, Liz Allcock, says the evidence presented by wounded civilians suggest that they have been targeted. “When we’re receiving patients in hospitals, a large number of those women and children and people of, if you like, non-combatant age are receiving direct shots to the head, to the spine, to the limbs, very indicative of the direct targeted attack.” Once again, the UN and aid agencies who work in Gaza are saying that Israeli military pressure is deepening what is already a humanitarian catastrophe. Desperate messages are being relayed from the remaining hospitals in northern Gaza, saying that they are running low on fuel to power the generators that keep the hospitals going, and keep badly wounded patients alive. Some hospitals report that their buildings have been attacked by the Israelis. Getty Images Aftermath of IDF attack on UNRWA school in Jabalia on September 26Getty Images Aftermath of an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Jabalia last month. The UN and aid agencies say Israeli military pressure is deepening what is already a humanitarian catastrophe The suspicion among Palestinians, the UN and relief agencies is that the IDF is gradually adopting some or all of a new tactic to clear northern Gaza known as the "Generals’ Plan". It was proposed by a group of retired senior officers led by Maj-Gen (ret) Giora Eiland, who is a former national security adviser. Like most Israelis they are frustrated and angry that a year into the war Israel still has not achieved its war aims of destroying Hamas and freeing the hostages. The Generals’ Plan is a new idea that its instigators believe can, from Israel’s perspective, break the deadlock. At its heart is the idea that Israel can force the surrender of Hamas and its leader Yahya Sinwar by increasing the pressure on the entire population of the north. The first step is to order civilians to leave along evacuation corridors that will take them south of Wadi Gaza, an east-west stream that has become a dividing line in Gaza since the Israeli invasion last October. Giora Eiland believes Israel should have done a deal straight away to get the hostages back, even if it meant pulling out of Gaza entirely. A year later, other methods, he says, are necessary. In his office in central Israel, he laid out the heart of the plan. Oren Rosenfeld/BBC Giora EilandOren Rosenfeld/BBC Major-General (ret) Giora Eiland leads the group proposing a tactic to clear northern Gaza “Since we already encircled the northern part of Gaza in the past nine or 10 months, what we should do is the following thing to tell all the 300,000 residents [that the UN estimates is 400,000] who still live in the northern part of Gaza that they have to leave this area and they should be given 10 days to leave through safe corridors that Israel will provide. "And after that time, all this area will become to be a military zone. And all the Hamas people will still, though, whether some of them are fighters, some of them are civilians… will have two choices either to surrender or to starve." Eiland wants Israel to seal the areas once the evacuation corridors are closed. Anyone left behind would be treated as an enemy combatant. The area would be under siege, with the army blocking all supplies of food, water or other necessities of life from going in. He believes the pressure would become unbearable and what is left of Hamas would rapidly crumble, freeing the surviving hostages and giving Israel the victory it craves. The UN World Food Programme says that the current offensive in Gaza is having a "disastrous impact on food security for thousands of Palestinian families". The main crossings into northern Gaza, it says, have been closed and no food aid has entered the strip since 1 October. Mobile kitchens and bakeries have been forced to stop work because of air strikes. The only functioning bakery in the north, which is supported by WFP, caught fire after it was hit by an explosive munition. The position in the south is almost as dire. It is not clear whether the IDF has adopted the Generals' Plan in part or in full, but the circumstantial evidence of what is being done in Gaza suggests it is at the very least a strong influence on the tactics being used against the population. The BBC submitted a list of questions to the IDF, which were not answered. The ultra-nationalist extremists in Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet want to replace Palestinians in northern Gaza with Jewish settlers. Among many statements he’s made on the subject, the finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has said “Our heroic fighters and soldiers are destroying the evil of Hamas, and we will occupy the Gaza Strip… to tell the truth, where there is no settlement, there is no security.” |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: 400,000 Gazans...(NT)
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: BREAKING: Israel has launched simultaneous attacks on 2 Hospitals...
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Drop Site@DropSiteNews BREAKING: Israel has launched simultaneous attacks on Indonesian Hospital and Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, medical sources tell Drop Site. We are tracking the situation closely and will share updates below. 🧵👇 12:19 AM · Oct 19, 2024 Director of Indonesian Hospital reports a distress call from medical staff regarding heavy gunfire inside the facility and a power outage that has left the generator inoperable. Several newly injured patients have just arrived and urgently need care. The upper floors of Al-Awda Hospital in the Tel al-Zaatar area of northern Gaza have just been targeted three times by Israeli artillery, resulting in injuries among the medical staff at the hospital. Israeli forces have demolished part of the wall of Indonesian Hospital. Dr. Marwan Sultan, the hospital’s director, warns that the attacks present significant risks to both medical staff and patients. A medical source tells Drop Site that the upper floors of Indonesian Hospital were targeted with artillery. More than 40 patients are inside the hospital, in addition to medical staff, along with a displaced individuals who were targeted by Israeli forces in front of the hospital 🔴 Director of the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza: The occupation tanks have completely surrounded the hospital, cut off its electricity, bombed the hospital, and targeted the second and third floors with artillery shells. حسام شبات @HossamShabat · 7h 🔴مدير المستشفى الإندونيسي بغزة: دبابات الاحتلال تحاصر المستشفى بالكامل وقامت بقطع التيار الكهربائي عنه وقصفت المستشفى واستهدفت الطابقين الثاني والثالث بقذائف المدفعية وهناك مخاطر شديدة على الطواقم الطبية والمرضى. |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Evacuations From North to South Will Worsen Humanitarian Catastrophe
URL: https://www.msf.org/israeli-forces-are-pushing-people-north-south-gaza-palestine
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Doctors Without Borders: Press Release October 2024 Israeli forces pushing people from north to south Gaza will only worsen humanitarian catastrophe ISRAELI FORCES PUSHING PEOPLE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH GAZA WILL ONLY WORSEN HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE In northern Gaza, Palestine, Israeli evacuation orders and strikes are forcing people to flee south. The bombing and evacuations of neighbourhoods in the north are making the area unliveable, with no supplies entering the area for a week. We call on Israel to stop issuing evacuation orders and immediately allow in humanitarian aid. Israeli evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza, Palestine, issued on 7 October, are pushing tens of thousands of people to immediately flee south as the area is targeted by airstrikes and a ground offensive. In this latest forced mass displacement, residents of Beit Hanoun, Jabalia and Beit Lahia have been urged to move south to the overcrowded, so-called humanitarian zone between Al-Mawasi and Deir Al-Balah, where one million people are already living in inhumane conditions. The zone also remains unsafe for civilians and aid workers, as Israeli forces continue to repeatedly strike the area. These forced mass evacuations of homes and bombing of neighbourhoods by the Israeli forces are turning the north of Gaza into an unliveable wasteland, effectively emptying out the whole north of the Strip of Palestinian life. To make matters worse, no humanitarian supplies have been allowed to enter the area since 1 October. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the Israeli forces to halt evacuation orders, which are causing the forced displacement of people, and to ensure the protection of civilians. They must also allow desperately needed humanitarian supplies to enter the north as a matter of extreme urgency. The latest move to forcefully and violently push thousands of people from northern Gaza to the south is turning the north into a lifeless desert. “All of a sudden, I was told that we had to move from the north,” says Mahmoud, an MSF watchman, who left Jabalia at night to find refuge at the MSF guest house in Gaza City. “We left our home in despair, under bombs, missiles and artillery. It was very, very difficult. I would prefer to die than to be displaced to the south; my home is here, and I do not want to leave.” Israeli forces also called for the evacuation of the three main hospitals in northern Gaza, namely Indonesian, Kamal Adwan and Al-Awda hospitals. These are operating at minimal capacity and have a total of 317 patients still hospitalised, with around 80 people in intensive care and unable to move, according to the Ministry of Health. These three medical facilities, as well as those that remain partially functional across the Strip, must be protected at all costs. The MSF clinic in Gaza City received 255 patients on Sunday and Monday alone, as options for people to access medical care shrink by the day. For some people, accessing the few existing health facilities is impossible; our teams have received reports of wounded people who have died as they were unable to seek medical care. Among those facing evacuation orders in the north are seven MSF staff who managed to find shelter in Gaza City. Five others remain blocked in Jabalia, where the Israeli forces are on the ground carrying out attacks. We left our home in despair, under bombs... I would prefer to die than to be displaced to the south; my home is here, and I do not want to leave. MAHMOUD, MSF WATCHMAN IN NORTHERN GAZA SHARE THIS “The latest move to forcefully and violently push thousands of people from northern Gaza to the south is turning the north into a lifeless desert, while aggravating the situation in the south, where more than one million people have already been squeezed into a small portion of the Gaza Strip and live in deplorable conditions,” says Sarah Vuylsteke, MSF project coordinator in Gaza. “Access to water, healthcare, and safety is already almost non-existent, and the thought of more people fitting into this space is impossible to imagine,” says Vuylsteke. “People have been subjected to endless displacement and relentless bombing for the past 12 months. Enough is enough, this must stop now.” While the Israeli authorities have recently declared a minimal expansion of the so-called humanitarian zone, the area remains subject to evacuation orders and is unsafe due to regular Israeli bombardment. Many people living in the zone are suffering from skin diseases and respiratory infections because of the dire conditions. The situation is even more worrying with the approach of winter and the cold temperatures that people will be exposed to. Israeli forces must urgently halt evacuation orders in the north of Gaza. The relentless killing of people in Gaza must stop now, and an immediate and sustained ceasefire must be implemented." |
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From: Joe, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Evacuations From North to South Will Worsen Humanitarian...
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israel's ultimate goal is to rid Gaza of all Palestinians. They are hoping to pressure other countries to take all the refugees. Problem solved by Netanyahu's calculation. |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Evacuations From North to South Will Worsen Humanitarian...
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looks like Israel's just getting started. Thanks, Biden. NYTimes contributor in Beirut; Euan Ward: Our @nytimes story on Lebanon’s hospitals is on today’s front page. The UN says that Israel’s “indiscriminate” strikes across Lebanon have overwhelmed the country’s ailing health system👆 |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: October 3rd...
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Euan Ward, NY Times: Oct 3 The Israeli military’s evacuation orders are now expanding north in Lebanon, beyond the Litani River — outside a buffer area established by the U.N. at the end of the 2006 war. Excellent graphic via @LaurenLeatherby @nytimes |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Sinwar’s death likely won’t change anything(NT)
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From: Joe, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Sinwar’s death likely won’t change anything(NT)
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You still have the prospect of a looming all out war with Iran. Biden is putting pressure on Israel to at least act in moderation. Can you imagine what would happen if Netanyahu attacked Iranian nuclear and oil facilities? Iran has threatened to attack oil facilities in neighboring America friendly countries in retaliation.. It could cause a world wide economic catastrophe. |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Israel confirms... ethnic cleansing will continue
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Live: Israel says war on Gaza to continue despite killing of Hamas’s Sinwar By Umut Uras and Mersiha Gadzo Published On 18 Oct 2024 Israel says its forces have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. There has been no comment from Hamas on Sinwar, who succeeded Ismail Haniyeh after his assassination by Israel in July. Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu says “this is not the end of the war in Gaza” despite killing of Sinwar. Senior Hamas leader to deliver speech We’re getting reports that Khalil Hayya, deputy of Hamas’s political bureau, will deliver a statement shortly. Stay tuned. Click here to share on social media 11m ago (11:50 GMT) Three people killed in Israeli attack on Jabalia Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that at least three Palestinians have been killed in new Israeli air raids on al-Fakhoura area in Jabalia. Casualties have also been reported in an Israeli attack on a house near Nassar roundabout in the Jabalia refugee camp. A reminder that this is day 14 of the Israeli siege on Jabalia and northern Gaza. At least 12 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn. 21m ago (11:40 GMT) Analysis Hamas may pick leader outside Gaza In terms of who will succeed Sinwar, the question is whether Hamas will choose someone from outside or inside Gaza, Hassan Barari, professor of international affairs at Qatar University, has told Al Jazeera. Leaders in Gaza face difficulties in making decisions due to logistical and communication reasons, he said. “I would assume that most likely they would pick one from the outside, maybe Khalil Hayya, as the deputy, and the guy who is involved in all negotiations,” Barari said, adding that it’s a priority for Hamas to have a leader so as to claim that their organisation has survived despite the numerous assassinations over the years. Click here to share on social media 31m ago (11:30 GMT) Who will succeed Sinwar? Here are some names that could replace Sinwar: Khaled Meshaal – Led Hamas’s political office from 1996 to 2017. Khalil Hayya – Appointed deputy of Hamas’s political bureau in August this year. Mousa Abu Marzouk – Founding member of Hamas and its first chairman from 1992 to 1996. Muhammad Ismail Darwish – Chairman of the Hamas Shura Council since October 2023. Mohammed Sinwar – Leader of the military wing of Hamas and Yahya’s brother. Play Video Video Duration 05 minutes 04 seconds 05:04 Hamas could look to replace Sinwar with another military figure: Analysis Click here to share on social media 41m ago (11:20 GMT) Who is Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas chief Israel says it killed? We’ve been reporting all evening on Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, whom Israel claims to have killed. His assassination – if confirmed – would spell uncertainty for the Palestinian group in Gaza. Hamas has not commented on Israel’s claim of killing Sinwar, as the region slides into further violence, spurring fears of an all-out conflict across the Middle East. Sinwar, 62, spent his life organising, struggling and fighting against Israel before being appointed as Hamas’s political chief, succeeding Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in a suspected Israeli attack in Tehran on July 31. Read his obituary here. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza City, October 1, 2022. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters/File] Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza City, October 1, 2022 [Mohammed Salem/Reuters] Click here to share on social media 51m ago (11:10 GMT) Israel sends more troops into northern Gaza The Israeli military says it has sent another army unit to support its forces operating in the Jabalia refugee camp, where it has been carrying out a major offensive. The Israeli military said its forces, which have been operating in Jabalia for the past two weeks, killed dozens of fighters in close-quarters combat on Thursday and carried out air strikes. At least 28 Palestinians, including children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Jabalia, a health official has said. The Israeli military claims its operation in Jabalia aims to stop Hamas fighters from regrouping for more attacks. It has laid siege to northern Gaza since last week, trapping tens of thousands of people without access to food and water. Residents say the Israeli forces operating in the region have been blowing up roads and houses as they thrust further into the territory. |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Hamas statement following the killing of Yahya Sinwar
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jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill 🚨BREAKING: Hamas statement following the killing of Yahya Sinwar🚨 “It seems that Israel believes that killing our leaders means the end of our movement and the struggle of the Palestinian people. They can believe what they want, and this is not the first time they said that. They repeated that same statements when they killed Sheikh Yaseen, Dr. Ranteesy, and Commander Shehadeh (the first chief of the AlQassam Brigades), but Hamas each time became stronger and more popular, and these leaders became an icon for future generations to continue the journey towards a free Palestine. Hamas is a liberation movement led by people looking for freedom and dignity, and this cannot be eliminated. We believe that our destiny is one of two good things, either victory or martyrdom. Yes it’s very painful and distressing to lose beloved people, especially extraordinary leaders like ours, but what we are sure of is that we are eventually victorious; this is the outcome for all people who fought for their liberty." Dr. Basem Naim Hamas Political Bureau Member - Gaza” |
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From: old timer, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Evacuations From North to South Will Worsen Humanitarian...
| sounds like hitler’s lebensraum |
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From: Joe, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Evacuations From North to South Will Worsen Humanitarian...
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Haaretz previously reported that the Israeli government had no intention to restart ceasefire talks and is now focused on annexing parts of Gaza. If the general’s plan is completed in the north, it could pave the way for Jewish settlements, and then the ethnic cleansing campaign could be carried out in other parts of the Strip. |
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