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Lebanon: Evidence of Israel’s unlawful use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon as cross-border hostilities escalate.

October 31, 2023 The Israeli army fired artillery shells containing white phosphorus, an incendiary weapon, in military operations along Lebanon’s southern border between 10 and 16 October 2023, Amnesty International said today. One attack on the town of Dhayra on 16 October must be investigated as a war crime because …

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MP Clare Daly: These crimes against of humanity are being carried out by your weapons and by your name.

MP Clare Daly on Israel and Palestine: MEP Clare Daly- speech from 8 Nov:

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Read Anne Boyer’s extraordinary New York Times resignation letter.

By Dan Sheehan November 16, 2023, 11:21am It’s been a hell of a 24 hours for writers demonstrating moral courage. Last night at the National Book Awards, over a dozen NBA finalists took to the stage to use their moment in the spotlight to oppose the ongoing bombardment of Gaza and to call …

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War present

The escalation of the conflict over Sheikh Jarrah is helping Netanyahu, Hamas and Erdoğan alike. By Thomas Schmidinger Before the city was divided in 1948, the East Jerusalem district of Sheikh Jarrah was a mixed Arab-Jewish quarter that was not built in front of the old city of Jerusalem until the …

SIPRI: Global arms industry sales up 4.6% worldwide, U.S. companies dominate Top 5
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THE SIPRI TOP 100
ARMS-PRODUCING AND
MILITARY SERVICES
COMPANIES, 2020

“The combined arms sales of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies (the SIPRI Top 100) were $531 billion in 2020 (see annex 1). This represents an increase of 1.3 per cent on their arms sales in 2019 (see figure 1). Despite this being the smallest increase in arms …

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Closed Zone

The animated short film “Enclosed Zone” by Yoni Goodman, an Israeli director, produced in 2009. Det knimatiefilm “Enclosed Zone” van Yoni Goodman, een Israëlische regisseur, geproduceerd in 2009. Den animerade kortfilmen “Enclosed Zone” av Yoni Goodman, en israelisk regissör, ​​producerad 2009. Le court métrage d’animation “Enclosed Zone” de Yoni Goodman, …

The letter has been signed by prominent scholars like Angela Davis.
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Over 140 Prominent Feminist Scholars Demand Ceasefire, End to Occupation in Gaza

The letter has been signed by prominent scholars like Angela Davis. By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUTPublishedOctober 30, 2023 Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Nearly 150 scholars in feminist, queer and trans studies …

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What’s Israel’s Hannibal Directive? A former IDF soldier tells all

The controversial policy to avoid the capture of Israeli soldiers isn’t formally in place now. But echoes persist in the war in Gaza, say some analysts. By Urooba Jamal Published On 3 Nov 20233 Nov 2023 Yehuda Shaul describes his three years of service with the Israeli military, from 2001 to …