(2023-10-15). Iran Says It Won't Enter War With Israel Unless Israel Attacks First. news.antiwar.com Amid concerns about Israel's onslaught in Gaza escalating into a regional war, the Iranian mission to the UN said Sunday that it would only enter the fighting if Israel attacked Iran. "Iran's armed forces will not engage, provided that the Israeli apartheid does not dare to attack Iran, its interests, and nationals. The resistance front …
(2023-10-15). Israel Bombs Syria's Aleppo Airport for Second Time Within 3 Days. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes hit Syria's Aleppo airport for the second time within three days, again knocking it out of service amid Israel's bombardment of Gaza. "At about 11: 35 pm on Saturday, October 14, 2023, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial attack from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Lattakia, targeting Aleppo International Airport, …
(2023-10-15). Israeli Military Says It's 'in Formation' to Strike Gaza City. news.antiwar.com An Israeli military spokesman said Sunday that Israeli troops are "in formation" to strike Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel is expected to launch a ground incursion into the besieged enclave. "Gaza City is where the focus and the hub of Hamas activities are, that is where most of the commanders are, …
(2023-10-15). Israeli President Says There Are No Innocent Civilians in Gaza. news.antiwar.com Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Friday that civilians in Gaza bear responsibility for the Hamas attack on southern Israel as Israeli bombs are killing scores of people in the besieged enclave. "It is an entire nation out there that is responsible," Herzog said, referring to Gaza, which is not recognized as an independent nation. "It …
(2023-10-15). State Department Memo Tells Diplomats: No Gaza 'De-Escalation' Talk. news.antiwar.com The State Department has warned its diplomats not to call for de-escalation or an end to the violence as Israeli airstrikes relentlessly hit Gaza, killing hundreds of children. In a message circulated Friday in emails viewed by HuffPost, the State Department said that high-level officials do not want these three phrases in press materials: "de-escalation/ceasefire," …
(2023-10-15). US Deploys Second Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to Support Israel. news.antiwar.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Saturday that he ordered the deployment of a second aircraft carrier and its strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean to show support for Israel amid its bombardment of Gaza. Austin said the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower will begin moving toward the region to "deter hostile actions against Israel …
(2023-10-16). IUSF at Kelaniya University in Sri Lanka threaten physical violence against IYSSE anti-war campaigners. wsws.org We urge students to condemn the IUSF's anti-democratic actions and to defend the right of our members and students to discuss the critical political issue of imperialist war.
(2023-10-16). Beijing bolsters mediation efforts, seeks lasting peace. ecns.cn Zhai Jun, the Chinese government's special envoy on the Middle East issue, said on Sunday that this week he will "visit some of the countries concerned in the Middle East to further strengthen coordination among various parties".
(2023-10-16). After the Attack, Israeli Rulers Launch Genocidal Destruction. counterpunch.org 
Biden/Blinken so far have no diplomatic policy, and no strategy counseling restraint to keep the conflict from escalating uncontrollably in that explosive region. They exercise veto power on the UN Security Council blocking anything like a ceasefire truce and negotiations toward a permanent two-state resolution as envisioned by The Oslo Accords and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process signed by all parties on September 13, 1993.
(2023-10-16). Hollywood celebrities' "open letter" solidarizes itself with Israeli government policies. wsws.org The letter from the "Creative Community for Peace" is a right-wing provocation, organized by mouthpieces for the Tel Aviv regime, which is in the midst of carrying out mass murder in Gaza.
(2023-10-15). Gaza Is a Prison Under Siege. This Is My Letter to the World Outside. truthout.org I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of… |
(2023-10-15). International community key to peace, Palestinian ambassadress says. plenglish.com Montevideo, Oct 15 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian ambassador to Uruguay, Nadya Rasheed, urged the international community to promote a true peace process to put an end to the hell that her people are suffering.
(2023-10-15). US Opposes Peace As Israel Ethnically Cleanses Palestinians. popularresistance.org The Israeli government is in the process of ethnically cleansing more than 1 million Palestinians, pushing them out of their homes in Gaza. | According to senior Israeli officials, the plan of the far-right Benjamin Netanyahu government is to force Palestinians into the desert of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, where they will live in so-called "tent cities". | At the same time, Israel is brutally bombing the besieged Gaza strip — one of the most densely populated areas on Earth. | There are even reports that Israel has attacked convoys of Palestinian civilians who were abiding by its evacuation order and fleeing…
(2023-10-15). US opposes peace as Israel ethnically cleanses Palestinians, waging war on 'entire nation' of Gaza. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinians, trying to force them out of Gaza into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The US and EU support Netanyahu's scorched-earth war on the "entire nation", and the State Department ordered diplomats not to call for peace, de-escalation, or a ceasefire.
(2023-10-15). Canadian Citizens in Gaza Abandoned Under Canada's Two-tier Evacuation Plan. globalresearch.ca
(2023-10-15). Iran calls on UN to take immediate action to stop Israeli aggression in Gaza. presstv.ir Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process in Beirut, calling for swift action to stop Israeli crimes.
(2023-10-16). Government of Colombia and EMC-FARC begin peace talks. plenglish.com Bogotá, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) The Central General Staff of the former FARC (EMC-FARC) and the Government of Colombia are slated to set up a negotiating table and agree on a bilateral ceasefire.
(2023-10-16). Israel is committing an epic war crime with US backing and armsÔøº. nationofchange.org Where is the US peace movement and the US public outrage?
(2023-10-15). Beijing bolsters mediation efforts, seeks lasting peace. ecns.cn Zhai Jun, the Chinese government's special envoy on the Middle East issue, said on Sunday that this week he will "visit some of the countries concerned in the Middle East to further strengthen coordination among various parties".
(2023-10-15). Lebanon: Missile Falls on UN Peacekeeping Mission Headquarters. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Lebanese Council of Ministers confirmed that a missile had landed at the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) amid crossfire between the Hezbollah Shiite group and Israeli troops. | RELATED: | Prime Minister Najib Mikati contacted UNIFIL Commander Gen. Aroldo Lazaro to inquire about the missile's impact on the headquarters in Naqoura, where no casualties were reported. | T…
(2023-10-15). Maduro Holds Phone Conversation With Palestinian Counterpart. telesurenglish.net The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, held a telephone conversation this Sunday with the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmud Abbas, on the situation in the Gaza Strip. | RELATED: | President Abbas reported in detail the development of events, as well as the diplomatic deployment of the Palestinian National Authority, as the leadership body. | The Palestinian Authority is committed to peace…
(2023-10-15). Thousands Rally in New York in Support of Palestinians. telesurenglish.net On Friday afternoon, thousands of people gathered in a rally at Times Square to support Palestinians in the wake of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas. | RELATED: | The protest started at 2 p.m. local time in Manhattan at the Baruch College plaza with a peaceful prayer service. Then demonstrators marched along 41st Street and Broadway toward Times Square and the Consulate General of Israel. | They chanted and waved Palestine's red, black and green fla…
(2023-10-16). Presidente de Venezuela sostiene diálogo con homólogo palestino. telesurtv.net "Coincidimos en exigir un inmediato cese al fuego", dijo Nicolás Maduro sobre su conversación telefónica con el presidente de la ANP, Mahmud Abbas.
(2023-10-15). Venezuela: Opposition Politician José Brito Accuses Leopoldo López and María Corina Machado of Planning Violent Protests. orinocotribune.com