Dave DeCamp (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 …

Dave DeCamp (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, …

Dave DeCamp (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, …

Dave DeCamp (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 …

Dave DeCamp (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," …

Dave DeCamp (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 …

WSWS (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.

ecns.cn (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".

Ralph Nader (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.

WSWS (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.

Ahmed Abu Artema (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… |

Alina Ramos Martin (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.

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (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…

Ben Norton (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.

Canadians for Justice, Peace in the Middle East (2023-10-15). Canadian Citizens in Gaza Abandoned Under Canada's Two-tier Evacuation Plan. globalresearch.ca

presstv.ir (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.

Luis Linares Petrov (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.

Dave Lindorff (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?

ecns.cn (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".

teleSUR (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…

teleSUR (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…

teleSUR (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…

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (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.

krish-rad_ind (2023-10-15). Venezuela: Opposition Politician José Brito Accuses Leopoldo López and María Corina Machado of Planning Violent Protests. orinocotribune.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-12). Ukraine: Between War and Peace — Tamara Lorincz in Conversation with Jacques Baud. libya360.wordpress.com Join a discussion which featured retired Colonel Jacques Baud, Senior Swiss Military Intelligence Officer, former NATO worker in Ukraine and award winning author of "Ukraine Between War and Peace" "Putin: Master of the Game?" and Governing by Fake News among others. Organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and the Canada Wide Peace & Justice…

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Gaza's Only Power Plant Out of Fuel as Israeli Airstrikes Pound Enclave. news.antiwar.com Gaza's only power plant was shut down on Wednesday after it ran out of fuel as the situation in the besieged enclave is becoming increasingly desperate for civilians after days of relentless Israeli airstrikes. At least 1,100 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, and 5,339 have been wounded since Hamas launched its attack on southern …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Blinken: 'As long as America Exists,' It Will Support Israel. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared in Tel Aviv on Thursday that "as long as America exists," it will support Israel, a pledge that came amid a relentless Israeli bombardment of Gaza. "The message that I bring to Israel is this: You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself — but as …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Israel Says No Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Until Captives Released. news.antiwar.com An Israeli minister said Thursday that Israel would not allow any humanitarian aid into Gaza unless Hamas releases Israelis it has taken into the enclave. "Humanitarian aid to Gaza?" Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz wrote on X. "No electric switch will be turned on, no water tap will be opened and no fuel truck will …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Israeli Airstrikes Cripple Syria's Two Main Airports. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, Israeli airstrikes hit Syria's two international airports in Damascus and Aleppo, putting them both out of service, Syria's SANA news agency has reported. "The Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression on the two international airports of Damascus and Aleppo, taking them out of service, according to a military source," the SANA report …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Poll: Majority of Israelis Blame Government for Hamas Attack. news.antiwar.com A new poll found that the vast majority of Israelis say the Hamas attack on southern Israel was caused by a failure in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a smaller majority want Netanyahu to resign once the conflict is over. In the poll released by the Dialog Center, 86% of the people …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). Ukraine Receives $1.15 Billion in Direct Budgetary Aid from US. news.antiwar.com Ukraine on Wednesday received a $1.15 billion tranche of direct budgetary aid from the US that's disbursed through the World Bank. The budgetary aid the US has been providing Ukraine funds government services and salaries, subsidizes small businesses, pays farmers, and provides other types of economic support. According to Ukraine's Finance Ministry, the country has …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). US, Qatar Agree to Deny Iran Access to $6 Billion of Its Funds. news.antiwar.com The US and Qatar have agreed to deny Iran access to $6 billion of its own funds that were recently released as part of a prisoner swap deal with the US, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The $6 billion was frozen in South Korea due to US sanctions on Iran that were re-imposed …

Editor (2023-10-13). Oct 13, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ An Cailin Alainn — Sibéal The geopolitics of Al-Aqsa Flood, by Pepe Escobar The God of War Consumes All, by Bill Astore Biden Invokes Mystery Evil to Cover Up U.S. Criminal Responsibility, by Finian Cunningham People Have A Serious Case Of 9/11 Brain Right Now, And It's Scary, by Caitlin Johnstone Jewish Voice for Peace: The Root of Violence is Oppression The New Gaza Generation: Rising Against Desperation and Defying Israel, by Ramzy Baroud Day Six: Mass Displacement; Thousands Dead, Wounded; Resistance Continues — Palestine Chronicle Report from Gaza: fears that Israeli army is…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-13). Brazil chairs UN meeting to discuss Israeli-Palestinian conflict. plenglish.com The headquarters of the Brazilian presidency reported that the meeting at the United Nations was convened by Brazil to address the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, threats to security and world peace, and escalations of conflicts in the Middle East. | President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appealed to UN Secretary General António Guterres and the international community in defense of Palestinian and Israeli children last Wednesday. | "Let us take advantage of all resources to put an end to the most serious violation of human rights in the Middle East conflict. Children never ought to be taken hostage, no m…

Peninsula Peace & Justice Center (2023-10-13). Thursday 10/19: Gaza Crisis: Emergency Webinar w/ Prof. Joel Beinin, Middle East Historian. indybay.org Zoom – join from anywhere…

SJPJCL (2023-10-13). Saturday 10/28: Report From Chile On The 50th Anniversary of The US AFL-CIO Supported Coup In Chile. indybay.org San Jose Peace & Justice Center | 48 S. Seventh Street, Suite 101 | San Jose…

Staff (2023-10-13). Seattle Rabbi David Basior Eulogizes Former Congregant Killed by Hamas, Says Occupation Must End. democracynow.org As more details emerge about the shocking Hamas attack on Saturday, we speak with Rabbi David Basior of Kadima Reconstructionist Community, a progressive Jewish group in Seattle focused on social justice. Basior's former congregant Hayim Katsman was among those killed in Israel by Hamas militants who stormed Kibbutz Holit. The 32-year-old was a gardener, mechanic and peace activist who worked with anti-occupation groups. During the attack, he shielded a woman from bullets with his own body, saving her life at the cost of his own. Katsman's family have said that he would not have wanted his death to fu…

W. T. Whitney (2023-10-13). Colombia's Campaign Against Drug-Trafficking Favors Peace Prospects and Rural Life. counterpunch.org Colombian president Gustavo Petro on October 3 attended a big meeting of mostly small farmers in El Tambo, in Cauca, where "the coca economy is the main way of life for thousands of peasants." Colombia's first progressive president ever was presenting his government's National Drug Policy for 2023. Petro had insisted earlier that "war on drugs has failed." He

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-10-12). Okinawa: A Bastion for Peace? orinocotribune.com

Peninsula Peace & Justice Center (2023-10-12). Thursday 10/19: Gaza Crisis: Emergency Webinar w/ Prof. Joel Beinin, Middle East Historian. indybay.org Zoom – join from anywhere…

Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin (2023-10-12). Palestine and Ukraine: Peace Is Possible. globalresearch.ca

SJPJCL (2023-10-12). Saturday 10/28: Report From Chile On The 50th Anniversary of The US AFL-CIO Supported Coup In Chile. indybay.org San Jose Peace & Justice Center | 48 S. Seventh Street, Suite 101 | San Jose…

Staff (2023-10-12). Headlines for October 12, 2023. democracynow.org Gaza Death Toll Tops 1,350 as Relentless Israeli Assault Worsens Humanitarian Crisis, Israel Death Toll Tops 1,300 as Newly Formed War Cabinet Vows to Wipe Hamas Off Face of Earth, Settlers Backed by Israeli Army Kill Palestinians in Occupied West Bank, Israel Bombs Syrian Airports, Says Air Raid Alert Near Lebanon Border Was False Alarm, Netanyahu Thanks Blinken for U.S. Support in Fight Against "Barbarians of Hamas", Jewish Voice for Peace Calls for Restraint After Sen. Lindsey Graham Urges Israel to "Level" Gaza, Turkish President Condemns Israeli "Massacre" in Gaza, Europe…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-13). Venezuela ratified its solidarity with the people of Palestine. plenglish.com Caracas, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) The government of Venezuela ratified its vocation of solidarity with the people of Palestine and demanded compliance with the resolutions adopted by the United Nations, on the seventh day of attacks against the Gaza Strip.

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2023-10-13). Venezuela empata con Brasil en eliminatorias mundialistas. telesurtv.net Chile aprovechó su localía y pudo sacar los tres puntos ante Perú por victoria de dos goles por cero. Argentina sacó sus tres puntos ante Paraguay.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-10-13). Vicepresidenta venezolana ratifica denuncia contra sanciones. telesurtv.net La viceministra recordó que son 930 sanciones ilícitas contra Venezuela las que continúan entorpeciendo el desarrollo y la soberanía de la nación caribeña.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-10-13). Venezuela condena ataques de Israel a dos aeropuertos en Siria. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas de Israel bombardearon de forma simultáneas los Aeropuertos Internacionales de Damasco y de Alepo en Siria.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-10-13). Conmemoran el Día de la Resistencia Indígena. telesurtv.net Venezuela, Colombia, El Salvador y Paraguay rindieron homenaje a las luchas iniciadas en 1492 por los pueblos originarios en defensa de su cultura.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-10-12). Venezuela: 51% of Venezuelans would vote for Maduro in elections. plenglish.com Caracas, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) Data released by the agency Hinterlaces revealed that 51 percent of Venezuelans think that if the elections were held today, President Nicolás Maduro would be reelected.

Chris Gilbert (2023-10-12). Venezuelan Migrants: Survivors from a Passenger Ship That You Sunk. counterpunch.org The empire throws the stone but hides its hand, and the obedient mass media (The New York Times included) follows suit by telling only of the reactions provoked by repeated imperial stonings. Two million Palestinians have been made hostage in the world's largest open-air prison for decades, where they are subjected to repeated attacks and humiliations. Then, lo

Staff (2023-10-12). IMF Projects Venezuela's Economy to Grow in 2023 and 2024. orinocotribune.com The latest report presented by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) contains positive forecasts for the economies of Latin America for the end of this year and 2024, largely thanks to the weight of Brazil and Mexico, the two largest economies in the region. | In the case of Venezuela, the IMF predicts, despite the ongoing illegal economic war waged on the country—euphemistically referred to as "sanctions"—the economy will grown by 4% in 2023 and 4.5% in 2024. | : 1.5% | Germany: 0.9% | France: 1.3% | Italy: 0.7% | Spain: 1.7% | Japan: 1.0% | Canada: 1.6% | China: 4.2% | India: 6.3% | Russia: 1.1% | B…

Staff (2023-10-12). Venezuelan Students Crowned World Robotics Champions in Singapore. orinocotribune.com A team of young people from Venezuela became champions in the FIRST Global Challenge robotics world championship, held in Singapore from October 7 to 10, 2023. After competing against 191 countries, the team—made up of Sofía Parra, Marcela Gómez, Gabriel Sánchez, Alek Caliman, Antonio Colina, and their mentors, Emanuel Andrade, Samuel Paz, María Victoria Uzcátegui, Paulo Ferray, Sebastián Guadagnini, Andrés Rincón, and Elio Urdaneta—won the gold medal "Albert Einstein Award for FIRST Global International Excellence," the highest award given by the founder of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of S…

teleSUR, MER (2023-10-12). Venezuela: medidas coercitivas cercenan derecho a la identidad. telesurtv.net El ministro para Relaciones Exteriores también ha denunciado las más de 930 medidas coercitivas emitidas por Estados Unidos (EE.UU.) contra Venezuela.