(2023-11-09). Israel Says Its Troops are Fighting in the 'Heart' of Gaza City. news.antiwar.com Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said late Tuesday that Israeli forces were fighting in the "heart" of Gaza City as Hamas is claiming its fighters are inflicting heavy losses on the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). "IDF forces are in the heart of Gaza City," Gallant said. "They came from the north and the south. They …
(2023-11-08). Biden Discusses Potential Three-Day Pause for Hostage Deal With Netanyahu. news.antiwar.com President Biden asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to pause Israel's assault on Gaza for three days to allow progress in Hamas releasing hostages, Axios reported on Tuesday. The request was made in a Monday phone call, but Israel continues to rebuff US calls for a "humanitarian pause" in Gaza. On Tuesday, Israeli …
(2023-11-08). Houthis Shoot Down US MQ-9 Reaper Drone Off Yemen. news.antiwar.com Yemen's Houthis said Wednesday that their military successfully downed a US MQ-9 Reaper drone that was flying off the coast of Yemen. A US official later confirmed that the Houthis downed an American drone and said the US was analyzing the incident. The Houthis, formally known as Ansar Allah, have been firing missiles and drones …
(2023-11-08). Philippines, Japan Working on Military Pact for Reciprocal Deployments. news.antiwar.com The Philippine government has said it's working on a pact to strengthen military ties with Japan amid rising tensions in the region, Defense Post reported on Wednesday. The proposed deal, known as a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), would allow the two nations to deploy troops on each other's territory. Japan recently finalized a similar agreement …
(2023-11-08). Ukraine Takes Credit for Car Bombing That Killed Politician in Luhansk. news.antiwar.com Ukraine's CIA-backed military intelligence has taken credit for a car bombing that killed a politician in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine on Wednesday. Mikhail Filiponenko, a member of the local Russian-backed legislature in Luhansk and former police chief, was killed in his car outside of his house. He was born in the Ukrainian oblast and joined the …
(2023-11-08). US Launches More Airstrikes in Eastern Syria Against IRGC Site. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon said on Wednesday night that the US launched more airstrikes in eastern Syria that targeted a facility used by "Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups." "This strike was conducted by two US F-15s against a weapons storage facility," Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement. He said the …
(2023-11-08). White House Says Israel Will Have 'Initial Security Responsibility' in Gaza After War. news.antiwar.com The White House on Wednesday said the Israeli military would likely have to be responsible for security in Gaza initially after the war if Israel successfully roots out Hamas. "I think all of us can foresee a period of time after the conflict is over where Israeli forces will likely still be in Gaza and …
(2023-11-09). Critical Reflections on Recent 'Block the Boat' Actions in Tacoma. itsgoingdown.org Critical reflections and report back on recent actions at the Port of Tacoma aimed at stopping the shipment of weapons to Israel. Originally published by Black Powder Press. The Tacoma port blockade yesterday was a beautiful show of solidarity, but a complete failure. Who even needs cops when the peace police will do their job…
(2023-11-09). CJPME Applauds Bloc Québécois Push for Ceasefire in Gaza. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-09). Wednesday 11/15: Palestine-Israel Primer with Dr. Sharat G. Lin. indybay.org San José Peace and Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street | San José, CA 95112…
(2023-11-09). Ceasefire Now: More Deaths Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East. indybay.org November 4, 2023 – We need an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a return of all prisoners, and a halt to all forms of violence against civilians and collective punishment, including bombing of ambulances and refugee camps, and deprivation of food, water, medicine, electricity, and outside communication.
(2023-11-08). Holocaust Survivor Calls for Peace Beyond a Ceasefire, Condemns Israeli Assault. truthout.org We speak with 87-year-old Holocaust survivor Marione Ingram, who has been protesting outside the White House calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Ingram says experiencing anti-Jewish hate, losing family members to the Nazi killing machine and surviving the Allied bombing of Hamburg as a child all inspire her to speak out for peace. "What Israel is doing will not end this conflict. |
(2023-11-08). JVP Bay Area Facilitates "IDF" Fundraiser: A Critique of Obedient Protest. indybay.org At the November 5 protest against the "Friends of the IDF Gala" in San Carlos, hundreds of people mobilized to shut down this fundraiser for a fascist zionist genocidal army, but the key player preventing the actual disruption of this event was the non-profit that "organized" the protest, Jewish Voices for Peace Bay Area. | JVP Bay Area did the dirty work of the police and the "israeli" occupation forces [IOF]. Through their aggressive peace policing, relentless harassment of anyone who wanted to do something more than stand and shout, and protest marshaling that helped the donors of settler-colonialist genocide…
(2023-11-08). Showboating for War. counterpunch.org 
Banished Prime Ministers are an irritation. They clog the airwaves of punditry with their views about how things were and how things should be. But even there, degrees of severity and competence should be observed. The more noble sorts would pursue the goals of peace, even as they bag large wads of cash in stating the obvious.
(2023-11-08). JBLM Protection Division Calls Nov 6th 2023 Protesters at Port of Tacoma Terrorists. indybay.org The Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), WA Protection Division / Anti-terrorism office is again tracking peaceful protesters exercising their First Amendment Rights. JBLM calls these protesters terrorists.
(2023-11-08). Armenia obstinately strengthens its alignment with US. infobrics.org The American objective with its cooperation with Armenia is to keep it militarily weakened and vulnerable to Azerbaijan's actions, so that the Armenian government is forced to request military intervention and "peacekeeping mission" from NATO to "protect the Armenians".
(2023-11-08). Thursday 11/9: Gaza-Israel Conflict: Context and Root Causes. indybay.org San José Peace & Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street | San José, CA 95112…
(2023-11-08). Ceasefire Now: More Deaths Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East. indybay.org November 4, 2023 – We need an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a return of all prisoners, and a halt to all forms of violence against civilians and collective punishment, including bombing of ambulances and refugee camps, and deprivation of food, water, medicine, electricity, and outside communication.
(2023-11-08). Headlines for November 8, 2023. democracynow.org "Either Kill Us All or Let Us Live": Civilians Have Nowhere to Go as Israel Decimates Gaza, Israeli Mourners Mark One Month Since Oct. 7 Hamas Attack; Grieving Mom Slams Netanyahu, G7 Calls for "Pauses" in Israeli Assault as U.S. Rebuffs Idea of Post-Conflict Occupation of Gaza, Over 150 Killed in West Bank Since Oct. 7.; Prominent Palestinian Activist Ahed Tamimi Arrested, House Censures Rashida Tlaib, Congress's Only Palestinian American, Abortion Rights and Democrats Score Major Victories One Year Ahead of National Elections, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi Beg…
(2023-11-08). "Stop This Madness": Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram, 87, Condemns Israeli Assault & Calls for Peace. democracynow.org 
We speak with 87-year-old Holocaust survivor Marione Ingram, who has been protesting outside the White House calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Ingram says experiencing anti-Jewish hate, losing family members to the Nazi killing machine and surviving the Allied bombing of Hamburg as a child all inspire her to speak out for peace. "What Israel is doing will not end this conflict. It will only exacerbate it," says Ingram. She calls the vote to censure Palestinian American Congressmember Rashida Tlaib "shameful" and describes her as a "hero." We also hear from leading Holocaust scho…
(2023-11-08). Dear Readers, You Are Making an Impact! Global Research Is Committed to Peace and Justice. globalresearch.ca Draconian measures against free speech and free expression have become intense in the course of the last three weeks amid the Israeli siege of Gaza. | Online censorship, imposed by Big Tech in coordination with Big Money, has made objective reporting …
(2023-11-09). Cuba states that peace and sustainable development are urgent goals. plenglish.com Paris, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Minister of Education Naima Ariatne Trujillo called at the 42nd UNESCO General Conference on Thursday to maintain efforts tirelessly in pursuit of peace, sustainable development and the eradication of poverty.
(2023-11-09). Baltimore Rallies for Palestine. workers.org 
Baltimore, Nov. 1, 2023. Baltimore Hundreds of people were out at Baltimore's Penn Station on Nov. 1 to protest against Israel's genocide of Palestinians. The rally, led by Baltimore Palestine Solidarity, If Not Now, Jewish Voice for Peace and Ujima People's Party, targeted U.S. political and economic support for the . . . |
(2023-11-09). Perez Esquivel warns against Milei's plan of chaos and dependence. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel warned on Thursday of the presidential candidate for "La Libertad Avanza" (LLA)Javier Milei ¥s intention to trigger chaos and turn Argentina into a U.S. colony.
(2023-11-09). Massachusetts solidarity with Palestine. workers.org 
Fawaz Abusharkh of the Palestinian House of New England leading marchers through Salem, Massachusetts, Nov. 4, 2023. Boston The greater Boston area experienced a weeklong upsurge of actions for Palestine culminating on Nov. 4. Cambridge cops, state cops and agents of Homeland Security brutally attacked nearly 200 peaceful protesters who . . . |
(2023-11-09). Israeli Communists and others take peace protest ban to Supreme Court. peoplesworld.org 
JERUSALEM—Expect fewer peace demonstrations in Israel, thanks to a decision of the Supreme Court on Wednesday that sided with police who argued protests are a threat to public order. Though many Israelis—Jewish and Arab—have been taking to the streets to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war against Palestinians over the past month, the size of …
(2023-11-08). US Military Presence in Guyana is a Threat to LATAM: Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuela rejected the announcement made by Guyana that indicates the intention to increase the US military presence in that country. Below is the statement posted by the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil: | RELATED: | "The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, faithful to its Bolivarian Peace Diplomacy Doctrine, joint announcement made by the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and the United S…
(2023-11-09). Venezuela's Electoral Authorities Meet Carter Center Delegation. orinocotribune.com The Board of Directors of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) met with the representatives of the Carter Center who paid a courtesy visit to the electoral body. | The meeting, that took place on Tuesday, November 7, is part of the agreements signed last month in Barbados between the Venezuelan government and the opposition Unitary Platform, to hold presidential elections in the second half of 2024 with the participation of international electoral observers. | The Carter Center delegation was received by CNE President Elvis Amoroso, Vice President Carlos Quintero, Rectors Rosalba Gil, Juan Carlos Delpi…
(2023-11-09). Nicaragua expresa apoyo a referendo de Venezuela sobre Esequibo. telesurtv.net Ortega subrayó que el presidente de Venezuela Nicolás Maduro se encuentra librando la batalla de Simón Bolívar y de Hugo Chávez.
(2023-11-09). President Maduro: Future of Essequibo Will Be Decided by December 3 Referendum. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, stated that "the future of the Essequibo territory will be decided through the vote on Sunday, December 3." | The president made this statement on Tuesday, November 7, during an event of the National Union in Defense of the Essequibo, held at the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas. The event was part of the open and permanent dialogue among all sectors of the country to assume responsibilities regarding Venezuela's historic struggle in the defense of its territorial integrity. At the event, President Maduro explained the work of the Presidential Commission for the Defens…
(2023-11-08). President Maduro: Zionism is More Dangerous Than Nazism. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro referred to Zionism as an ideology that is more dangerous that Nazism and ratified his solidarity with the people of Palestine who are falling victim to the crimes and genocide committed by the Israeli apartheid regime. Israeli attacks on Gaza have now continued for 31 days of relentless murder, largely of defenseless Palestinian women and children, constituting a crime against humanity by any standard. "Let us stop the Zionist genocide against the beloved Palestinian people," stated president Maduro. | This Monday, November 6, the Palestinian ambassador to Venezuela, Fadi Alz…
(2023-11-08). Ente electoral venezolano sostiene reunión con el Centro Carter. telesurtv.net El encuentro entre el CNE y el Centro Carter se dio como parte de los acuerdos firmados en Barbados entre el Gobierno venezolano y sectores de la oposición.
(2023-11-08). Realizan acto de unión nacional en defensa de la Guayana Esequiba en Venezuela. telesurtv.net El presidente denunció una campaña para "enconar un conflicto en escalada" para desestabilizar a Venezuela, al Caribe y a toda Latinoamérica.
(2023-11-08). Venezuela afirma que investigación de la CPI tiene motivación política. telesurtv.net El canciller intervino a propósito de la segunda audiencia en la CPI, prevista para la solicitud de apelación presentada por Venezuela.
(2023-11-08). Venezuela rechaza aumento de presencia militar de EE.UU. en Guyana. telesurtv.net Venezuela alerta a la comunidad internacional y a los países del Caribe de esta peligrosa maniobra ejecutada por Guyana.
(2023-11-09). Nicaragua Supports Venezuela's Referendum on Essequibo. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega expressed his support for Venezuela's referendum on the Essequibo and recognized the historical right of the Bolivarian nation over this territory. | RELATED: | Ortega stressed that the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is fighting a battle for the independence and sovereignty of his country similar to the battle that the liberator Simon Bolivar and the commander Hugo…
(2023-11-09). Venezuela Was Deprived of a Significant Extension of Its Territory. telesurenglish.net In an interview on Wednesday during the program 'Journalists Ask,' the executive vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, referred to the territorial dispute over the Essequiba Guayana saying that "the truth is that Venezuela was deprived of an important extension of its territory." | RELATED: | We were born with that territory; even, in the formation as Captaincy General that territory was part of Venezuela,…
(2023-11-08). PDVSA and Maurel & Prom Sign Framework Agreement. telesurenglish.net This is an agreement "for the increase of production, which is extremely important and will allow continue strengthening the development of the state-owned oil company for the benefit of the national economy," said Pedro Rafael Tellechea. | Framework agreement between Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and the French company Maurel & Prom. Nov. 8, 2023.