Dave DeCamp (2023-12-07). Israeli Defense Minister Threatens Military Action to Push Hezbollah Back from Lebanon Border. news.antiwar.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-07). Senate Republicans Block $111 Billion Military Aid Bill Over Border Dispute. news.antiwar.com Senate Republicans blocked a motion to advance a massive $111 billion spending package that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan over a partisan dispute on border issues. The effort failed in a vote of 49-51, with every Republican voting against the measure. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) also voted "no" due to his opposition …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-08). White House Says No Deadline for Israel to End Gaza Onslaught. news.antiwar.com US Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer said Thursday that the Biden administration has not set a deadline on Israel's war in Gaza and reiterated US opposition to a ceasefire. "We have not given a firm deadline to Israel, not really our role. This is their conflict. That said, we do have influence, even if …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-07). Senate Votes Down Resolution to Withdraw Troops from Syria. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Thursday voted down a resolution that would have directed President Biden to withdraw all US troops from Syria, where US forces have come under frequent attack in response to President Biden's support for Israel's Gaza onslaught. The bill failed in a vote of 13-84 and received support from seven Democrats, five Republicans, …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-07). US Looks to Help Ukraine Increase Its Own Weapons Production. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian officials traveled to Washington this week to attend a conference on building up Ukraine's own military industrial complex to reduce its reliance on the West for military equipment. Opening the conference on Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the US and its allies would work to strengthen "Ukraine's defense industrial base, both to …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-07). US Military Conducting Flight Operations in Guyana Amid Venezuela Tensions. news.antiwar.com The US military said Thursday that it would conduct flight operations in Guyana amid tensions between the Caribbean nation and its neighbor Venezuela over the disputed Guayana Esequiba region. Guayana Esequiba is an oil-rich region that makes up about two-thirds of the territory of the state of Guyana, which gained independence from Britain in 1966. …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-07). US Tells Israel Not to Strike the Houthis in Yemen. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration has asked Israel not to respond to recent attacks by Yemen's Houthis, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The Houthis, formally known as Ansar Allah, have fired missiles and drones at Israel in response to the Israeli onslaught in Gaza and have targeted Israeli-linked commercial ships in the Red Sea. US …

Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels (2023-12-07). 82 Years Ago: The Pearl Harbor "False Flag" and The Wars of Corporate America. globalresearch.ca Washington knew a Japanese fleet was on its way to Pearl Harbor, but welcomed the attack since a Japanese aggression would make it possible to "sell" the war to an anti-war American public.

WSWS (2023-12-07). Public meeting in Australia: Stop the Gaza genocide! Build a socialist anti-war movement! wsws.org The meeting, in Sydney and online, will discuss the revolutionary socialist perspective required to end the genocide and its source, the capitalist system.

Canadians for Justice, Peace in the Middle East (2023-12-08). Anti-Palestinian Racism in Canada. dissidentvoice.org After months of research and analysis, CJPME published a landmark study highlighting the widespread problem of anti-Palestinian racism (APR) in Canada. Entitled, "Anti-Palestinian Racism in Canada: CJPME's 2022 Report," the report constitutes the first-ever, non-exhaustive study of APR in Canada, and exposes more than 500 examples of this form of racism in online written content …

Catherine Crockett (2023-12-08). Sunday 12/17: Holiday Bazaar & Annual Open House. indybay.org Monterey Peace and Justice Center | 1364 Fremont Blvd. | Seaside, CA 93955…

Nauman Sadiq (2023-12-08). Sabotage of the Kiev-Moscow March 2022 Peace Agreement in Istanbul. The End Game is the Destruction and Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Ukrainian negotiators said that under their proposals, Kyiv would agree not to join alliances or host bases of foreign troops. The proposals, which would require a referendum in Ukraine. They have essentially agreed to to reject NATO membership.

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-12-07). Officials Admit West Sabotaged Ukraine Peace Deal With Russia. popularresistance.org The United States has played a key role in fueling the wars in both Israel-Palestine and Ukraine. | The US government has sought to prevent peace in Gaza, vetoing resolutions in the UN Security Council that call for a ceasefire, while sending weapons to Israel to help it bomb densely populated civilian areas, contributing to the killing of more than 15,000 Palestinians, approximately 70% of whom are women and children. | Since 2022, Washington has done exactly the same in Ukraine, torpedoing peace proposals that Russia had supported. | This has been confirmed by numerous sources, including the former leader of Ge…

Ben Norton (2023-12-07). US-NATO Sabotaged Ukraine March 2022 Peace Deal with Russia. globalresearch.ca

Catherine Crockett (2023-12-07). Sunday 12/17: Holiday Bazaar & Annual Open House. indybay.org Monterey Peace and Justice Center | 1364 Fremont Blvd. | Seaside, CA 93955…

CODEPINK (2023-12-07). Peace Coalition Floods US Senate with Demands Ceasefire in Gaza in Day of Action. globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-12-07). The War In Ukraine Would Have Been Over in March 2022, if the U.S. Had not Sabotaged the Istanbul Peace Negotations. Washington Post. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-12-07). West sabotaged Ukraine peace deal with Russia, admit Zelensky official and Germany's ex leader. mronline.org Russia wanted to sign a peace deal with Ukraine in March 2022, but NATO countries sabotaged it, according to Germany's former Chancellor Gerhard Schrà∂der and the parliamentary faction leader of Zelensky's political party, Davyd Arakhamia.

Editor (2023-12-07). West Sabotaged Ukraine Peace Deal With Russia, Admit Zelensky Official and Germany's Ex Leader. scheerpost.com

Leila Warah (2023-12-07). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 62: UN Chief invokes Article 99, warning Israel's war on Gaza threatens 'international peace and security'. mondoweiss.net Israel continues massacring Palestinians in Gazan, approves provocative Israeli march through Al-Aqsa Mosque and kills a Palestinian child in the West Bank.

Sharon Zhang (2023-12-07). Over 500 Staff at Over 140 Jewish Organizations Call for Gaza Ceasefire. truthout.org Over 500 workers for over 140 U.S. Jewish organizations are calling for President Joe Biden to support an immediate end to the violence in Gaza, in a new letter effort announced Thursday. The staffers write in an open letter that freedom for Jewish and Palestinian communities can only come by pursuing lasting peace in Palestine, rather than allowing Israel to continue its genocide in Gaza that has… |

Unver Sel (2023-12-07). "The US and the UK prefer a long war in Ukraine rather than peace," Interview with Unver Sel. globalresearch.ca

geo.tv (2023-12-07). 'Peach Fuzz' named 'Pantone's Color of the Year' — What's the deal with it?>. geo.tv 'Peach Fuzz' represents peace and serenity and light fruity tone aims to provide a warm and nurturing touch…

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-12-08). Inicia en Venezuela consulta pública de Ley Orgánica para la Defensa de la Guayana Esequiba. telesurtv.net Con este paso debe abrir un debate en torno a dicho un instrumento entre todas y todos los venezolanos.

teleSUR, MER (2023-12-08). Presidente Maduro denuncia pretensiones de despojar a Venezuela de la Guayana Esequiba. telesurtv.net El mandatario Maduro precisó que el objetivo es desmembrar al país en pedazos y robar la riqueza que le pertenece a los venezolanos.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-12-08). Canciller de Venezuela se reúne con primer ministro sanvicentino. telesurtv.net El canciller venezolano expuso los resultados del referendo consultivo sobre la defensa de la Guayana Esequiba.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-12-08). Venezuela presenta a Caricom resultados de referendo consultivo. telesurtv.net El canciller venezolano calificó de contundente la votación de los venezolanos en defensa del territorio Esequibo.

WSWS (2023-12-08). Venezuela claims oil-rich territory controlled by Guyana as Pentagon carries out flight operations. wsws.org While the Maduro administration is carrying out an entirely reactionary policy, US imperialism has been the main player stoking up tensions in recent years.

Ana Perdigón (2023-12-07). María Corina Machado Backs Down, Requests Meeting With President Maduro, and Questions Disqualification Evaluation Mechanism. orinocotribune.com Opposition leader María Corina Machado has apparently retreated from her radical and confrontational position against the Venezuelan government, saying that she was ready to sit down and talk with the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro. | In an According to lo…

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-12-07). Venezuela: National Assembly Approves Essequibo Defense Law in 1st Discussion. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, in an extraordinary session, Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) unanimously approved, in the first discussion of the matter, the Organic Law for the Defense of Essequibo to comply with the mandate issued by the Venezuelan people last Sunday, December 3, in a binding referendum. | The legal text was presented by United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Deputy Diosdado Cabello, who highlighted the massive participation on Sunday in the referendum. | "We came out stronger, more united," said Cabello. "I celebrate the active participation of sectors that are not aligned with the Bolivarian Revolutio…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-12-07). UN Security Council will discuss dispute over Essequibo tomorrow. plenglish.com United Nations, December 7 (Prensa Latina) The UN Security Council will discuss the dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo area tomorrow behind closed doors, according to the agenda published today.

Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. (2023-12-07). Gaza Divides The World, Again. popularresistance.org My award for courageous elocution of the week goes hands-down to Samuel Moncada, Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations, who addressed the General Assembly last Tuesday on the topic of Israel and its barbaric attacks on the Palestinians of Gaza. His remarks, which Consortium News reproduced, were appropriately lengthy. Here I draw from his introductory paragraphs: | The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela robustly condemns the Israeli aggression against the civilian population in the occupied Palestinian territories. This is an operation of mass expulsion of an entire people in order to annex their territory b…

Staff (2023-12-07). Amid Strong Differences, Guyana Agrees to Open Communication Channels with Venezuela (+Condemnation of Threats). orinocotribune.com

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-12-07). Inicia en Venezuela consulta pública de Ley Orgánica para la Defensa de la Guayana Esequiba. telesurtv.net Con este paso debe abrir un debate en torno a dicho un instrumento entre todas y todos los venezolanos.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-12-07). Designan a autoridades militares de zona operativa del Esequibo. telesurtv.net Estarán al frente de la Zona Operativa de Defensa Integral Guayana Esequiba y sus respectivas Áreas de Desarrollo Integral.

teleSUR, MER (2023-12-07). Presidente Maduro denuncia pretensiones de despojar a Venezuela de la Guayana Esequiba. telesurtv.net El mandatario Maduro precisó que el objetivo es desmembrar al país en pedazos y robar la riqueza que le pertenece a los venezolanos.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-12-07). Canciller de Venezuela se reúne con primer ministro sanvicentino. telesurtv.net El canciller venezolano expuso los resultados del referendo consultivo sobre la defensa de la Guayana Esequiba.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-12-07). Venezuela presenta a Caricom resultados de referendo consultivo. telesurtv.net El canciller venezolano calificó de contundente la votación de los venezolanos en defensa del territorio Esequibo.

Vijay Prashad, People's Dispatch. (2023-12-07). ExxonMobil Wants To Start A War In Latin America. popularresistance.org On December 3, 2023, a large number of registered voters in Venezuela voted in a referendum over the Essequibo region that is disputed with neighboring Guyana. Nearly all those who voted answered yes to the five questions. These questions asked the Venezuelan people to affirm the sovereignty of their country over Essequibo. "Today," said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, "there are no winners or losers." The only winner, he said, is Venezuela's sovereignty. The principal loser, Maduro said, is ExxonMobil. | In 2022, ExxonMobil made a profit of $55.7 billion, making it one of the world's richest and most powerf…

Vijay Prashad (2023-12-08). ExxonMobil quiere iniciar una guerra en Sudamérica. peoplesdispatch.org Está claro que los venezolanos que acudieron a votar el 3 de diciembre en un referéndum en la región del Esequibo vieron esto menos como un conflicto entre Venezuela y Guyana y más como un conflicto entre ExxonMobil y los pueblos de estos dos países latinoamericanos.