Dave DeCamp (2023-12-11). Netanyahu's National Security Advisor Says Israel Ready to Act Against Houthis. news.antiwar.com Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi said on Saturday that Israel was ready to act against the Houthis in Yemen if the US and its allies do not. "Israel is giving the world some time to organize in order to prevent this but if there isn't to be a global arrangement, because it is a global …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-10). Biden Administration Bypasses Congress to Get More Tank Shells to Israel. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration is bypassing Congress to get 13,000 rounds of tank ammunition to Israel to fuel its onslaught in Gaza by waiving a congressional review period for foreign weapons sales. On Friday night, the State Department notified Congress that it was going through with the $106 million sale of 120mm tank ammunition. The US …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-10). China, Philippines Trade Accusation Over Collision in South China Sea. news.antiwar.com Chinese and Philippine vessels collided near a disputed reef in the South China Sea as tensions in the waters continue to rise. Beijing and Manila traded blame for the incident, which took place near Second Thomas Shoal, where Chinese and Philippine vessels have frequent intense encounters. The incidents typically occur when the Philippines attempts to …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-10). Netanyahu Says He Appreciates US Veto of UN Gaza Ceasefire Resolution. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said he appreciated the US vetoing a UN Security Council resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and vowed to continue his war in the besieged enclave, which has killed at least 18,000 Palestinians. "Other countries must also understand that it's impossible to support the elimination …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-10). US Embassy in Baghdad Comes Under Mortar Fire. news.antiwar.com The US embassy in Baghdad came under mortar fire on Friday as US assets in Iraq and Syria continue to be targeted over US support for Israel's onslaught in Gaza. According to Reuters, seven mortar rounds landed in the sprawling embassy. US officials said there was minor damage but no casualties. The incident was the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-10). Zelensky to Visit Washington Amid Congressional Negotiations on Ukraine Aid. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Washington this week to push for more aid as Congress is still negotiating a massive spending package that includes over $60 billion for Ukraine. On Tuesday, Zelensky will meet with President Biden at the White House and hold talks with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). He was also invited …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-11). Israel Used US-Supplied White Phosphorous in Attack on Southern Lebanon. news.antiwar.com Israel used US-provided white phosphorous munitions in an attack on southern Lebanon that wounded nine civilians, The Washington Post reported on Monday. White phosphorous can be used by militaries as a smokescreen or as an incendiary chemical weapon that can burn buildings or human skin on contact, in some cases all the way to the …

Angela (2023-12-11). Monday 12/11: The Missing Peace: Discussing Palestine over the Holidays. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Angela (2023-12-11). Friday 12/15: Peace Vigil — Call for Ceasefire + Diplomacy Not More Weapons for Ukraine or Israel! indybay.org in front of MLK Library | 4th and San Fernando | San Jose, CA…

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-12-11). US Blocks Gaza Peace Proposal At UN For Third Time, Holds World Hostage. popularresistance.org The United States has used its veto power in the United Nations Security Council three times in less than two months to kill resolutions calling for peace in Gaza. | Meanwhile, Washington is sending billions of dollars worth of weapons to Israel, directly assisting the country as it commits war crimes against Palestinian civilians. | On December 8, the Security Council voted on a resolution that called for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" and the unconditional release of all hostages. | The United States was the only country on the 15-member council that voted against the measure.

Black Alliance for Peace (2023-12-11). On this Human Rights Day, Let Us Remember that the U.S. is the Greatest Violator of Human Rights in the World. dissidentvoice.org As the international community celebrates December 10th as International Human Rights Day, it is imperative that the world also affirm that violators of the fundamental human rights of peoples and nations will be held accountable. From the war in Ukraine to mass incarceration of Black, Latino and Native Peoples in the U.S. to Obama's ongoing …

Pressenza Philippines (2023-12-11). The World, Including the Asia Pacific, Continues its Quest for Peace and Non-violence. pressenza.com

WSWS (2023-12-11). Police provocatively break up peaceful protest against Gaza genocide in Royal Oak, Michigan. wsws.org At the demonstration in the Detroit suburb, over 200 youth and workers, including many families with children, marched to express their disgust at the complicity of US imperialism and the Democratic Party over the genocide in Gaza.

Angela (2023-12-10). Sunday 12/10: The Rise of Jewish Voice for Peace. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Angela (2023-12-10). Monday 12/11: The Missing Peace: Discussing Palestine over the Holidays. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Anil Oza, Nature. (2023-12-10). Scientists Skip COP28 To Demand Climate Action At Home. popularresistance.org Some scientists-turned-activists have changed tactics during this year's United Nations climate summit. Rather than staging demonstrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at the meeting itself, they are coordinating protests against governments' lack of progress reining in greenhouse-gas emissions closer to home — by blocking parts of fossil-fuel operations in their own countries and appealing to local governments. | Although the United Arab Emirates has pledged to allow peaceful protests and "the expression of values" at the 28th annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), the country normally bans unauth…

Editor (2023-12-10). Dec 10, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ The Ghost of Tom Joad — Bruce Springsteen w/Tom Morello Christmas Truces Past and Future — World Beyond War Only Truth And Clear Seeing Can Lead Us To Peace And Harmony, by Caitlin Johnstone A Wall and a Watchtower: Why is Israel Failing? by Ilan Pappe On How Israeli/US War Crimes in Gaza are orders of Magnitude Worse than Russia in Ukraine, by Juan Cole The Genocide in Gaza — Chris Hedges Lecture (Video) Day 64: U.S., alone against the world, vetoes Security Council resolution on Gaza ceasefire Israel flooding tunnels in Gaza would constitute war crime — Russian diploma…

Gerry Condon, Peace, Planet News. (2023-12-10). Witnessing The Gaza Genocide And Dealing With Despair. popularresistance.org Israel's genocidal assault on the civilian population of Gaza is not being carried out by carpet bombing alone. Electricity and water have been cut off. Desperately needed food, water and medical supplies are not being allowed in. Israel has deployed starvation as a weapon of war. Hundreds of big-rig trucks are lined up at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, waiting to deliver their cargoes of food, water, medicine, and basic necessities. | This is the southern Gaza border, which is supposed to be controlled by Egypt. Israel has bombed the Gaza side of the border, however, and Egypt, a military dictatorship tha…

Larry Johnson (2023-12-10). Moscow Trip Report. sonar21.com Why was I in Moscow? It was not a secret mission. Let's call it a mission of peace. I was invited to speak at a round table on multi-polarity and the future of Russian/American relations by the International Russophile Movement. The IRM or "MIR" (in French), is a recently formed organization. Pepe Escobar wrote about the inaugural meeting, which took place in March 2023 ( This was a much smaller gathering and I was fortunate to be invited to share the co…

Partido Humanista de Chile (2023-12-10). Villa Grimaldi, from horror to hope. pressenza.com On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the civil-military coup d'état, a commemorative event for International Human Rights Day will be held in the Villa Grimaldi Peace Park, next Sunday 10th December 2023, at 10am. | At the event, a plaque will be unveiled for the Humanist Party Deputy, Laura Rodríguez Riccomini, who served in the former 24th district of Peñalolén and La Reina, between 1990 and 1992. | With this Ceremony, a recognition will be made of the contribution of our Deputy, who, hearing the clamour of the neighbours of her district, carried out, on the one hand, nonviolent actions together with the…

Rédaction Bordeaux (2023-12-10). Meadow of Peace: a place open to artists. pressenza.com Not far from Bordeaux, on the Route des Pyrénées, after Langon, more precisely in a place called La jeune France (young France), there is an extraordinary place, open to all and dedicated to peace. | It is in this park that Hervé, a peace activist, is going to organise a day on Sunday 14 April 2024 on the theme of Art and Peace. Everyone will be able to attend with a work of art dedicated to Peace. It is not necessary to be an experienced artist to participate, as everyone can create a work of art with their hands or their body: a song, a dance, a painting, a drawing, a sculpture, etc. | Participation is free, so…

Angela (2023-12-10). Friday 12/15: Peace Vigil — Call for Ceasefire + Diplomacy Not More Weapons for Ukraine or Israel! indybay.org in front of MLK Library | 4th and San Fernando | San Jose, CA…

Editor (2023-12-11). US Blocks Gaza Peace Proposal at UN for 3rd Time, Holding World Hostage. scheerpost.com

_____ (2023-12-11). Peacebuilding During a Time of War? Bottom-Up Peacebuilding Between Israelis and Palestinians. transcend.org While the world focuses on the human tragedy of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, there are hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals actively working to build peace. Peace News spoke to some of these peacebuilders to understand their experience during this war.

_____ (2023-12-11). The Forgotten (Part 4): President Bashar-al-Assad, Syrian Civil War Chief Peace Disruptor. transcend.org "The Syrian War has effectively demonstrated that under violent conditions there is total stripping of Dignity, even in Death, while the perpetrators of crimes against humanity are thriving unaccountably, in a pseudo-civilised manner. Unfortunately, this trend has been repeatedly perpetuated in the 21st century, on a regular basis, disrupting Peace."

_____ (2023-12-11). TMS Holidays Fundraising—'Please, don't let us sink!'. transcend.org Dear reader and supporter, this is a rather emotional appeal. We need your cooperation to stay afloat. Contributions from readers continue dwindling. Meanwhile, the war industry thrives. Our mottoes, Peace by Peaceful Means — Solutions-Oriented Peace Journalism are from TMS co-founder Johan Galtung. Not merely mottoes but ways of living. Thank you!

_____ (2023-12-11). UN Secretary-General António Guterres' Urgent Letter to UNSC over Gaza. transcend.org 6 Dec 2023 – I am writing under Article 99 of the UN Charter to bring to the attention of the Security Council a matter that may aggravate existing threats to the maintenance of international peace and security. More than eight weeks of hostilities in Gaza and Israel have created appalling human suffering, physical destruction and collective trauma across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

midwesternmarx (2023-12-11). Essequibo and ExxonMobil: A Tale of Imperialism and Undermining of the Bolivarian Revolution By: Lema Maiwand. midwesternmarx.com As a collective, we need to seriously re-evaluate the contexts in which we use the terms "sovereignty", "self-determination", and "imperialism", especially when it's devoid of historical analysis/context and in service of imperialist designs. We are at the point of the news cycle (again), where every two years or so, there is global denunciation and vilification of Venezuela, and even stronger calls for military intervention in the country. F …

Staff (2023-12-11). Presidentes de Venezuela y Guyana abordarán cara a cara tema sobre el Esequibo. telesurtv.net Dirigentes de la Celac y el Caricom han evaluado "la necesidad urgente de reducir la escalada del conflicto e instituir un diálogo apropiado cara a cara" entre los presidentes.

Staff (2023-12-10). Essequibo Dispute: Venezuela and Guyana Agree on Presidential Meeting. orinocotribune.com

Stephen Gibbs (2023-12-10). Leaders of Venezuela and Guyana to meet amid border dispute. america.cgtn.com The leaders of Venezuela and Guyana have agreed to face-to-face talks this week amid a long-running border dispute that's taken on newfound urgency.

teleSUR, JCM, JDO (2023-12-10). Venezuela y Guyana se reunirán sin interferencia de actores externos. telesurtv.net La reunión tendrá lugar el próximo 14 de diciembre, en San Vicente y las Granadinas, a las 10H00 hora local. Fue convenida por ambos países en el seno de la Celac.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-12-10). Guyana y ExxonMobil tendrán que sentarse a dialogar con Venezuela. telesurtv.net Presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reivindica el Acuerdo de Ginebra como medio para solucionar el conflicto.

ecsorinoco (2023-12-11). Venezuela's Foreign Minister Thanks CELAC and CARICOM for Supporting Dialogue with Guyana. orinocotribune.com CELAC and CARICOM helped to bring about the high-level meeting between the presidents of Venezuela and Guyana on December 14. | Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, thanked the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the efforts these organizations took to promote dialogue between Venezuela and Guyana. | The chancellor emphasized that the intervention of both multilateral bodies made possible the high-level meeting to be held by presidents Nicolás Maduro and Irfaan Ali next Thursday, December 14, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. | In a m…

Dan La Botz (2023-12-11). Could the U.S. Become Involved in a War Between Venezuela and Guyana? fpif.org The United States has taken the first steps in becoming involved in a potential war between Venezuela and Guyana. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela is claiming the territory of the oil-rich Essequibo region of neighboring Guyana, a claim recently backed by a referendum. Maduro then produced a new Venezuelan map that includes Essequibo as a new state. A 1996 agreement between the two countries gives the United Nations International Court of Justice the power to resolve disputes, but Maduro has rejected its involvement. All of this is seen as a prelude to military action to take over the province and its petrol…

krish-rad_ind (2023-12-11). Essequibo Dispute: Venezuela and Guyana Agree on Presidential Meeting. orinocotribune.com

latintimes (2023-12-11). Guyana, Venezuela Presidents To Meet Thursday On Border Row. latintimes.com Tension has soared over Essequibo, which has historically been controlled by Guyana, since Maduro's government held a controversial referendum last weekend in which 95 percent of voters supported declaring Venezuela its rightful owner, according to official results.