The problem isn’t “global inaction” to prevent mass atrocities, as The Guardian claims, writes Jonathan Cook. It’s intense U.S. and U.K. support for atrocities so long as they bolster their global power. Gaza, Oct. 17. (Saleh Najm and Anas Sharif/Fars News/Wikimedia Commons) By Jonathan CookDeclassified UK How do politicians, diplomats, the media and even the human rights community keep us […]
West Fears ‘Atrocity Upsurge’ While Ignoring Gaza
A few years ago I clicked on a news headline and found that it wasn’t an article, it was a live news blog. The top line informed me that the chancellor had delivered his budget, and they would have “instant reax soon.” Even the word ‘reactions’ was apparently too long for our culture of immediacy. […]
After 28 years, the elephant has been named
Israeli forces started to withdraw Thursday from the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp following a major military offensive that lasted more than 60 hours and killed at least 12 Palestinians, including four children.
Israel killing children in Jenin with drones
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A cargo ship caught fire in the Red Sea on December 15 after being hit by a projectile from Yemen, say US and Ambrey
The news agency identified the ship as the Liberian-flagged Al Jasrah. This was confirmed by the private intelligence firm Ambrey, which also reported the attack.
“The projectile reportedly hit the port side of the vessel and one container fell overboard due to the impact,” Ambrey said. “The projectile caused a ‘fire on deck’ which was broadcast via” radio.
The Al Jasrah is operated by the German-based Hapag Lloyd. Ambrey noted that the shipping company “is known to have offices in the Israeli ports of Ashdod, Haifa and Tel Aviv.”
Ansar Allah demonstrates military in North Yemen
The attack on the ship was most likely carried out by the Houthis (Ansar Allah), who are a part of the so-called Axis of Resistance that is backed by Iran and opposes Israel.
Two ballistic missiles were fired in a second attack, one of which struck a vessel, causing a fire, which the crew was working to extinguish, the US official said.
The Associated Press news agency identified the vessel struck in the second attack as the Liberian-flagged MSC Palatium III.
The group has fired several missiles and drones at the southernmost Israeli city of Eilat since the beginning of the Israeli war on the Palestinian Gaza Strip. It has also assaulted a number of Israeli-owned ships and announced a blockade on all ships heading to Israel.
Danish shipping company Maersk said on Friday it was suspending its vessels’ passage through the key Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and the German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd said it would pause journeys in the Red Sea until Monday.
Ansar Allah Attacked, Captured Container Ships Close To Bab El-Mandeb Strait
Just day earlier, the Houthis said that they struck the Maersk Gibraltar, a Hong Kong-flagged cargo container vessel, near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait with a suicide drone.
This was however denied by both the ship owner, Danish shipping company Maersk, and the United States Central Command, which said in a statement that the vessel was in fact targeted with a ballistic missile.
Yemen’s Ansarallah to boycott US, Israeli goods-The Sanaa government has also decided to ban all US-made goods and those produced by international companies that support Israel’s occupation of Palestine. .
The Houthis recent attacks forced ships heading to Israel from Asia to take a route that circles Africa, making the journey three weeks longer and more expensive.In addition, the arrival of commercial ships to the port of Eilat has almost completely stopped.
The U.S. has reportedly warned the Houthis from continuing their attacks and is preparing to announce a special upgraded multinational task force in the Red Sea.
The Prime Minister of Yemen’s National Salvation Government (NSG), Abdulaziz bin Habtour, said on 10 November that Sanaa will continue to conduct attacks on Israel for as long as the ethnic cleansing campaign of Gaza continues.
Alanya and Palatium III both listed Jeddah in Saudi Arabia as their destination, according to data from ship tracking and maritime analytics provider MarineTraffic.
“We will continue to prevent all ships heading to Israeli ports until the food and medicine our people need in the Gaza Strip is brought in,” the AnsarAllah statement said.
No casualties reported from strike on Strinda tanker as it passed through strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
“We assure all ships heading to all ports of the world apart from Israeli ports that they will suffer no harm and they must keep their identification device on,” it said.
The Ansar Allah movement, called Houthis in the West after their leader, at present have forced a Ceasefire with US backed Saudi colonial forces, who still seek to have their proxies returned to control all Yemen, despite failing in the long horrific war. With US backing the Saudis obtained recognition of their occupiers and proxies as still the legally recognised government of Yemen.
AnsarAllah have long had a growing expertise in building long range drones, always blamed by the West on Iranian aid. The Houthis are mainly a local branch of Shiite muslims who are also severely repressed in Saudi Arabia which is ruled by a Sunni clan.
from thefreeonline on Dec 14th 2023 by Freedom News
At least one protester successfully entered the event before being removed by security and arrested.
Crowds of pro-Palestine protesters have gathered outside an Israeli fundraising event at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) attended by Israeli Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, and Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden is also in attendance. Israel’s president, Isaac Hertog, addressed the event via video link.
RSA staff left the building as a picket formed outside the event in central London this morning. The crowd comprised protesters waving flags, chanting “Shame on you” and playing drums. The crowds have gathered since around 10.30 am and show no signs of dissipating.
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“As RSA workers, we had no idea that our employer was hosting this event or that the Israeli Ambassador would be in our workplace today. It’s an affront to many staff, especially those with family or friends in Gaza, which Hotoveley’s Government is turning into a graveyard.
The presence of Hotovely, who has made such sickening comments in justification of the killing of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, makes many of us feel unsafe in our place of work. We are ashamed that management has allowed this to happen.
On top of our ongoing fight for fair pay, this makes clear that they have no regard for staff wellbeing or the progressive values the RSA has historically held.”
~ Nikki, a worker at the RSA who left the building to join the picket and does not wish to give her real name
At least one protester successfully entered the event before being removed by security and arrested.
A leaked email from RSA Operations, which is attached, states that they did not know the details of the event as it was booked by an external client who did not disclose its full details in advance and that they will “investigate immediately”.
“We salute the RSA workers who walked out and picketed their place of work in protest against their employer playing host to key figures in Israel’s murderous regime.
Workers and trade unionists throughout Britain, across different sectors, are taking action in their workplaces against complicity in Israel’s indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Gaza, leading United Nations experts to warn of mass ethnic cleansing.
We will continue to organise and disrupt, whether its mass walkouts from our workplaces, blockading arms factories or forcing our employers to divest from Israeli companies which participate in the oppression of Palestinians, we will not stand by while genocide takes place.”
~ Ali, from Workers for a Free Palestine, which is supporting the protest
Yesterday, hundreds of protesters gathered at the annual SME 4 Labour awards ceremony to call on senior Labour figures to push for a full ceasefire in Gaza.
from thefreeonline on 13 Dec, 2023 by HomeWorld News
With the lives of hostages at stake, Israel is trying to keep the war crime quiet
Flooding Gaza’s Tunnels with Seawater is War Crime – Russia Warns Israel
The Israeli military has begun pumping seawater into Hamas’ underground tunnel network beneath Gaza, the Wall Street Journal has reported. Israeli officials have refused to comment on the alleged operation, which could endanger the lives of more than 100 hostages and contaminate the strip’s water supply.
Israel’s military said its mission to destroy an estimated 500 kilometers (311 miles) of tunnels across the Gaza Strip will take months, causing a scale of urban destruction that make Gaza unlivable Bloomberg
Israeli soldiers show the media an alleged Hamas tunnel beneath Gaza City, November 22, 2023 © AP / Victor R. Caivano
Israeli forces began experimenting with flooding the tunnels after transporting powerful pumps into Gaza last month, the newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing US officials. Fully flooding the hundreds of miles of tunnels and bunkers beneath Gaza is expected to take several weeks, the report claimed.
A spokesperson for Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant refused to comment, stating that any military operations involving the tunnels are classified. However, Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said last week that flooding the subterranean network was “a good idea, but I won’t comment on its specifics.”
Israel losing support over ‘indiscriminate bombing’ – Biden
The tactic is contentious in Israel. Relatives of the roughly 140 hostages still in Hamas’ captivity fear that flooding the tunnels will kill their loved ones, who are believed to be held in the passages.
In meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, freed hostages complained that the flooding would be a death sentence for those left behind, according to audio recordings published by Hebrew news site Ynet last week.
Biden points to Gaza hostages when asked about Israeli tunnel flooding reports and declines to answer
Questioned about the flooding operation, US President Joe Biden claimed on Tuesday that he has heard “assertions” that “there’s no hostages in any of these tunnels. But I don’t know that for a fact.”
US officials have, however, raised concerns that pumping large amounts of seawater underground could contaminate Gaza’s limited freshwater resources. Prior to the conflict with Israel, around 90% of the enclave’s drinking water came from groundwater wells, according to the Palestinian Water Authority.
The remainder came from local desalination and wastewater plants – which cannot operate without fuel – as well as Israeli pipelines, which Israel shut off immediately after Hamas’ October 7 attack.
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From Israel’s perspective, filling the tunnels with water is preferable to sending troops beneath the ground to face armed militants and booby traps. While Israeli forces control much of Gaza City in the north of the strip and some of Khan Younis in the south, “the problem is Hamas is going underground,” former Israeli military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin told the Wall Street Journal.
Even in the areas that Israel has taken, “the subterranean [theater] continues to be the challenge,” retired Israeli colonel Miri Eisin told the newspaper.
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