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Anyone post this yet? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/us/politics/us-israel-hostages.html

American boots on the ground.

Death to America.

Trolley problem Palestine / Israel makes every single discord chat immediately interesting no matter whether they're communists, liberals, chuds, zionists or any mixture of the above.

Incredible troll power.

Israel harassing West Bank residents ahead of Blinken arrival

Zein Basravi reporting from Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank.

This is a noticeably busier evening on the Israeli military front in terms of these ongoing operations in the occupied West Bank.

These sorts of constant, consistent harassing, keeping the occupied West Bank and the residents in these communities on edge.

These operations seem to be happening at a higher frequency in the lead-up to the US secretary of state’s visit which should be happening at about 11:00am local time [09:00 GMT on Sunday]. In just a matter of hours, he’ll be coming here.

Blinken is meant to be meeting with the Palestinian Authority President Abbas. No doubt the primary focus of those conversations will be trying to bring about a ceasefire to stop the violence happening in Gaza.

But in parallel, what’s been happening in the occupied West Bank, illegal occupation, settlers attacking Palestinian communities consistently, these ongoing nightly raids by the military, the problem of Israel continuing to slowly digest the occupied West Bank, these will all be issues that no doubt Mahmoud Abbas will raise with the US secretary of state.

But to what end is still an open question.

No level of diplomacy seems to be leading to any solutions or to a halt in the ongoing violence in Palestinian communities, not just in Gaza, but here in the occupied West Bank as well.

-Al Jazeera

Humanitarian Aid is a lie.

https://twitter.com/ramiaalibrahim/status/1719594986273153092?t=IS6FPm9QN1D-h_N6eZ2sSQ&s=19

Imagining a scenario where as a half measure Israel is forced out of the West Bank and suddenly 600,000 fanatic settlers have to move into Israel proper. They'll instantly become hostile to the Israeli state and we'll get news about the IDF doing another crazy Waco incident every 5 days until the state collapses or the settlers nuke Iran.

Lmao, I’d suspected this was the case now after all the things of the last month, but it turns out that Genocide Joe’s favorability has been behind Trump’s for the same stage of his presidency for about 6 months: https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Polling_Index:_Comparison_of_opinion_polling_during_the_Trump_and_Biden_administrations

Holy shit

MENTION

Turkey has withdrawn its ambassador to Israel

Protestors are shutting down Piccadilly Station in Manchester, continuing their protest from St Peter's Square (Twitter)

Hezbollah have released a new hype video titled "We wait for Friday"

https://streamable.com/euqmut

Freudian slip

https://nitter.cz/JordanUhl/status/1719787207232504098

In other news, doohickey(2) explainer just dropped
https://streamable.com/8b2bv3

Yassin-105 tandem shell (fired out of RPG) https://streamable.com/cq9wq6

Israeli Airstrike Claims Lives of 3 Kids, Grandma in Southern Lebanon

Al-Qassam Brigades published scenes of their forces destroying IOF army vehicles (incl a Merkava tank) in the east of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.

Being Pro-Palestine and Pro-Ukraine kind of sucks.

Biden says progress made on ‘humanitarian pause’

US President Joe Biden says progress has been made on securing a so-called “humanitarian pause”.

When asked if any progress had been made on the issue, Biden replied “yes” as he left a church in Delaware and offered a thumbs up before getting into his vehicle. He did not give any further details.

Türkiye recalls ambassador to Tel Aviv for consultations over Israel’s rejection of calls for cease-fire, continued attacks against civilians in Gaza.

takes on The Majority Report today:

"Antony Blinken needs to resign in protest"

"Israel does have a right to exist and should exist, because it does"

Israeli forces cut off northern Gaza from rest of the enclave

There are reports that the Israeli forces are pushing deep into the northwestern parts of the Gaza Strip, namely the city of Beit Lahia, and from the northeastern side of the city of Beit Hanoun. In addition, there are movements from the southeast all the way to the west, cutting two major roads Salah al-Din Street and the coastal line of Rasheed Street.

The Israeli forces keep pushing deep from four different directions, squeezing the Gaza Strip. There are reports about intense fighting going on between the Israeli army and Palestinian groups in these areas, people being killed, more houses being destroyed and residents who could not flee caught in this war zone.

The road to the southern part has been shut, there’s no way for people to leave. Whoever is in northern Gaza will remain there.

maybe they can actually pull off this maneuver, but idk how well they'll be able to hold it

NOW: Israel carrying out very intensive shelling of South Lebanon

So when I’m confident that when it’s all said and done, we’re going to stand together, Israel today, Israel tomorrow, Israel forever.

Hakeem Jeffries in 2014 echoing George Wallace. How does he say that without having a moment of introspection?

Slammer theme post

China supports peace conference on Palestine to push ‘two-state solution’

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has expressed support for a broad and authoritative peace conference on Palestine as soon as possible.

The goal? To push for a “two-state solution”, Wang said in a call with his Omani counterpart, Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement.

:chinese-foreign-policy:

https://nitter.net/RT_India_news/status/1719285559913566246

'Mini-Zelensky' Begs Biden for Washington's Sweet, Sweet Candy?

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's kids turned up to a White House Halloween event... appearing to be dressed as President Zelensky and a Ukraine flag.

#HappyHalloween | #Samhain | #Halloween

Map GOAT Rybar reports a major Russian breakthrough on southwestern flank of Avdiivka, with the longest Ukrainian line of trenches allegedly falling.

This could be fatal for the defending Ukrainian forces, as Russian forces are now pretty much 1km away from the fortified Khimik suburb, and 1km away from the line of small villages that are vital for the Ukrainian supply line here. If Russians start storming these villages and the coke plant north of Avdiivka falls, then the city is effectively under siege.

Israel will deduct funds earmarked for Gaza from Palestinian Authority tax transfers

The Israeli government’s security cabinet made the decision “to deduct all funds designated for the Gaza Strip” from the tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.

“Israel is severing all contact with Gaza,” the government said in a statement.

The transfers have come under renewed scrutiny after far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich this week announced he would not release the funds, accusing the PA of supporting the Hamas attack on October 7.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said yesterday that the transfers should continue, however, in an effort to help “stabilise” the situation in the occupied West Bank, where attacks by Israeli forces and settlers have increased amid the Gaza war.

Deuteronomy 4:27

Moreover, the LORD will scatter you among the nations, and you'll be fewer in number in the nations where the LORD your God will drive you.

Zionist freak: Hey, let's do that but to the Gazans instead: https://twitter.com/Lowkey0nline/status/1720793281678786928

Death toll

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-04-23/h_b83c241e369c45e9de38c95697312747

I miss you, man….

St. Pauli with quite a take on the events, considering their a "left wing" club. What the hell is going on in Germany?

Image from the post gives the gist if you don't want to use the link

Old Reddit Link

Hamas Official Osama Hamdan: "We are proud of the support provided by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon and we salute our brothers in the Islamic Resistance in Iraq and in Yemen."

https://t.me/maymun5/57742

Video shows Israeli tank apparently opening fire on passenger vehicle on the main Gaza road

An Israeli tank was filmed apparently opening fire on a passenger vehicle as it executed a U-turn on the main road running through Gaza.

The footage — filmed by Palestinian freelance journalist Yousif Al Saifi and geolocated by CNN — shows the tank close to the Netzarim Junction, a key crossroad to the south of Gaza City, and about three kilometers (1.8 miles) from the Strip’s eastern boundary.

“The tank was standing there and targeting anyone who came close to it,” Al Saifi said, describing the incident on his Telegram account. “A car and a bus were both targeted in that area; there was also a bulldozer beside the tank.”

It is not known who was driving the vehicle, nor their condition after the incident. The Israeli army has not publicly commented on the incident.

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-10-30-23/h_3fa7520f2f4f62570a128213a50d3db7

Fucking CNN had no video. Here it is - Nitter

I found here - Shocking video shows Israeli tank target family inside car in Gaza - Egypt Independent

Israel's noose around Gaza City begins to tighten

The presence of an Israeli tank on the main north-south highway in the Gaza Strip is surely a sign that Israel’s noose around Gaza City is beginning to tighten.

The tank which fired on a car moving towards Gaza City marks the first appearance of Israeli forces on the road just north of Wadi Gaza.

The tank appears to have moved on, but Wadi Gaza is the line the IDF has repeatedly referred to when telling people living in the northern third of the Gaza Strip – including Gaza City and the surrounding areas – to move south.

It’s clear that as Israeli forces gradually escalate their operations, Gaza City will be a major focus of their efforts.

But with tens – perhaps hundreds – of thousands of people remaining in the north out of fear or determination – it seems the IDF could attempt to cut it off completely.

There are only two north-south roads. Salah-al-Din, where this morning’s incident took place, is the main route. A smaller road, along the coast, can be easily targeted by Israeli warships off the coast.

The area just north of Wadi Gaza is less populated than Gaza City to the north and Bureij and Nuseirat to the south. This would be a logical place for Israel to attempt to sever the Gaza Strip in two.

- BBC

I didn't know France sent a first helicopter.

France to send second helicopter carrier to Gaza coastline as part of aid effort

France’s defence minister said the move comes as part of its worth with the Israeli and Egyptian authorities to find a way to provide medical assistance to the people of Gaza.

France deployed a helicopter carrier to the area last week.

Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu also told the France Info radio station that messages had been sent to Hezbollah and Israel, urging them not to do anything that would make it impossible for the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon to carry out its mandate.

-Al Jazeera