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PFLP's take seems to be that all concessions and weakness signal to Israel a lack of opposition internationally, and this emboldens them to carry out their genocide. It is essential that absolutely concrete stances are taken with no weakness, anything less causes them to expand aggression by signalling that there are no repercussions for it.

Anything less than calling for ceasefire makes things worse and actively harms palestine.

🔴 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine:

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Aligning with the American plan is treason. No discussions or solutions before stopping the aggression.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine warns Arab and official Palestinian parties that participating in discussions of the American proposals for the future of Gaza fuels the American-zionist genocidal war against our people in Gaza.

There can be no talk of any political horizon as long as the aggression continues against our people. The illusions of the American and “israeli” enemies of being able to eliminate the resistance and place Gaza or any liberated inch of Palestine under the guardianship of hostile parties will be brought down by our people with the steadfastness of their resistance and their supportive stance.

The duty now is to adhere to a unified Palestinian and Arab position that rejects any political dialogue under aggression, affirms the refusal of the attack to uproot the Palestinian resistance, and rejects of the declared American goals of displacing the residents of Gaza and imposing the Deal of the Century by force of the war of extermination and with the cooperation of Arab and Palestinian parties.

The Front calls for the manifestation of a clear and unified Palestinian position that rejects these plans and confronts them politically and diplomatically, and contributes to protecting our people in the face of the war of extermination.

The Front also reiterates its warning to all parties that any concessions under the fire of aggression will contribute to feeding the appetite of the forces of aggression to expand the war of extermination against our people and increase its severity.

Our people, with their resistance, unity, and steadfastness across the Palestinian territories, will bring down the American plan and snatch their victory from the jaws and claws of the forces of aggression. Any bet on the aggression will be a net loss for its owners.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

2.11.2023

when did MLK turn into this borderline theological figure where people in 2023 sit around arguing about what he would have thought about Israel? so bizarre

Sir pls go back to your position. Sir! Sir! gunshots

Hope the resistance fares well tonight/today. Seems like more occupiers and armored vehicles have been moving in

for anyone wanting to donate to Gaza, don't use "Gaza now - غزة الآن"

https://nitter.cz/BaraaNezarRayan/status/1719463012220735769#m

https://nitter.cz/BaraaNezarRayan/status/1719465892013064542#m

Yeah, I condem HIMARS

white people MLK speech

https://truthout.org/articles/biden-wants-arms-deals-with-israel-to-be-done-in-complete-secrecy/

In a highly unusual move, the White House has requested for it to be able to conduct arms deals with Israel in complete secrecy, without oversight from Congress or the public — in a time when the U.S. is supporting a military that experts say has been committing war crimes in Gaza and beyond.

Netanyahu told me the Qassam Brigade keeps blowing up his Merkava tanks so I asked how many tanks he has and he said he just goes to the US to ask for money and sends new tanks into Gaza afterwards so I said it just sounds like he's feeding US tax dollars to Hamas and then Avner started crying.

Algerian parliament unanimously votes to support Palestine militarily - The Cradle

The Algerian parliament officially authorized Abdel Majid Tebboune, the president of this country to go to war with Israel by a 100% vote. The voting session of parliament was accompanied by long slogans in support of Palestinian people & resistance groups.

, if true.

Palestine seems like such a beautiful place. Would love to visit when it is free.

Two soldiers killed in ground operation, Israel’s army says

The Israeli military has said two of its soldiers have been killed in its ground operation in Gaza.

That brings the Israeli death toll since October 7 to at least 1,407, including 317 military personnel and 58 police officers.

Israeli daily Haaretz has published the names of the soldiers, citing the Israeli army. They are:

2 down, thousands more to follow. rot in hell

Hezbollah attacks Israeli military vehicle in latest fighting

Hezbollah says it targeted an Israeli military vehicle across the border with guided missiles, killing and wounding those onboard.

The Israeli military confirmed an anti-tank missile was launched from Lebanon at Yiftah in northern Israel, and said it is striking the sources of fire. It did not say whether there are casualties.

Hezbollah announced several other missile launches, adding it destroyed Israeli equipment along the border. The Israeli military said its Iron Dome defence system intercepted a drone flying towards Israel from Lebanon.

Fears are rising that Lebanon could become involved in an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, backed by Palestinian factions.

In case y'all see anyone trying to claim that Genocide Joe supports Palestinian statehood because he has at some point in the past made a wishy washy statement saying so: there is no defined formal process for recognition of another state in the US. That means that the President can simply issue an executive order recognizing Palestine as a state and set up diplomatic relations. In normal diplomatic practice, this would happen through some sort of agreement with Palestine, but since there is no formal process in US law for how that has to happen, so it falls entirely under the power of the President (and not Congress). So, if Genocide Joe supported Palestinian statehood, he would simply recognize them as a state and exchange ambassadors.

The Financial Times and the Economist consistently have some of the worst takes when it comes to anything related to the Global South.

The source for Blinkens story about the Israeli family who was tortured by hamas, and then the fighters sat down and ate the family meal, appears to come from Zaka. Same source as the 40 beheaded babies claim, and pretty much all other suspiciously graphic claims.

Yossi Landau, the head of Zaka, Israel's volunteer emergency response organization as the head of operations for the country's southern region, described the sadistic scene he found after entering a home at Kibbutz Be'eri.

https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-hamas-gaza-militants-ate-lunch-tortured-mutilated-young-family-2023-10

Bahrain announces Israeli ambassador has left the country, Bahraini ambassador recalled, and economic relations halted with occupation.

Arab comprador regime does correct thing for first time, whole world is shocked

November 3, 2023 Summary:

Hezbollah -> No

Hexbollah -> Yes

US and Israel considering peacekeeping force in Gaza - report

The US and Israel are considering the possibility of a multinational force that could include American, UK, French troops in the Gaza Strip, in the event that Israeli forces are successful in ousting Hamas, according to a report.

US and Israeli officials exploring options for the future of Gaza have also discussed a second option that would establish a peacekeeping force modeled on one that oversees a 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the conversations.

A third option would see Gaza put under temporary UN oversight, it said. The sources noted that the conversations are still at an early stage and much could change.

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, alluded to the challenge of coming up with a plan for the future of Gaza when he addressed a Senate panel on Tuesday.

“We can’t have a reversion to the status quo with Hamas running Gaza,” Blinken told the Senate appropriations committee. “We also can’t have — and the Israelis start with this proposition themselves — Israel running or controlling Gaza.” He added, "Between those shoals are a variety of possible permutations that we’re looking at very closely now, as are other countries."

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/oct/31/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-latest-news-today-hamas-clashes-idf-gaza-aid-plan-failure?page=with:block-65417b8f8f089b59d570dc12

I found this ideo pretty interesting. A soldier talks in detail about the Kurdish tunnels he saw and used in during his deployment, and how difficult they are to infiltrate and destroy, as well as how comfortable some of them are. Given what Hamas has shown so far, he expects their setup is at LEAST as nice.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mMaQn6eBroY

I have to say, if Hezbollah launch a full scale thing today their timing is impeccable compared to IDF progress. I know everyone here was getting antsy and wanted them to move quicker but it's starting to look like waiting for IDF to hit urban fighting is the correct move, and if the "wait til friday" thing was intentionally timed with that prediction in mind then it's shockingly good timing.

I didn't think it was possible for me to hate Blinken more yet I still hate him more. And it can happen a few times in just one single day.

Blinken says it's shocking that October 7 Hamas attack "has receded so quickly in the memories of so many"

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called it "striking" and "shocking" that the brutality of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel "has receded so quickly in the memories of so many" during a news conference in Tel Aviv on Friday.

Blinken said today he viewed additional images and footage from the attack collected by the Israeli government.

“It remains almost beyond the human capacity to process, to digest,” he said.

Blinken, who appeared visibly shaken, described an example of additional video Israeli officials showed him today of the Hamas attack.

“I saw, for example, a family on a kibbutz, a father (of) two young boys — maybe 10, 11 years old — grabbing them, pulling them out of their living room, going through their very small backyard and into a shelter, followed seconds later by a terrorist who throws a grenade into that small shelter. And then as the father come staggering out, shoots him down. And then the boys come out, and they run into their house, and the camera in the house is filming everything. And they're crying. ‘Where's daddy?’ one says. The other says, ‘They killed daddy. Where's my mommy?’ And then the terrorists comes in, and casually opens the refrigerator and starts to eat from it,” Blinken said he saw in the video.

The top US diplomat expressed sympathy for the plight of Palestinians civilians as well, saying he sees his own children when he sees images of “Palestinian children, young boys and girls, pulled from the wreckage and buildings.”

“Hamas doesn't care one second or one iota for the welfare, for the well-being of the Palestinian people,” said Blinken. “It cynically and monstrously uses them as human shields, putting his commanders in command posts, its weapons and ammunition, within or beneath residential buildings, schools, mosques, hospitals.”

Blinken said that the US is still pressing Israel to minimize civilian casualties.

“We’ve provided Israel advice that only the best of friends can offer on how to minimize civilian deaths, while still achieving its objectives of finding and finishing Hamas terrorists and their infrastructure of violence,” he added.

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-03-23/h_092e74f41f9211d47c5f21b845ec8526

From rybar:

🔻On a similar note, the discussions between American politicians and the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, and the expressed desire to hand over control of the Gaza Strip to him after defeating Hamas, are part of the same narrative.

Once the "liberated" territories have rid themselves of 80-90% of the population, someone will need to govern them, and Abbas will be seen as a compliant figure, much like a Gauleiter, who has already demonstrated his effectiveness in managing the West Bank (one only needs to observe the lack of widespread discontent among the local Palestinians).

I guessed this the other day.

Hope there's a coup within the PA.

Boeing (who makes jdams) employs 120k people, so each employee is responsible for around 0.03 dead gazan child, and round 3 yemenis (but raytheon also guilty there).

It becomes increasingly frustrating to read any Western press on the topic of China. They always create imaginary internal fighting like they did with Hu Jintao and now Li Keqiang, obsess over China's economy struggling because of real estate, and hype up the number of Chinese migrants illegally crossing into the US. It's all tied up nicely with a quote from places like Freedom House.

I'm not against criticism of China. I just wish I could actually see it without obvious Western fabrications.

Apparently, Shani Louk, the girl that was at the festival and in the truck video and was eventually confirmed alive and being treated in Gaza, is dead.

I've found very little reliable information on it but it seems the Israeli foreign ministry contacted her mother to tell her they found a DNA-checked "skull fragment" suggesting she was dead since October 7th.

I have literally zero proof of this but I genuinely consider it likely the IDF killed her (most likely through bombings), found her subsequently, and are now lying as usual.

I've seen this leaked Israeli Ministry of Intelligence document mentioned on Twitter and by MoA. The one which outlines the plan to expel the population of Gaza into the Sinai, among two others. I got curious what the others were, so I fed the document through OCR and machine translation. The other alternatives mentioned are A: "the population remaining in Israel and importing the Palestinian Authority rule." and B: "the population remaining in the village and the emergence of local Arab rule."

A group of shared objectives is listed near the top of the document for all of the plans:

3. Basic assumptions for work in each directive.
   A. Toppling the rule of Hamas.
   B. The evacuation of the population outside the combat zone is in the interest of the citizens of the Gaza Strip.
   C is required to plan and channel international aid that will reach the region in accordance with the selected directive.
   D. In every directive, it is required to carry out a deep process of assimilating an ideological change - de-nationalization.

With regards to the Sinai plan ("Alternative C")

Alternative C - the alternative that will yield positive and long-term strategic results for Israel, and is A viable alternative. Determination of the political echelon is required in the face of binary pressure with an emphasis on harnessing. The USA and other pro-Israeli countries are joining the move.

The other plans are downplayed

Alternatives A and B suffer from significant deficiencies, especially in terms of their strategic implications and the lack of long-term feasibility. Neither will provide the necessary deterrent effect, no will allow a change of mind, and may lead within a number of Shanis to the same problems and Iomis that burdened them The State of Israel fought from 2007 until Chios.

Alternative B is the alternative with the most risks, the division in the Palestinian population in Yaish And now he is one of the central gourmis who make it difficult to establish a Palestinian state. Choosing this alternative It means an unprecedented victory for the Palestinian national movement, a victory that will come at the cost of thousands of Israeli civilians and soldiers and does not guarantee Israel's security.

Israel’s emergency medical service will receive $88 million in a gift led by Michael Bloomberg.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/world/middleeast/bloomberg-israel-donation.html?smid=url-share

Al-Bakhiti, a political member of Ansarullah Office (Houthis): We are ready to clash with America if needed

accusing palestinians of killing babies is anti-semitic blood libel, actually

in more serious news i can't believe the US congress is about to cancel culture george santos

Hezbollah making ‘arrangements’ to curb its loses: Report

The Iran-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon has been exchanging fire with Israeli soldiers on its border for weeks, and has lost 47 fighters to Israeli strikes.

It is now working to curb its loses, sources familiar with the group’s thinking told Reuters news agency.

Hezbollah had made “arrangements to reduce the number of martyrs”, a source said, without offering further details.

Among its tactics is the use of anti-aircraft missiles, one source noted.

On Sunday, Hezbollah unveiled its surface-to-air missile capability. The missiles are part of an increasingly potent arsenal.

ok no one's going to do anything