Netanyahu Hits Out at Macron over Call for Halt to Arms Exports to Israel

THE GUARDIAN: Israeli prime minister turns on French counterpart’s continuing efforts towards a ceasefire and end to violence in Lebanon

A call by Emmanuel Macron for a halt in arms supplies to Israel for use in Gaza has been met with an angry rebuttal from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

The French president’s comments were directed mainly at the US and were part of continuing French efforts to revive its call for a ceasefire in Lebanon.

France provides few arms to Israel but is keen to strengthen its longstanding influence in Lebanon by showing it wants the US to put some genuine pressure on Israel to accept a ceasefire. Washington appeared to mount little diplomatic resistance when Israel – after sending mixed signals – rejected a US-French plan for a 21 day ceasefire in Lebanon announced at the UN in New York nearly a fortnight ago.

In an interview recorded on Monday, but broadcast on Saturday, Macron told France Inter radio: “I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop supplying weapons to lead the fighting in Gaza.” » | Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor | Sunday, October 6, 2024

To my great surprise, Emmanuel Macron is on the wrong side of history on this! Macron is ignoring what Hamas did to Israel and Israelis on October 7th, 2023, and he is ignoring the fact that Benjamin Netanyahu with our help will be able to rid the world of the scourges of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hamas. The Palestinian question will never be solved with these two rogue powers undermining peace in the region. We all want the very best for Palestinians. These poor people have suffered enough. But we cannot help Palestinians attain peace and prosperity if Iran and Hamas are big players in the region. They will sour it all. And let us not forget the heinous crimes that Hamas committed against the Israelis in 2023. – © Mark Alexander

Rudy Rochman: My Experience Fighting in Gaza

Jan 10, 2024 | An inside look at the war from within Gaza, with a holistic take on how we can break free from this reoccurring conflict.

You can support Rudy Rochman on Patreon here.

This video is a Kavana Films production.

Rudy Rochman: Healing Palestinian Hate (Coming from Jews)

Feb 7, 2023 | Moments before the first rockets hit Jerusalem in May initiating the summer conflict of 2021, The Home (HaBayit) activists were engaging with different voices on the streets of Jerusalem about the future of the Land and its inhabitants.

A passionate conversation was sparked with young Israeli teenagers as they were challenged on their perspective on the conflict and future. Unfortunately, both the Israeli & Palestinian youth have been brought into a world with an ongoing conflict forcing both peoples to often see the other side as the enemy. Xenophobia usually stems from misinformation, negative experiences, or even a lack of positive experiences with another group. This is why it is so important to begin humanizing both sides, engaging with each other, and learning the other narrative/identity/experience/aspirations in order to have a more inclusive vision of what the future must look like.

Israelis who hate Arabs/Palestinains are a minority, but they very much so do exist. It is the responsibility of both peoples to also look within and to heal the elements of rejection that prevent or delay the unification of the Land and its inhabitants. The conversations had with Israelis who reject Palestinians are usually internal, but in this moment we were able to capture the conversation and upload it for all to understand how deep the trauma runs, and how much we can grow out of this reality if we begin to invest our energies in healing and building, rather than rejecting and attacking.

Number of Palestinians Killed Is ‘Truly Unbearable’, Says Spanish PM

THE GUARDIAN: Pedro Sánchez says all civilians must be protected in Israel-Hamas war and reiterates call for two-state solution

Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has urged Israel to rethink its offensive in Gaza, telling its president and prime minister the number of dead Palestinians is “truly unbearable”, and that the response to Hamas’s terrorist attacks last month cannot include “the deaths of innocent civilians, including thousands of children”.

Sánchez’s blunt pleas came during a visit to the Middle East with the Belgian prime minister, Alexander de Croo, during which he called for a peace conference and reiterated that the creation of a Palestinian state remained the best way to bring peace and security to the region.

Israel says 1,200 people were killed and 239 taken hostage when Hamas fighters crossed the border from Gaza on 7 October. According to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza, more than 14,100 people have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory strikes. (With video) » | Sam Jones | Thursday, November 23, 2023

Outrage Grows after ‘Chilling Call for Genocide’ by Florida Republican

THE GUARDIAN: Calls to censure Michelle Salzman, who said, ‘All of them’ when Democrat asked: ‘How many [dead Palestinians] will be enough?’

Michelle Salzman, a Florida state representative, in Tallahassee last year. Photograph: Phelan M Ebenhack/AP
Outrage continues to grow over a public comment made by a Florida state Republican lawmaker calling for all Palestinians to die.

The remarks came during a debate in the state legislature about calling for a ceasefire in Israel’s invasion of Gaza, which has so far killed more than 10,000 Palestinians, many of whom are children. The assault came after Hamas fighters attacked Israel from Gaza, killing at least 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostage.

In the speech in support of the ceasefire resolution, the Democratic Florida state representative Angie Nixon said: “We are at 10,000 dead Palestinians. How many will be enough?”

“All of them,” Michelle Salzman called in reply. » | Erum Salam | Friday, November 10, 2023

The Great Reconciliation / Die große Versöhnung / La grande réconciliation / المصالحة الكبرى

Let the queer community show us the way! / Lassen Sie sich von der Queer-Community den Weg weisen! / Laissez la communauté Queer nous montrer le chemin !

With special thanks to "reddit.com" for this superb photograph.
Kiss between a Jew and a Palestinian by Italian photographer Matteo Menicocci. For a large image, click here.

"I Am a Palestinian" - Golda Meir, Late PM of Israel. | #shorts

Golda Meir explains and analyses the Palestinian question.

Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan: Interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson

Nov 5, 2023 | Queen Rania’s interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson Amman, Jordan / 5 November 2023

Hear What Bernie Sanders Thinks about Israel's Response to Hamas Attack

Nov 5, 2023 | CNN's Dana Bash speaks with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) about Israel's response to the Hamas attack, and what the next steps should be for Gaza

Bernie Sanders is the voice of reason and compassion. Whenever Bernie Sanders opens his mouth, he speaks eminent good sense. It is such a pity that Americans cannot see what a great president he would make! Perish the thought that Trump should ever again become president. The last thing this world needs is another Trump presidency. – © Mark Alexander

Israel Rushes Missile Boats to Red Sea after Yemen’s Houthis Declare War

THE TELEGRAPH: Iran-backed movement says it has launched three attacks towards Israel since Oct 7 and vows more ‘to help Palestinians to victory’

Israel deployed warships to the Red Sea on Wednesday after Yemen’s Houthis declared war and launched a ballistic missile at an Israeli city.

Images released by the Israeli military showed Sa’ar-class corvettes patrolling near Eilat port in the Red Sea, which Israel sees as a new front as its war in Gaza draws retaliation from Iran-backed forces elsewhere in the region.

On Tuesday, the Houthis said they had launched three drone and missile attacks towards Israel since the start of the Hamas-Israel war on Oct 7. They vowed there would be more such attacks “to help the Palestinians to victory”.

The Israeli military used its Arrow missile defence system for the first time to intercept an “aerial threat” over the Red Sea, believed to have been a ballistic missile. » | Telegraph’s Foreign Staff | Wednesday, November 1, 2023

In Michigan, Muslim and Arab American Voters Reconsider Support for Biden

There are about 200,000 registered Muslim American voters in Michigan, by some counts, a significant bloc in a battleground state of 8.2 million registered voters. | Valaurian Waller for The New York Times
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Many in the swing state say they feel betrayed by the president’s support for Israel.

Sam Baydoun, a Wayne County commissioner in Dearborn, Mich., has been glued to Al Jazeera for weeks to absorb news from the war in Israel and Gaza.

Mr. Baydoun, a Democrat who is Lebanese American, has watched with fury as Israeli airstrikes have caused the deaths of many civilians, including children, following the deadly attack by Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7 that killed many. He saw President Biden visit Israel and pledge full-throated American support.

And he is thinking ahead to the presidential election of 2024, a contest that could hinge on a handful of states including Michigan, whose Muslim and Arab American voters turned out decisively for Mr. Biden three years ago.

“How can I tell somebody who’s watching these atrocities on live TV, today, to vote for President Biden?” he said. “The pulse of the community is overwhelmingly not supportive of Biden now. They feel betrayed.” » | Julie Bosman and Ernesto Londoño | Julie Bosman reported from Dearborn, Mich, and Ernesto Londoño from St. Paul, Minn. | Saturday, October 28, 2023

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Calls for Boycott of Netanyahu | #shorts

Ehud Olmert tells it as he sees it.

How Israelis Feel about Palestinian Casualties: Sky News

Oct 26, 2023 | British Sky News Interview asking about Palestinian casualties and how Israelis feel about this war. Let’s be clear Israel did not start this war, but when it ends, we will remain standing strong. Israel does everything to save both Israeli and Palestinians civilians, while Hamas tries its hardest to maximize civilian deaths on both sides. If something is preventing you from seeing that, it’s either false information, the consumption of disinformation, or a desire to use select instances of Palestinian casualties out of context in order to push an anti-Jewish agenda. - Rudy Rochman, activist.

"Hamas Counted on a Very Forceful Israeli Response" | YNH Short

Listen to Yuva Noah Harari’s reasoning here.

Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan: Interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour | With Arabic Subtitles

Oct 25, 2023 | Queen Rania’s interview on the Israeli war on Gaza with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Amman, Jordan/ 24th October 2023 @CNN

There is a shorter version of this interview here.

Queen Rania: There's a 'Glaring Double Standard' in How World Treats Palestinians

Oct 24, 2023 | Queen Rania of Jordan talks to Christiane Amanpour about the world's reaction to the Israel and Hamas war.

Israel-Hamas War: "Enough of the Bigotry against Palestinians!" Piers Morgan vs Cenk Uygur

Oct 23, 2023 | Piers Morgan Uncensored is joined by host and creator of The Young Turks and Presidential hopeful Cenk Uygur to discuss the ongoing war between Israel, Hamas and Palestine and a passionate and emotive debate over whether Israel's treatment and occupation of Palestine is just as bad as Hamas' attack on Israel.

Cenk says that he has "had enough of the bigotry against Muslims and Palestinians", explaining that there is far more coverage and public condemnation of the atrocities committed by Hamas than there are the atrocities committed by Israel. He questions why people do not call the Israeli government terrorists when they've killed three times as many civilians as a terrorist group.


Cenk is a powerful voice of reason. His words were sage. I didn't know that he's put himself forward to run as a Democrat. If he gets into the White House, we'll see a good America again. Were I to be an American, he'd have my vote in a heartbeat. - © Mark Alexander

Has the World Turned Its Back On the Struggle of Young Palestinians?

Oct 23, 2023 | Mustafa Barghouti, secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative, talks to TRT World about the future of young Palestinians.

The Son of Hamas | Full Version

Jun 12, 2018 | ¨Rejecting what i am in this book was a lot more dangerous and challenging than hanging out in a room full of explosives and suicide bombers.¨

Related video about Mosab Hassan Yousef here.

Jordan’s King Condemns Gaza War Crimes at Cairo Peace Summit | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

Oct 21, 2023 | World leaders at the Cairo Peace Summit are trying to ‘de-escalate’ the Israel-Gaza war. Jordan’s King Abdullah used his speech to condemn the war crimes of collective punishment and the forced displacement of Palestinians.