All Saints Day
Mourners,
“Gaza has become a graveyard for thousands of children,” UNICEF spokesman James Elder told reporters on Tuesday in Geneva, “It’s a living hell for everyone else.” He noted that more than 3,450 children in the Palestinian enclave have already been killed, and the death toll rises significantly every day.
Elder made his comments as Israel escalated its ground offensive in Gaza in response to the Hamas terrorist attacks that killed an estimated 1,400 people on October 7. Gaza’s water system also has been crippled by the conflict, contributing to an overall death toll of more than 8,000 in the territory.
“The threats to children go beyond bombs and mortars,” Elder said. He added that Gaza’s water production capacity has been cut to 5% of its normal level, putting more than 1 million children at risk of dying from dehydration. Many children have been sickened by drinking salty water out of desperation.
Elder noted that even before the latest war between Israel and Hamas, more than three-fourths of Gaza’s children were identified as needing mental health support because of the trauma they had faced. “When the fighting stops, the cost to children and their communities will be borne out for generations to come,” he said. https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/gaza-now-a-graveyard-for-children-un-agency/
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) airstrike on the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza on Tuesday killed at least 50 people and injured 150 others, according to the Palestinian territory's health ministry.
The administration of a nearby hospital, however, argued that there are about 400 casualties, including 120 deaths. A Qatar-based news network reported that over 100 people were killed and around 300 wounded in the airstrike...
..UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has since tweeted that he is "deeply alarmed by the intensification of the conflict between Israel and Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in Gaza."
Meanwhile, Craig Mokhiber, the director of the New York office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, resigned on Tuesday, referring to the killing of Palestinians as “a text-book case of genocide”.
The strike has been strongly condemned by Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan, and Egypt. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry accused Israel of violating international law by targeting a residential area, labeling it as an "inhumane" act. "Egypt considered this as a new flagrant violation by the Israeli forces against the provisions of international law and international humanitarian law," the ministry pointed out.
This was echoed by Pakistan's interim Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, who called the strike "a stark reminder of the ongoing Israeli brutalities and war crimes in Gaza.
He said that "such reprehensible acts can never be condoned or forgotten" and that "the world must act now to end this carnage".
Celia Farber , Israel's Bombardment Of Jabalia Refugee Camp Stuns World, UN High Commissioner Resigns, Calls For Ceasefire Spread Across Political Camps, Wolf Blitzer Appears Shocked In Interview With IDF Col , Jabalia Reporter: "I'm In A Crater Of Corpses" Gabor Mate, Holocaust Survivor: "Words fail me."
US army commanders are in an underground base in Tel Aviv to coordinate Israel’s operations in the Gaza Strip, an Iranian general said.
According to the Tasnim news agency, Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Headquarters, a major Iranian army command center, Major General Gholam Ali Rashid the cited Iranian intelligence data indicating that "the commanders of the CENTCOM (the United States Central Command) as well as the US Army and Navy commanders are in an underground base in Tel Aviv in the company of Israeli commanders to supervise and direct" Israel’s operations in the Gaza Strip. https://tass.com/world/1699549
John Helmer , JEWISH ANTI-SEMITISM TOWARDS ARABS WAS HAMAS’S STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY ON OCTOBER 7 — STILL IS*
The Semites, the Semitic peoples, and speakers of the Semitic languages started as a figment of the German imagination in the late 18th century and early 19th century.
It quickly became a German racial epithet, used in contrast to Aryan. By the time Adolf Hitler came along, this was the pseudo-scientific doctrine in which the Germans lumped both the Jews and the Arabs into a single category – the inferiors of the Aryans...
..Israeli murderers of Arabs now — have succeeded in establishing their doctrine of exceptionalism and racial superiority in state policy as the successor to the doctrines of Aryanism and Nazism which were interrupted by Hitler’s suicide in 1945, then the Nuremberg trials concluding in 1946. The crime of racial and cultural genocide became international law in 1948. It was then modified by the new Israeli state doctrine of anti-Semitism: this decriminalised the genocide of the Palestinian people; and outlawed instead media criticism, political opposition, even science for threatening the legitimacy of Israel’s Basic Law of Arab exclusion, and Israeli military operations to enforce it.
In the present war between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas on the Gaza battlefield – “the American project”, as the Russian Foreign Ministry called it in a statement on October 29 *** – the doctrine of anti-Semitism as a race hatred crime is being applied to protect the race hatred crime being perpetrated against the other Semites, the Palestinians. https://johnhelmer.net/jewish-anti-semitism-towards-arabs-was-hamass-strategic-opportunity-on-october-7-still-is/#more-88784
Journal axes gene research on Jews and Palestinians Thanks Jb-Hb. A keynote research paper showing that Middle Eastern Jews and Palestinians are genetically almost identical has been pulled from a leading journal.
Academics who have already received copies of Human Immunology have been urged to rip out the offending pages and throw them away...
'..I have authored several hundred scientific papers, some for Nature and Science, and this has never happened to me before,' said the article's lead author, Spanish geneticist Professor Antonio Arnaiz-Villena, of Complutense University in Madrid. 'I am stunned.'...
..The paper, 'The Origin of Palestinians and their Genetic Relatedness with other Mediterranean Populations', involved studying genetic variations in immune system genes among people in the Middle East. In common with earlier studies, the team found no data to support the idea that Jewish people were genetically distinct from other people in the region.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/25/medicalscience.genetics
Netanyahu rules out Gaza ceasefire , The Israeli prime minister likened the international community’s plea for peace to a demand that his country surrender to Hamas
“If Hamas and Iran’s axis of evil wins, you will be their next target,” he warned (Americans), vowing to fight until the Palestinian militant group was wiped out.
Unlike Hamas, which he claimed was deliberately targeting civilians with beheadings, rapes, and other atrocities, the prime minister insisted the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were going out of their way to avoid killing Palestinian civilians. “Even the most just wars have unintended civilian casualties,” he said. https://www.rt.com/news/586224-netanyahu-rejects-gaza-ceasefire-hamas/
Moon of Alabama: Biden Forced To Call Off His Plans For Ethnic Cleansing Of Gaza The U.S. government under Joe Biden had developed plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza by moving all of its 2.3 million people into Egypt...
..Backed by Russia the Egyptian resistance against the plan continued. A phone call held yesterday finally buried it:
Sisi, Biden probe developments of Gaza escalation, reject displacement of Palestinians - Ahram Online - Oct 29, 2023...
..Biden was forced to publicly declare that his plans for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza were called off:
President Biden @POTUS - 21:23 UTC · Oct 29, 2023
"I also spoke with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to share my appreciation for Egypt facilitating the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Gaza.
We reaffirmed our commitment to work together and discussed the importance of protecting civilian lives, respect for international humanitarian law, and ensuring that Palestinians in Gaza are not displaced to Egypt or any other nation."
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/10/biden-forced-to-call-off-his-plans-for-ethenic-cleansing-of-gaza.html#more
Extensive list of yesterday's war crimes, and more pictures of dead Palestinians being carried in body bags. ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 25: Israel bombs refugee camp; videos show Israeli soldiers torturing Palestinian detainees in the West Bank
Palestinians describe scenes of a massacre after Israel bombs a refugee camp in north Gaza. Videos surface of Israeli soldiers torturing and abusing naked, bound Palestinian detainees in the West Bank. https://mondoweiss.net/2023/10/operation-al-aqsa-flood-day-25-israel-bombs-refugee-camp-videos-show-israeli-soldiers-torturing-palestinian-detainees-in-the-west-bank/
Turkey Is Preparing An Israeli War Crimes Case For The Hague's ICC
Erdogan had told a crowd of hundreds of thousands in Istanbul on Saturday, "Israel, we will also declare you as a war criminal to the world, we are preparing for it, and we will introduce Israel to the world as a war criminal," according to a state broadcaster. "Israel is committing war crimes" as an "occupier." He added: the "West owes you, but Türkiye does not owe you."
But the only problem with Turkey bringing a war crimes case is that the country is not a party to the Rome Statute, which is the international treaty that established the ICC.
Turkey's Daily Sabah explains:
Thus, it cannot directly apply to the court. However, it can notify the Prosecutor’s office at the ICC through government agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) about crimes against humanity. Under the Rome Statute’s Article 15, the Prosecutor may initiate investigations proprio motu (on one's own initiative) based on information on crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC. Therefore, Türkiye can issue notices about crimes committed by the Israeli government.
The publication also cited the following example, along with various statements of UN officials decrying Israel's seeming indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Gaza:
ICC’s chief Prosecutor Karim Khan was at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza over the weekend and issued a stark warning to Israel, suggesting that obstructing the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza could potentially be considered a criminal act. "Impeding relief supplies as provided by the Geneva Conventions may constitute a crime within the court’s jurisdiction," Khan stated.
Khan has also said, "Israel has clear obligations about its war with Hamas, not just moral obligations but legal obligations."
In response to Erdogan's blistering denunciations, Israel has withdrawn all of its diplomats from Turkey. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/turkey-preparing-israeli-war-crimes-case-hagues-icc
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei calls on Muslim world to 'stop oil exports' to Israel
“What Muslim states must insist on is the immediate cessation of [Israeli] crimes in Gaza. They must promptly stop the bombardment of Gaza and stop the export of oil and other commodities to the Zionist regime,” Khamenei stressed.
“Muslim states must not cooperate economically with the Zionist regime but denounce these catastrophes and crimes vociferously and without hesitation in all international forums,” he added.
Khamenei also highlighted that the ongoing war is “between truth and falsehood, between the power of faith and the power of arrogance.” https://new.thecradle.co/articles/khamenei-calls-on-muslim-world-to-stop-oil-exports-to-israel
Israel-Palestine war: Amid bombs, Gaza's residents face 'daunting' task of finding water (another way to kill through dehydration and cholera)
Israel has cut off water supplies to the besieged region, and also damaged desalination plants and pumps during its bombardment https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-gaza-face-task-finding-water
'Israel' again cuts off telecommunications, internet from Gaza https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--again-cuts-off-telecommunications--internet-from-ga
World War III has already started – Fyodor Lukyanov
The new global war comes as a series of intertwined conflicts rather than a single, major one, the Russian foreign policy expert believes
“We instinctively expect that the war will begin just like the Great War or the [Second World War]. But such wars probably won’t happen anymore – after all, there are nuclear weapons, which are still holding back many,” the expert said.
The escalation in the Middle East is not the last conflict to come, with more hostilities expected to break out worldwide soon – and no one seems to be capable now of stopping them, he also warned.
“The international order is breaking down. It was an unpleasant one, based on the fear of mutual destruction, but manageable. Wars in the Middle East have erupted before, but the USSR and the USA intervened and extinguished them until the next conflict. And now I don’t see even a temporary settlement mechanism,” Lukyanov said. https://www.rt.com/russia/586270-world-war-already-ongoing/
May I again propose that Global War is the means through which global financial and economic conundrums are "resolved", whatever form the war may take.
Surplus Energy Economics, Dr. Tim Morgan , The Souffle' Economy
The assertion that we can transition from climate-harming oil, natural gas and coal to “green” wind and solar energy without the economy shrinking is based on the assumption that these renewables are, or can be made, as dense as fossil fuels. The only flies in this ointment are the lesser density of renewables, and the inability of technology to over-rule the laws of physics.
The bad news, then, is that financial soufflé is nearing collapse. The good news, if we choose to see it as such, is that the “financial economy” has reached this point because of comparatively gradual, but relentless, contraction in the underlying “real economy” of energy.
This could be “good news” because it might impose upon us environmentally-responsible behavioural changes which we might never get round to making on a voluntary basis. https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/264-the-souffle-economy/
Peter Schiff: A Crisis Is Already Playing Out Under the Radar , A world full of "rubes" gets increasingly wary of the American debt Ponzi-scheme as an investment https://schiffgold.com/peters-podcast/peter-schiff-a-crisis-is-already-playing-out-under-the-radar/
Censorship Clampdowns Redux + EU DSA Rollout (Even though censorship and narrative-control are pervasive, the blood of innocents cries out.)
As things heat up all over the globe, and society careens into the pivotal election year, the pitched battle for the narrative takes shape.
The Israeli conflict has opened our eyes not only to the fragility of the establishment narrative, but to that of our freedom to speak on the most sensitive of issues. And it turns out, for the establishment, nothing is more sensitive than the topic surrounding Israel.
Elon Musk: “Twitter Was Completely Controlled By The Far Left”
“The degree to which Twitter was simply an arm of the government was not well understood by the public,” Musk said, adding “And it was whatever, everything was like Pravda basically, a state publication, is the way to think of old Twitter. A state publication.”
“There was basically oppression of any views that, even I would say, be considered middle-of-the-road,” Musk continued, adding “certainly, anything on the right, and I’m not talking about far-right, I’m just talking mildly right.” “Republicans were suppressed at 10 times the rate of Democrats. https://summit.news/2023/11/01/elon-musk-twitter-was-completely-controlled-by-the-far-left/
UK official fired after urging Gaza truce
The prime minister's office said the staffer violated the cabinet’s rule of “collective responsibility” (to agree with whatever the Prime Minister says)
In his two-page letter to the prime minister, Bristow argued that a “permanent ceasefire” would “save lives and allow for a continued column of humanitarian aid [to] reach the people who need it the most.” Sunak, however, has vocally defended Israel’s military action against Hamas following the group’s deadly October 7 terrorist attack, and urged against a full-on truce, instead calling for brief humanitarian “pauses” that are “distinct from a ceasefire.”
Following his firing, Bristow went on to tell Sky News that he “completely understand[s] the PM’s decision,” but that he can “now talk openly about an issue so many of my constituents care deeply about.” https://www.rt.com/news/586231-uk-official-fired-gaza/
The ADL Is Defaming Palestinian Students as Terrorist Supporters
The group is urging hundreds of colleges to investigate Students for Justice in Palestine for material support for terrorism. September 11 politics are back in force. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/adl-palestine-terrorism-letter/
Steve Kirsch , We have been vindicated. The COVID vaccine killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and now we can prove it to anyone who will listen
Figure 1. This is the number of deaths per 28 day period for Doses 2 and above. The bars should be equal height for the first 6 months. They aren't. That's a serious problem for the narrative. This implies an annual all-cause mortality increase of over 15%. That is a trainwreck.
Steve Kirsch , "Died Suddenly" is being caused by the COVID vaccines
I have the data. OR=2.22 p=.005. In other words, the debate is over. The "safe and effective" COVID vaccines are responsible for the increase in "died suddenly" events.
Seeking the Path (dressed for Dia De Los Muertos, All Saints Day)
Dear Lord, deliver us from evil. I pray all day, every day for humankind - in GOD we Trust ...
Various South American nations are 'recalling their ambassadors' in response to the current Gaza mania.
It's a good example to set the West and I hope that a few Western politicians have similar levels of gumption. It will never happen in the UK or the US, but if 15 European nations did likewise, along with 15 Asian ones, 15 African ones and 15 Pacific Island ones, Israel might just start to get the message that it is headed in entirely the wrong direction.