Main points on November 16th
- At least 43 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn.
- An Israeli strike on a school where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp has killed 10 people and wounded at least 20 others.
- A Geneva-based human rights organisation says it has documented dozens of premeditated murders and field executions by Israeli forces in northern Gaza.
- Hezbollah says it bombed several military bases in Haifa and the Carmel region.
- Israeli troops arrested 12 people from the occupied West Bank, including former prisoners.
- Israeli police say two flares were fired at Netanyahu’s house earlier this evening and fell in the garden. The police said Netanyahu and his wife were not in the house when the incident took place.
How Palestinian Activists Made Spain Block U.S. Weapons to Israel
Lea Kayali, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), discusses a huge win for their “Mask Off Maersk” campaign: In Spain, two Israel-bound Maersk ships loaded with US-made weapons were blocked after months of pressure from activists and PYM’s campaign exposing the shipping giant’s violation of Spain’s arms embargo on Israel. Kayali discusses where the global movement to stop arms to Israel goes next.
Justice is slow and often doesn't happen at all, but now and then evil gets held to account
Iraqis Tortured at Abu Ghraib Win $42 Million Judgment Against U.S. Military Contractor CACI
A federal jury in Virginia has ordered the U.S. military contractor CACI Premier Technology to pay a total of $42 million to three Iraqi men who were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. The landmark verdict comes after 16 years of litigation and marks the first time a civilian contractor has been found legally responsible for the gruesome abuses at Abu Ghraib. We discuss the case and its significance for human rights with Baher Azmy, the legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represented the Abu Ghraib survivors. "This lawsuit has been about justice and accountability for three Iraqi men — our clients, Salah, Suhail and Asa'ad — who exhibited just awe-inspiring courage and resilience," he says.
Of course the ones responsible (US government) still haven't faced any repercussions for launching an illegal war under false pretenses killing between 110 thousand to over a million civilians. Which is still a small part compared to the total deaths to avenge 9/11
The U.S. post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia have taken a tremendous human toll. The total death toll in these war zones, including direct and indirect deaths, is at least 4.5-4.7 million and counting. Of these, an estimated 408,000 civilians died directly from war violence.
Israel is correct in stating that they are not the worst civilian death machine. The most cruel, for sure. And the fallout of the wars since Oct 7 will still take years to become clear. Israel is already becoming a serious contender to the US post 9/11 death machine.
