Maine events on October 18th
- Hamas has returned two more Israeli captives’ bodies to Israel as protesters rallied in Tel Aviv to demand the government secure the return of all the remains from Gaza.
- Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed “until further notice” as the Israeli prime minister accuses Hamas of not doing enough to retrieve the captives’ bodies.
- Hamas says Netanyahu is using “flimsy pretexts to disrupt” the ceasefire deal.
- Gaza’s Government Media Office says the Israeli army has committed 47 violations of the truce agreement since it came into force in early October, killing 38 Palestinians and wounding 143 others.
- An Israeli attack that killed 11 members of a single family east of Gaza City, including seven children, has drawn widespread condemnation, with a Palestinian official calling it “part of Israel’s ongoing policy of killing and destruction”.
Trump’s envoy, son-in-law reveal Netanyahu’s ‘betrayal’ on Gaza, Qatar attack
n an extraordinary confession, Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy and Jared Kushner, the US president’s son-in-law, have revealed that Benjamin Netanyahu was out of control when he attacked the sovereign nation of Qatar and tried to derail the Gaza peace process. Witkoff called it a betrayal by the Netanyahu government. Rifat Jawaid says that this is a huge development as he raises questions on a series of statements and actions by the current US administration to protect Netanyahu.
Why Israel Agreed to a Ceasefire It Didn’t Want w/ Dr. Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy Baroud, journalist, author, and editor of The Palestine Chronicle, joins the show to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and the collapse of Israel’s two-year genocide. Why has Tel Aviv accepted terms that undercut its own military goals? Baroud argues that while Gaza has suffered immense destruction and loss of life, the ceasefire represents a significant achievement. He says it wouldn’t have been possible without the determination of Palestinian resistance groups and the Palestinian civilians who refused to submit to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to completely drive Palestinians out of Gaza.
