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SvennoJ 2 days ago
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Main events on December 3rd

  • At least five people have been killed after the Israeli army launched strikes on al-Mawasi, located west of the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
  • Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office says the International Committee of the Red Cross has transferred the body of a captive to Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip.
  • The Israeli army says that during an operation in eastern Rafah, its forces encountered several fighters who emerged from a “subterranean structure in the area”, and several soldiers were injured in the incident.
  • The Wafa news agency reports that the two Palestinians were wounded after being beaten by Israeli soldiers in the village of Maslya, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
  • Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has said that a lasting peace with Israel could pave the way to normalising ties with the country and establishing economic ties, but that those milestones remain far off, given current tensions.
  • Hundreds of prominent cultural figures have signed an open letter urging Israel to release Marwan Barghouti, the most prominent Palestinian detainee in Israeli custody.

U.S.-Backed Ceasefire Is Cover for Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & West Bank


Israel has announced it will reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the next few days as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. However, the border will only open in one direction: for Palestinians to exit. Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi says the move validates fears that Israel's goal is to "continue the ethnic cleansing of Gaza."


Own goal for Netanyahu, Marco Rubio as they invent imaginary common enemy


Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have announced their new common enemy. However, as Rifat a Jawaid argues, this may further erode public confidence in the current US government and its blind support to Netanyahu. Just like their narrative on Iran, this too is likely to push young Americans against their legacy politicians.