The West bank, which will keep driving the ongoing conflicts if Israel doesn't stop its continuing occupation and annexation of Palestinian territory.

Israeli military carries out raids across the West Bank

The Israeli military has carried out raids in locations across the occupied West Bank in recent hours, including:

If you know me, you’d know I detest all religions, including Islam, because I see them as a major threat to secularism and liberalism.

But I don’t forget how the west has repeatedly engaged in illegal and offensive wars against countries with Islamic majorities all while ignoring Israel atrocities to go on and on and on.

We’ve not helped ourselves and we’re all too happy to repeat the same mistakes. Just days ago I saw an old clip for Trump saying things like “we should stay there and take the oil”, that of Syria, and it made me think; I can’t imagine what all these displaced Syrians think or feel when they see it. I know I was personally enraged. It’s not necessarily a right wing problem either, what Biden is letting happen right now is a disgrace.

Do you think any of this makes safer or paint us further as the enemy? Rightfully so? It seems that when we’re taking a break from messing up their countries, we let Israel do the job.

Wrongly or rightly, Muslims across the globe feel very strongly about Palestine, anything but a 2 state solution to keep both sides relatively happy is the only rational way forward. Biden and Netanyahu are setting us on a dangerous path with terrible consequences that will last for lifetimes, consequences that include the kind of terrorism you're afraid of across the west.

I also doubt Netanyahu will be finished with the West Bank, religious fanaticism knows no bounds, their religious claims extend to parts of Jordan and Egypt, and who’s to say he will not stir up troubles with his new neighbours after the annexation of the West Bank? this isn't a person you let loose, let alone arm and help. 

Lebanon says US ceasefire proposal unacceptable, talks ongoing

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has confirmed a ceasefire proposal sent by the US is being considered but the text was unacceptable to Lebanon as it stood, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reports.

Berri said the proposal included the formation of a committee to supervise the implementation of UN Resolution 1701, which mandates the disarmament of Hezbollah and its withdrawal from the border with Israel beyond the Litani River.

The speaker said this mechanism was objectionable but added discussions were still taking place in a “positive atmosphere”.

Berri also dismissed reports that the proposal included the deployment of NATO forces or other forces in Lebanon or any kind of freedom of movement for the Israeli army in Lebanon.

Israeli attacks killed 59 people in Lebanon yesterday

Fifty-nine people were killed in Israeli attacks across the country on Thursday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. The death toll has now climbed to 3,445 with 14,599 wounded since attacks between Hezbollah and Israel started more than a year ago.

Unexploded Israeli shell hits UNIFIL base in Lebanon

Italy said an unexploded artillery shell hit the base of the Italian contingent in the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani spoke to his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar and protested Israeli attacks against its personnel and infrastructure in UNIFIL, an Italian statement said.

Tajani said the safety of the soldiers in UNIFIL had to be ensured and stressed “the unacceptability” of the attacks. UNIFIL said that deliberate attacks on peacekeepers are a grave violation of humanitarian laws.

People in Lebanon believe destruction, killing part of Israel’s strategy

The bombardment of Beirut’s southern suburbs – an area regarded as a Hezbollah stronghold – has been the most intense and heaviest yet as Israel escalates its war on the armed group. It’s been nearly nonstop since Tuesday.

Every few hours, the Israeli military issues a forced evacuation order and more of the people who’ve stayed in these largely abandoned neighbourhoods are forced to leave.

The World Bank says Israeli strikes have partially or completely destroyed 100,000 homes across Lebanon in recent weeks and losses amount to more than $3bn. People here believe the destruction and killing are part of a strategy by Israel to pressure Hezbollah to agree to its conditions to end the war.

A new ceasefire proposal was presented by the US. It coincided with the arrival of Iranian official Ali Larijani in Beirut.He reiterated Iran’s support for Hezbollah and met the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, who is indirectly negotiating with Israel on behalf of the group.

Lebanon says efforts are being made to reach an understanding to end the war.

Egypt and Russia stress need for immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the three-day Sir Bani Yas Forum in the UAE.

“Both ministers agreed on the necessity for the immediate ceasefire [in Gaza and Lebanon], and the unconditional flow of humanitarian aid,” a statement by Egypt’s ministry said.

UCLA urged to enhance protest readiness amid major protests: Review

The University of California, Los Angeles should develop clear plans and policies, communication lines and decision-making authority in advance of major protests such as the one against Israel’s war on Gaza, according to an outside review.

The report released on Thursday by 21st Century Policing Solutions, a national law enforcement consulting agency, described a highly chaotic response in late April and early May doomed by the university’s lack of preparedness and critical communication failures.

The institute requested it after its controversial handling of the protests.

Clashes between protesters and counterprotesters on the campus led to more than a dozen injuries, and more than 200 people were arrested at a demonstration the next day after hundreds defied orders to leave.

Family of Al Jazeera’s wounded cameraman on hunger strike in push for Gaza evacuation

The family of Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi al-Wahidi is staging a hunger strike to demand that Israeli forces allow his evacuation from Gaza, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have reported.

Al-Wahidi has been in a coma since being shot in the neck on October 9 as he reported on the Israeli ground invasion of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. His mother, who suffers from cancer, said she was afraid that her son might die if not allowed treatment abroad.

Despite appeals from three media freedom organisations, Israeli authorities have not allowed al-Wahidi and fellow Al Jazeera cameraman Ali al-Attar, who is also wounded, to leave Gaza.

Israel allowed only quarter of Gaza evacuations needed for wounded: UN

The UN has reported that Israel allowed the evacuation of only a quarter of the 21,000 patients in Gaza since October 2023.

“On Wednesday, WHO and its partners supported the medical evacuation of eight children and six of their companions from Gaza into Jordan,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference, adding that those evacuated will go to the US to receive specialised treatment.

“Once again, we call for the establishment of evacuation corridors and for all possible routes to be used for the safe and timely passage of all patients who need specialised care,” he added.

UN urges unhindered access for humanitarian aid in Gaza

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has reiterated that international humanitarian law mandates that civilians must be allowed to receive assistance “wherever they are”, spokesperson for the UN chief said.

“The World Health Organization tells us that Israel authorities continue to deny the agency’s request to access the Kamal Adwan and the al-Awda hospitals in north Gaza governorate,” Stephane Dujarric added.

“Last week, all three attempts to deploy an international emergency medical team were blocked.”

Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs warns Israel stepping up demolition of Silwan

The Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs has warned that Israeli authorities are rapidly demolishing the al-Bustan neighbourhood in Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, Wafa news agency has reported.

The ministry said in a statement that a significant escalation in demolitions in the city was affecting the al-Bustan neighbourhood in particular.

It said Israeli authorities demolished more than 183 buildings in occupied East Jerusalem this year, including 33 in Silwan, where the largest number of demolitions were in al-Bustan neighbourhood.

France condemns demolition of al-Bustan centre



https://www.bagneux92.fr/13-296/actualites/fiche/l-insupportable-destruction-du-centre-al-bustan-a-jerusalem-est.htm

France has strongly condemned the demolition of al-Bustan Association centre in occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli authorities on November 13.

“Supported and financed by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and 21 French local authorities, this centre has provided more than a thousand children and young people with cultural and sporting activities as well as essential academic and psychological support,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

France called for accountability over the demolition, describing it as part of Israel’s illegal settlement policy, which it said “threatens the two-state solution and the status of Jerusalem”.

Main points on November 15th

Still in the news

Amsterdam Clashes: Media Ignored Israelis Chanting ‘Death to Arabs’



Zachary Foster, a historian of Palestine, joins the show to break down the last week of attacks in Amsterdam and debunk the widespread narrative in mainstream media of antisemitic "pogroms." Foster explains how the media twisted the unfolding events by omitting the anti-Muslim, anti-Arab violence and threats from Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans that instigated the clashes – provocations seen in widely-shared video online.

What the fuck happened to my birth country

Victims of Dutch police violence speak out

“I would never have imagined in my life that this would happen in the Netherlands.” Middle East Eye speaks to Janneke de Lange and Mohamed Elbastawisy, who were beaten by Dutch riot police in Amsterdam following a pro-Palestine protest on Wednesday.

I would not believe this story if it wasn't all caught on camera, unbelievable.

At least the police are investigating themselves, where have we seen that before...

https://nos.nl/artikel/2544416-politie-onderzoekt-geweld-me-na-verplaatsen-demonstranten-in-amsterdam

Francesca Albanese Calls Out David Lammy On Gaza

This is (should be) well known by now, but doesn't hurt to repeat

Historian Enzo Traverso: Israel Is Using the Memory of the Holocaust to Justify Genocide in Gaza

In the acclaimed new book _Gaza Faces History_, historian Enzo Traverso challenges Western attitudes toward Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza by reckoning with the larger historical context of the Holocaust and the Nakba.

Traverso details how memorializing the Holocaust became a sort of "civil religion" that honored human rights and the values of Western liberal democracies after the Second World War. However, in recent decades, Traverso warns, "the memory of the Holocaust experienced a paradoxical metamorphosis, and it was weaponized by Israel and by most Western powers in order to become a policy of an unconditional support of Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories."

Witnessing this distortion of history, "I was shocked by the way in which many words, many concepts had been abused and misunderstood," says Traverso. "Now we are facing a paradoxical situation in which the perpetrator is Hamas and the Palestinians, and the victims are the Israelis. And this is a reversal of reality."


What stands out to me is that every video that mentions the holocaust now gets a blue banner on You Tube with a link to Wikepedia explaining the Holocaust. It's only for the Holocaust, never seen these banners for anything else. No banner nor explanation for the Nakba of course.

Israel takes UN peacekeeping chief on tour of Lebanon border

The Israeli military took UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix on a tour of the border area between Israel and Lebanon on Friday.

“We met with the commander of Northern Command General Ori Gordin who briefed [Lacroix] on the weapons and terror infrastructures that the [Israeli military] discovered in South Lebanon,” Amir Weissbrod, the deputy director general for the UN and International Organisations Division at the ministry, said in a post on X.

Weissbrod added that they “discussed ways to implement effectively resolution 1701” and visited the village of Metula to “witness firsthand the reality on the ground and the security challenges for the Israeli civilians in the towns and villages near the border”.

Earlier this week, Lacroix said that redeploying the Lebanese armed forces in southern Lebanon would constitute “an absolutely central element” of any ceasefire agreement.

UNIFIL peacekeepers have come under repeated fire from the Israeli military in the weeks since Israel significantly ramped up its attacks on Lebanon and launched a ground invasion of the southern parts of the country.

Today @IDF and @IsraelMFA hosted @Lacroix_UN for a visit in the Israeli-Lebanese border. We met with the commander of Norhern Command General Ori Gordin who briefed @Lacroix_UN on the weapons and terror infrastructures that the @IDF discovered in South Lebanon. Some of this… pic.twitter.com/VBKtJmVpcF

— Ambassador Amir Weissbrod (@AmirwWeissbrod) November 15, 2024

Two attacks target eastern Lebanon’s West Bekaa

Two Israeli air raids have targeted the village of Libbaya in West Bekaa in eastern Lebanon, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera.

Israel ‘pushing more and more for endless war’

Uri Misgav, a commentator with Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, says the far-right government of Netanyahu is becoming increasingly unpredictable as war rages in Lebanon and Gaza.

Misgav expressed concern over Netanyahu’s threat to order the military deeper into Lebanon if a truce with Hezbollah is not reached. “Israel doesn’t have enough soldiers to back up these plans in my opinion. It’s very hard to tell what Netanyahu is doing,” he told Al Jazeera.

Israeli military shoots down 2 more drones from Lebanon

It shot down the drones that crossed from southern Lebanon into northern Israel. Air attack sirens were activated across northern Israel, the military said, due to concerns of metal fragments falling to the ground from interceptor missiles deployed to destroy the drones.

Sixteen alerts were issued for towns in the area on Saturday morning.

The Israeli military earlier shot down two drones as they crossed the border from southern Lebanon in the same region.

No injuries or damage to property have been reported so far.

🚨 ✈️ Hostile Aircraft Intrusion, Rocket Alert [08:17:45] - 14 Alerts:

• Confrontation Line — Betzet Beach (×2), Lehman (×2), Rosh HaNikra (×2), Milouot Industrial Zone North (×2), Gesher HaZiv (×2), Sa'ar, Nahariya (×3)

Population: 190,000 pic.twitter.com/9bu9DioTCO

— ILRedAlert (@ILRedAlert) November 16, 2024

Israel strikes Beirut’s southern suburb

A plume of smoke has been seen rising over the buildings in the Haret Hreik area of Beirut, according to the AFP news agency, shortly after the Israeli army ordered an evacuation for residents near two buildings. Lebanon’s National News Agency also reported “a very violent raid” on Haret Hrek.


Footage shows Israeli attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs

Lebanese media outlets have published footage documenting the first moments of the Israeli air strikes on some buildings in the Haret Hreik area in the southern suburbs of the capital. The video below was verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency, Sanad.

Israel launches series of raids in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh

An Israeli warplane has bombed a house in the Qalaa neighbourhood in the village of Sir al-Gharbiya north of the Litani River in the Nabatieh governorate, destroying it completely, according to the National News Agency (NNA).

In the same governorate, a series of air strikes also targeted the villages of al-Jumayjimah, Chaqra and Barashit in the Bint Jbeil district, the agency said.

Also in Nabatieh, an Israeli aircraft bombed a three-storey family home in the village of Ebba, NNA reported.

Drone hits civil defence team in Nabatieh, Lebanon

An Israeli drone hit a civil defence team on Arnoun-Kfar Tibnit road in the Nabatieh governorate in Lebanon while they conducted fieldwork. The National News Agency reported initial information from the attack signalled there were injuries among the paramedics.

On Thursday, at least 12 medics were killed in an air strike on a civil defence centre in Lebanon’s eastern Baalbek region. The killings pushed the number of rescue workers Israel has killed in Lebanon to more than 100 in the past year – most of them since early October.