Informed Comment daily updates (11/11/2023)

 

Israel’s War on Gaza’s Hospitals and Patients: al-Shifa Bombed again, as 20 of 36 Hospitals Go Dark Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Friday saw an all-out attack by Israel on the hospitals in northern Gaza, leaving many of them inoperable and the sick and wounded untreated. Israeli fighter jets bombarded the main gate of the al-Shifa Medical Complex repeatedly, as Israeli ground troops advanced on […]

Why we Need Armistice Day Back: Remembering the Horrors of War Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – November 11 – at the “11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” – marks 105 years since the World War 1 Armistice, which ended the nightmare of the deadliest war in history until then.  The brutality of that first industrial war robbed 20 million soldiers […]

Why so Many Jews Denounce Israel’s War on Gaza By Yakov M. Rabkin ( Pressenza ) – A profound division exists between Zionist advocates of Israel on the one hand, and both secular and religious Jews, on the other, who reject Zionism and thus the very idea of a separate state for the Jews. Most Jews must be somewhere in between. For years, they […]

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Statement of Juan Cole, Director of the program in Arab and Muslim American Studies in the American Culture Department at the University of Michigan Human-Caused Climate Change cost US $67 bn., Produced Hottest 12 Months for 125,000 years Israel’s Bombing is killing a Journalist a Day: This has to Stop Letter to Hebrew University, Israel, in defense of Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian over Call for Gaza Ceasefire Biden’s Border: Record Contracts for Private Industry on the World’s Deadliest Frontier Dear Congress: Your Resolution against Rashida Tlaib is Delusional, full of Fake History and Falsehoods. Here’s Why. How are leaders in the Muslim World reacting to the Gaza Conflict?

Informed Comment daily updates (11/10/2023)

 

Statement of Juan Cole, Director of the program in Arab and Muslim American Studies in the American Culture Department at the University of Michigan I write in awareness that the ongoing, painful events in the Middle East are putting an enormous emotional burden on the faculty, staff and students of our program. I want them to know that AMAS is here for them as a supporter and that we are available to offer counsel in this difficult moment. Concrete […]

Human-Caused Climate Change cost US $67 bn., Produced Hottest 12 Months for 125,000 years Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The non-profit collective of high-powered scientists, Climate Central, has released a new report demonstrating that the past 12 months have been the hottest on record, and inferring that they are the hottest in 125,000 years. They find that during the past year, 73% of the world’s population suffered through at […]

Israel’s Bombing is killing a Journalist a Day: This has to Stop By Peter Greste, The University of Queensland | – According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Gaza-Israel war has been the deadliest conflict for media workers since the organisation began counting statistics in 1992. At the time of writing, the committee said at least 39 journalists and media workers had been killed in the […]

Letter to Hebrew University, Israel, in defense of Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian over Call for Gaza Ceasefire Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association | – Asher Cohen  President, Hebrew University of Jerusalem hupres@savion.huji.ac.il    Tamir Sheafer  Rector, Hebrew University of Jerusalem rector@savion.huji.ac.il     Dear President Cohen and Rector Sheafer,    We write to you on behalf of the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North […]

Biden’s Border: Record Contracts for Private Industry on the World’s Deadliest Frontier By Todd Miller ( Tomdispatch.com ) – On September 23rd, at about 2:30 a.m., a Border Patrol surveillance camera captured two people crossing the international boundary between Mexico and the United States on the outskirts of Nogales, Arizona. A Border Patrol vehicle arrived quickly, but not before one of them had fled back into Mexico. […]

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Dear Congress: Your Resolution against Rashida Tlaib is Delusional, full of Fake History and Falsehoods. Here’s Why. How are leaders in the Muslim World reacting to the Gaza Conflict? Winter Sea Ice in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is in Disturbing Decline: 200 Scientists Sound Alarm With all Eyes on Gaza, Extremist Israeli Squatters seek to Ethnically Cleanse the Palestinian West Bank How Global Warming shakes the Earth: Data show Storms and Waves gaining Strength as the Planet warms

WEEK IN REVIEW: Israel Wages War on Gaza Hospitals

 

The Week in Review November 11, 2023 'Can You Hear the Screams?' Physician Says Western Leaders Complicit in Israeli Attacks on Gaza Hospitals "When are you going to stop this?" Dr. Mads Gilbert asked U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of European nations. November 10, 2023 Global Cease-Fire Call Grows as Israel Wages 'War Against Hospitals' in Gaza "Children in Gaza are hanging by a thread," said a UNICEF director, calling for attacks on healthcare facilities to stop immediately and the urgent delivery of supplies to hospitals. November 10, 2023 750+ Journalists to Colleagues: 'Tell the Full Truth' About Israeli Atrocities in Gaza "This is our job: to hold power to account. Otherwise, we risk becoming accessories to genocide." November 09, 2023 After Years of Tanking Climate Action and Anti-Poverty Measures, Manchin Announces Exit From Senate "During his time in office, Manchin served the fossil fuel industry and lined his pockets with the payoff," said one critic. November 08, 2023 Coalition Warns Against 'Fiscal Commission' That Would Fast-Track Social Security Cuts "The only reason to create a fast-track, closed-door commission is to overthrow the will of the American people by cutting their hard-earned benefits," said Social Security Works president Nancy Altman. November 08, 2023 EU Scientists 'Can Say With Near Certainty' That 2023 Will Be Hottest in 125,000 Years Noting the global temperature records "obliterated" thoughout the year, one expert said that "the sense of urgency for ambitious climate action going into COP28 has never been higher." November 08, 2023 Expansion Plans of Top Fossil Fuel-Producing Nations Throw 'Humanity's Future Into Question': UN Report "We cannot address climate catastrophe without tackling its root cause: fossil fuel dependence," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said.

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Opinion Disrupting Biden for Gaza Didn’t Take Courage I was channeling the sentiments of the truly courageous people I have been following and have spoken to in Gaza. Danaka Katovich Genocide in Gaza Would Not Be Possible Without Western Complicity The word ‘hypocrisy’ here does not even begin to describe what is taking place, and the repercussions of this moral failure will be felt around the world for years to come. Ramzy Baroud Ohio Voters Used Direct Democracy to Defend Abortion Rights Tuesday’s vote has broader implications for direct democracy and its ability to reshape state policy across the country. Alice Clapman Disarming Domestic Abusers Can Protect Us All A federal law banning those convicted of domestic violence from purchasing a gun is an approach supported by 81 percent of those self-identifying as Republicans and 91 percent of self-identified Democrats polled. Mara Elliott

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TOP NEWS: UN Humanitarian Office Says Northern Gaza Is 'Hell on Earth' as Death Toll Climbs

November 10, 2023 Top News Groups Applaud EU Nature Restoration Deal, But Say More Work Is Needed to Counter Concessions to Far Right "Despite significant concessions made to the opponents of the impactful Nature Restoration Law, the provisional agreement includes several positive elements," said one advocate. Julia Conley 750+ Journalists to Colleagues: 'Tell the Full Truth' About Israeli Atrocities in Gaza "This is our job: to hold power to account. Otherwise, we risk becoming accessories to genocide." Brett Wilkins Over Half a Million Marchers Expected in London Nov. 11 to Demand Gaza Cease-Fire "We want to send a clear message from the march that we represent the majority of the population in our calls for a cease-fire and that the movement in support of the Palestinians is growing in strength." Jessica Corbett UN Humanitarian Office Says Northern Gaza Is 'Hell on Earth' as Death Toll Climbs to 11,000 "It is a life of fear by day and darkness at night and what do you tell your children in such a situation, it's almost unimaginable—that the fire they see in the sky is out to kill them?" said a spokesperson for the United Nations. Julia Conley Israeli Military Attacks Several Hospitals in Northern Gaza "Israel is now launching a war on Gaza City hospitals." Jake Johnson Climate Groups Plan to Appeal as Judge Upholds Biden Approval of Willow Drilling Project "Beyond the illegality of Willow's approval, Interior's decision to greenlight the project in the first place moved us in the opposite direction of our national climate goals in the face of the worsening climate crisis." Jake Johnson

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Over 50 Bodies Pulled From Rubble of Gaza School Bombed Amid Israeli Assault Progressives Push Back as Biden Admin Works to Bypass Oversight of Israel Arms Transfers UN Human Rights Chief Demands Investigation Into Israel's Use of 'High-Impact' Explosives in Gaza Contradicting Biden, US Official Says Gaza Death Toll May Be 'Even Higher' Than Reported Human Rights Watch Sounds Alarm as Israeli Forces Close In On Gaza's Largest Hospital VIEW ALL NEWS MAKE A GIFT TO COMMON DREAMS. Independent news is more important than ever. DONATE TODAY

Opinion The US Has a Choice: Happier, Leftist Finland or Angry, Right-Wing Hungary According to research and data, right-wing governance and economic thinking make life more miserable for people. Thomas Meisenhelder The Hideous Cruelty of Not Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza We have no excuse, none whatsoever, for not raising our voices resoundingly, thunderously, clamoring for a ceasefire. Kathy Kelly Let’s Restore Armistice Day The original November 11 embodied a resolve for world peace. H. Patricia Hynes

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