The Wednesday Edition

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | ISRAEL’S LONG-HELD PLAN TO DRIVE GAZA’S PEOPLE INTO SINAI IS NOW WITHIN REACH

  
  November 01, 2023 14:28

  Source: Declassified UK
  https://www.declassifieduk.org/israels-long-held-plan-to-drive-gazas-people-into-sinai-is-now-within-reach/

   

  By Jonathan Cook
  Published October 27, 2023

   

  As the UK and US back Israel’s aggression against Palestinians, including an imminent ground invasion of Gaza, are they also about to assist Israel’s ethnic cleansing proposal for a “Greater Gaza” - in Egypt

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | Why Israel wants to erase context and history in the war on Gaza

  
  November 08, 2023 13:34

  Source: Al-Jazeera
  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/11/5/why-israel-wants-to-erase-context-and-history-in-the-war-on-gaza

   

  By Ilan Pappe
  Published November 5, 2023

   

  The dehistoricisation of what is happening helps Israel pursue genocidal policies in Gaza.

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | Condemn if you wish, but Palestinians will pay a heavy price

  
  November 15, 2023 14:00

  Source: Jonathan Cook Blog
  https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2023-11-10/condemn-palestinians-price/

   

  By Jonathan Cook
  Published November 10, 2023

   

  The act of condemnation has been cynically weaponised. The aim is not to show solidarity with Israelis. It’s to fan the flames of hatred to rationalise crimes against Palestinians

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | Dear President Biden: The Elders' open letter on Israel and Palestine

  
  November 22, 2023 14:29

  Source: The Elders
  https://theelders.org/news/dear-president-biden-elders-open-letter-israel-and-palestine

   

  Published November 16, 2023

   

  On 16 November 2023, The Elders delivered an open letter to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, on Israel and Palestine.

   

  Download the open letter and read in full below.

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | Behind the mask

  
  November 29, 2023 14:45

  Source: The Telegraph
  https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/behind-the-mask-the-horror-in-gaza-has-exposed-the-wests-partisanship/cid/1982665

   

  By Mukul Kesavan
  Published November 26, 2023

   

  Gaza seems like an inflection point in the shaping of world opinion because the West’s leaders — Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer and Olaf Scholz and Joe Biden — didn’t pretend to be even-handed

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | Israel has a long history of taking Palestinian children captive

  
  December 06, 2023 14:06

  Source: Mondoweiss
  https://mondoweiss.net/2023/11/israel-has-a-long-history-of-taking-palestinian-children-captive/

   

  By YUMNA PATEL
  Published November 30, 2023

   

  Israel has a long history of taking Palestinian children captive, abusing and scarring them in the process. This mass incarceration of children living under occupation boils down to one thing: control and the deprivation of liberty.

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | Israel-Palestine war: For Netanyahu and his political allies, peace is more dangerous than war

  
  December 13, 2023 13:51

  Source: Middle East Eye
  https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-netanyahu-political-allies-peace-dangerous

   

  By Meron Rapoport in Tel Aviv, Israel
  Published December 5, 2023

   

  Israeli public opinion has turned against both Israel's prime minister and Bezalel Smotrich, his main coalition partner on the extreme right. But they won't give up on their dream of a new Nakba easily

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | Opinion | Israel Killed Thousands of Children in Gaza. How Can So Many Israelis Remain Indifferent?

  
  December 20, 2023 14:25

  Source: Haaretz
  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-12-18/ty-article-opinion/.premium/israel-killed-thousands-of-children-in-gaza-how-can-so-many-israelis-remain-indifferent/0000018c-788c-d55c-a7cc-fb8edb100000?

   

  By Amira Hass
  Published December 18, 2023

   

  For decades we've been brought up believing that only military force can ensure the state's survival, while denying rights to the Palestinians. That's just one of many sad answers to the question

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | Israel-Palestine war: How Gaza changed global politics

  
  December 27, 2023 14:25

  Source: Middle East Eye
  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-gaza-changed-global-politics-how

   

  By Peter Oborne
  Published December 14, 2023

   

  It is impossible to exaggerate the horror that has befallen the people of Gaza over the last two months. But their courage, suffering and endurance may have changed world history

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• Our Wednesday News Analysis | ‘Are we the baddies?’ Western support for genocide in Gaza means the answer is yes

  
  January 03, 2024 14:45

  Source: Middle East Eye
  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-baddies-western-support-genocide-gaza-yes

   

  By Jonathan Cook
  Published December 27, 2023

   

  The desperate smear campaign to defend Israel’s crimes highlights the toxic brew of lies that’s been underpinning the liberal democratic order for decades

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