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The commander of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) 401st Armored Brigade was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Jabalia, north Gaza today. According to the IOF’s statement, Colonel Ehsan Daqsa was killed when his tank and another were hit by explosive devices during the ongoing operations in Jabalia.
Israel plans to use slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s body as “another bargaining chip” in negotiations to get hostages out of Gaza, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.
www.spiegel.de
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www.koreatimes.co.kr
A 24-year-old man who assaulted a female convenience store clerk in the southeastern city of Jinju last year, calling her a "feminist" due to her short hair, has been sentenced to three years in prison in his appeal trial. The court recognized the attack as a "misogynistic crime," marking the first time in South Korea that misogyny was acknowledged as a motive in a criminal ruling. The victim, who lost her hearing due to the attack, expressed relief at the "meaningful ruling." The Changwon District Court's criminal division upheld Wednesday the original three-year sentence for the attacker, 24, citing "groundless hatred toward women" as the motive behind the crime. The incident occurred in April last year, when the 24-year-old assaulted a female part-time worker at a convenience store in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, because of her short hairstyle, calling her a "feminist."
www.politico.eu
PATO: The Pacific and Atlantic Treaty Organization >Their cooperation is forcing NATO to build closer ties with like-minded countries in the Indo-Pacific. For the first time, senior officials from Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan took part in a meeting with NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday. They baddies are “forcing” NATO into this. The poor [imperial core](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_countries), being dragged around again. #AlwaysTheSameMap Citations Needed podcast: [The Always Stumbling US Empire](https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/ep-13-the-always-stumbling-us-empire): *"Stumbling", "sliding", "drawn into" war––the media frequently assumes the US is bumbling its way around the world. The idea that the United States operates in “good faith” is taken for granted for most of the American press while war is always portrayed as something that happens to the US, not something it seeks out.* Also, doesn’t “CRINK” already have a name, the [Axis of Resistance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_Resistance)? Anyway, death to POTATO. - The Intercept, 2021: [Meet NATO, the Dangerous “Defensive” Alliance Trying to Run the World ](https://theintercept.com/2021/06/15/meet-nato-the-dangerous-defensive-alliance-trying-to-run-the-world/) - CounterPunch, 2022: [NATO is Not a Defensive Alliance](https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/17/nato-is-not-a-defensive-alliance/) - Noam Chomsky, 2023: [NATO “most violent, aggressive alliance in the world”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vlVmvarb-E) - Thomas Fazi, 2024: [NATO: 75 years of war, unprovoked aggressions and state-sponsored terrorism](https://www.thomasfazi.com/p/nato-75-years-of-war-unprovoked-aggressions)
www.bloomberg.com
https://archive.ph/7ZXa9
scheerpost.com
>Winstanley has repeatedly embarrassed the British establishment by exposing its covert and deep ties to Israel and its collusion with the Israeli lobby. > >In his book Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn, Winstanley exposed in shocking detail how anti-Semitism was weaponised against the former Labour leader. > >The book would have made uncomfortable reading for his successor, Sir Keir Starmer, now Britain’s prime minister, because it documents his role in the smear campaign.
www.aljazeera.com
Russia’s Ministry of Defence stated that returning Russian service members were undergoing medical checks in Belarus, one of Russia’s closest allies throughout the two-and-half-year conflict. A Russian military video showed smiling soldiers boarding buses. A video posted on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Telegram account, meanwhile, showed men, some wrapped in the Ukrainian flag, getting off a bus and hugging loved ones. “Every time Ukraine rescues its people from Russian captivity, we get closer to the day when freedom will be returned to all who are in Russian captivity,” the president said. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the exchange as “a reflection of the cooperative and friendly relations between the UAE and both countries”. It was its ninth time mediating such an exchange between Moscow and Kyiv.
www.theguardian.com
>Peru’s unpopular congress is under pressure to annul a controversial law, dubbed the “pro-organized crime” law, which experts argue weakens the fight against extortion and assassination by no longer classifying them as organized crime, which carries stiffer penalties. > >Moreover, the law stipulates that to carry out raids on suspected criminals, police and prosecutors must wait for their legal representatives to be present before conducting an operation. In practice, this can mean hours of waiting, allowing suspects to destroy evidence or otherwise frustrate the process. > >"A raid is an investigative mechanism that requires surprise," said Solis, adding that the law was instigated by "people in political positions who are being investigated for corruption". > >It is perhaps no coincidence that Boluarte -- whose [disapproval rating](https://elcomercio.pe/politica/gobierno/dina-boluarte-la-desaprobacion-a-la-presidenta-llega-al-92-y-es-la-mas-alta-de-su-gestion-ejecutivo-gobierno-datum-internacional-noticia/) reached a record low of 92% according to the polls this month -- was herself subject to a [raid on her home amid allegations swirling around her collection of Rolex watches and luxury jewellery](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/06/perus-embattled-president-dismisses-rolexgate-investigation-as-a-smoke-scr) in April.
>According to CNN, one of the documents reveals that Israel maintains a nuclear weapons arsenal which, for decades, has been an [open secret](https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-modernizing-nuclear-capabilities-upgrading-production-facilities-report/). This is highly controversial, as [amendments](https://mondoweiss.net/2021/08/israels-nukes-make-us-aid-illegal/) made to US foreign assistance laws by US Senators Stuart Symington and John Glenn in 1976 make Washington's huge military aid to Israel illegal because Tel Aviv is [not a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty](https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/israel-nukes-halt-military-aid). But successive US presidents since Richard Nixon, including [Joe Biden most recently](https://news.antiwar.com/2021/09/01/biden-and-bennett-renewed-agreement-on-israels-secret-nuclear-weapons-program/#gsc.tab=0), have agreed with their Israeli counterparts to never acknowledge Israel's approximately [90](https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat)--[300](https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/israel-might-have-many-300-nuclear-weapons-and-some-are-ocean-27011) nukes.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21598108 > cross-posted from: https://hcommons.social/users/adachika192/statuses/113339925768240423 > > > Pro-Palestine protesters shut down London's Tower Bridge > > (Jerusalem Post, 2024-10-20) > > > > [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-825262#825262](https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-825262#825262) > > ——— > > > > “Pro-Palestine protesters shut down Tower Bridge in [#London](https://hcommons.social/tags/London) on Saturday, shortly after thousands attended a mass protest in Trafalgar Square and Whitehall.” > > > > “… the Met Police stated that the groups had been dispersed and several arrests had been made.” > > > > “A group named Youth Demand claimed to have been part of a coalition that organized the event and shut down the bridge. > > “Youth Demand said it demanded that the UK government stop arming Israel…” > > > > “The other groups involved were the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Prayers4Gaza, Palestine Pulse, Thanet 4 Palestine, and Ealing Friends of Palestine.” > > > > [@palestine@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/palestine) > > [@palestine@a.gup.pe](https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine) > > [@israel](https://a.gup.pe/u/israel) > > [\#YouthDemand](https://hcommons.social/tags/YouthDemand) [#StopArmingIsrael](https://hcommons.social/tags/StopArmingIsrael)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21591444 > cross-posted from: https://hcommons.social/users/adachika192/statuses/113338789876120636 > > > Oxfam condemns killing of water engineers in Gaza > > (2024-10-19) > > > > [https://www.oxfam.org/node/24899](https://www.oxfam.org/node/24899) > > ——— > > > > “Oxfam condemns in the strongest terms the killing in Gaza today of four water engineers and workers from the Khuzaa municipality who were working with our strategic partner the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU). > > > > “The four men were killed on their way to conduct repairs to water infrastructure in Khuzaa, east of Khan Younis. Despite prior coordination with Israeli authorities their clearly-marked vehicle was bombed...” > > > > “Attacks on civilian infrastructure and those who maintain it are clear violations of international humanitarian law. Those responsible must be held to account. Such attacks are part of the crime of using starvation as a weapon of war. > > > > “Oxfam demands an independent investigation into this and other attacks on essential workers…” > > > > How many more violations should we need? [#StopGenocide](https://hcommons.social/tags/StopGenocide) > > > > [@palestine@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/palestine) > > [@palestine@a.gup.pe](https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine) > > [@israel](https://a.gup.pe/u/israel) > > [\#WarCrime](https://hcommons.social/tags/WarCrime)
www.middleeasteye.net
An Israeli attack on Beit Lahiya, a town in northern Gaza, killed at least 73 Palestinians on Saturday evening, according to the enclave's government media office. More than 100 others were wounded and several people missing. Israeli air strikes targeted a multi-floor building and damaged a number of nearby houses, medics in the Gaza Strip reported. The attack shook the entire western part of the town, and buildings collapsed while people were inside, Al Jazeera reported. Residents were given no warnings to leave their homes. The government media office said that Israeli forces had bombed overcrowded residential areas in Beit Lahiya, adding that women and children were amongst the casualties.
world-outlook.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21590205 > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21590102 > > > By world-outlook.com on October 19, 2024 > > > > [part 1 of an interview originally published in Jacobin, along with an introduction, additional links, photos, and endnotes] > >
www.theguardian.com
>Ian Brossat, a former Paris councillor and now a senator representing the French Communist party, called for SUVs to be banned in Paris. “This is not the first incident of its kind, and the dangerous nature of SUVs has already been pointed out on several occasions. We owe it to this young man to realise the scale of the problem and draw all the consequences,” Brossat told the Nouvel Obs.
zeteo.com
Early Thursday morning, I was woken by a distressed call from a doctor in Gaza, telling me of an Israeli strike on a school in the Jabalia refugee camp that killed dozens of Palestinians and injured scores of others. Hours later, I asked the State Department whether the US is actually enforcing its laws regarding military aid to governments committing violations of international humanitarian law. The response from State Department spokesman Matthew Miller? He accused me of wanting to end all US support for Israel.
theintercept.com
Sinwar, the architect of the October 7 attacks, was a top target for Israel. After months of Israel claiming that Sinwar was hiding in tunnels behind “human shields,” the Hamas leader was gravely wounded by tank fire when he was above ground and alone, as he sat on a chair covered in dust in a ruined apartment, according to drone footage released by the Israeli military. Following the news of Sinwar’s death, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said in a post on X: “After recent conversations w/leaders of Israel, Saudi Arabia & UAE, I have real hope that Sinwar’s death creates truly historic opportunities for Israel’s security, cessation of fighting & regional peace & stability through normalization of relations. The moment must be seized.” Just beneath the surface of Blumenthal’s remarks is a widely discussed mega-deal that would effectively create a U.S.-Gulf regime neo-colony in Gaza, commit the U.S. to going to war for Saudi Arabia, and plunge us deeper into a new cold war with China.
 
The movement said in a statement that Hamdan was killed while actively engaging with the Israeli army, reportedly alongside Sinwar.
www.aljazeera.com
>Facing [US sanctions](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/18/cuba-hundreds-protest-long-blackouts-tight-economy), Cuba has long relied on subsidised Venezuelan oil, but that supply is increasingly precarious as Venezuela [grapples with its own economic woes](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/28/venezuelan-opposition-rallies-in-caracas-one-month-after-disputed-vote). And Venezuela's allies Russia and China, have failed to send enough aid to fill the gap, [despite expressions of political solidarity.](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/13/why-are-russian-warships-in-cuba)
responsiblestatecraft.org
>"Another armed foreign intervention in Haiti will not result in the necessary Haitian-led transition to a democratic government, rather it risks further destabilizing the country, endangering more innocent people, and entrenching the current, illegitimate regime," several members of Congress [wrote](https://pressley.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-08-Letter-to-Secretary-Blinken-on-Kenya-Led-Haiti-Intervention.pdf) in a December open letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. > >Manpower and lack of planning are not the only challenges. A [long history](https://www.justsecurity.org/84475/as-haitis-last-10-lawmakers-terms-expire-political-transition-must-take-priority-over-military-intervention/) of American meddling and propping up corrupt regimes in Haiti's politics also casts an ominous shadow of doubt over the Biden administration's [claims](https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-a-press-availability-51/) that its strategy even aligns with Haitian interests. > >Haiti's 2010-2011 presidential election looms particularly large. After interfering in the election on his behalf in November 2010, the U.S. imposed [sanctions](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-imposes-sanctions-former-haitian-president-over-drug-trafficking-2024-08-20/) on former president Michel Martelly this August for charges related to drug-trafficking, with one American official citing the role he and other figures have played in "perpetuating the ongoing crisis in Haiti."
SHENGJIN, Albania, Oct 19 (Reuters) - An Italian coastguard vessel collected migrants that were held in reception centres in Albania and transferred them to Italy on Saturday, after a court ruling dealt a blow to Rome's plans to house migrants picked up at sea outside the EU. The Italian government vowed on Friday to push ahead with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's flagship project to divert asylum-seekers abroad, saying it would appeal against the legal decision that migrants in reception centres in Albania should be taken to Italy. A cabinet meeting will be held on Monday to decide on the government's response. The migrants were taken to Albania earlier this week by an Italian navy ship. They originally numbered 16, but four have already been brought to Italy for health reasons or because they were minors. The court said the 12 migrants in the new Albanian facility of Gjader had to return to Italy because their countries of origin -- Egypt and Bangladesh -- could not be considered safe.
www.aljazeera.com
The United States military has bombed a series of targets in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthi group, the US defence chief has said. US Air Force B-2 stealth bombers conducted “precision strikes” against five underground weapons storage locations, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday. The Houthis’ Al Masirah TV satellite news channel reported air strikes around Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which the group has held since 2014, and around its stronghold of Saada. It provided no immediate information on damage or casualties. The latest bombing raids come a day after the United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, warned that the country was at risk of being dragged further into the military escalation in the Middle East.
www.commondreams.org
"The ICC's credibility is hanging by a thread," warned one former United Nations official in response to the court's delay in deciding whether to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. U.S. lawmakers have also threatened to sanction ICC officials who seek to hold Israeli leaders accountable for violations of international law, and in June dozens of House Democrats joined their Republican colleagues in passing H.R. 8282, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, which would sanction ICC personnel involved in efforts to bring Israeli leaders to justice. Haniyeh was assassinated in late July by Israeli operatives in Tehran, Iran. Israel claims to have also killed Al-Masri, although this has not been confirmed.
www.politico.eu
PARIS — France has decided to ban Israeli companies from the Euronaval trade show that kicks off in early November, one person with first-hand knowledge of the issue told POLITICO. Israeli delegations will be able to attend the event but contractors cannot showcase their military equipment at booths, the person added after being granted anonymity to discuss a matter that isn't public yet. The French Euronaval ban is the latest row in a series of diplomatic fallouts between President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Israel's military ramps up its attacks in Gaza and Lebanon.
