News and Analysis 10/9/24

“[I]n recent weeks as U.S. officials were repeatedly blindsided by Israeli actions …

• Biden, Netanyahu Speak, Israel Vows Lethal Retaliation Against Iran (Reuters)

… and yet,

• Biden Speaks with Netanyahu, Pledges ‘Ironclad’ Support for Israel (Aljazeera)
• Biden Can End His Failure in the Middle East—if He Listens to the American People (Time)
• Is Israel Playing Hardball, Sucking the US into Plot to Attack Iran? (Responsible Statecraft)

With a turnout of only 28.8%, Tunisians refuse to participate in a corrupt electi0on, allowing the dictator to claim a 90.7% victory:

• Tunisia’s Saied Wins Presidential Election, Electoral Commission Says (Aljazeera)

Zionists are persecuting Jews for their opposition to genocide “grounded in their Jewish values”:

• The Take: The Jewish Workers Ousted for Supporting Palestine (Aljazeera)

“[T]here will be a limited transition of power from New Delhi to the assembly as Kashmir will remain a “union territory” — directly controlled by the federal government”:

• Biggest Kashmir Party Opposed to India’s Stripping of Region’s Autonomy Wins Most Seats in Election (AP)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Palestinians Evacuating Northern Gaza Say They Are Being Shot at by Israeli Military (CNN)
• As Israel Launches Massive Attack in Northern Gaza, Hospital Director Defies Israeli Evacuation Order (Drop Site)
• 5 Paramedics Killed in Israeli Airstrike on a Civil Defense Center in Southern Lebanon (AP)
• At Least Four Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces in West Bank’s Nablus (Aljazeera)
• LIVE: Israel Attacks Gaza Journalists, Resumes Bombing of Lebanon’s Capital (Aljazeera)

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “new book, The Message, is based in part on his visit last year to Israel and the occupied West Bank, where he says he saw a system of segregation and oppression reminiscent of Jim Crow in the United States”:

• Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth (Democracy Now!)

“Iran made it clear that any action by a Persian Gulf country against Tehran, whether through the use of airspace or military bases, will be regarded by Tehran as an action taken by the entire group”:

• Exclusive: Gulf States Must Not Allow Use of Airspace Against Iran, Iranian Official Says (Reuters)

“The saddest thing about the current situation is that all parties are now thinking only in military terms“:

• October 8 and Beyond (Friends of Sabeel North America)

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