Thursday, September 26, 2024

Something to Think About . . .


Image: An al-Risala Scouts’ ambulance burns in the town of Sohmor in the Western Beqaa District of Lebanon as a result of Israeli bombing – September 23, 2024. (Source)


NEXT:
“A Year of War Against Children”


Related Off-site Links:
Lebanon Burns: Israel Expands Genocide Beyond Gaza – Mnar Adley (Mint Press, September 26, 2024).
“Hell Is Breaking Loose in Lebanon”: Israel Rejects Ceasefire Proposal as U.N. Chief Calls for PeaceDemocracy Now! (September 26, 2024).
“Lebanese Civilians Are Paying the Price”: Israeli Strikes Kill Nearly 600, Displace Tens of ThousandsDemocracy Now! (September 26, 2024).
To Stop Israel’s Expanding War, Biden Must Heed a New Demand: Arms Embargo – Brian Garvey (Common Dreams, September 26, 2024).
Netanyahu Has to Be Forced to Stop – Branko Marcetic (Jacobin, September 26, 2024).
Sen. Bernie Sanders Unveils Resolutions to Block U.S. Arms Sales as Israel Rejects Cease-Fire Call – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, September 26, 2024).
Beirut Suburbs or “Hezbollah Stronghold”? U.S. Media Parrots Israeli Propaganda to Justify Bombing Civilians – Séamus Malekafzali (The Intercept, September 25, 2024).
With All Eyes on Gaza, Israel Bulldozed “Mile After Mile” of West Bank – Jessica Corbett (Common Dreams, September 25, 2024).
Omar El Akkad on “the Privilege of Instantaneous Forgetting” – Christopher Bollen (Interview, July 23, 2021).

UPDATES: Israeli Strikes Displace 140,000 Kids in Lebanon as Netanyahu Vows to Keep Bombing – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, September 27, 2024).
Report from Beirut: Israel Is “Targeting Everyone” in Bombing Campaign, Killing 700+ in Just DaysDemocracy Now! (September 27, 2024).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
Protesting Weapons Manufacturer and Genocide Enabler General Dynamics
Yousef Munayyer: Quote of the Day – August 30, 2024
Breaking Down Kamala Harris’s DNC Speech on Gaza
John Cusack: Quote of the Day – July 26, 2024
Phyllis Bennis: “We Can Never Give Up Hope”
Kyle Kulinski: Quote of the Day – May 23, 2024
Naomi Klein’s Powerful Words on Israel’s and the West’s Ongoing Gaza Genocide
Outrage and Despair
“This Is a Genocidal Project”
“A Genocide Has Been Normalized”
Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
More Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
Josh Paul: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
Phyllis Bennis: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
Michael Fakhri: Quote of the Day – February 27, 2024
Sabrina Salvati: Quote of the Day – January 2, 2024
Christmas 2023 – Reflections, Activism, Art, and Celebrations
Jehad Abusalim: Quote of the Day – December 8, 2023
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Quote of the Day – November 2, 2023
In the Midst of the “Great Unraveling,” a Visit to the Prayer Tree
Something to Think About – October 12, 2023
Eric Levitz: Quote of the Day – October 11, 2023
Phyllis Bennis: “If We Are Serious About Ending This Spiraling Violence, We Need to Look at Root Causes”
“Nothing About Today is ‘Unprovoked’”
“The Mistreatment and Discrimination Against Palestinians Is Not Unprecedented. It’s Baked Into the Foundation of the Political System in Israel”
Progressive Perspectives on the Ongoing Israeli-Palestinian “Nightmare” (2021)
Something to Think About – July 29, 2018
Noura Erakat: Quote of the Day – May 15, 2018
For Some Jews, Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians is Yet Another Jewish Tragedy
Remembering the Six-Day War and Its Ongoing Aftermath
David Norris: Quote of the Day – August 12, 2014


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