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– October 16, 2023


Related Off-site Links:
What’s the Israel-Palestinian Conflict About? The Origin of Wars Explained – Reuters (October 10, 2023).
Historian Rashid Khalidi: Palestinians “Living Under Incredible Oppression . . . It Had to Explode” – Democracy Now! (October 10, 2023).
Mohammed El-Kurd: How Much Palestinian Blood Will It Take to End Israel’s Occupation and Apartheid? – Democracy Now! (October 10, 2023).
As U.S. Pledges More Support for Israel, Global Call for Cease-Fire to Prevent Further Bloodshed Grows – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, October 10, 2023).
“Israel’s 9/11” Is a Slogan to Rationalize Open-Ended Massacre of Palestinian Civilians – Norman Solomon (Common Dreams, October 10, 2023).
“Bone-Chilling” Violence in Israel and Gaza Has Pushed the Region to a “Tipping Point”: UN Relief Head – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, October 11, 2023).
While Israeli Media Examine Government Failure, U.S. Papers Push “National Unity” – Ari Paul (FAIR, October 11, 2023).
Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Should Lift Siege and Call Off Plans for Ground Invasion of Gaza – Democracy Now! (October 11, 2023).
How to Think Morally About the Israel-Hamas War – Zack Beauchamp (Vox, October 11, 2023).
Israeli Apartheid Is at the Heart of the Brutality in Gaza and Israel – Phyllis Bennis (In These Times, October 12, 2023).
Palestinian Journalist: Latest Violence Shatters Notion That Israeli Apartheid Is Sustainable – Democracy Now! (October 12, 2023).
Israel Links Gaza Aid to Hostages’ Release as Humanitarian Disaster Looms – Henriette Chacar, Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Humeyra Pamuk (Reuters, October 12, 2023).
Gazans Bombarded by Israel Have No Hope and No Escape – Nidal Al-Mughrabi (Reuters, October 12, 2023).
“Collective Punishment”: Israeli Minister Says No Humanitarian Breaks in Gaza Siege Until Hostages Freed – Olivia Rosane (Common Dreams, October 12, 2023).
Israel Accused of “Blatant War Crime” as Human Rights Weatch Confirms White Phosphorus Used in Gaza – Brett Wilkins (Common Dreams, October 12, 2023).

UPDATES: Palestinians Flee Northern Gaza After Israel Orders One Million to Evacuate as Ground Attack Looms – Isabel Debre, Edith M. Lederer and Wafaa Shurafa (AP News, October 13, 2023).
Noura Erakat: Western Leaders and Media Are Justifying Israel’s “Genocidal Campaign” Against Palestinians – Democracy Now! (October 13, 2023).
The Answer to Hamas’ Brutality Is Not to Eviscerate Innocent Palestinians – Phyllis Bennis (Foreign Policy in Focus via Common Dreams, October 13, 2023).
Benjamin Netanyahu Made Hamas Stronger and Compromised Israeli Security: An Interview with Zack Beauchamp – Rising (October 16, 2023).
Selective Empathy Is Not Empathetic at All – Belén Fernández (Al Jazeera via Common Dreams, October 17, 2023).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• “Nothing About Today is ‘Unprovoked’”
• Phyllis Bennis: “If We Are Serious About Ending This Spiraling Violence, We Need to Look at Root Causes”
• “The Mistreatment and Discrimination Against Palestinians Is Not Unprecedented. It’s Baked Into the Foundation of the Political System in Israel”
• 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