Following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that killed at least 10 civilians, including four children, the State Department said it supports Israel’s right to “protect itself.”
Israel began targeting the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the initial round of airstrikes killed 15 people, including four children, six other civilians, and three members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
“We are closely following Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip that killed three leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Israel has the right to protect itself and its people from indiscriminate rocket attacks launched by terrorist groups,” a State Department spokesperson told Antiwar.com in an email on Wednesday.
“We are also aware of reports that 10 civilians were tragically killed in the Israeli strikes. We call for all parties to deescalate the situation,” the spokesperson added.
Later on Wednesday, the Pentagon said Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, and reaffirmed the US’s “ironclad” support for Israel. According to the Israeli side, Gallant told Austin Israel was prepared to wage a “prolonged campaign” in Gaza.
Israeli airstrikes continued in Gaza on Wednesday. At least six more people were killed, including a 10-year-old girl and four fighters for a group called the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Wednesday’s strikes brought the total death toll to 21, including five children.
When asked about the civilian casualties after the first round of airstrikes, the Israeli military said it was “aware of some collateral” and did not comment further. The Israeli military dubbed its offensive “Operation Shield and Arrow.”
In response to the Israeli airstrikes, the Palestinian Joint Command, a group of armed factions in Gaza, launched an operatiion and began firing rockets into Israel. As of Wednesday night, there have been no reports of casualties on the Israeli side.
The fighting showed no sign of waning as of Wednesday night despite Egypt’s efforts to broker a ceasefire. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been facing a political crisis over his planned judicial overhaul, warned that “this round is not over” in a televised address. “We see you everywhere. You can’t hide, and we choose the place and time to strike you,” he said.
The US has issued Israel a “license to kill”…
Zionism has usurped Judaism as it has usurped the land of Palestine, through myths and lies.
… and, above all, indiscriminate slaughter of its defenseless indigenes.
And members of the press have been targeted
I could name quite a few examples however my contributions here appear to get me into trouble.
Can’t we even say Shireen’s name?🙁
If we’re not able to mention the name of murdered Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aklehon Antiwar then that would reveal something.
And if ifs and buts were cherries and nuts, it would be Christmas every day.
And if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
And if you were capable of making sense, you’d probably start doing so at some point.
On the topic of Shieen Abu Akleh – listen to this detailed account of what happened – podcast .
”The Chris Hedges Report Podacst with Kavitha Chekuru on Israel’s execution of the Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh and the failure to hold Israel accountable”.
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-chris-hedges-report-podacst-with?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#details
Thanks Southern!
1.Jews have always been indigenous to the land of Israel,as have been many other peoples. Both sides practice slaughter.
Jews yes, Zionists no.
Some of our finest Americans are Jewish. My hero du jour is Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin.
Colonialism: Balfour Declaration
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2018/11/2/more-than-a-century-on-the-balfour-declaration-explained
The creation of Israel had long been in the planning it wasn’t a just consequence to the second world war.
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Big surprise there, Southern 😉
The world is full of surprises.
Right now I’d be surprised to be able to download a podcasts free from adverts – [anyone?]
Nope, Southern, that’s not possible 😉
Zionism is a political movement to keep those who practice the Jewish faith more safe. Judaism is a faith.Palestine is now a multiethnic state.No myths.
Following a religion does not establish ethnicity or local ancestry for that matter.
Palestinians have local ancestry and ethnicity to match.
Just need to look at the Zionists in high places in D.C. along with the slobbering, foaming at the mouth homemade war mongers that move in and out of the military offense industry and political office and there you go.
And the congressional whores that are slaves to them, Bill.
And who are these “Zionists in high places” To be a Zionist-you must have a tangible connection to Zionism. Say what you mean.
Israel has practiced righteous self defense.The situation is not a happy one, but if they shoot at you,they get back some.
I couldn’t give a crap about ANY religion.
But this Zionist garbage is disgusting.
Zionism isn’t about religion – they’re hard core Straussians who’ve hijacked a religion in order to pursue another agenda.
Just another noble lie.
Could you please elaborate.
Like Neoconservatism, Zionism is just another “Noble (hateful) Lie”.
Both the Neocons and the Zionist are followers of Straussian ideology.
In the present day that’s come to be true.
So show me where Hertz was a Straussian. Zionism is about creating a safe refuge from hostile murderous Christians and Moslems.
If you mean Herzl, I doubt he was a Straussian, insofar as he died when Strauss was five years old and a decade and a half before Strauss became identifiably a Zionist.
exactly.
Another day of US vulgarity. No wonder the Majority World is decoupled from the Empire.
Bombing an open air concentration camp is totally okay! Not genocide at all! Our state department elites are all a bunch of hypocritical imperialist murderers.
Palestinian rfuegees are still in camps because their Arab brethren refuse to assimilate the-maintaining a causus belli.
The Zionist claims over Palestine have always been biblical, that God [an imaginary character] promised them Palestine, however the very existence of God cannot be proven since its based on blind obedience.
God does exist. The vocable is a placeholder for Justice, Truth, Mercy, Beauty, Love, Goodness, …;
even though none of which can be proven to exist. The Zionist “god”, however ….
The Zionist worship the devil in their quest for world domination?
The classic canard about world domination.Its obvious where you are coming from.
“None can be proven to exist”.
Which is why I don’t believe in a “god”; it’s purely an act of faith.
However, Mother Nature cannot be denied; she is the only thing more powerful than humanity, which is why I consider myself Pagan, like the Old People before they were more or less forced into Christianity.
I grew up Catholic; looking back, I’ve been Pagan all my life and didn’t realize it. Same with my nominally Christian father. He was Pagan and didn’t even know it.
By “god” I taket you mean the metaphysical, truth, beauty, etc., stuff? That reduces you to the level of the animal farm.
Based on faith, actually.. Something the Zionist can take of leave. The founders of Israel were hard core athiests.
Archeological-the Western wall,ancient coins,and other finds prove that there was a period of time when Jews ruled the area.That does not make any other peoples less than human.
The purpose of archeology in Israel is to undermine Palestinian structures and history.
In other words,you cannot accept facts if they interfere with your worldview.TOOOO BAD-the Wailing wall exists, and it now back in the hands of its rightful owners. By the way,Russia under the Czars as the USSR was the most colonial empire.
I can not accept vandalism disguised as science.
Killing civilians with modern weaponry has nothing to do with self defense.
It’s a slow genocide – and that’s still being polite.
The Israeli’s don’t have the right to harm the Palestinians who’s land has been stolen
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Hi Southern
Try telling our dear Thomas that Israhell is attempting to commit a slow, methodical genocide against the Palestinian people. He’ll reply that if the Zios are doing so, “they’re not very good at it”, ignoring the fact that Palestinians merely have higher birth rates than Izzies.
But that ain’t stopping the Zios from trying!
That makes one wonder how many other people have had their contributions to this thread removed.
It’s all becoming rather suspicious as much as it’s revealing.
Nothing suspicious about it. We have guidelines. Here they are:
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I generally don’t apply the “personal abuse of Antiwar.com’s writers and staff” prohibition to attacks on myself, since I’m an active commenter and thus asking for said abuse.
Notoriously there’s a problem with this “hate speech” thing:
1.) Like “beauty”, it’s in the eye of the beholder, e.g., current practice has any
criticism of Israel antisemitic.
2.) There are things, creeds, people and states that are hateful: Jim Crow and
Nazism for example. Wouldn’t Zionism, its practitioners, and supporters be
another in this series?
Antiwar.com is the beholder. And has chosen to be excruciatingly specific in its guidelines.
Very often, the term Zionist really is meant to mean Jew.If the European world and the Moslem world had been less hateful,there would have been no Zionism.You made it,own it.
Here we go. Now comes Ellie Wiesel, … and how great a victim you are, … especially here in New York and London, … like nobody else ever before, …all while your hands are unstained, never victimized or exploited anybody anytime, especially now and especially the population of Palestine.
You’re not entitled to use Antiwar.com’s facilities to publish slurs or supremacist claims based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion
Just say Zionist.
Correct. Zionism is an entirely accepted target of criticism here at Antiwar.com.
Of course, those who plug “Zionist” (most of whom are not Jewish) in where they really just mean “Jew” probably won’t fool anyone, but my job is to enforce specific guidelines, not to prevent bigots from making themselves look stupid in public.
Zionism is an entirely accepted target of criticism here at Antiwar.com.
You miss the point, Zionism is a supremest claim based on based on race, nationality and religion.
They’re less targets than accepted here at Antiwar.com – at least by management.
“Zionism is a supremest claim based on based on race, nationality and religion.”
You’re completely free to depict it as that if you want to.
I suppose it’s possible that there’s someone in management at Antiwar.com to whom Zionism is more “accepted” than “target.” But if so, I have no idea who that might be.
You’re completely free to depict it as that if you want to.
No need, Zionist do a pretty good job with their depiction of National Socialism all by themselves.
Are you being remunerated for your role as ”mod”.
Yes.
Correct. Zionism is an entirely accepted target of criticism here at Antiwar.com.
Of course, those who plug “Zionist” (most of whom are not Jewish) in where they really just mean “Jew” probably won’t fool anyone, but my job is to enforce specific guidelines, not to prevent bigots from making themselves look stupid in public.
Correct. Zionism is an entirely accepted target of criticism here at Antiwar.com.
Of course, those who plug “Zionist” (most of whom are not Jewish) in where they really just mean “Jew” probably won’t fool anyone, but my job is to enforce specific guidelines, not to prevent bigots from making themselves look stupid in public.
Since you’ve posted the commenting ”guidelines” you now have no other choice but to abide by them which means that you should refrain from insulting the good people who frequent this site.
It would clarify things enormously if you could answer the following questions.
Are you a Trotskyite?
Since you’ve posted the commenting ”guidelines” you now have no other choice but to abide by them which means that you should refrain from insulting the good people who frequent this site.
It would clarify things enormously if you could answer the following questions.
Are you Jewish?
Are you a Trotskyite?
You might want to actually READ the guidelines before opining as to what they require of me or anyone else. Insulting people doesn’t violate them.
Am I Jewish?
According to DNA testing results, I have some distant Jewish ancestry (about 2%). I neither practice Judaism as a religion nor identify ethnic/culturally as a Jew.
Am I a Trotskyite?
I’m neither a Trotskyite nor any other variety of Marxist.
I’m not sure what that would “clarify,” or to whom, though.
Why does the J word trigger moderation however when any other religion is being mentioned it doesn’t trigger an identical response.
That essentially confirms that there’s a double standard being applied.
Why is that?
Why do you ask a question, then confidentially assert a false answer?
There are a number of terms that trigger moderation. I’m not going to tell you what they are.
The particular one you refer to (which is not specifically religious) is on the trigger list because when the Stormfront morons decide to try to flood the site with their filth, the posts involved almost invariably include it. Easier to stop the flood of sewage from getting in than to clean it up afterward.
Why don’t you view the J word as religious?
Religion cannot be used to determine ethnicity or ancestry.
What makes you think my “view” has anything to do with anything?
Or that your decree as to how ethnicity may be defined is binding on anyone but you?
Following a religion does not and cannot determine anyone’s ethnicity or ancestry for that matter – there are for example Catholics in Ireland, South America, France, Italy and even in the Phillippines – all following Catholicism yet they all have different ethnicities and ancestries – none claim to be Catholic by ethnicity which is impossible since following a religion does not determine anyone’s ethnic group.
The same logic should be applied to the Jewish religion – those that follow the Jewish religion have origins and ancestries from all over the world from places as diverse as Russia, Iran, Ethiopia, all over the planet – the point should be fairly obvious
Jewish ethnicity is a misnomer.
In absence of a logical explanation the question remains – why is this site applying a double standard by placing the word Jewish on their banned word list.
1) Not agreeing with your tortured “logic” isn’t “applying a double standard. Judaism is a religion. Jewishness is an ethnicity that’s historically associated with that religion but not limited to people who practice it. And if you don’t think the same is true of e.g. “Irish Catholic,” you’ve never met my wife, who grew up in a family where most houses had two pictures hanging on the wall — one of the Pope and one of JFK — and celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with great energy (especially before she stopped drinking and thereby magically became just a smidgen less Irish Catholic) but who does not practice that particular religion.
2) The word “Jewish” is not on a “banned word list.” It shows up here all the time. It IS on a list of words that trigger a “have a human look at this before it posts” rule, because we’ve had problems with your friends at e.g. Stormfront going a little too hard on the cooking sherry and deciding they’d like to flood our site with their filth. Which, of course, is why it bugs you so much that you have apparently decided to spend the bulk of your time here whining about it instead of discussing, you know, war/peace/US foreign policy/etc.
1) Not agreeing with your tortured “logic” isn’t “applying a double standard. Judaism is a religion. Jewishness is an ethnicity that’s historically associated with that religion but not limited to people who practice it. And if you don’t think the same is true of e.g. “Irish Catholic,” you’ve never met my wife, who grew up in a family where most houses had two pictures hanging on the wall — one of the Pope and one of JFK — and celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with great energy (especially before she stopped drinking and thereby magically became just a smidgen less Irish Catholic) but who does not practice that particular religion.
2) The word “Jewish” is not on a “banned word list.” It shows up here all the time. It IS on a list of words that trigger a “have a human look at this before it posts” rule, because we’ve had problems with your friends at e.g. Stormfront going a little too hard on the cooking sherry and deciding they’d like to flood our site with their filth. Which, of course, is why it bugs you so much that you have apparently decided to spend the bulk of your time here whining about it instead of discussing, you know, war/peace/US foreign policy/etc.
1) Not agreeing with your tortured “logic” isn’t “applying a double standard.” Judaism is a religion. Jewishness is an ethnicity that’s historically associated with that religion but not limited to people who practice it. And if you don’t think the same is true of e.g. “Irish Catholic,” you’ve never met my wife, who grew up in a family where most houses had two pictures hanging on the wall — one of the Pope and one of JFK — and celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with great energy (especially before she stopped drinking and thereby magically became just a smidgen less Irish Catholic) but who does not practice that particular religion.
2) The word “Jewish” is not on a “banned word list.” It shows up here all the time. It IS on a list of words that trigger a “have a human look at this before it posts” rule, because we’ve had problems with your friends at e.g. Stormfront going a little too hard on the cooking sherry and deciding they’d like to flood our site with their filth. Which, of course, is why it bugs you so much that you have apparently decided to spend the bulk of your time here whining about it instead of discussing, you know, war/peace/US foreign policy/etc.
Now you’ve gone and lost the plot.
Many Irish are Catholic however they do not claim that Catholicism is their ethnicity.
Religion does not establish ethnicity – it’s impossible.
The J word continues to trigger auto moderation
Your claim about Stormfront is a fact free allegation – a clear example of your sanctimonious hypocrisy – ouch!
Do you enjoy insulting people?
When they deserve it, yes, I sometimes enjoy it.
Are you Jewish?
I’ll let the “Izzies” slur go this time because otherwise the comment is at least interesting. Please don’t do it again, though.
You’re correct: The Palestinian Arabs have a higher birth rate than the Palestinian Jews do.
In order to commit a genocide — even a “slow, methodical” one — of the Palestinian Arabs, the Palestinian Jews would at least need to kill existing Palestinian Arabs faster than new ones are born. Otherwise, as you quote me pointing , they’re either not trying, or just not doing a very good job at, the genocide thing. Pick one.
So I can’t say “Ruskies”, either Thomas?
Do you intend it as a slur? If not, and if you want to seem kind of dumb, knock yourself out I guess.
I personally refer to said individuals as “ Russians”. But I have seen the term “Ruskies” employed as a slur on this website.
If you see an ethnic slur that I miss, feel free to let me know.
You bet Thomas 😉
Do you intend it as a slur?
That seems to be for the Moderator to decide.
Could you please refer me to the rules of this ‘forum’?
That is three posts that I have had censored and I would like to at least understand why.
Maybe the Palestinians are just doing a better job at surviving than the Zios are at exterminating them.
Any species under stress would do the same.
No one is “exterminating Palestinians”
I’ll let the “Izzies” slur go this time because otherwise the comment is at least interesting. Please don’t do it again, though.
You’re correct: The Palestinian Arabs have a higher birth rate than the Palestinian Jews do.
In order to commit a genocide — even a “slow, methodical” one — of the Palestinian Arabs, the Palestinian Jews would at least need to kill existing Palestinian Arabs faster than new ones are born. Otherwise, as you quote me pointing , they’re either not trying, or just not doing a very good job at, the genocide thing. Pick one.
I’ll let the “Izzies” slur go this time because otherwise the comment is at least interesting. Please don’t do it again, though.
You’re correct: The Palestinian Arabs have a higher birth rate than the Palestinian Jews do.
In order to commit a genocide — even a “slow, methodical” one — of the Palestinian Arabs, the Palestinian Jews would at least need to kill existing Palestinian Arabs faster than new ones are born. Otherwise, as you quote me pointing , they’re either not trying, or just not doing a very good job at, the genocide thing. Pick one.
Well, Thomas, the Zios appear to be taking Palestinian lives as quickly as they can be born.
If that was the case, the Palestinian Arab population wouldn’t be continuing to not just increase, but to increase faster than the Palestinian Jewish population.
“”The Israeli’s don’t have the right to harm the Palestinians who’s land has been stolen””
but they do have that right – just ask uncle sam
Compare the situation in Palestine to someone from Italy claiming a house somewhere in London under the claim that he’s a descendant of the Romans and he’s returned to claim it.
Zionism is a sane and humane response to murderous Christian persecution and slaughter of Jews-get your own place and defend it.
But it’s someone else’s place you’re claiming… How very Christian of you.
Two major flaws with that premise.
First.
The persecution and slaughter (Holocaust) of Jews ended almost 80 years ago.
Second.
Palestinians are not Christian.
I am just curious.
How many more decades are Zionists allowed to used the Holocaust as an excuse to treat everyone they feel like as subhuman?
1?
5?
10?
Forever?
“Palestinians are not Christian.”
Well, except for the half million or so who are. But yeah, except for the Palestinian Christians, Palestinians are not Christian.
Is stabbing people somehow more noble than shooting them?
In other words,when a Palestinian Arab kills a Palestinian Jew,it is just. When Arab countries drive out their indigenous Jewry,that is also acceptable. Not any more. Get used to it.
Sorry ”Jake” you simply don’t make sense – spare me your illogical blabbering.
Murdering mothers,wives and children IS NOT DEFENDING YOURSELF!
The writing’s on the wall. Both Israel and the USA will become increasingly isolated from most of the world. The big winners will be China, Russia, and Iran who have become impervious to our puny sanctions. The losers… you guessed it.
Isolation can be a good thing.
When it’s your choice… When it’s everybody else’s – not so much.
That did not stop the Cossacks from raiding the Shtetyl. Few care today about China’s rape of Tibet-China is on the ascent.
The losers… you guessed it.
Are already heading for the exits. Emigration from Israel is on the assent.
By virtue of this statement, Palestinians have the right too to defend themselves…no wonder there has not been peace in the middle east for decades since the US wandered uninvited to ME.
Before Israel the US had no enemies in the Middle East.
Who needs enemies when you have friends like Israel [Remember the USS Liberty]
There was not been peace in the area for thousands of years. Romans, Babylonians,Greeks,Mongols, Ottomans,Egyptians all fought over the place. I am omitting biblical wars,but the point holds. Now Jews are defending themselves.
“We are also aware of reports that 10 civilians were tragically killed in the Israeli strikes. We call for all parties to deescalate the situation,” the spokesperson added.
“So far, there have been no reports of casualties on the Israeli side.”
You could write those two things damn near every time its “shooting fish in a barrel” season.
Maybe the Straussian neocons could solve Chicago’s crime problem the same way… Bomb the crap out of Chicago!
Can we stop with the racist dog whistles(Chicago crime)?
Anchorage has a higher crime rate and rural America has a high crime rate that is generally underreported.
This was sarcasm, not meant to be taken literally. Sorry I ruffled your feathers.
Of course.. you don’t offend your masters….
When it comes to international law – Israel is the exceptional country.
Unfortunately the Zionist controlled apartheid state isn’t the only one who claims to be exceptional – the last 23 years of lie based wars of aggression have evoked very little if any protest from any government in the so called WEST – which I’ve dubbed Washington’s Economic Submissive Territories.
The crux of the matter is that we can sit behind a computer screen and become better informed about all the things that have gone pear shaped but nothing will bring the change that we all desire and strive for.
To bring that change about we need to be able to get people out in the streets talking and networking and being able to maintain contact in case ”they” decide to cut of the internet.
The International Criminal Court is a toothless tiger – all it’s cases are African dictators while Western war criminals don’t even get a mention while ironically George Bush is still avoiding taking a European holiday.
Here’s another revealing aspect of the ICC – the new chief prosecutor has already suspended a number of investigations that were initiated by his predecessor.
His brother is another reason to be concerned – the new chief prosecutors brother a UK tory party MP was found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor.
Guess Palestinian right aren’t as important as Ukranian rights.
Everyones rights are important. The US is spreading itself a little too thin…
Nothing on the MSM concerning IsraHell’s initial bombing of Gaza which included the deaths of innocent women, children, mothers and fathers. But when the Gazans FIGHT BACK, that shit’s all over the place, depicting those poor, poor IsraHellis casually strolling to their bomb shelters ( the Gazans have no such thing.)
Kevin McBarfy (R, Israel) is going to get a flurry of phone calls from Yours Truly for refusing to recognize the Nakba. I implore those who read this to do the same.
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They don’t have the concrete to build with while the Israeli’s build apartheid walls that would make the old Berlin wall look small in comparison.
Yes,and Palestinians have killed far less Israelis after the security walls were built.Wonderful!
Heck, or the Great Wall of China, Southern!
CNN buried any news from Palestine way down on their website. They did, however, give lots of oxygen to Trump’s latest town-hall nonsense. I think we’re being set up again for God only knows what.
I suppose there’s no “hate speech” problem re Trump and his supporters (deplorables).
If Netanyahu is in a political crisis, a war against the Palestinians might serve his own ends….And the US is complicit.
Donna, you’re exactly right…creating a distraction.
The United States of Israel…!
Excellent article over on RT on why IsraHell is holding back to the extent that it is.
They’re terrified of attacks coming from three fronts.
How could anyone be truly dedicated to Anti war when full freedom of expression isn’t permitted.
To learn who rules over you – first you must find out whom you’re not allowed to criticize.