2023-10-17: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-10-17). Gaza faces imminent starvation amid Israeli bombing, blockade. wsws.org The unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza exposes the genocidal character of the war waged by the Israeli state on Gaza with the support of the NATO imperialist powers.

Larry Johnson (2023-10-17). Can U.S. Aircraft Carriers Counter Chinese and Russian Diplomacy in the Middle East? sonar21.com China's Special Envoy on Middle East Zhai Jun met the envoys of Arab states in Beijing at the latter's request for a group meeting to discuss the grave situation in Gaza, Beijing, October 13, 2023 | In the forty six years since the Six Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors, the United States has dominated the diplomatic agenda in the Middle East. That era is ended. China and Russia have emerged as players at the diplomatic table and are challenging the United States' status as the primary voice in trying to contain the war between Israel and Hamas. | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is just compl…

Randy Shields (2023-10-17). Israel is Your God (Dammit). dissidentvoice.org Many thousands of us protested the Zionist abomination at the Los Angeles Israeli consulate on October 14. Miscellaneous thoughts: With the US stymied in Ukraine, failing to slow the BRICS and getting no traction on Taiwan, it appears that it's going to fire up the war on/of terror again using the Israeli fuse. RFK Jr. …

infobrics (2023-10-17). US warmonger Senator threatens Iran. infobrics.org Apparently, US "hawks" are looking for new war opportunities in the Middle East.

WSWS (2023-10-17). Attend the IYSSE anti-war public meeting in Colombo! Stop the Israel genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza! wsws.org We urge workers, youth and students to attend this meeting to oppose the US-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine and imperialist-backed Israel onslaught against the Palestinians.

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya (2023-10-17). Preparing the Chessboard for the "Clash of Civilizations": Divide, Conquer and Rule the "New Middle East" globalresearch.ca The ripple effects of the US-NATO Invasion of Libya. Redefining and Destabilsing the Arab World…

teleSUR (2023-10-17). Brazil: Lawmakers Accuse Bolsonaro of Encouraging Coup Attempt. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, a Brazilian parliamentary commission investigating the attempted coup on January 8 presented its final report, accusing former President Jair Bolsonaro of having encouraged the movement that assaulted the headquarters of all three branches. | RELATED: | Senator Eliziane Gama, the rapporteur of the commision, stated that Bolsonaro "never showed sympathy for democratic principles" and "from day one of hi…

Editor (2023-10-17). Yellen Says the US Can Afford to Fund Wars in Gaza and Ukraine. scheerpost.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-17). US, Allies Defeat UN Security Council Resolution for Gaza Ceasefire. news.antiwar.com On Monday night, the US and its allies voted down a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as civilians in the enclave are under a brutal siege. The resolution was proposed by Russia and was also supported by China, Gabon, Mozambique, and the UAE. But the US, …

infobrics (2023-10-17). Putin offers solution to stop further bloodshed in Israel-Gaza conflict while Zelensky fears losing US support. infobrics.org In a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin (the first since the conflict started), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel would proceed with the Gaza offensive despite Moscow's warning that it would lead to massive casualties and possibly cause a strong reaction of the Muslim world, particularly Iran and its allies. Putin urged Netanyahu to engage in talks on the peaceful settlement of the conflict.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-17). The West Has Taken the UN Security Council 'Hostage'. libya360.wordpress.com The work of the United Nations Security Council is being held up by Western interests, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, claimed on Tuesday. His comments came after the council rejected Russia's draft resolution on the Israel-Gaza conflict. The resolution condemned all acts of terrorism, as well as all violence against civilians, and…

teleSUR (2023-10-17). UN Security Council Fails to Adopt Resolution on Gaza. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) failed to adopt a Russian-drafted resolution that calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. | RELATED: | The draft resolution obtained five votes in favor and four against, with six abstentions. Four countries joined Russia in voting for the resolution: China, the United Arab Emirates, Mozambique and Gabon. | Four countries voted against the Russian-drafted resolu…

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-17). Israel Asks US for Additional $10 Billion in Military Aid. news.antiwar.com Israel has asked the US for an additional $10 billion in military aid amid its onslaught in Gaza, The New York Times reported on Monday night. The report said lawmakers in Congress are working with the White House to craft a spending package that will include military aid for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan and additional …

Michael F. Brown (2023-10-17). More children killed in Gaza than Ukraine. electronicintifada.net American media fails to properly inform viewers about Israeli violence.

Ann Brown (2023-10-17). What Would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Say About America's ATM For Israel And Ukraine? moguldom.com On Oct. 7 Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement governing the Gaza Strip of the Palestinian territories, launched an attack on Israel. The U.S., a longtime ally of Israel, immediately offered support. The U.S. has a history of providing aid to Israel in the form of money and weapons. In the year 2022, the U.S. allocated …

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-17). US Secretly Provided Ukraine With Cluster Bomb ATACMS. news.antiwar.com CNN reported Tuesday that the US has secretly provided Ukraine with Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), munitions that typically have a range of about 190 miles and can be fired from the HIMARS rocket systems. US officials told The New York Times that the ATACMS the US has provided are armed with cluster bombs, a …

ecns.cn (2023-10-17). Putin: Initiative is 'correct top-level design'. ecns.cn Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative "a correct top-level design" and said it has made marked progress "because it aims to bring together the efforts of various countries to realize the goal of common development".

teleSUR (2023-10-17). Russia to Coordinate With Partners to End Middle East Violence. telesurenglish.net On Monday, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to coordinate efforts with all constructively minded partners to bring an end to the violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and stabilize the situation. | RELATED: | He made the statement during separate telephone conversations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian Presi…

teleSUR (2023-10-17). Russian Lower House Approves National Guard's Volunteer Units. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Russia's Lower House (Duma) approved, in its first reading, bills that allow for the creation of volunteer units within the National Guard, should the head of state deem it necessary. | RELATED: | According to one of the bills, which still needs to go through a second and third reading before heading to the Senate, volunteers may be utilized in carrying out "specific tasks within the realm of defense d…

ecsorinoco (2023-10-17). A Strategic Nightmare Sneaks into Washington's Political Agenda. orinocotribune.com By Global Times — Oct 14, 2023 | A simultaneous war with China and Russia is a strategic nightmare that sober American strategists such as Henry Kissinger have been warning the US to avoid at all costs, and it is also a topic that some US media outlets have become more and more fond of talking about in recent years. At least from the publicly available information, Washington has never previously addressed it as a formal political agenda, supposedly aware of its seriousness and the terrible risks it carries. But the publication of a report by a congressionally appointed bipartisan panel titled America's Str…

Workers World Party (2023-10-17). Declaración del WWPSolidaridad mundial con Palestina. workers.org 8 de octubre —— Los asesinatos, las confiscaciones de territorios, los asentamientos ilegales y la ocupación del régimen israelí hicieron que la respuesta del pueblo palestino y de sus organizaciones de liberación fuera tan inevitable como justificable. Una vez más, en las circunstancias más difíciles, los palestinos han dado un . . . |

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-10-17). Venezuela y Belarús fortalecen relaciones bilaterales. telesurtv.net El arribo de Yván Gil, a la ciudad de Minsk forma parte del inicio de una agenda de trabajo en Belarús.

Karl-Heinz Peil (2023-10-17). From war to ecocide in Ukraine: these are the global consequences. indybay.org Today peasants are fighting and dying in the war. They have lost everything. The processes of free land sale and purchase are increasingly liberalized and advertised. This threatens the rights of Ukrainians to their land, for which they give their lives. This portends that an industrial model of agriculture will prevail in Ukraine, based on large-scale monoculture farming,…

presstv.ir (2023-10-17). Raeisi: US, West 'blind support' for Israel root cause of genocide in Gaza. presstv.ir President Raeisi says the US and West's blind support for Israel has encouraged the Zionists to intensify their crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2023-10-17). Poland holds high-stakes election amid rows over democratic rule. presstv.ir Poles began voting on Sunday in parliamentary elections that will prove crucial for future ties with the European Union and neighbouring Ukraine.

Editor (2023-10-17). Oct 17, 2023. sitrepworld.info Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye — The Irish Rovers Pulling the Roof Down on Today's Paradigm, by Alastair Crooke The Insane Idea That Nations Get To Do War Crimes Whenever Something Bad Happens To Them, by Caitlin Johnstone Sunday Sermon: Human Coexistance, by Karl Sanchez The Complicity of Compliance, by Robin Koerner PCR: Aside from the Wars Against Russia and Palestine, Don't Forget DC's War Against Assange and Trump US faces defeat in geopolitical war in Gaza, by MK Bhadrakumar Peace Dividends? Not in Our Lifetimes — War is America's Growth Stock, by Bill Astore Chas W. Freeman: EuroAt…

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