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Gaza Nazi Holocaust: Day 377  Oct 17, 2024 Day 377 of the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing, the Nazi army continued bombing and shelling various areas of the devastated, surrounded and starved Gaza Strip, resulting in a large number of fatalities and injuries. Medical teams recovered the bodies of six slain Palestinians from the rubble of a bombarded home in the town of Al-Fukhari, east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The medical teams retrieved the bodies of the six Palestinians from under the rubble of a home in Al-Fukhari that had previously been bombed by Nazi Airforce. The Nazi forces continued their ground operation for the 13th consecutive day, demolishing residential buildings in Jabalia and its camp, and cutting off water and food supplies...

Posted by: John Phoenix Oct 17, 2024 Day 377: On Thursday, the Nazi army maintained their bombardment of the northern Gaza Strip for the thirteenth consecutive day, resulting in many casualties, including fatalities, the destruction of homes, and the forced displacement of civilians. The army is implementing a strategy of systematic demolition of structures and the forced relocation of residents in the northern Gaza Strip, particularly in the Jabalia refugee camp, amidst the plight of approximately 400,000 individuals enduring a severe blockade. According to the Palestinian Civil Defense, around 200,000 residents in Jabalia refugee camp have been without food, water, or medical supplies for thirteen days straight. Despite the ongoing bombing, destruction, and signif...

Posted by: John Phoenix Earlier Thursday, Nazi soldiers abducted two Palestinian siblings from Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, in the Nazi occupied West Bank. Local sources said the Nazi occupation forces stormed Al-Fawwar camp amid heavy gunfire, sound bombs, and gas bombs, before storming and ransacking homes. They added that the Nazi soldiers abducted former political prisoner, Baha’ Ibrahim Shawabka, and his younger brother Ala’. In the old city of Hebron, Israeli forces severely beat Abdul-Rahman Wajih Jaber, before Palestinian medics took him to Alia Governmental Hospital for treatment. Additionally, the Nazi soldiers invaded the home of the head of the village council of Tiwani, Mohammad Rib’ey, issuing him warnings against providing any services to ...

Posted by: John Phoenix On Wednesday night, Nazi occupation soldiers assaulted four young men in Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank while detaining and interrogating them. Media sources said the Nazi soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Nablus and detained the four Palestinians. They added that the Nazi soldiers took the four young men to the Awarta military roadblock, where they severely beat them, causing lacerations and bruises. Sources at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said medics rushed the four young men to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus for treatment. Nazi forces shot a Palestinian child, after the army invaded the city of Salfit, and injured two citizens in the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah, in the central W...

Posted by: John Phoenix By: Prof Rima Najjar In a speech in 2019, General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declared: “We are unique among militaries. We do not take an oath to a king or a queen, a tyrant or a dictator. We do not take an oath to an individual. No, we do not take an oath to a country, a tribe or religion. We take an oath to the Constitution.” Today, listening to Biden’s incredibly callous, uninformed and inhumane statements regarding the Palestinian armed resistance and the Palestinian people this resistance represents, it appears the oath is taken also in support of the Constitution of Israel. But wait. Israel is one of the few countries in the world that operates without a formal written constitution. It was supposed to have a const...

Posted by: John Phoenix By: Prof Rima Najjar “No Superman, Rambo or Batman for these kids; Abu ‘Obaidah is a role model for generations to come.” The astonishing and, by all accounts, brilliant military victories Hamas has achieved against Israel derive from Islamic history. In school, Arabs learn about Khalid ibn Al-Waleed, “The Sword of Allah,” a military strategist and commander with “very few equals in human history, a man who turned many a defeat or near defeat into glorious victories.” Here is how one of the battles he led is described: “The battle was a very fierce one, but with their unlimited faith and conviction and with their thirst for martyrdom the Muslims fought fearlessly, to the extent that with a band of only 100 fighters Khalid faced a whole division of ...

Posted by: John Phoenix By: Prof Rima Najjar Image is of a young Israeli soldier, one of the hostages held by Hamas, who was killed by Israeli air strikes over Gaza as negotiations stalled. Arabic says, “we are originally from Morocco.” On the day after Abu ‘Obaidah, the spokesperson for Hamas’ Al-Qassam Islamic Brigade, mentioned the death of the 19-year-old Israeli soldier, “originally from Morocco” as she had described herself in an earlier video clip, I was chatting with my sister, who happened to be in Morocco, and naturally asked her what the news outlets there were saying about Abu ‘Obaidah’s broadcast. She had just been reading the local newspaper (Al Akhbar) and told me with consternation that news about the war on Gaza was buried on page 12 of the newspaper. There wa...

Posted by: John Phoenix By: Prof Rima Najjar Ismail Haniyeh, senior Hamas leader and former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (2006–07) and of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip (2007–14). Screen shot is from Al Jazeera broadcast of his statement on Dec 13, 2023 Ismail Haniyeh’s statement yesterday (Dec 13, 2023) was eloquent and powerful. Haniyeh is the senior Hamas leader and former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (2006–07) and of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip (2007–14). His statement was carried on many Arabic news channels. I listened to the speech carefully as it was being broadcast live on Al Jazeera Arabic during its coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, and then had a hard time finding it again on Al Jazeera’s website, likely because Isra...

Posted by: John Phoenix Hamas’ “guests” — Table manners in 'Israel' vs. Arab traditional values By: Prof Rima Najjar Abu Obaidah, spokesperson for Al Qassam (Al Jazeera, Dec 21, 2023): “The enemy continues to repeat its foolishness and historical mistakes, because it is disconnected from the reality of our people and their civilization.” The verse from the Quran in upper left corner says: “And God supports with His victory whom He wills.” Only a short time prior to listening to Abu Obaidah’s press statement of Dec 21, I had been watching a news report that included a view of the installation of the table set for 200 that was initially organized in Tel Aviv by Mosaic United, the World Zionist Organization and the European Jewish Congress as a symbol of the absent prisoners held...

Posted by: John Phoenix By: Prof Rima Najjar “I am certain soon we can look forward to a family of rockets named after martyred leader Saleh al-Arouri,” Deputy Chair of the Political Bureau of Hamas and founder of the Martyr Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. It is beyond me how Israel has failed to figure out that a martyred Palestinian leader exerts a vastly more powerful hold on his people’s imagination and will to resist than a living one. After decades of targeting and killing a long list of Palestinian leaders (or imprisoning them), Israel has not learned that another generation of leaders, stronger and fiercer than their predecessor, emerges inevitably. It makes me wonder if Israel is merely stupid or insane. There is a saying that goes, “Insanity is doing the same ...