This prolonged suffering, civilian deaths, and the raw brutality that plays out in places like Gaza can feel like it strips away whatever remaining optimism you had about people.
Anas Al-Sharif on this day, October 11, 2023
Talk of a nuclear attack on Iran should terrify everyone.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were also sold as โnecessary.โ
I worry the U.S. and Israel have turned this into a zero-sum war. Either they preserve American-led regional order, or Iran redraws it.
The United States has provided Israel with more than $300 billion in military and economic assistance since 1948, adjusted for inflation, helping build and sustain its military capabilities and fund weapons systems used in wars against Palestinians, including the war on Gaza.
According to the Congressional Research Service, US assistance totalled approximately $175 billion in nominal terms through 2025, including $124.5 billion in military aid, $34.35 billion in economic assistance and $16.11 billion for missile defence programmes.
In 2024 alone, US assistance surged to $12.5 billion amid Israelโs genocidal war on Gaza. The figures come as President Donald Trump announced an agreement with Israeli war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu to end approximately $4 billion in annual military aid by the end of 2026, although Washington would continue selling weapons to Israel.
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๐จIntense artillery shelling targets the eastern areas Gaza City.The shelling is concentrated on the Shuja'iyya neighborhood junction, located within the areas recently brought under the control of the occupation and within the Yellow Line.
You probably donโt know this man, but you should.
Throughout the genocidal war, he devoted his time and energy to fighting the drug trade in Gaza, which was supported by Israel. Just a few days ago, Israel killed him by bombing his vehicle while he was on a mission to seize a shipment of drugs.
Israel bombed his home and killed his children (Ahmed 11& Rasha 10) yet he never gave up. He continued to resist in his own way.
After everything he endured, he remained a man of extraordinary courage, integrity, and determination.
His name was Arafat Alareer!
For 15 years, I had the privilege of knowing him. He was one of the finest men I have ever known.
May he rest in peace after years of tireless dedication and immense sacrifice.
Jared Kushner and an "alleged" Miami drug lord tried to steal Albanian territory using fake documents, according to Albania's own courts. They also tried to con two Qatari billionaire investors, who left Albania in a hurry after the Kushner trickery was exposed.
Genocide is not the work of generals alone. It takes a whole society to make the unthinkable normal.
My latest article, Torture in a White Coat, examines the complicity of Israeli doctors and what it reveals. Read it on my substack and do subscribe.
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, met yesterday with representatives of the Hilltop Youth. This is an important reminder that there is no such thing as Hilltop Youth; it is a settlement movement, its policies and its support for Jewish Settler Militias
Kamal Younes, a Lebanese photojournalist, has been identified as the injured victim of the Israeli drone strike on a motorcyle in Qabrikha, southern Lebanon, that killed paramedic Naser Muhammad Younes.