“I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.” -- Nietzsche
by Jason Ditz, antiwar.com
US-born Jewish photojournalist had been covering Israel since 1983
Violence against Palestinians and the press has been on going problem in Israel in general for years, but the level of such incidents in the occupied West Bank has reached a fevered pitch in recent months, with Israeli settlers attacking people with virtual impunity.
Bringing this video back to your timeline to watch this war criminal’s lies fall apart, one by one, at the hands of their own historians and those courageous enough to tell the truth. https://t.co/acDDX3ligD
— Abier (@abierkhatib) October 16, 2026
At least 350 Palestinian children currently face “harsh conditions” in Israeli prisons.
aljazeera.com
On Tuesday, Israeli forces arrested at least six children from Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the report said.
The organisation said information regarding the number of children arrested in Gaza is unclear, given the thousands of missing persons in the besieged Gaza Strip, including children, and the ongoing policy of enforced disappearance.
Andrew Day , theamericanconservative.com
Trump is now joined in that ill-advised effort of mixed messaging by America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who recently gave an intellectual twist to Trump’s hostility to Iranian civilization. Predictably, the Islamic Republic pointed to Rubio’s remarks as further evidence that the U.S. is at war with Iran’s people and indeed its entire history and culture, not just its government.
middleasteye.net
As Israel's elections draw closer, the establishment of a Palestinian state has taken centre stage in the campaigns of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his leading opponent, former army chief Gadi Eisenkot.
The two politicians have traded barbs, accusing each other of supporting a Palestinian state.
Zionists are trying hard to silence critics as Israel's genocide in the Middle East rages on. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous joins the show to reflect on the third anniversary of Hamas' October 7th attack against Israel. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks.
What Israel has done, is doing, to Gaza has not sprung ex nihilo from October 7.
Genocide is not a situational counter-response to aggression. It’s a coming-out event of sorts.
Differently put: There are no legitimate antecedents to genocide. Genocide is not a “war crime” to which a set of mitigating or exculpating legal defenses can attach.
Abdul-Rahman al-Nashash, 11, holds onto the edge of a chair and pushes his left leg into a plastic prosthetic that doesn’t fit him anymore. The bone that was cut two years ago has kept growing inside, and it presses painfully against his skin.
His doctors told him to stop wearing it. He wears it anyway, every morning, pulling the straps tight and rolling his pants down so no one sees the plastic before he takes his first step. He bites his lip when it hurts and holds his shoulders straight so no one can tell he is limping.