DeDollarization

"Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is a zionist-funded and facilitated organization with a knack for furthering dubious sentiments and uplifting zionist voices. It was founded by UC Berkeley students Julia Caplan, Rachel Eisner, and Julie Iny in 1996 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since its initiation JVP has nurtured and sustained policies, ideologies, and objectives that wholly support the fascist colonial state of “israel” and its continued imperialist existence on indigenous Palestinian land.

In particular, JVP’s role has been to “normalize”* the existence of israel while simultaneously reducing the Palestinian struggle for National Liberation to an abstract “human rights” based campaign that poses no threat to the zionist entity.

... One of the founding members of Jewish Voice for Peace, Rachel is based in Berkeley, California where she currently works as a Director of Development & Communications with Civicorps. Her professional portfolio lists her as a B.A graduate of multi/interdisciplinary studies from the University of California, Berkeley where she was fairly active in the Progressive Zionist Caucus society. She co-founded JVP in 1996 and immediately after (with no time to lose) was hired as Associate Regional Director at the New Israel Fund (NIF) in 1997 where she worked for over 4 years.

(The NIF, a US-based non-profit, lists its own objectives as aiming to “strengthen israeli democracy and attain equality and justice for israelis” while routinely allocating millions of dollars in grants to zionist establishments and simultaneously accepting funding from similar entities as well.)

Later in 2010, Rachel attained the position of Northwest Regional Director at J Street and worked with the pro-israel organization for more than 8 years. It goes without saying that J Street, yet another US-based non-profit, strives towards advancing zionist interests with its two-state solution advocacy and strengthening american-israeli relations i.e maintaining a steady flow of financial aid from the US to fund the genocide of Palestinians.

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Rebecca has been affiliated with JVP since 2001 and only recently called it quits with the org in 2019 after her husband was exposed for directly working for the cyber security branch of the israeli military. During her 19-year employment period, she was an Executive Director for 10 of them. This senior role probably emboldened her to take decisions such as collaborate with J Street under the facade of furthering the BDS movement. However, in 2017 when Jonathan Lebowitsch, her husband, was exposed to be working as a Solution Architect for Check Point Software Technologies (a cybersecurity vendor established in Occupied Palestine by zionist military forces) her sense of invincibility dropped a couple notches and 2 years later it was quits for her with JVP. Her husband’s affiliation with the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, Rebecca illegally took up residence in Occupied Palestine during the years of 2006-2009 with her family.

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Isaac Lev Szmonko, is another one of the many JVP board directors who relish in their collaboration and normalization with zionist-backed and funded organizations. Isaac, in particular, has worked with donor organizations as well as enterprises falling in that category.

He has worked with Resource Generation; an organization that is funded by the Bafrayung Foundation (this one funds IfNotNow which closely works with JVP) & the Tides Foundation (and this one funds J Street). Isaac also represents a position of authority within the Bafrayung Foundation as he signed a signatory on its behalf in 2020. His co-worker at the Gelman Giving; Rachel Gelman also chairs this foundation.

Bafrayung Foundation also happens to be funded by the Morningstar Foundation; which provides grants to “leftist israeli” orgs. It must be made clear by now that there is no such thing as left-wing/right-wing israelis. That is simply another distraction technique to deter the public eye from paying attention to the criminal identity of each ‘israeli’ and the whole settler colonial entity that likes to call itself ‘israel’. Because if these settlers aren’t being deployed to the military, they are bearing weapons to assault and brutalize Palestinians and if not that then squatting in a Palestinian’s home and aiding the occupation regime continues its cycle of genocide and apartheid on indigenous people.

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One of JVP’s most prominent funders, Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) as of 2015 had a revenue of $14,599,535 and assets worth $859,466,256. In 2019 the fund distributed $38,700,000 in grants in almost 350 grants. However, when scrutinizing the list of the organizations that received these grants, Jewish Voice for Peace sits among others like the Anti-Defamation League Foundation (ADLF), IfNotNow Movement, J Street Education Fund, Just Vision, and the Sierra Club Foundation.

Most important among RBF’s donor organizations is the ADLF, which supports the “left-leaning” anti-semitism watchdog; Anti-Defamation League. It is highly interesting since Jewish Voice for Peace has been allegedly ‘doxxed’ and ‘outed’ as anti-israeli & anti-semitic by the ADL for almost a decade now. That undoubtedly stirred up a lot of commotion in the media and earned JVP its fair share of press and spotlight. However, that all is barely believable since the ADLF (which provides funding and support to the ADL) garners a chunk of its finances from the same funder that’s JVP’s biggest donor. Not to mention the ADL also routinely publishes public profiles threatening the safety and privacy of Palestinian activists. Which begs the question, why are the ADL and JVP commonly funded by the same entity whereas they both claim to have polar opposite approaches/goals?

It is also worth noting how the term “left-wing/left-leaning” is thrown around when referring to these NGOs. An entity that regularly endangers the life of Palestinians, while the other claims to advocate for Palestinian peace and rights; are both referred to as left-wing.

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JCF, in 2019, had a revenue of $822,229,715 and assets worth $2,031,447,910. Possibly the most interesting of all of JVP’s funders, the NGOMonitor reported in 2016 that the JCF granted JVP $25,100 in 2015 and another source quotes the granting of a sum of $10,500. On the other hand, in 2016 & 2017 JCF reportedly made grants of $1 million to the Central Fund of Israel; “a conduit” for funnelling US grants to ‘right-wing’ Israeli federations. The Central Fund of Israel was also utilized by the Helen Diller Family Foundation to make donations to Megamot Shalom (a Zionist public benefit corporation that runs Canary Mission)

Quite interesting how JVP’s funding is linked to both the ADL and Canary Mission; both entities that claim to allegedly have ‘doxxed’ the org. It’s clear the snowflake doxxing that the ADL and CM utilize for their Zionist counterpart JVP is merely a facade to dupe the public."

He was popular among people in Gaza for serving the most delicious 'knafeh,' a sugar-soaked pastry found in all West Asian countries that is believed to have originated in the Gaza Strip.

The “Knafeh Man of Gaza,” Masoud al-Qutati, also known in his community as “Abu Shadi”, was the beloved knafeh-maker whose restaurant in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of eastern Gaza was a one-stop destination for voracious foodies and particularly for knafeh aficionados.

Qutati had mastered the art of making the popular Palestinian dessert filled with cheese and topped with rose water syrup, which has become synonymous with Gaza and Gazan food.

The 64-year-old pastry chef would offer his knafehs at giveaway prices to those who could not afford the delicacy, which also earned him the nickname “Father of the Poor”.

His restaurant continued to be thronged by knafeh lovers even after the Israeli regime launched its attacks on the besieged coastal territory on October 7, indiscriminately bombing civilian areas.

On November 3, the man who would bring smiles to people’s faces was killed in one of those strikes.

Like most Palestinians, Qunati also faced persecution at the hands of the Zionist regime during his life but he never gave up and continued to resist by smiling away all worries.

During the First Intifada (1987-1993), his small truck that used to sell knafeh was set ablaze by the Israeli forces. The characteristic Palestinian resilience he embodied helped him to rebuild his business.

Over the years, Abu Shadi turned into a celebrity knafeh-maker in Gaza with local media generously publishing and promoting both his business and philanthropic activities.

Throughout his five-decade-long career in the pastry business, Qutati earned a reputation for his generosity, apart from his drool-worthy knafehs.

The massive popularity of the knafeh-maker was particularly evident on weekends when people would queue up outside his shop to buy his pastries. His pastries were regarded as one of the best in Gaza.

“Why am I called 'father of the poor'? Because everyone from the north to south, east to the west knows me, even if you go to Rafah and ask about Abu Shadi, they will know my location,” he once said in one of his media interviews.

His small restaurant in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood east of Gaza had the tagline of “Let the poor eat.”

Palestinian writer Abdalhadi Alijla, in a post on X, formerly Twitter, paid an emotional tribute to Qutati.

“My cousin's husband, Abu Shadi, was renowned as one of the most famous kunafa sellers in Gaza. Last year, the queue at night in front of his shop on Salah al-Din Street would stretch very long,” he wrote.

“His kunafa was not only delicious and authentic but also affordable. He fondly referred to his kunafa as “the poor's kunafa”. He was killed along with my cousin, their children, and grandchildren.”

The sexagenarian was satisfied with his business and passionate about the work he was doing.

“My children are educated; Shadi is an English teacher, Muhammad is an architect, Ahmed is a pharmacist, but I also teach them how to make sweets and they help in my work,” Qutati said in one of his interviews in happier days.

He is only one of the more than 11,000 Palestinians who have been killed in the past five weeks, including the best and brightest of Gaza such as students, poets, doctors, lawyers and journalists.

The indiscriminate bombing of densely populated civilian areas has wiped off entire families in recent weeks. Even hospitals, universities and places of worship have been decimated.

According to ground reports, almost all bakery shops have also been shut in the besieged territory amid the indiscriminate Israeli shelling, leaving people without bread.

Very informative, important article.

"Lebanese Hezbollah targeted several military sites in northern Israel simultaneously on 4 November, launching missiles and artillery shells resulting in casualties, Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen reported.

The strikes came one day after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a widely anticipated speech affirming that the Lebanese resistance group joined the war against Israel on 8 October, one day after Hamas’ unprecedented surprise attack on Israel.

Saturday’s strikes included the use of Volcano rockets, which have a short range but carry explosive warheads weighing hundreds of kilograms. Hezbollah is thought to have some 130,000 rockets and missiles in its arsenal, including precision missiles that can reach Tel Aviv.

Hezbollah announced in a statement that they attacked Israeli military sites in Jal Al-Alam, al-Jardah, Hadb Al-Bustan, Malkia, and the Metula outposts.

Hezbollah also downed an Israeli surveillance balloon the Israeli military had deployed above Misgav Am.

In response, Israeli forces launched airstrikes in Al-Mari, Tair Harfa, and Aita Al-Shaab in southern Lebanon, Al-Mayadeen’s correspondent reported.

The Israeli military also launched artillery strikes at Aitaroun, Aita Al-Shaab, Ramia, Alma Al-Shaab, Yarin, and Umm al-Tut, as well as the areas of Al-Labbouneh, Al-Hamames, and the vicinity of Al-Naqourah.

In his speech by satellite Friday, which was attended by thousands of the group’s supporters in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Nasrallah affirmed that Hezbollah has been fighting Israel in support of Gaza since the start of the war.

“Since October 8, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon has been waging a real battle that is only felt by those who are actually on the frontlines on the Lebanese-Palestinian border area,” He clarified.

Some observers had expected Nasrallah to declare full scale war on Israel, in response to its ongoing bombing campaign in Gaza which has killed over 9,000 Palestinians, the majority women and children, in less than four weeks.

Nasrallah added that Hezbollah's current battle is "distinct in its conditions, objectives, measures, and targets" from previous periods. 56 Hezbollah fighters have been killed in the fighting so far, including one on Saturday.

The threat of wide-scale attack from Hezbollah on Israel’s northern front caused Israel to keep some one third of its forces there, preventing them from joining the ground invasion of Gaza against Hamas which began last week, Nasrallah stated.

Visiting the north Saturday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed Nasrallah’s assessment.

“We are on the defensive in the north and attacking with full force in the Gaza Strip, this is our priority,” Gallant said. “We are not interested in getting into a war in the north, but we are ready for any task. The Air Force maintains most of its strength for the Lebanese arena, against Hezbollah.”

Gallant said Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, “made a mistake and sealed the fate of Hamas and the fate of Gaza” with the 7 October surprise attack, in which 1,400 Israelis were killed by Hamas and by crossfire from the Israeli army. Hamas also took over 240 Israelis captive, including soldiers and civilians.

“If Nasrallah makes a mistake, he will seal the fate of Lebanon,” Gallant warned."

"The popular and political reactions to the speech by Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ranged between those who welcomed the fact that the Resistance leader did not act emotionally despite the intensity of violence against the Palestinians and those who viewed it as a “disappointment” due to their desire for a more aggressive stance against the occupation. While the people of Gaza are facing [the full force of the occupation’s] barbarism, and to be clear, they are the only ones who have the right to demand more action from Hezbollah and its leadership, it is somewhat comical when comments come from individuals or groups that are historically opposed to the actions of the Islamic Resistance.

Nasrallah’s long absence from the public scene was far from ordinary. True, it had an aspect related to purposeful ambiguity designed to disorient the enemy. However, there was another reason for this delay. The resistance required time to come to decisions regarding the resistance’s strategies in Lebanon and the region in defense of Palestine against the “Israeli” occupation on the one hand, and [strategies for confronting] its Western backers, especially Washington, on the other hand.

Separate from emotions and desires, it should be noted that Nasrallah was not in an enviable position considering what to say to an audience that loves the Resistance but an audience that was left for weeks without updates and clarifications from the Resistance leadership [in Lebanon.] This is a problem for [Hezbollah] because people have been significantly influenced by the enemy’s crimes and its massacres in Gaza. Additionally, they have become prey to the narratives of outsiders, consisting of activists, media figures, and even politicians, who took on an air of authority on matters as if they were members of the Joint Operations Room.

These outsiders did not limit themselves to military and political analyses that are not within their purview, but they also let their imaginations run wild pretending that they knew about the intricate details of the Resistance’s plans in Lebanon and the region. This, combined with Nasrallah’s long silence and Hezbollah’s leadership not providing explanations about the events, left the public eagerly awaiting Nasrallah’s to declare the start of a massive battle.

Nevertheless, what Nasrallah announced yesterday reflects the unified vision of the entire Axis of Resistance. He is seen as the most influential figure in the Axis and he has in-depth intelligence about the forces and circumstances on all battlefields across the region. He had to carry out the task of explaining everything that has happened in Palestine since the initiation of operation Al-Aqsa Flood up until the ongoing battles in Gaza, including the mobilization of the United States and other Western military forces in the region.

What Nasrallah said yesterday can be understood as the political introduction of a new path that will be pursued by the Resistance in Lebanon, as well as the rest of the Axis of Resistance. When he spoke candidly about the lofty objectives of ending the aggression on Gaza and helping Hamas and the Palestinian Resistance achieve victory, this was an escalation itself. This means that the resistance has entered a new phase in military operations, which we can expect to see soon. Perhaps when Nasrallah returns next week to deliver a speech on the anniversary of Martyrs’ Day he will provide more details on this phase, the nature of the threats [against the enemy], the means of accomplishing the stated objectives, and to prepare public opinion for the many difficulties that may arise and what is required of them on varying levels.

Nasrallah was not confused or bewildered yesterday. On the contrary, he was probably more composed than one would expect. He is a man driven by passion against the enemy’s crimes against the region’s peoples, especially against the Palestinians, who remain his primary focus and the primary focus of the Axis of Resistance. Everything that was said and unsaid yesterday was successful [in advancing the goals of the resistance,] as long as people’s trust in the resistance in Lebanon and Palestine remains strong and unshaken in spite of these trying times."

Palestinians are queuing for extended periods to access tainted water they suspect is causing their health issues, which might lead to death.

Lines of individuals waiting to fill jerry cans have become a common sight in the region due to the growing scarcity of water. This scarcity is a consequence of a total Israeli blockade on Gaza. Electricity, clean water, and fuel have all run out, and there are no medical supplies or lifesaving treatments.

None of the water pipelines from occupied Palestine into Gaza are operational, and there is a leak in a pipe connecting the southern towns of Rafah and Khan Yunis, as reported by the UN.

'My kids have been suffering' Eman Basher, a teacher, posted on social media that her children had become sick from consuming polluted water as "Israel" has cut off any access to clean water sources in Gaza.

“My kids have been suffering from stomach flu with symptoms including abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhea, which I always assumed is the normal result of sleeping on the floor or change of weather, just to learn that it is caused by contaminated water we drink daily and queue for hours to get,” said Basher.

“We’ve been drinking this water for 15 days and fighting to get it,” she added.

The UN reports that a mere 5% of Gaza's water requirements are currently being fulfilled. Aid trucks from Egypt, which arrived on Wednesday, brought sufficient water to sustain 15,000 individuals for a single day. With over 1.4 million residents now displaced in the area.

Just a humanitarian band-aid!

In the best-case scenario, this inadequate relief acts as a band-aid, but all too often, it is deployed inadequately and belatedly amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The act of besieging an already vulnerable territory exacerbates the damage, making any aid in the form of biscuits, water, and shrouds insufficient for adequate recovery. A humanitarian catastrophe is imminent, potentially resulting in the loss of thousands of lives many of whom are children.

Gaza has been facing water access challenges since "Israel" imposed a blockade in 2007, which led to groundwater sources getting polluted due to overuse. The situation has deteriorated further as "Israel" tightened the blockade last month.

Fuel shortages have hindered Gaza's desalination plants from operating at their full capacity, affecting water supply to homes and transportation by trucks. Additionally, sewage treatment plants are inactive due to fuel shortages, resulting in wastewater flowing into the sea and further contaminating the coastal aquifer.

According to James Elder, who represents UNICEF, a significant number of individuals can only access brackish water.

“Gaza’s water production capacity is a mere 5% of its usual daily output. Child deaths – particularly infants – to dehydration are a growing threat,” he said.

“If there is no ceasefire, no water, no medicine?’ said Elder. “Then we hurtle towards even greater horrors afflicting innocent children.”

"The military spokesperson for Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, has affirmed that after 27 days of the war on Gaza, the Resistance fighters continue to stand their ground against the invading Israeli forces across the Strip's frontlines.

In a speech recording, Abu Obeida revealed that, in just the past 48 hours, al-Qassam's fighters destroyed almost an entire tank battalion and led to a substantial number of casualties among the Israeli occupation soldiers.

However, he further highlighted a more recent achievement, announcing that, in a counteroffensive in the northwestern region of Gaza City, the Resistance was able in the past few hours to destroy 6 tanks, two armored personnel carriers, and one military bulldozer.

On the Israeli losses, the spokesperson underscored that the occupation's leadership has been misleading Israeli settlers regarding the actual casualty figures, which are considerably higher than the official announcements.

Abu Obeida asserted the Resistance's commitment to making Gaza a perpetual curse upon the Zionist entity, warning that invading forces would not make it out alive.

Moreover, he emphasized that the occupation's brutal massacres will not weaken the Resistance or its morale and will rather only fortify the resolve and strength of the Palestinian Resistance to exact a heavy price from the entity and its invading forces. Abu Obeida also praised the unwavering spirit of the people of Gaza and their resolute defense of their homeland."

"In a recent development, the Yemeni Armed Forces have undertaken a significant drone operation, striking key targets deep within the occupied Palestinian territories.

These precision strikes have successfully reached their objectives, reaffirming Yemen’s steadfast support for the oppressed Palestinian population, according to a statement issued by the armed forces on Wednesday overnight.

Following is the full statement:

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,

The Yemeni Armed Forces have initiated a substantial drone operation within the past few hours, striking multiple strategic locations deep within the occupied territory of Palestine. By the divine favor of Allah, these drones have successfully reached their designated targets.

The Yemeni Armed Forces remain committed to their military campaign in unwavering support and solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian population, and as a responding to the appeals and pleas of the Yemeni people and the nation. Their mission continues until the relentless Israeli aggression against our steadfast brethren and sisters in Gaza is brought to a halt."

"The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) elite Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, is “on the ground” in Lebanon and has been coordinating with Hezbollah, informed sources told UK-based outlet, Amwaj Media.

According to the sources, Qaani arrived in Lebanon one day after the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on 7 October.

They added that he left Lebanon for meetings between 16 and 20 October and has “since maintained a constant presence” in the country, where the “focus of his mission … is to help coordinate a possible broader confrontation with Israel.”

Following his return to Lebanon, Qaani met with the leaders of Hezbollah and the Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, “conveying messages from Iran’s Supreme Leader.”

However, Amwaj Media cites a senior security official as saying that Hezbollah Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, is the one “really calling the shots.”

Last week, Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah confirmed that Nasrallah is “actively monitoring” and supervising the southern Lebanese front against Israel.

“While the [Joint Operations Room of the Resistance Axis] is nominally led by the Quds Force, Nasrallah appears to be in charge of what may come next on the border between Israel and Lebanon,” Amwaj Media writes.

During the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, former Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani was on the ground with Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon.

Since 7 October and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, Hezbollah has launched daily attacks on Israeli military sites, outposts, and surveillance towers. Dozens of Israeli soldiers have been killed or wounded, and at least 15 Merkava tanks destroyed.

Hezbollah’s attacks are being carried out in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance. According to The Cradle’s Hasan Illaik, these attacks have succeeded in essentially wiping out much of the surveillance equipment Israel has amassed on the Lebanese border over the years.

The Lebanese resistance has documented these attacks with videos that they are periodically releasing on their media page.

The latest attack was launched at noon on 31 October.

“At (12:22) noon on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, after careful monitoring of the occupation forces on the border by the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance, an ambush was laid for an Israeli force positioned on Al-Khazzan Hill in the vicinity of the Al-Asi site,” a Hezbollah statement said on Tuesday.

The fighters targeted the force “with guided missiles, which led to direct hits and all of its members being killed or wounded.”

After Israel announced expanding limited ground incursions into Gaza last week, the army is now attempting to advance deeper into the besieged strip, engaging in fierce clashes with the Palestinian resistance.

Many are concerned, in line with what analysts have said, that a full Israeli ground invasion will trigger direct involvement in the war by the Axis of Resistance. This would see Hezbollah fully and officially open up the southern front against Israel and would see involvement from several other factions and players, including Iran.

Nasrallah is set to give a heavily anticipated speech on 3 November. "

"Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that martyrs have fallen en masse in a new massacre committed by the occupation forces against civilians in the vicinity of the Indonesian hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.

Our correspondent added that the surgical operations in the hospital are being performed without anesthetics.

The casualties were transported to the Indonesian Hospital where they fell victim to another airstrike.

According to Preliminary reports by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, the number of martyrs in the massacre is more than 100, and the injured number more than 300.

The Israelis bombed the Jabalia camp in the Gaza Strip with 6 bombs, each carrying 1 ton of explosives, the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza said.

The ministry added that the Israelis raised an entire neighborhood inside the Jabalia camp completely.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health revealed earlier today that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 8,525 martyrs, including 3,542 children and 2,187 women, with 21,543 citizens injured with various injuries since October 7th.

The ministry's spokesperson stated in a press release that the Ministry of Health has received 2,000 reports of missing persons, including 1,100 children still under the rubble.

He explained that the Israeli occupation "committed 18 massacres in the past hours, resulting in the deaths of 216 martyrs, most of whom were displaced to areas in the south of the Gaza Strip that the Israeli occupation claims are safe."

This raises the number of massacres committed by the Israeli occupation against the families of the Gaza Strip to 926 massacres.

Israeli occupation forces has been persistently targeting hospitals in Gaza since the onset of the war.

It was reported on Monday that Israeli airstrikes targeted the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in Gaza, which is the only medical facility in the besieged territory specifically designated for cancer patients.

According to the hospital's medical director, Mohammed Abu Nada, the area surrounding the hospital resembles a war zone, and the hospital faces constant threats of bombardment by "Israel".

Abu Nada appealed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, urging him to intervene and halt the Israeli aggression against the hospital and its patients.

The director-general of hospitals in the Gaza Ministry of Health stressed that the most pressing concern currently is the continuous shelling of hospitals and their surroundings.

Gaza Mayor Yahya al-Sarraj reiterated his warning about potential disease outbreaks and epidemics due to blocked sewage systems in some hospitals.

Concurrently, our correspondent reported that the Israeli warplanes bombed the vicinity of al-Quds Hospital, causing damage to multiple departments.

Furthermore, on October 17, an Israeli airstrike on al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City resulted in the loss of a minimum of 500 lives, leading to extensive international and Arab condemnations."

"Israeli ground operations in the Gaza Strip have begun. The Financial Times says Israel will not reveal much about these military operations in order to avoid Hezbollah and Iran entering the war.

The Americans are now orchestrating Israel's military campaign against the Gaza Strip. Washington believes this will maximize the potential of achieving both US and Israeli goals, without the conflict leading to a major regional conflagration - but it cannot guarantee that. The Israeli war on Gaza - managed, funded, and armed by the US - has a high possibility of turning into a regional war.

Impossible goals

Since 7 October, after Israel awoke to a nightmare called “Al-Aqsa Flood,” Tel Aviv has set itself goals so high that they are impossible to implement:

Israel's first stated goal is the total elimination of Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, as announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and other military and civilian officials in Tel Aviv.

They know that achieving this is next to impossible. Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak - also a former defense minister and army chief of staff - has said that eliminating Hamas is impossible because it (resistance) is an ideology that exists in people’s minds and hearts.

The only way this goal can be achieved practically is by getting rid of the entire population of the Gaza Strip. This matter was put on the table in Tel Aviv - and first came to our attention when Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced he was rejecting an Israeli proposal to allow Gaza residents to flood into the Sinai Peninsula.

The Kingdom of Jordan - adjacent to the occupied West Bank, which has no physical connection to Gaza - also rejected a similar Israeli proposal to allow Palestinians to flood into Jordan, via its Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi.

These Israeli proposals to uproot and displace millions of Palestinians were not just an idea flitted about casually. Hebrew media outlet Mekovit has leaked an official Israeli Ministry of Intelligence document that proposed the displacement of more than 2.4 million Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt.

Just these two Israeli goals - in addition to being nigh impossible to achieve - could ignite all of West Asia and beyond. The region's Axis of Resistance has sent several clear messages expressing its readiness to enter the war if Israel and its allies either threaten the existence and capabilities of the Palestinian resistance, and/or implement the project to displace Palestinians.

Resistance factions in Lebanon - including Hezbollah and allies such as Al-Fajr Forces, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) - have been carrying out operations against Israeli army positions along the Lebanese-Palestinian border, on a daily basis, since 8 October.

US occupation military bases in Iraq and Syria have been subjected to more than 20 attacks by missiles and drones to date. From Syria, missiles are launched from time to time towards Israeli army positions in the occupied Golan Heights.

From Yemen, the Ansarallah resistance movement has launched three batches of missiles and drones, which have reportedly been intercepted by US and Israeli air defense systems.

On the Iraqi-Jordanian border, thousands of resistance supporters have gathered, hinting at the possibility of crossing the border to head toward occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank. In general, the Axis has loudly proclaimed that it is not afraid to enter the war if the Palestinian resistance forces need that help.

Washington, leading Israel's Gaza war

On the other side of this conflict, Washington has weighed in to offer full support to the occupation army in its military campaign against Palestinians. To date, the US has deployed two aircraft carriers and dozens of naval vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. Its air defenses (Patriot and THAAD systems) have been strengthened in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Jordan, and the occupied Palestinian territories. In addition, the Americans have deployed 2,000 special forces soldiers in Palestine, strengthened their forces and increased the number of combat aircraft in all their military bases in West Asia, and added military advisors to “assist” the Israeli army in its war on Gaza.

Both in practice, and publicly, the US government and military are running this Israeli war.

Washington has convinced Israel to dial down its objectives, firstly, by reversing plans for a large-scale ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, and replacing those with smaller, targeted operations with specific objectives.

These goals notably include: controlling uninhabited areas on the northern and central edges of the Gaza Strip; carrying out raids to kill the largest possible number of resistance fighters and destroy as much of the resistance's infrastructure as possible; and launching operations to find or rescue Israeli captives held by the resistance.

Moreover, Washington is working hard to whitewash its right-wing Israeli ally's genocidal assault on Gaza by introducing humanitarian aid in small quantities. At the same time, the US seeks to get rid, even if only partially, of the burden of Israeli captives, via Qatari-mediated negotiations to release a number of Israeli and foreign prisoners held by the Palestinian resistance since 7 October.

Although Tel Aviv prefers to wrap up the prisoner file in one go, the resistance refuses to do so: it seeks to maintain this power card, whether for the purpose of negotiating the release of more than 7,000 Palestinian captives held in Israeli detention centers, to negotiate Gaza's reconstruction after the war - or to lift Israel's siege over the beleaguered territory.

What can the ground war achieve?

On the night of 27-28 October, the Israeli army began to occupy agricultural lands in northern Gaza, and penetrated - from its eastern borders - into a sparsely built-up area in the center of the Strip.

Tel Aviv's goal was to cut off the northern part of Gaza - which includes the heavily populated Gaza City - from the south, and to continue to apply fierce pressure on the city and its surroundings in a protracted battle to wear down its inhabitants. This operation was flanked with air and ground bombardment, the likes of which Palestine has never, ever witnessed before.

In the past two days, Palestinian resistance forces have managed to confront the enemy with anti-armor missiles, carried out an operation behind enemy lines near the Erez crossing, continued to fire missiles toward Israeli cities and military sites, and confronted an infiltration by Israeli armored vehicles into Wadi Gaza, an area in the middle of the Strip.

In the meantime, the US is working overtime to ensure that Israel's enemies do not interfere in the war by threatening them with diplomatic messages, fleets, planes, and soldiers - which has de facto transformed this armed conflict from a broad and rapid operation into a low-boil, long-term war.

Washington has thrown everything but the kitchen sink at Israel: military cover, weapons, operations management, and even engineering the theater of operations to bolster the restoration of Israel's image of deterrence. The US is betting that the military pressure on Hamas, in addition to the humanitarian burden it has placed on it, will eventually lead to political concessions by the Palestinian resistance. So far, Israel has killed nearly 10,000 civilians in Gaza, and has either damaged or partially or completely destroyed most civilian buildings In the Gaza Strip.

'Israel lost the war'

Despite the oversized US assistance, Israel's military position is more fragile than it has been in decades. As former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces General Yair Golan strikingly tweeted on October 27: “We lost the war. No step, no matter how strong or successful, is able to erase the defeat of October 7. However, from this failure, there must be a political victory that will ultimately lead to the disarmament of the Gaza Strip."

This is Washington's ultimate political goal too. But to reach this end, the US must juggle an infinite number of variables, any of which could set the region afire. Without even offering a light at the end of the tunnel - i.e., a political solution to the Palestinian plight - the US, and its unconditional, early war support for Israel, has attracted an improbable number of regional armies and militias to the conflict in Gaza: the Israeli army, US fleets, marines, and special forces in the eastern Mediterranean and West Asia, 50,000 resistance fighters in Gaza, tens of thousands of resistance fighters in Lebanon, tens of thousands of resistance fighters in Iraq, hundreds of thousands of fighters in Yemen, naval vessels from Britain and other western nations deployed to ensure Israel security.

This, without even considering the game-changing arrival of Iran's armed forces and missile batteries into the war.

Amidst this huge number of troops exchanging fire, any one error could lead to the outbreak of a regional war that would, in reality, be a global war, since the US is the conflict's main actor. This is akin to bringing a herd of elephants into a china shop, and remaining convinced all the while that there is a force capable of keeping them calm.

The bottom line? The US is presenting itself as a guarantor that Israel's assault on Gaza will remain territorially limited, but is, in reality, adding every possible ingredient to this conflict that could transform it into a regional war."

Al Mayadeen's sources revealed on Sunday that the Israeli Occupation Forces had been deploying poison gas prior to their incursions into the Gaza Strip.

The source explained that the IOF had attempted to penetrate the Gaza Strip four hours after deploying the toxic gas, noting that this strategy was "used in the main areas of operation, specifically in Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun [Gaza]."

This comes after Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza reported that an Israeli infantry unit fell into an ambush set up by the Resistance in Soufa.

Our correspondent confirmed that "the Israeli infantry unit withdrew from Sofa after intense clashes with the Resistance that lasted for 3 hours."

Furthermore, the IOF's spokesperson announced that an Israeli officer was seriously injured as a result of the detonation of an explosive device and that another soldier was injured during confrontations in the northern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli land invasion waged against Gaza along three axes was driven back by the Resistance, which confirmed that the occupation's soldiers suffered casualties in the process.

The Resistance said that the enemy fell into "ambushes prepared by the Palestinian Resistance" and also noted that it expected the occupation to "attempt to invade Gaza again."