🇵🇸 Cultural boycott of Israel grows amid siege of Gaza

Well-known artists and cultural workers are joining the movement to institute a cultural boycott of Israel and the institutions that support it. Jewish Photographer Nan Goldin has canceled a New York Times project over “complicity with Israel” and “how they question the veracity of anything Palestinians say,” said the artist.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/10/cultural-boycott-of-israel-grows-amid-siege-of-gaza/

How the war on Gaza has stalled the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

Read here the latest article by Vijay Prashad about how the Israeli war on Palestine in Gaza has changed the geopolitical situation between India, the Middle East and Europe.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/10/how-the-war-on-gaza-has-stalled-the-india-middle-east-europe-economic-corridor/

🇵🇸 "Palestine is at the center of the anti-imperialist movement"

Yara Shoufani of the Palestinian Youth Movement spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the 75-year long struggle for Palestinian liberation and how it has always been at the heart of anti-imperialist struggles across the globe.

India’s yearly air haze carnival is here!
D. Raghunandan, of the Delhi Science Forum and All India People’s Science Network, writes about the pollution in India.

"As many as 13 of the world’s 20 worst polluted cities or towns in the world are in India, including Delhi."
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/13/indias-yearly-air-haze-carnival-is-here/

Arab-OIC summit calls Israeli assault on Gaza a war crime

A joint Arab-Islamic summit held in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Saturday, November 11, rejected Israeli claims that the war in Gaza was in “self defense.”

The summit was called to discuss a joint response to the Israeli war in Gaza.

The joint communique issued after the meeting also reiterated the demand for an immediate end of the “barbaric, inhuman and brutal massacre by the colonial occupation government” in Gaza and an end to Israel’s “barbaric crimes committed also in the West Bank and Al-Quds Al-Sharif (East Jerusalem).”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/13/arab-oic-summit-calls-israeli-assault-on-gaza-a-war-crime/

🇵🇸 Gaza death toll mounts as healthcare collapses under Israeli siege

The death toll in Gaza crossed 11,200 on the 38th consecutive day of the Israeli assault

According to latest reports, among the more than 11,200 Palestinians killed so far, over 4,600 were children and 3,100 women. Additionally, the number of wounded has risen to over 28,000, with casualties expected to rise in the coming days with no indication of Israel agreeing to a ceasefire.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/13/gaza-death-toll-mounts-as-healthcare-collapses-under-israeli-siege/

Ireland's Sinn Féin declares: "We are all Palestinians!"

The left-wing party has reiterated its support of the Palestinian cause and called for an end to the Israeli actions that they described as "barbaric, hateful, cowardly war crimes."

🇿🇦/🇵🇸 “The struggle of Palestine is our struggle:” South African workers resist Zionist colonialism and US imperialism

In response to the “End All Complicity, Stop Arming Israel” international call issued by Palestinian unions, activists, trade unions, and civil society groups in South Africa gathered outside the headquarters of the Paramount Group, Africa’s largest privately-owned defense company, in Johannesburg.

In a statement, the organizers noted that the corporation’s chairperson, Ivor Ichikowitz was a “staunch supporter of the Zionist cause,” who had raised funds for Israeli forces through his family foundation. Also named is Paramount Group’s Vice-President Shane Cohen, who, according to the statement, is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the Israeli occupation forces.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/13/the-struggle-of-palestine-is-our-struggle-south-african-workers-stand-against-zionist-colonialism-us-imperialism/

APEC summit in San Francisco met with mass protests against imperialism and in support of Palestine

10,000 people took to the streets to protest the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meetings taking place in San Francisco this week.

“APEC is the epitome of all that is wicked and corrupt in our society today,” said Simon Ma, a family doctor and member of the anti-imperialist Korean-American organization Nodutdol. He described APEC as a “cabal of billionaires and politicians scheming behind closed doors, trying to come up with new and innovative ways to further exploit the working class of our planet.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/13/apec-summit-in-san-francisco-met-with-mass-protests-against-imperialism-and-in-support-of-palestine/

Suella Braverman ousted from office, but threat of far-right still remains

After a year-long stint in the Conservative Party government, marked by animated racist fear-mongering, controversial UK home secretary Suella Braverman was asked to leave the office by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

The Tory government sacked her following her tirade against security forces, for supposedly being “soft” on pro-Palestine solidarity demonstrators. Her statements ahead of the Palestine demonstration also stirred up a violent far-right response in London.

Sunak replaced Braverman with foreign secretary James Cleverly, while former PM David Cameron was chosen as the new foreign secretary. Even though, progressive groups expressed relief at the ouster of Mrs. Braverman, groups including Stand Up to Racism warned that “Braverman has gone but the government’s racist offensive and the threat of the far-right remain.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/14/suella-braverman-ousted-from-office-but-threat-of-far-right-still-remains/

Private sector stalls implementation of nurses’ minimum wage in Brazil

“What they don’t want is to reduce their profits. If we were talking about the philanthropic sector, which depends on government transfers, that would be fine, but supplementary healthcare is highly profitable. A report came out showing that the sector’s profit was R$2 billion [406 million USD] in the first half of 2023,” said Caetano, who gave Outra Saúde an overview of the current state of the struggle to implement the nurses’ minimum wage.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/14/private-sector-stalls-implementation-of-nurses-minimum-wage-in-brazil/

Today in Washington, DC, a crowd gathered in a “march for Israel,” a demonstration plagued with controversy with speakers such as far-right Pastor John Hagee ,who once claimed God sent Hitler to create Israel,” and with signs urging Israel to “finish the job.”
Participants chanted “no ceasefire”, heckling a speaker calling for an end to the bombing of Gaza.

🚨Israeli forces announced that they have begun a ground raid into Al Shifa hospital in the early hours of Wednesday, November 15. The raid comes after days of bombing and open firing on health workers, patients, and displaced people sheltering there.

The Director of the Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza told Al Jazeera at as a result of the days-long siege of Israel against the hospital, 40 of the wounded were martyred, surgeries must be performed for emergency cases without oxygen and anesthesia, and all hospital departments have stopped.

The military raid puts the lives of 7,000+ displaced people taking refuge there, the hundreds of patients-including newborn babies, & healthcare workers in grave danger.

🇵🇸 Israeli forces raid Al-Shifa, Gaza’s largest hospital

Israel’s ground forces stormed inside Al-Shifa, Gaza’s largest hospital on Wednesday, November 15 morning after having bombed its surroundings for weeks. Israeli tanks have reportedly surrounded the hospital compound.

Reports also claim that some of those sheltering inside the hospital were harshly interrogated and rounded up on the hospital grounds. While the official explanation provided for the operations is that the hospital is being prepared for evacuation, rights organizations have expressed concern about the possibility of more people being killed as the raid continues.

This is a rapidly developing story, due to communications blackout at the hospital not all details are available yet. This report is based on on the ground sources and trusted outlets.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/15/israeli-forces-raid-al-shifa-gazas-largest-hospital/

🇪🇬/🇵🇸 Egyptian Journalists Syndicate launches “Global Conscience Convoy” to push for opening of Rafah Crossing

The Egyptian Journalists Syndicate (EJS) has called on “the free people of the world” to join its “Global Conscience Convoy” aiming to apply pressure to open the Rafah Crossing – the Gaza Strip’s lifeline – to allow all forms of humanitarian aid, such as (food, water, medication, and fuel) to enter sustainably, and for an unconditional exit for the critically wounded.

The convoy is also demanding that medical, relief, humanitarian, and press crews enter Gaza, showing all forms of support to the Palestinian people in standing against the Israeli expulsion plans.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/15/egyptian-journalists-syndicate-launches-global-conscience-convoy-to-push-for-opening-of-rafah-crossing/