Ron DeSantis says pro-Palestinian ‘bozos’ want a ‘second Holocaust’

Florida’s Governor is telling New Hampshire voters that pro-Palestinian protesters want a “second Holocaust,” though they may be too stupid to realize it.....Read More of his BS

Gaza health ministry: More than 5,000 people killed in war with Israel

An estimated 5,087 people in Gaza have been killed in the conflict, including 2,055 children, 1,119 women and 217 elderly, Gaza’s health ministry reported Monday.....Read More

'We want freedom': Rally in support of Palestine held in Temple Terrace

For those rallying on the corner of 56th and Fowler in Temple Terrace, silence wasn't an option.

Local Palestinians and supporters of different faiths and backgrounds held a demonstration once again in support of Palestine. As the Israeli military prepares for a ground invasion against Hamas, those at the rally expressed worry that Palestinian civilians in Gaza will further get caught in the crosshairs with thousands already killed in the last couple of weeks.

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REPORT: Gov't Staffers Raise Alarm About Their Concern For Palestinian Civilians

The unnamed staffers, many of whom work on national security issues, claim there is a systematic disregard for Palestinian lives.  Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks.

Police, businesses prepare for large pro-Palestine rally in Temple Terrace

Photo by Blannie Whelan/WMNF News

Police in Temple Terrace are getting ready for potentially thousands of people to descend on an intersection to rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza.

The demonstration is expected to take place in the area of North 56th Street and Fowler Avenue Saturday between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

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Why the risk of wider war in Middle East is ‘very, very high’

Palestinians evacuate wounded from a building destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Rafah refugee camp in Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. AP Photo/Fatima Shbair

The risk of a wider regional conflict in the Middle East is growing by the day as Israel prepares for a massive ground offensive in Gaza, continues to bomb Palestinians and trades fire with the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.

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Pentagon puts troops on notice to prepare to deploy to support Israel: reports

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a select number of U.S. troops to prepare to deploy in support of Israel, multiple outlets have reported.  

About 2,000 such troops were chosen this weekend to be ready to assist with advising and medical support, The Wall Street Journal first reported.

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UN agency: Gaza is ‘running out of life’

“In fact, Gaza is being strangled and it seems the world right now has lost its humanity,” said Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the East. “If we look at the issue of water, we all know water is life. Gaza is running out of water and Gaza is running out of life.”....MORE

GENOCIDE: Packed Gaza hospitals warn that thousands could die as supplies run low and ground offensive looms

Medics in Gaza warned Sunday that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people run desperately low on fuel and basic supplies.

Palestinians in the beseiged coastal enclave struggled to find food, water and safety ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive in the war sparked by Hamas’ deadly attack last week.

Israeli forces, supported by a growing deployment of U.S. warships in the region, positioned themselves along Gaza’s border and drilled for what Israel said would be a broad campaign to dismantle the militant group. A week of blistering airstrikes have demolished entire neighborhoods but failed to stem militant rocket fire into Israel.

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Iran Warns It Will Intervene If Israel Launches Ground Assault In Gaza

Iran warned on Saturday that it will intervene in the Israel-Hamas conflict if the Israel Defense Force (IDF) launches a ground assault in the Gaza Strip, according to diplomatic sources who spoke to Axios.

Iran has supported and funded Hamas for decades and views the terrorist group as a proxy that can carry out attacks on its behalf.

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Florida Gov. DeSantis Says No Thanks To Refugees From Gaza

As tens of thousands of Gazan refugees escape their homes in response to an Israeli evacuation order in anticipation of a potential ground invasion, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared on Saturday that the US should not take refugees from Gaza.

“I don’t know what Biden’s gonna do, but we cannot accept people from Gaza into this country as refugees. I am not going to do that,” DeSantis, who is running for the GOP presidential nomination, said at a campaign stop in Creston, Iowa.

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Local Palestinians rally in support of Gaza Strip victims

Hundreds of Palestinian Americans and supporters marched the streets of downtown Tampa, decrying what they say is “the untold suffering of Palestinians.”

Organizers spoke out against local and state leaders, saying they have shown unbalanced support for Israel. They feel the plight of Palestinians along the Gaza Strip is being ignored.

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Israel’s pledge to eliminate Hamas raises fears of what lies ahead

The European Union and United Nations have already warned that Israel is committing war crimes in its response to Hamas, pointing to Jerusalem’s announcement of a sweeping siege on Gaza.

Biden has avoided similar public statements, giving Israel space to target Hamas in what is likely to be a brutal military operation on the densely populated Gaza Strip, where the terrorist group has blended its infrastructure among the civilian population.

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Hezbollah fires again at Israel, spurring fears of second front

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Monday fired more rockets and artillery at Israel in retaliation for the deaths of three fighters, raising fears of another front opening as Israeli forces combat the Palestinian militant group Hamas.....MORE

Israel launches ‘one of the largest air strikes ever’ on Hamas

Photo by Jim Forest under license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Netanyahu on Monday said forces will begin a major counteroffensive to clear out Hamas and Palestinian militants to exact a “huge price” against them for the attack.

That’s expected to include a ground operation inside Gaza, after Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Gaza will be under “complete siege” and has ordered electricity, fuel and food to be cut off in the city.

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Tampa Bay Palestinian community holds demonstration in Temple Terrace as Israeli Americans counter-protest

A rally in support of Palestine was met with a smaller group of counter-protesters supporting Israel in Temple Terrace.

The demonstrations took place Sunday on the corner of North 56th Street and East Fowler Avenue. Pro-Palestinians marched around the area before regrouping at the intersection and later held a prayer at the end.

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Palestine defends attack on Israel

 

AP Photo by Ali Mahmud

Palestinian officials are defending the Saturday attack against Israel after militant forces assaulted the country in multiple directions in a surprise maneuver that has left at lest 40 Israelis dead.

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said they have “repeatedly warned against the consequences of blocking the political horizon and failing to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their legitimate right to self-determination and establish long their own state.”

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Israel’s Netanyahu vows to exact a ‘huge price’ in response to deadly Hamas infiltration

AP Photo by Yousef Masoud

The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land and sea, catching the country off guard on a major holiday.....MORE

JENerational Change: Vaush: Biden Is Most "Pro-Union" President & Israel/Palestine w/ Miko Peled

Hosted by Jen Perelman and Peter Hager

Miko Peled, an anti-Zionist Israeli, joins us to discuss the Israel and Palestine conflict and shed light on both the reality there, and the importance of pushing back on the media propaganda coming out that is pro-Israel.

Also we will be discussing Joe Biden's record as a strike-busting anti-union candidate, among a flurry of lies saying he is the 'Most Pro-Union president of our lifetime'.

It IS a racist state.....and Genocidal

A Democratic member of Congress may be trying to walk back her condemnation of Israel as a “racist state,” but for Ron DeSantis and Rick Scott, it’s too little, too late.....MORE