The Report: Latest Analysis of the War on Gaza THE REPORT To Friends of ICAHD-USA Amplifying a critical Israeli voice in the US, opposing US government support of Israeli apartheid, supporting the One Democratic State Campaign. October 10, 2023 Your must-read for understanding Israel's "matrix of control," critical Palestine-Israel news, cutting edge analyses, opportunities for solidarity, and the work of ICAHD in the United States. ICAHD.org , click the ICAHD USA tab on the far right "The context is clear. The Palestinians have never been at war with Jews; they have been resisting a unilateral settler colonial project whose declared aim is the take-over of their homeland, the transformation of Palestine into Israel and the erasure of the Palestinian people, its culture and heritage. Calls to “end the violence” are not enough. On the contrary, they create a false dichotomy between military conquest, occupation, displacement, repression and the war crimes of a settler state on the one hand and the resistance of a colonized people with no state of their own, no army and no support from the major political powers on the other. Under the guise of “security” and “self-defense,” the United States and Europe have supported Israel’s killing and displacement of Palestinians – routinely described as “terrorists” – while ignoring and even justifying Israeli state terrorism. "The only way to end the violence and save all lives in Palestine/Israel is to decolonize the oppressive apartheid regime and its occupation, replacing them with a democratic state offering equal rights for all. We realize that in the midst of the ongoing events there exists no space for talk of a just political settlement and “peace.” But Israel can neither complete its settler project nor erase the Palestinian people, and no Palestinians should be killed or displaced in its futile attempt to do so. Nor can Palestinians achieve their liberation from an infinitely stronger Israel through armed struggle. "We call on Israel to stop its genocidal revenge attacks on Gaza, and certainly not to mount a ground invasion. We call on progressive forces everywhere to change the narrative. No longer should we speak of a “conflict” in which Palestinian resistance is criminalized and Israel’s expansion through military means is cast as its “right of self-defense.” Only a shift to an anti-colonial narrative will enable the emergence of a just, peaceful and secure post-colonial state and shared society out of the pools of blood in which we wallow." Email us at: info@icahdusa.org @IcahdU https://www.facebook.com/icahdusa Website ICAHD USA icahdusa.org 119 N. Fairfax Avenue, #486 Los Angeles, CA 90036-2110 ICAHD STATEMENT ON THE HAMAS INCURSION and ISRAEL'S DISPROPORTIONATE RETALIATION JEFF HALPER "ICAHD mourns the loss of all lives, Israeli and Palestinian, whether in the Hamas incursion or in the course of Israel’s disproportionate retaliation. All lives are precious, period. Precisely for that reason, however, we need to emphasize the political context if we hope to ever achieve a substantially just resolution and prevent further deaths and suffering. AN INTERVIEW WITH NATHAN THRALL Could the Attack on Israel Spell the End of Hamas? What Israel’s response to Saturday’s incursion might mean for Palestinians—and their leaders—in Gaza and the West Bank. CHRIS HEDGES EDITORIAL Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them The indiscriminate shootings of Israelis by Hamas and other Palestinian resistance organizations, the kidnapping of civilians, the barrage of rockets into Israel, drone attacks on a variety of targets from tanks to automated machine gun nests, are the familiar language of the Israeli occupier.” ALI ABUNIMAH AL JAZEERA VIDEO US Bears Responsibility for Israel’s Genocidal Crimes I appeared on Al Jazeera English to discuss the unfolding historic events in Palestine, where on the early morning of 7 October, Palestinian resistance forces led by Hamas in Gaza carried out an unprecedented surprise assault (https://electronicintifada.net/content/hamas-fighters-gaza-storm-israel-capture-and-kill-soldiers/38631) .” Video is embedded in the article. JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE BLOG POST The Root of Violence Is Oppression Jewish Voice for Peace, October 7 "Right now, Palestinians, Israelis and all of us with family on the ground are terrified for loved ones. We grieve the lives of those already lost and remain committed to a future where every life is precious, and all people live in freedom and safety." PHIL WEISS -- MONDOWEISS WEEKLY BRIEFING The Political Effects in the U.S. of the Hamas Attack This is a day of prayer for many of us, the prayer that more innocents won’t die in Palestine and Israel. And fears for the days that are coming. 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