EDITOR—Dana’s father also recalled that day with a shudder. “I had to try to identify my daughter, searching through torn clothes and severed limbs,” Hassan recalled. “Is this Dana’s? Is this Dana’s foot? I found nothing.” The other doctors informed him however that there was a body in a hospital morgue that might be Dana’s. It was indeed her, as confirmed by her brother, Ali. “My father and brother brought Dana’s body home for farewell, but we still can’t grasp the pain of losing her. Neither I nor my siblings abroad can comprehend it,” Luna said.
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—The Australian political-media class have been in an uproar ever since footage surfaced of people waving Hezbollah flags at a protest in Melbourne over the weekend and displaying pictures of the group’s deceased leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated by Israel in a massive airstrike on Friday.
After initially stating that no crime had been committed in these acts of political speech, Victoria police are now saying they have identified six potentially criminal incidents related to the demonstration. These incidents reportedly involve “prohibited symbols” in violation of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment which was enacted last year.
Needless to say, free nations do not have “prohibited symbols”.
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EDITOR—The Israeli government presents this invasion as a “limited” one, but as many have pointed out the same was said about the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. That led to years of brutal warfare and an occupation that lasted nearly until the end of the century. The Israeli government often describes its aggressive operations as “limited” to gain support in the West, but somehow they never stay “limited.”
Akbar Shahid Ahmed spoke to a career U.S. official who said that the administration was permitting “a nihilistic regional murder spree.” That is unfortunately all too accurate. Among other things, Israeli forces recently bombed Yemen by targeting critical civilian infrastructure once again. They seem to delight in devastating the vital infrastructure of the poorest parts of the region. The Netanyahu government’s first instinct appears to be to inflict collective punishment of the civilian population of other countries.
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Alastair Crooke : Netanyahu Gambles on Slaughter
4 minutes readEDITOR—Former British diplomat, peace activist, geopolitical analyst, and blogger Alastair Crooke, knows the Middle East (and Lebanon in particular) closely, making him one of the best informed and most qualified observers to comment and explain the extremely dangerous regional developments precipitated by Israel since Oct 8, 2023,and the expansion of Israel’s genocidal posture toward Lebanon, along with unrelenting threats to Iran.
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EDITOR—The Israeli military says it has carried out a “precise strike” on the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut. [It was later confirmed that the massive strikes, conducted with 5-ton “bunker busters” provided by the US, had indeed killed Hassan Nasrallah, while flattening several high-rises with considerable loss of civilian life.