For today, links to report from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio, followed by links to commentary from ScheerPost and an Australian observer via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (UKRAINE and YEMEN entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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More than 30 Palestinians killed in Israeli Gaza strikes while fears grow the conflict could widen, by Jajib Jobain, David Rising and Samy Magdy | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — More than 30 Palestinians, including young children, were killed in Israeli bombardments overnight into today in the Gaza Strip, officials said, while a new U.S. strike against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen heightened fears that the Israel-Hamas war could escalate into a regional . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel presses on with Gaza offensive approaching 100 days of war, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Bassam Masoud | Reuters DOHA / GAZA — Israel kept up bombardments in the Gaza Strip today as its deadly war on the enclave’s Hamas rulers approached 100 days with no end in sight. In the . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 12 Israel rejects genocide charges at International Court of Justice. Reported by Rob Schmitz | NPR Israel had its day in the International Court of Justice, defending against genocide charges, calling the case a “deliberately curated, decontextualized and manipulative description of hostilities.” Click HERE to listen and read.
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The case for genocide, by Chris Hedges | ScheerPost The exhaustive 84-page brief submitted by South Africa to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) charging Israel with genocide is hard to refute. Israel’s campaign of indiscriminate killing, wholesale destruction of infrastructure, including housing, hospitals and water treatment plants, along with its use of starvation as a weapon, accompanied by . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 12 Empire bombs Yemen to protect Israel’s genocide, by Caitlin Johnstone | caitlinjohnstone.com.au / Consortium News The U.S and UK have reportedly struck over a dozen sites in Yemen using Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, backed by logistical support from Australia, Canada, Bahrain and the Netherlands. U.S. President Joe Biden asserts that the strikes are a “direct response to unprecedented Houthi attacks against international maritime vessels in the Red Sea.” He does not . . . READ MORE . . .