Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Who is responsible for Israel's bloodlust?

October 23, 2026

Reserved, (click here) media-shy, and a relative newcomer to Israeli politics, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot presents a clear contrast to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the veteran leader he aims to defeat in an election next week. His image as a straight-talking security hawk from humble roots has resonated in a nation going to the polls on October 27 for the first time since Hamas attacked Israel three years ago....

Israel needs a peacemaker, not a war monger. Part of what is being observed by the world is Israel's understanding of peace and whether or not it is interested in it. Did any movement toward peace die with Ariel Sharon? 

October 27, 2026
By Steven Scheer, Rami Ayyub and Lina Obeid

Benjamin Netanyahu (click here)
won the support of an unexpectedly clear majority of Israeli Jews in an election billed as a major turning ​point in his nation's history, apparently ensuring he will survive as prime minister at least in a caretaker role.

With around 70.7% of votes tallied on Wednesday morning, Israeli media forecast Netanyahu's bloc of ‌right-wing, far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties winning 54 seats in parliament, far surpassing 47 for the opposition bloc of rival Gadi Eisenkot. Parties representing Israelis of Arab descent would win 19....

It has been three years and no formal trial. Killing with American weapons has become a preferred way of justice for Israel. There seems to be no end in sight. The methods and reasons for war are questionable as well. October 7, 2023 (click here) occurred, but, the retaliation for those deaths has taken on a gruesome reality with a death total of 73,928 (click here), including 20,179 children and 12,500 women.

One of the justifications for attacks on hospitals were the tunnels. There is growing evidence that was nothing but propaganda. There were never tunnels under the hospitals and the attacks are a clear violation of every international law on the books.

October 27, 2026
By Christian Baha

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (click here) reported on Wednesday that its troops eliminated three operatives from Hamas' Nukhba unit last week in the Gaza Strip.

"Last Thursday, the IDF struck in the southern Gaza Strip and eliminated Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed Baraka, a Nukhba terrorist in Hamas' military wing," the military said in a statement, alleging that the operative participated in the October 7 attack.

Additionally, the IDF stated that its forces killed Omar Awadallah and Mahmoud Mohammed Al-Nimr in the strip last Friday, claiming that both were members of the Nukhba wing, while the former one served as a "platoon commander."...