Breaking | Israeli occupation artillery is shelling areas east of Gaza City.

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Today in Labor History Nov 2, 1956: Israel invaded Egypt, followed by Britain and France, during the Suez Crisis. The goal was to regain control of the economically important Suez Canal by western powers, and to overthrow Egyptian leader Nassar, who had nationalized the canal. During the crisis, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip. The conflict resulted in 172 Israeli deaths and up to 4,000 Arab deaths, including 1,000 civilians.

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Damaged Egyptian vehicles. By United States Army Heritage and Education Center - http://ahecwebdds.carlisle.army.mil/awweb/main.jsp?flag=browse&smd=1&awdid=1 (Marshall, S.L.A. collection), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9645548

Today in Labor History Nov 2, 1917: The Balfour Declaration proclaimed British support for the creation of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, then part of the Ottoman empire. It was during World War One, when the British were at war with the Ottomans. The declaration supposedly said "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities." Though the declaration called for a National Home for the Jewish people, there was no such thing as a “National Home” under existing international law. The declaration was purposefully vague about aspirations for creating a future Jewish state, as well as the boundaries of the Jewish “National Home,” that would be created. Furthermore, while the declaration called for the protection of Arab civil and religious rights, it made no mention of protecting their political rights, even though they comprised the overwhelming majority of residents living in Palestine (90% of the local residents at that time were Christian or Muslim Arabs). The declaration is widely considered to be a principal cause of the ongoing conflict in the region, as it led to an increase in Jewish immigration to Palestine, as well as the creation of the Israeli state. Palestinian Arabs considered the declaration to have imposed on them by a foreign power, "in a flat disregard of both the presence and the wishes of the native majority resident in that territory."

It should be noted that the declaration was made at a time of intense antisemitism in Europe, which likely played a significant role in Britain’s decision to issue it. Many British political leaders wanted the Jews out of Britain. Others saw the declaration as a tool for exploiting “international Jewish power” to support their imperial and wartime objectives. Many Zionist leaders were happy to encourage these views, since they supported their objective of creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

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Map showing the size of Palestine, shrinking over the years, from 100% of the region prior to the Balfour Declaration, to less than half the region after the Nakba (1948), to fragmented pockets making up about 10% of the region by the 2020s.

At a conference in Bahrain, UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper was questioned about the documented rape and systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons.

Rather than respond to the UN Commission of Inquiry’s findings, which describe such abuse as “standard operating procedure” carried out under explicit or tacit approval from Israel’s top leadership, Cooper avoided the issue, speaking only in general terms about sexual violence against women.

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BREAKING: Health sources confirm four Lebanese were killed and three others injured last night in an Israeli drone strike in the town of Kafr Roummame, southern Lebanon.

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🗨️ Disgusting leaders. They let entire peoples die while celebrating their investments in fishy culture projects #egypt #gem #cairo

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Sign: Cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA)

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A significant escalation in demolitions has swept through the occupied West Bank and the eastern part of Jerusalem, with figures showing demolitions targeting residential buildings and infrastructure as of October 5, 2025.

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