Israel mobilizes 100,000 to siege Gaza in retaliation for largest attack against the country in 50 years

Israeli tanks and personnel carriers mobilize for retaliatory strikes into Palestine

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the mobilization of more than 100,000 Israeli forces as his country prepares for a possible ground invasion of Gaza, which has remained under an Israeli air, land and sea blockade since 2007 according to news outlet Breaking Points.

More than 7,00 Israelis and Palestinians have been killed after Hamas fighters went on a rampage inside Israeli territory, taking many Israelis captive.  Israel soon launched air strikes on Gaza killing more nearly 500 Palestinians bringing total deaths so far to around 1,200 people. The current numbers of injured on both sides have been tallied at above 5000.

The Telegraph UK reports that at least 1 holocaust survivor in a wheelchair has been taken captive by Hamas. The elderly grandmother was dragged across the border into Gaza, according to a statement by US secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Blinken went on to describe Sunday’s mass attack on Israel as the worst since the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

 

Video report from Breaking Points can be found below:

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74 Comments

  1. Jonathan Y St Jean
    October 11, 2023

    The first casualty of conflicts is the truth. The biased western media which failed to adequately question the George Bush administration on its claims of weapons of mass destruction as justification for the Iraq war, and keeps pushing a biased pro Ukraine narrative about the war is now towing an unsubstantiated, unverified line of happenings in the current Israeli/Palestine conflict. Israel is trying to broaden the conflict and get the west to join it’s effort to go to war with Iran. Babies beheaded and women raped and Iran helping Hamas are yet to be verified. America believes in the rule of law with it’s mostly ……………… but doesn’t see the rule of law in this current conflict. It’s willing to give Israel all the arms and ammunition it needs and vocal support to carry out crimes against humanity against the people of Palestine. They don’t have time to mention Trump for now but it’s mostly giving the microphone to only Israelis to tell their story.

    ADMIN: Jonathan,

    We appreciate your contributions to this forum and share some of your ethical concerns particularly about instigation of unnecessary war and propagation of false claims and narratives.

    As expected following such a massive attack, many of the reports need verification or further investigation but what is not disputed ,even by Hamas, is that Hamas attacked, killed and kidnapped civilians.

    Hamas themselves have published video via social media of these attacks against civilians claiming them as proof of their successful raids.

    If the Israeli military had done the same and then posted video of such attacks on social media they would rightfully be accused of war crimes. We do not support war crimes regardless of the justification or group behind them.

    We hope that Israel practices restraint in their response to Hamas and would never advocate for more civilian deaths – our society is not founded on “eye for an eye”.

    Lastly, be reminded of the following excerpt from our comment policy: “We will delete comments that…promotes prejudice or prejudicial hatred of any kind.”

    Ascribing criminal behaviour broadly to an entire group is by definition prejudicial.

    Our full comment policy can be found here: https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/policies/#comment-policy

    • Jonathan Y St Jean
      October 12, 2023

      @Admin, how did you verify that the video you saw was from Hamas? These days with AI even false videos can be made to appear as real. I’m not saying that it’s not from Hamas, I’m just asking you how did you verify it. Even the Pentagon was fooled by stuff put out by AI and was scrambling defensive actions.

      ADMIN: That is a good question given the current advances in AI. How do you know that all the news you believe is true and not AI generated or manipulated?

      Specific criteria we looked for was it came from Hamas affiliated accounts, claimed to be from Hamas, established independently corroborated events or facts, was not falsified when examined against contradictory reports and we also considered if it was denied by Hamas or an affiliate.

      To outline our general approach for this coverage as simply as we can: we avoided main stream outlets for initial sourcing where possible, we looked at multiple independent reports and unaffiliated sources, examined the propaganda of Hamas and the IDF where available, avoided sourcing any information solely from IDF or Hamas and looked for independently corroborated reports and contradictory reports alike.

      There have been various claims and media that have been shown to be false which we have avoided.

    • Jonathan Y St Jean
      October 12, 2023

      @Admin, you may not have heard it, but on Aljaazera, Hamas did deny that it beheaded babies and raped women. I don’t expect the Western media to broadcast such denial when they are hell bent on feeding the narrative of how evil Hamas is. You need to diversify your news sources, if you aren’t doing so already.

      ADMIN: Thank you but we are aware of this or a similar report.

      That is not the point we made: Hamas did not deny the attacks on civilians ,in fact, Hamas substantiated the claim by making posts celebrating such attacks on social media and in several instances providing video of some of these attacks.

  2. Jonathan Y St Jean
    October 10, 2023

    Those who don’t learn the lessons of history it’s their business. England and America did the same thing that Israel is doing to the Palestinians in the Pasific Islands egs Diego Garcia, Guam. They pulverized the indigenous people and drove them from their lands and took it over for themselves. The international Court has deemed America wrong and the people of Diego Garcia must be given their country back however the great satan is refusing. Isn’t what the pilgrims did to the native Indians in America? For your edification it was England who created the homeland for the white people in Russia calling them Jews. The powerful and victorious get to dominate the narrative about conflicts but the truth is not embraced because the first casualty of conflicts is the truth. The book of Revalation character 1 vs 14 and 15 tell us who are the chosen people of God and what they look like in his image. It’s in your Bible read it.

    • Wake up and grow up
      October 11, 2023

      both sides have claims to the land, Around 1700bc Abraham forefather of the Jews and Arabs went to then Kanaan later called the land of Israel. Jews and Palestinians roughly agree on this.

      In 63 bc “Palestine” was created by the Romans as a way to suppress and destroy the Jews who resisted the Roman oppressors where many were killed in their homeland and scattered to various countries. Before that the area was Jewish territory for almost 2000 years.

      2. Israelis are not sinless but they do NOT indiscriminately kill civilians but Hamas does, the IDF set a protocol to evacuate civilians, by messaging on loud speaker and radio and media before bombing a building or area Hamas the extreme militant group that took over in 2007 tells the Palestinians to ignore the warnings and actively use civilians as human shields so they can create propaganda for their cause. that policy is fact look it up.

      Rev 1:14-15 is about “the son of man” or Jesus, both Jews and Palestinians now are indistinguishable from each other.

      • We Know Better
        October 11, 2023

        Ya, but not those folks, these Jews are converts to Judaism. Like you go to Roman catholic church but you’re not a f Roman. Those running Israel today are not the Jews the Bible talked about, they are European/white Jews who the League Of Nations aka U.N gave that land to, and created this isht. The whole Bible talk is African History.

        • Wake up and grow up
          October 12, 2023

          @ we know better
          I said something similar, ultimately doesn’t really matter, also I believe Jesus was black

          The jews in the bible around Jesus’s time probably looked like Arabs, tanned “white people” with dark hair. The region was always ethnically diverse but thats not really disputed. You seem to think they were all black skinned people with short curly hair, and thats simply not the case. I still believe Jesus was black tho there is some reason to believe that but ultimately I don’t now for certain, neither do you, we weren’t there and have no real evidence.

          Many of the jews were scattered, there were European converts, but many never left and trace their lineage back to ancient times just like the current Palestinians, they all have some claim to the land and a right to life, No human child should be hated or killed for being born to a certain group, Hamas shouldnt attack civilians and Israeli forces shouldnt either but Hamas does use human shields its complicated.

      • Jonathan Y St Jean
        October 11, 2023

        @Wake up and grow up, you are free to continue interpreting the Bible the way you want, however the son of man is not the Caucasian being presented to those who follow nonsense like fools. Jesus was born a human and looked like the people he came from and if he had skin like burnt brass then his people looked like him. How could they take a person with skin like burnt brass and hair like matted wool and hide him among Caucasians from Herod?. Open your eyes and your brain to the truth. It’s in plain sight. Besides the Caucasian countries the rest of the world categorizes what the Jews are doing to the Palestinians as apartheid. Do you now blame the Haitians for their revolt against the colonizers? or the Iraqis for driving out the great satan from their country by any means necessary? or the ANC for taking up arms against the whites in South Africa? or even the Caribs for revolting? He who feels it knows it. Sit in your ivory tower and criticize.

        • Wake up and grow up
          October 12, 2023

          You are not addressing me or what I said, but a made up version of me that makes your argument and yourself look better.

          I believe Jesus is black but I said the bible suggests he was black because there are multiple interpretations of those lines you quoted, I’m not so conceited or delusional as to believe that my views are the same as the truth. I don’t support any of the things you suggest yours is a cheap trick in argumentation, in changing the subject in attempt to grasp at moral high ground you will only slip further.

          Its too self-centered to focus on our petty disagreements when ppl are dying. I don’t care about their colour or race but the facts are important, these are two predominantly white tribes that are fighting, there are black Jews in Israel, Hamas killed many foreigners including non-white ppl. Hamas’ insanely stupid and evil terrorist attack on mostly civilian women and children will result in more deaths for Palestinians not less,

          • Jonathan Y St Jean
            October 12, 2023

            @Wake up and grow up, You are now running for cover because your initial undiluted support for Israel and that they along deserve to defend themselves is now full of holes. Because I’m well read I very well understand the issues in the middle East and know that both sides have a right to defend themselves. When America invaded Iraq and did what the world called genocide, and when Israel kills Palestinians at will after occupation for over 56 years with the support of Britain and America you expect the Palestinians have no rights to defend. Jimmy Carter called it apartheid. Well you are wrong. Both sides have a right to defend themselves and in an asymmetrical war where Israel uses arms and ammunition given by Britain and America the only thing for Palestinians “under blockade” is” by any means necessary”. Sit in your ivory tower and blame Hamas but they are doing what they have to do with what they have. There won’t be any peace until God is sitting at the conference table.

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          • Wake up and grow up
            October 12, 2023

            @Jonathan St. Jean
            Everything you said about me is a completely false characterization and misrepresentation of my argument, I must conclude that you are labelling me with your faults and limitations.

            I already said multiple times that everyone has a right to defend themselves.

            Boasting about how well read you are does not impress me or anyone with half a brain can see through that, I have not learned a single new thing from reading your comments. I could probably help you learn a few things but you need an open mind to do that.

            My previous comments under this article has already rebutted everything you’ve said or will show that your claims about my argument are completely false.

            Dominica is weighed down with far too many who share your failings: pretentious, morally degraded, delusional and far too attached to their prejudiced dumb ideas.

            oh also your support for Hamas is what is undiluted so lets ad hypocritical too.

            Wrong is wrong for Hamas or Israeli govt.

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  3. J.John-Charles
    October 10, 2023

    The people who forgot history are liable to repeat the same mistake. That person wrote.”Israel will never fight Iran.” He thinks that Israel will be defeated. Let me open your eyes.I don’t know if you believe that God is the Sovereign Ruler of the universe or not. But do you know who made this statement?
    “The seed or descendants of Israel shall never cease from being a NATION before me forever.” Jeremiah 31:36
    God Almighty said this about His people.
    .He is the One who called these people.
    “The apple of My eye.”
    Pharaoh tried to destroy them, he failed.
    Haman in Iran tried, and you know what? He was hanged on the same gallows.
    Hitler tried and murdered 6000000 Jews.He also failed. In1967 several Arab nations came together to annihilate the same nation of Israel, and in 6 days Israel single-handedly got the victory over them. also took the infamous Gaza. But Israel gave Gaza back to them.
    Now Hamas is using Gaza to attack Israel so Israel restricted them.

    • We Know Better
      October 10, 2023

      Hey JJ Charles, it’s not these people running Israel right now the Bible talking about. Those in Israel now are European Jewish converts to Judaism. Like you go to Roman catholic church but you’re not a f Roman. Those countries egging them on in order to sell arms are the ones that put them there, and ultimately in this situation. None of that Bible stuff, cut it out.

    • Eagle-Eyed
      October 10, 2023

      @J. Johncharles, If you think that the European Zionists occupying the Palestine lands and enslaving, slaughtering and denying them of their basic human rights on a daily basis for the past 60 odd years, is what god planned for them as a people, then your world vision of humanity is not any different to Hitler and the Nazis. Further more, if the US, UK and Europe don’t continue to arm Israel with the most sophisticated weapons of war to continue slaughtering the defenseless Palestinian people, Israel could be easily brought back in line with the peace accord that they signed to when they were designated a state by the UN. Apartheid was dismantled in South Africa but for some reason the world seem blind to Apartheid policies of the Israelis towards the Palestinians. Do you expect the Palestinians to just sit back and take it for another 60 years?

    • ???
      October 10, 2023

      @J.John-Charles
      We are not in 1967. We are in 2023! Stop dreaming!! Wake up! And not even Iran can Israel fight on its own. It will have to depend on the USA for 95% of the job, and China and Russia won’t let America destroy Iran.So it will be a world war!!

    • Jonathan Y St Jean
      October 10, 2023

      @J. John-Charles. The Bible clearly states in Revalation chapter 1 vs 14 and 15 what the chosen people of God look like. Their skin is like unto burnt brass and their hair like matted wool. This doesn’t look like any of the oppressive people living in Israel today. I’m quoting from the same Bible you read from.

  4. October 10, 2023

    Hello and good afternoon my people. First I must saw that I stand with the Palestinian people to free themselves from Israel and America occupation. Most of the Jews in Israel wasn’t born there rather they came from Europe after WWII . Hitler and the German people tried to exterminate the Jews so why didn’t they take part of Germany and make it a Jewish state. How can America and the Europeans justify arming Ukraine to resist Russia occupation of their territory but they are supporting Israel sixty plus years of occupying the Palestinian people. Most people don’t even know that America is currently occupying part of Syria and Iraq. Jews in America owns or manage the news media in America and they also own or manage most of important companies so therefore they Control the narrative. Every day Israel soldiers is killing the Palestinian people and the United Nation hands a tied because America uses its veto to protect Israel and prevent the UN from doing anything about Israel crimes.

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  5. Man bite dogs
    October 10, 2023

    lbo, You and I don’t always see eye to eye so to speak but this time I will agree with you 100 % some black people don’t read and understand what is happening
    between Israel and Palestinian people, some don’t know what the hell they on about Magway, comments is the perfect example of that because they are professionally brain washed by the main news channels, anyway you are perfectly right 👍🏽 with every word, I am watching with interest where my heart and soul is also America will be making a big mistake if they get involved such as men on the ground.

    • Ibo France
      October 10, 2023

      I also fully agree with one of your comments you made on the same issue at hand. I applaud you for not supporting the genocide of the Palestinians by an Apartheid regime.

  6. Man bite dogs
    October 10, 2023

    Nac Vibes, Britten were the ones that created the problems that is happening today in 1948 not 1958
    seventy five years ago.

  7. Wake up and grow up
    October 10, 2023

    Black people letting their prejudice decide matters as usual, those who are prejudiced against white people tend to hate Israel and fully support Palestinians observing and emphasizing the apartheid like conditions imposed on Palestinians. Black Christians tend to side with Israel believing everything the Israelis do is approved by God. When will my people break their mental chains?

    foolish narratives drive either prejudicial stance. THINK about it, in Dominica black people are the relative oppressors of the Kalinago, we run the country there aren’t any white ppl around to blame for that anymore. They were the first people here yet we discriminate against them still. If they were to launch “just” a 100 rockets at Roseau (over 2000 were launched at Israel) and come down and kill, beat and rape our women parade their bodies in the street in revolt would we say they “have a right to defend themselves too”? No that’s an evil attack not a defense. No fan of Israel but THAT is the truth.

    • Wake up and grow up
      October 10, 2023

      These atrocities are not the so-called biased news agencies that reported it, Hamas themselves claimed these atrocities releasing video of their actions. Brutal acts against civilians, yes Israeli leadership is guilty too but this is a nation of holocaust survivors and their descendants.

      But we being cruel the self-centered bunch we are cheering for the Palestinians for shallow racists reasons like what? cuz we think they black? Arabs think of themselves as white or Caucasian this is more a fight between descendants of European Jews and white Asians that’s it.

      Yes the Israeli leaders and those who follow them are wrong for their atrocities and same for the Palestinians side… war is ugly but no child chooses to be born an Israeli citizen or Palestinian.

      Yes, support the Palestinians but know this action is only going to cause more death for them, this saying doesn’t do this situation justice but it is much worse than “shooting your nose to spite your face.”

      • October 10, 2023

        Hello and good afternoon my people. Well occupation is illegal and the oppressed have a right to resist by any means possible. When you look at the world today what you see is America selling or giving someone military equipment or paying bribe money to people to fight wars. They turn brothers against each other so my Caribbean people don’t fall into that trap because we are the ones to suffer while they enjoy their peaceful country.

        • Wake up and grow up
          October 10, 2023

          by an means possible? Therefore the Kalinago have a right to rape and murder women in Roseau because they are an oppressed group in Dominica?

          I dont support many of the practices of Israel specifically the IDF and Netanyahu their PM, but wrong is wrong as they say. Think! If you were born an Israeli you would hardly say the Palestinians have a right to murder, rape and kidnap your friends, family and children because of their struggle.

          Palestinians deserve a home to live but this is not the way. American’s are doing what you say but doesn’t justify raping, killing, murdering kidnapping, mutilation of dead bodies, parading of naked dead bodies of women through the street attacking civilians. This is not biased media saying they did this, but it is Hamas themselves releasing video and claiming these actions. It is easy to sit on the side and cheer for “your team” but your team isn’t innocent and this is war….not a sports game there is no scoreboard ppl are literally dying.

          • Wake up and grow up
            October 10, 2023

            I thought the Dominican example was far off when I first made it but think again…

            The Kalinago have a historical claim to say we black people occupying THEIR land, they were there first for hundreds or maybe thousands of years before us. There are claims black ppl got to the Americas thousands of years ago also. and we also have a claim.

            They can say they are oppressed and we are the illegal occupiers meanwhile both our sides have suffered brutally in our history.

            This is much more alike to the situation in Israel right now. There is prejudice…and greed but we are blessed as we dont have that hatred or the resources and weapons to fight each other….or a dogmatic form of faith that says we must kill each other or a foreign interest egging us on to fight each other, the Israelis and Palestinians have all those things.

            Not tryin to be naïve or saying it is an easy fix, but still this conflict needs more support for love not support for hatred.

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          • Jonathan Y St Jean
            October 10, 2023

            @Wake up and grow up, you sound like the issue of the subjugation and humiliation and imprisonment of the Palestinian people started last Saturday 7th of October 2023. The Israelis use indiscriminate means to punish the Palestinians for 56 years now with the blessings of the Western countries in the name of ” Israel has a right to defend itself “. Do the Palestinians have a right to defend themselves? Palestinian children and women and their elderly are indiscriminately killed by Israel and I wonder if you know that or do you only swallow the western media and the leaders of the west narrative. Read the book of Revalation chapter 1 vs. 14 and 15. You will see the description of the chosen children of God. Their skin is like burnt brass and their hair like matted wool. That’s no damn modern day Israelis.

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          • Wake up and grow up
            October 11, 2023

            @ Jonathan St.Jean

            I’m aware are you? This conflict goes back to ancient times, Around 1700bc Abraham forefather of the region went to then Kanaan later called the land of Israel. Jews and Palestinians roughly agree on this.

            In 63 bc “Palestine” was created by the Romans as a way to suppress and destroy the Jews who resisted the Roman oppressors where many were killed in their homeland and scattered to various countries. Before that the area was Jewish territory for almost 2000 years.

            2. The Israelis are not sinless but they do NOT indiscriminately kill civilians but Hamas does, the IDF set a protocol to evacuate civilians, by messaging on loud speaker and radio and media before bombing a building or area Hamas the extreme militant group that took over in 2007 tell the Palestinians to ignore the warnings and actively use civilians as human shields so they can create propaganda for their cause. I think there are stray bombs and rogue soldiers but this is fact….to be cont..

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          • Wake up and grow up
            October 11, 2023

            @ Jonathan cont….

            tempers flare, prejudice and hate is real so sadly, ppl will commit crimes and attrocities but the above is the policy of the IDF(Israeli defence force which has been fairly well documented.

            However Hamas stated goal is not peace it is effectively the eradication of the Jewish state (they refuse to recognize it) they claim to respect human rights but kill woman and children including foreigners and hundreds of whom there is clear evidence they brutally raped, kidnapped and most executed when they were done. This is not from western reports but from chest-beating videos and statements published across social media from Hamas themselves like in this compilation one of the few I found that weren’t age restricted, the originals are often on twitter and telegram so u can look for those (don’t view if you’re squeamish or easily upset) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMejmg2T6z8 note the blood on the woman’s pants, she was likely beaten and brutally raped, multiple times…

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          • Wake up and grow up
            October 11, 2023

            @ Jonathan
            Everyone has a right to defend themselves but its a false belief that this was a defense it was an attack not in Palestinian territories or Jewish settlement on Palestinian land but on Israeli land against mostly defenseless children, women and elderly and many foreigners like Thai workers and supposed Filipino worker that was beaten then beheaded on video, some of the counties who were kidnapped or killed by Hamas: Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Cambodia, Philippines, Paragua, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine and more
            About the race or colour of these people I don’t care, because it doesn’t matter, the truth matters the bible suggest Jesus was black rev1:14-15 talks about the “son of man”

            In my view, Judaism is mainly a religion and culture like any religion it has converts, these people (by their own definitions) are tribes of white people fighting each other, (most Arabs claim to be white) most Israeli and Palestinians look nearly indistinguishable from each other

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      • We Know Better
        October 10, 2023

        Two sides are being played here. However, there are indigenous Palestinians that you do not hear about in mainstream media, like they are invisible. They are definitely not Arabs nor Asian. They been there before Abraham. After the Arab invasion that netted Arabs that land by conquest, the western countries went ahead and gave Europe’s Jewish converts the land after Hitler was defeated.

        They are definitely not the Jews referred to in the Bible. It’s African people; still there among the Arabs and surpressed by both sides. Whether it hurts your eurocentric view or not, Jews are African people. Don’t take my word for it, easy to look it up, check Black Media, Google, Youtube or buy some books you’ll find the info it’s out there unless you need to listen to white people tell your story.

        • Wake up and grow up
          October 10, 2023

          You seem reasonable enough but you are misinformed and therefore misguided.

          For one, I’m not Eurocentric I just don’t believe in lies no matter what race uttered them.

          Palestinians are Arabs the middle east is part of Asia and most Arabs traditionally call themselves white. You can say otherwise but it wouldn’t be true and you are contradicting what the Palestinians themselves hold true.

          The middle east conflict is ancient the longer you go back the more u see not just one thing started it the childish logic of “you started it” doesn’t hold up. Its a very complex issue that needs adults looking at truth and abandoning prejudice to have a hope of understanding much less solving…few do so hence the continued tragedy.

          Many Jews and Palestinians in Israel look almost identical at first glance, there are black people in Israel and many black jews that Israel brought over, the media is biased but it is because of the very same mainstream media this false narrative is…

          • Jonathan Y St Jean
            October 12, 2023

            @Wake up and grow up, You make claims that lack substance and context. When you say that there are blacks in Israel you are right, but don’t point out that they are discrinated against just as the few Palestinians who still live there by the Caucasian majority. Your sugar-coated defense will melt away in the stream of facts about the brutality by the Caucasian jews against others propagated by Britain and America in the name of Christian fundamentalism. It’s not those who say Lord, Lord who will enter the kingdom of God when they don’t Love their enemies.

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          • Wake up and grow up
            October 12, 2023

            @ Jonathan St. Jean
            1. I wasn’t responding to u, ur the one ignoring context and substance.
            2. Perhaps you didn’t read or understand all the comments I wrote. But others can read so they can see and won’t be so easily fooled by your diversionary approach to making an argument. Look-up what-about-ism and “straw man fallacy” .
            I acknowledge the racism that is perpetuated against black jews like the Ethiopian Jews in Israel and I condemn it, yes the Israelis can be abusive of their power and racially prejudiced. the same way black people can be abusive of power and racially prejudiced, in my book its wrong whoever does it and no I don’t think black petty-mindedness and prejudice is equal to the abuse of Israeli power on the Palestinians or Black Jews.

            Learn and grow you refer to Caucasian majority and Palestinians as if they are such different groups racially but they are all white people by their own definition. It’s clearer now your prejudice against the “evil whites” is blinding you.

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      • Jonathan Y St Jean
        October 12, 2023

        @Wake up and grow up, you want to make this a conflict about race. You are dead wrong. Most folks who have commented here see the hypocrisy of the Western countries and their mantra that Israel has a right to defend itself, whilst ignoring the harsh, subhuman treatment of the Palestinians who are under blockage and their land occupied by Israel. I’m not taking sides, I’m proud of my African race and my skin color knowing I’m truly same as the original Jews. America and you see Israeli action as self defense against a defenseless Palestinians under blockade. Now Israel is starving the Palestinians and bombing them to smithers, don’t you see the hypocrisy there. I’m Dominican and I’m only seeing the double standard occuring there and not any racial, black vs white. You are disingenuous to make it a racial matter.

        • Wake up and grow up
          October 12, 2023

          Some say Dominica is not a real place, but you are not a real person, You’ve referenced race several times as if that alone is a reason to condemn Israel

          everyone can see where admin called you out for your prejudice.

          There are lies and then there’s damn lies….
          People are not as easily fooled as you believe.

          some good news Netanyahu is getting his well due blows in Israel another BSer hope they keep calling him out and kick him out, lets hope the next person is not worse…

    • Jonathan Y St Jean
      October 11, 2023

      @Wake up and grow up, your analogy of caribs firing rockets and raping is asinine, pure garbage. The Israelis have the Palestinians living in outdoor prisons and under occupation. The Palestinians need to get a permit from Israel to even go fishing in their own waters. Israel continues to build settlements on their land even if the UN and all other countries say it should not. Where have you seen Caribs treated in any matter like what the Israelis do to the Palestinians? As a matter of fact let me remind you that the president of Dominica is a Carib. You love to talk rubbish. Netanyahu’s legacy is defined by this atrocity because of his wicked punishment of the Palestinians. 56 years of torment to Palestinians by Israelis has not led to a peaceful outcome but to what happened on Saturday 7th October 2023. Who feels it knows it. Remember what America did in Fallujah Iraq after it falsely invaded the country. Jimmy Carter called what’s happening in Palestine apartheid.

      • Wake up and grow up
        October 12, 2023

        Never said they were the same but that’s your view. You don’t seem to be able to do it yourself, but I know my ideas are not me so if you believe its a bad analogy congratulations on expressing your free speech.

        You keep asking me these questions so here’s mine do you actually believe that Hamas’ attack on defenseless civilians women, and children and elderly (by their own admission) is justified?

        You seem to believe this was about their “right to defend” but they didn’t defend their land they attacked, but didn’t just attack soldiers most of the people they killed were civilians,

        That would be bad enough but they didn’t even attack the “illegal” settlers in the West Bank which I don’t support, the Israelis should give back the land they took from the Palestinians, but Hamas attacked Jewish territory gunning down entire families, again not counting media reports but looking at video released by Hamas online where they were celebrating these atrocities.

  8. Putin
    October 10, 2023

    No peace and security for Palestinians will always mean no peace and security for Israel because there will be many more Hamas-like groups who will resist, as they should.

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    • Ibo France
      October 10, 2023

      Mr. Putin you are spot on with this one. You have my full endorsement.

  9. Silent Majority
    October 9, 2023

    I stand fully in support of Israel. 🇮🇱🇮🇱.

    This barbaric Hamas and Iran have made a grave mistake. They will pay.

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    • No Noise
      October 10, 2023

      But Israel has been occupying Palestinian land for so long 60+ years, supported by western countries that put them in that land because they dislike Arabs and need a place for scattered Europeans. The people can’t move due to this occupation.
      With the U.S $3 billion annual financing to Israel when they don’t even need it, except to stock-pile nuclear weapons, it’s another U.S proxy war like Ukraine, an ‘arms dealers’ war. All this cokiness, chest beating, will be counter-productive as white supremacists are paying attention waiting for their turn.

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    • make it make sense
      October 10, 2023

      I hope you willing to send your sons to go fight too. Or to go and fight yourself. These foreign wars have nothing to do with us.

      And I bet most of these pro Israel people are christians. Go look at how jews treat christians in israel. Just the other day there they were moving to ban practice of christianity in israel because after all jews hate christians. But christians love jews.

    • Putin
      October 10, 2023

      And so will Israel because the cycle will never end.

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    • MEME
      October 10, 2023

      @Silent Majority
      Israel will never fight Iran. Their losses will be too huge. The best they can do is to launch an occasional strike or two. Not a war. Israel had an overrated army.If Hamas that’s just a militia can do so much damage to them, think of what Hezbulla, which is a better organised militia will do….That’s why Israel can’t fight Iran. NEVER!!
      Israel is just a paper tiger!

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      • Ibo France
        October 10, 2023

        MEME Israel is trying to rope in America to provoke Iran into an unnecessary war base on lies. If this were to happen it will be the end of the world as we know it. Iran is no Iraq.

  10. Old school
    October 9, 2023

    Palestinians and Israel are the children of the same father and therefore their fight is about fighting for their father’s land so I don’t get involved in family disputes.
    Over In Genesis 16, we see that Sarai, Abraham’s wife was baring and couldn’t make children and Sarah told Abraham to go unto Haggai her mistress to see if she will bare children for her. Abraham agreed and Haggai got pregnant and dispute started right there. Haggai ran from Sarah until she was stopped by an angel who aske her to go back to Sarah and name the child Ishmael. So Ismael was Abraham first child born in what is known today as the Palestine. About 14 years later God opened the wound of Sarai and she bore Abraham Isaac who is the father of Jacob, whose name God changed to Israel. So that’s what the war is all about as we it was predicted in Gen 16:12 “And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”

  11. Trouble I see
    October 9, 2023

    Recent information reveals that there was no Palestinian involved in the terrorist attacking Israel and as investigations continue I, a Dominican, is very worried that none of the terrorists had a CBI passport from the Commonwealth of Dominica. In fact all now I am worried because we know our passports are in the hands of terrorists just as we know machine guns are in the hands of dangerous drug dealers here.

    • Man bite dogs
      October 10, 2023

      Trouble, Could you tell the Dominican Public how you know our passports are in the hands of terrorists ,or is it one of
      workers incompetent stupid jokes, Get out of here you are a disgrace and a bloody manipulative dishonest idiot.

  12. derp
    October 9, 2023

    Looks like Hamas kicked the hornets nest, sad thing is the everyday citizens are going to suffer the most

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    • Man bite dogs
      October 9, 2023

      derp, What the hell you on about the Palestinians people been under pressure for years with their hands tied behind their backs from Israel and no one cares about them, even today every News channels is biased towards the Palestinians, this is why Israel thinks it have the right to land grabbing and all the rest of it because America, UK and Europe is encouraging to happen it’s all double standard for criticizing the Russians look at them doing the same!!!

      • derp
        October 10, 2023

        The Arabs (Palestinians) and Jews both claim the same ancestry Abraham/Ibrahim so they are all related, the average day citizen isn’t going to go around killing random people like they are cattle cutting off babies heads… Two wrongs don’t make a right

        • Man bite dogs
          October 10, 2023

          derp, have you seen any videos of what you said happening? apart from what the Israeli and the so-called biased medias saying!! get your
          evidence and come back.

          • derp
            October 10, 2023

            Here’s a screen grab of the video, (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8FtPwiXgAAt7ts?format=jpg&name=small)

            if you really want to see a baby beheaded go on telegram and search for it there are many ways to find the proof you are looking for

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          • Man bite dogs
            October 11, 2023

            @derp, there’s no evidence of rape and killing in that picture you posted.

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        • Wake up and grow up
          October 11, 2023

          @ Dog Biter

          Here is a cut of several videos below, I’ve seen some of them myself on social media but some of them are age restricted but the one below was not.

          FAIR WARNING: Not suitable for those who are easily upset, the images and descriptions are very disturbing

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMejmg2T6z8

          note the blood stains on her hands and pants at the beginning of the video, clear indication she was abused and likely raped…multiple times

          • Man bite dogs
            October 12, 2023

            Wake up and grow up, If you want to believe everything you see and read on social media you must be a mad or a sad little person, come on I will give you a drink 🥂🍾

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          • derp
            October 12, 2023

            @man bite dogs , you asked for proof of the decapitation’s I gave it to you now you’re changing the narrative, here’s further proof they also burned the bodies too

            https://x.com/IsraeliPM/status/1712471782303867144?s=20

            ADMIN: The link seems to be broken.

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    • Putin
      October 10, 2023

      Well, they were already suffering under the Israeli blockade and daily killings. What choice was left to them but to fight?

      • Wake up and grow up
        October 12, 2023

        That’s a fatally stupid mindset the Hamas Terrorists killed mostly civilians women and children and elderly they had plenty of other choices other than raping young women, mutilating their bodies and parading these dead bodies in the street. They killed foreigners from many different countries and if your such a prejudice scum bag you need to hear this YES they killed black people too!!
        Now apart from prejudiced idiots the world and especially governments of these dead or kidnapped ppl will lose sypmathy for the evil Hamas and for the Palestinian cause.

        contrary to what some are saying here, Palestinians were finally getting sympathetic coverage in MAINSTREAM media it was a long time coming but it was happening they seemed to have the moral high ground now that moral high ground is gone.

        If Hamas had killed Dominicans or a relative of yours you would be understand too this attack was a stupid evil act that brought suffering for Jews and Palestinians.

  13. MEME
    October 9, 2023

    Israel has kept Palestinians in Gaza under colonial domination for countless years. They have bombed them, blockaded them, bulldoze their houses, kept them on a borderline starvation diet, occupy their land, keep their economy on the brink of collapse,etc, etc. Gaza is an open air prison for Palestinians. Palestinians have been killed, tortured oppressed and this has been fuelled, supported and driven by AMERICA and the WEST. U N S C resolution 2334 has called upon Israel to stop the occupation.The same UNSC has stated that Palestinians have a right to armed resistance. But nothing guaranteeing Palestinians right will pass in the UNSC because AMERICA has VETO POWER!
    I FULLY support the invasion (100%). It should have been on a BIGGER SCALE!
    If is IRAN Israel is trying to get, don’t use the Palestinians as scapegoat…Iran is more than capable of defending itself. Sorry for you all who just swallow what you hear on CNN, BBC, MSNBC, etc. The truth will continue to elude you!

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    • Ibo France
      October 9, 2023

      1000 000% in agreement with every word you have written. Why? It’s the irrebuttable
      TRUTH.

      The Israelis have entered the Palestinian mosques while they worship and open live ammunition on them indiscriminately. They have bombed schools, hospitals, ambulances with the wounded at will. They rigidly control every aspect of life of these long suffering people.

      Have you ever seen a Palestinian on BBC or any one of the established American news network giving their side of events? Ask yourself why.

      What is Israel doing right now. Massacring uninvolved Palestinian civilians by the hundreds and the world looks on unaffected by this unimaginable savagery.

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      • Man bite dogs
        October 10, 2023

        lbo, You and I don’t always see eye to eye so to speak but this time I will agree with you 100 % some black people don’t read and understand what is happening
        between Israel and Palestinian people, some don’t know what the hell they on about Magway, comments is the perfect example of that because they are professionally brain washed by the main news channels, anyway you are perfectly right 👍🏽 with every word, I am watching with interest where my heart and soul is also America will be making a big mistake if they get involved such as men on the ground.

        • Wake up and grow up
          October 10, 2023

          Of course you would agree with him dog biter, the two of you far more alike than you would feel comfortable admitting, just cheering for different teams politically. Same prejudiced, selfish and intolerant thinking.

          MAYBE just maybe EGO is smarter than you he definitely believes so…but neither of you offer any real solutions or make any effort other than to blow your own horns while attacking the other side.

          You just happen to be supporting the same team because of your shared prejudice right now. cheering while people are dying, women being raped their mutilated corpses paraded in the streets others killed or kidnapped including holocaust survivors. Israel will retaliate and kill even more people, but your prejudice matters more…there are black jews in Israel too you really think Hamas’ bullets and rockets will spare them? you won’t change but maybe younger ppl and those with more sense will see the truth.

          BTW not a supporter of Israeli or Palestinian atrocities

    • Gerard Benjamin
      October 9, 2023

      while I’m certainly not exonerating Israel for their alleged injustices perpetrated against Palestinians, is there any record of Israeli soldiers deliberately gunning down entire families, cutting the throats of children’s, kidnapping elderly people in their nineties and dragging as well as desecrating the naked bodies of young women in the streets?

      • Putin
        October 10, 2023

        You want more records than what you see in the news of buildings blown up while residents shelter below? You think the murderous run by Hamas at that music festival is any different from the murderous drones, airplanes, and missiles that blow up children while they shelter, eat, or play? Yes, it is different, the dancers were in the open and the Palestinians are in the streets or in buildings. The result is the same: Murder of unarmed citizens. You want more records? Have a look at news sources other than BBC, NBC, Fox News, and CNN!

    • Magway sa
      October 9, 2023

      When do you ever hear that when you fight a war and win you give back the land to the enemy? That’s what you want to have happen. Israel won the war back in 1967 and they had the right to make all Palestinians leave but they didn’t. Palestinians are not innocent. They have killed countless Jews by suicidal attacks. If people keep killing your people because they have free range to enter your place wouldn’t you put obstacles to prevent them from killing your people. This is what’s going on. Israel has a right to protect its people. Palestinians throw stones at the police and then they don’t expect any rataliation. The land belongs to Israel whether or not you accept that fact.

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      • smh
        October 10, 2023

        So might is right? By that logic the US had right to invade all those middle eastern countries and take their land. But then again that is probably what the type of people who support israel would think. Either way this war has nothing to do with us politically. Both sides have their issues and at the end of the day the only thing us poor caribbean people going to get out of it is suffering when the effects start to spread around the world just like with the ukraine war. It’s only the people at the top that’s going to benefit, whichever side “wins”

      • Putin
        October 10, 2023

        “Palestinians throw stones at the police.” The Palestinians are not throwing stones just for the heck of it and those suicidal attacks, as horrible as they were, they did not take place simply because those who committed those acts wanted to get a high out of doing so. This conflict, like the Ukraine war, is not taking place in a vacuum.

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      • Jonathan Y St Jean
        October 10, 2023

        @Magway sa, I see you want to bring back the rule of the jungle. So why did America not stay and colonize Grenada? To follow your logic they fought a war there. However they left afterwards. Also why didn’t America colonize Iraq after it defeated the Iraqi army in the war for Kuwait?

  14. If we knew better
    October 9, 2023

    I stand in support of Palestine. Israel is a made up state. Land was stolen from the Palestinians bit my bit to make it what it is now. One day “Israel” will get what it deserves.

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    • Old school
      October 9, 2023

      You need to understand Genesis from chapter 12 all the way to Genesis 25:18, to understand what’s really happening between Israel and the palestines. Understand Ismael was the first son of Abraham but Isaac his second son was the child of promise, Ismael, the first son of Abraham became the father of the Arab ( Palestinian) nation while Isaac, the second son of Abraham but his first son with his wife Sarah became father of the Jewish ( Israelite) nation. So this constant was finds its origin in Genesis 16, after Ishmael was born and was later kicked out of Abrahams”s house. So in summary this war is about the descendants of two brothers from different mothers fighting for their father Abraham land. According to the Bible the covenant was for Abraham son with his wife Sarah but it’s like a father with sons from two different women who died without making a will. Don’t you think there will always be war? So I stay neutral in this family dispute and may the strongest win

      • If we knew better
        October 10, 2023

        Feller, so you really believe that those European jews are the people spoken of in the Bible? Ive read the bible, (and i know that perception and interpretation of the bible differs from reader to reader and sometimes situation to situation) and i know what it says about the promised land. But that land isnt for them. It was taken by the western powers from the Palestinians after the war and given to these misplaced Ashkenazi jews. These same jews have denied the judaic rights of Ethiopian Jews for many years and have even abused them on many occasions. Ethiopian jews and jews from Africa are treated like dogs in Israel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YodKmm20tCs
        https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P0yY5UbegtY

        Many saw Hitler as an animal, but after reading his book Mein Kampf………………,………………………………….also recognized that the black people in America and the west were the true jews that were misplaced (he called them God’s Jewels). These peoples arent brothers.

        ADMIN: We have found no evidence to support your claim about Hitler, though we found several sources making the same or similar claim “Mein Kampf” does not contain the quote you attribute to the author. The book speaks of the white race as being superior to all other “races” including jews and black people.

        You can learn more here: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-hitler-world-war-3-idUSKCN2571UB

        Additionally, the deleted statement could easily be seen as a justification for anti-Semitism or being sympathetic to an anti-Semitic position.

        Note the following excerpt from our comment policy: “We will delete comments that…. promotes prejudicial hatred of any kind…”

        You can view our comment policy in full here: https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/policies/#comment-policy

    • Nac Vibes
      October 9, 2023

      The land belongs to nither. There will always be conflict in that land, untill the true people, the rightful owners, are returned by their home.

      This is what the Egyptian president said in 1948, when the so called jews went to the land “In 1958, President Nasser of Egypt said of the Jews: ‘They left here black and came back white”.

      The land was promised to us, yes us, Jacobs children, the decendants of the Trans Atlantic Slave trade. The Most High gave it to us but due to our disobediance, he punished us into slavery (Deteronomy 28:68)

      And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

      ADMIN: That quote seems to be made up there is no evidence for it despite some claims that Nasser said it on video. The commenter in this video discusses this issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgOe2IPf4Ic

      • Man bite dogs
        October 10, 2023

        Nac Vibes, Britten were the ones that created the problems that is happening today in 1948 not 1958
        seventy five years ago.

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