Week in Review: 2023, week 51

Published: 2023-12-24or support this work via Buy Me A Coffee or Patreon.SourcesSTOP PRESS:The Cost of Bearing Witness, Chris Hedges, his substack, 2023-12-24Hedges has been a war correspondent and is a brilliant wordsmith. In this short article he conveys through his experience and the words and lives of Palestinian reporters on the wars against them the impact and struggle of bearing witness to the most insane thing that humans make.If you read one reference.Read this.YesXorNoChris Hedges: The Death of Israel, YesXorNo, 2023-12-19Christmas Spirit at the Washington Post, YesXorNo, 2023-12-21A Coalition of the Unwilling Fails to Coalesce, YesXorNo, 2023-12-24AntiwarThe GenocidePope Francis Condemns Israeli 'Terrorism' After IDF Kills 2 Women at Catholic Church in Gaza, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17Shipping Giants Suspend Transits Through Red Sea Due to Houthi Attacks, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17Israeli Town Council Head Says Israel Should Make Gaza Look Like Auschwitz, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17Netanyahu Says He's 'Proud' of Preventing a Palestinian State, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17Pressure Mounts on Netanyahu to Reach New Deal With Hamas After IDF Killed 3 Israeli Hostages, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17Human Rights Watch Says Israel Is Using Starvation as Weapon of War, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18Lloyd Austin Visits Israel, Vows Continued Support for Gaza Slaughter, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18US Formally Launches Red Sea Military Operation in Response to Houthi Attacks, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18Houthis Say They Won't Back Down Even If US 'Mobilizes the Entire World', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-19Hostage Talks Resume, But Several Hurdles Remain Before Deal Reached, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2023-12-20As Gaza Death Toll Crosses 20,000, Aid Group Warns True Number Is Higher, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2023-12-20US Veto Threat Once Again Delays Security Council Vote on Gaza Ceasefire, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2023-12-20Israel Has Backed Itself Into a Corner on Post-War Gaza Occupation, Diplomats Say, Connor Freeman, Antiwar, 2023-12-20UN Report Says Over 570,000 People Are Starving in Gaza, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21UN Security Council Delays Vote on Gaza Resolution Yet Again, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21UN Security Council Passes Diluted Resolution on Gaza War, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2023-12-22US/NATOPutin Calls Biden's Claim That Russia Will Attack NATO 'Nonsense', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17US Granted Access to 15 Military Bases in Finland Under New Deal, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18Germany to Permanently Deploy 4,800 Troops in Lithuania, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-19US Granted Access to Military Bases in Denmark Under New Deal, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21Senate Adjourns Until 2024 With No Deal on Ukraine Aid, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21Southwest Asia / Not GenocideUS Forces Have Come Under Attack Over 100 Times in Iraq and Syria Since October, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21Ukraine/RussiaWhite House Says US Can Only Fund One More Weapons Package for Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18Zelensky Suggests Ukraine Could Mobilize Up to 500,000 New Soldiers, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-19US Eyes Frozen Russian Central Bank Funds to Fund Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21East Asia / ChinaUS Increasing Military Exercises With Allies Near China, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18US Approves $300 Million Sale for Taiwan's Military Information Systems, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-19US, China Hold First High-Level Military Talks in Over a Year, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21AfricaUS Airstrike Reported in Somalia for First Time in Months, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18Other Voices …The GenocideBREAKING NEWS: CHINESE, IRANIAN AND INDIAN WARSHIPS ARE NOW IN THE RED SEA, GULF OF ADEN, John Helmer, Dances with Wolves, 2023-12-21At This Point We Have To Always Assume Israel Is Lying Until Proven Otherwise, Caitlin Johnston, Caitlin's Newsletter, 2023-12-22Yemen Ready to Stare Down a New Imperial Coalition, Pepe Escobar, Unz Review, 2023-12-22Blood Money: The Top Ten Politicians Taking the Most Israel Lobby Cash, Alan MacLeod, ScheerPost (originally MintPress News), 2023-12-20Israeli Commanders Reported to ICC, Brett Wilkins, Consortium News (originally Common Dreams), 2023-12-21* Thus one can expect dual-citizen Jewish Israel-US persons to coordinate the US to attack DAWN via the usual mechanisms of reputation, financial and legal. Painting a crimes against humanity symbol on Israeli officers is painting a target on oneself.If the Houthis Can Shut down Naval Traffic in the Red Sea, Iran Can Close the Persian Gulf, Larry Johnson, Sonar21, 2023-12-22US Presidential Dual-LawfareIMPEACHMENT: Biden Under Formal Investigation, Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News, 2023-12-17* Patrick continues his series for CN on Biden family corruption and the political and legal consequences of itThe New Cold WarThe Total Defeat Of Ukraine Is Coming Into Sight, b., Moon Of Alabama, 2023-12-18What? Ukraine Is Not Winning the War?, Patrick Lawrence, Scheerpost, 2023-12-20The Fantasy Of Missile Defense In Ukraine, b., Moon Of Alabama, 2023-12-22On Speaking Plain 'Putin', SCOTT RITTER, Consortium News, 2023-12-18* Ritter begins the valuable effort of attempting to agree with historians and hopefully military and geopolitical analysts on a useful lexicon for analysing the process and outcome of the US' failed proxy war against Russia, and its political and geoeconomic consequences.On Speaking Plain 'Putin', Part Two, SCOTT RITTER, Consortium News, 2023-12-20A decade after Euromaidan, Ukraine more fractured than ever, Prof. Paul Robinson, Understanding Russia: Natalyie's Place (originally Canadian Dimension), 2023-12-22IT ARMY OF UKRAINE: How U.S. Intelligence Agencies Have Elevated Cybercrime in Ukraine into a Freedom-Fighting Cult, Larry Johnson, sonar21, 2023-12-18* I probably wont find the time, but this article warrants digging up the history of credit card fraud back in the early 2000's which was prevalent in eastern Europe and particularly Ukraine. The computer skills of a small percentage of the population combined with an endemic mafia and the terrible security of early on-line trade and credit cards in particular led to a perfect storm for "cyber" (computer) crime. * If you're interested in the topic, I recommend the classic TED talk by British journalist Misha Glenny under Videoes below.AssangeWith Hearing Set, Time For Biden to Drop Assange Charges, Ann Wright, Consortium News, 2023-12-19See below for video with Roth representing plaintiffs v. US/CIAOpenTransnational Corporations Provoke a Single Scream of Horror that Runs through the Vertebrae of the World: The Fifty-First Newsletter (2023), Vijay Prashad, TISR, 2023-12-21Now More Than Ever We Need a True Philosopher of Civilization, Pepe Escobar, Unz Review, 2023-12-22Ahh, No S**t., Andrei Martyanov, Reminiscence of the Future ..., 2023-12-2212/14/23 Jim Bovard on Washington’s Tyrannical Surveillance and Censorship of Americans, Horton interviews Bovard, The Scott Horton Show, 2023-12-14* MP3 Videoes Israeli Government's War On Gaza: The First Ten Palestinian Journalists Killed, Kevin Gosztola, Natylie's Place: Understanding Russia, 2023-12-18WATCH: CIA Loses Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Against It, Richard Roth and plaintiffs Margaret Ratner Kunstler & Deborah Hrbek discuss the case, Consortium News, 2023-12-22SPECIAL：Alastair Crooke：The US an outcast at the UN, Napolitano interviews Crooke, Judging Freedom, 2023-12-22INTEL Roundtable： 2023： A Year of Intelligence Failures., Napolitano interviews McGovern & Johnson, Judging Freedom, 2023-12-22BonusHire the Hackers!, Misha Glenny, TED, 2011-07Merry Christmas!Copyleft: CC0 Get full access to YesXorNo at yesxorno.substack.com/subscribe