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Keir Starmer explains that he feels no shame or guilt benefitting personally from gifts from the rich and powerful while insisting on policies of severe austerity causing suffering and death.
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15 November 2026
18 countries condemn Israeli strike on Gaza hospital, urge ceasefire compliance
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Patients are transferred from the Nasser Hospital following an Israeli attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza, Palestine on November 12, 2026. [Abed Rahim Khatib – Anadolu Agency]
Turkiye and 17 other countries on Saturday strongly condemned an Israeli airstrike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, which caused casualties among patients and medical personnel, and called on Israel to uphold the ceasefire and allow the unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid.
In a joint statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday, the foreign ministers of Türkiye, Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said the attack violated international humanitarian law, which provides special protection for medical facilities and healthcare workers.
The ministers also condemned continued Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians, including strikes on tents and other shelters housing displaced people, warning that such attacks undermine the ceasefire and efforts to restore security and stability in Gaza.
They said the attacks were inconsistent with US President Donald Trump’s comprehensive plan.
Expressing grave concern over Israel’s continued restrictions on humanitarian assistance, shelter materials and medical supplies, the ministers warned that conditions in Gaza were worsening as winter approaches.
They said inadequate shelter and deteriorating water, sanitation and healthcare services put civilians, particularly children and infants, at serious risk of dying from exposure to freezing temperatures.
READ: 6 Palestinians killed, dozens injured in Israeli strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis
Calls on Israel, UN agencies and humanitarian organizations
The statement called on Israel to respond to appeals from the international community and the Board of Peace and immediately fulfill its obligations under the Sharm El-Sheikh Agreement, Trump’s Comprehensive Plan and UN Security Council Resolution 2803 (2025).
The ministers urged Israel to uphold the ceasefire, protect civilians and medical facilities, and ensure the safe, sustained and unimpeded delivery of sufficient humanitarian aid, including shelter materials, early recovery supplies and equipment needed to restore essential infrastructure.
They also called for UN agencies and humanitarian organizations to be allowed to carry out their work without obstruction.
They stressed that the commitments under the first phase were due to take effect upon signature and must be implemented without delay or additional political or security conditions restricting humanitarian access.
They further emphasized that urgent humanitarian assistance must not depend on progress in subsequent phases of the plan.
The ministers called on the US and the Board of Peace, within their respective roles, to intensify efforts to ensure Israel fully implements its commitments and lifts all restrictions on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, warning that the credibility of the agreements and the consolidation of the ceasefire depend on their implementation.
They reaffirmed their commitment to working with regional and international partners to consolidate the ceasefire, implement all phases of the plan and expand humanitarian assistance to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people.
READ: Hamas says Board of Peace adopts misleading Israeli narrative on Gaza hospitals
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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister. He asks who could possibly object to the IDF starving people to death, conducting forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing all Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He says they’ve got a genocide to do for Israel and to stop objecting.
Ed Miliband claims that he and Andy Burnham have reformulated Blair’s triangulation strategy. Their new formulation entails acknowledging that they were wrong on Israel and Palestine but entails doing absolutely nothing about it and continuing exactly the same policies hoping that you’re too stupid to notice.
15 November 2026
Netanyahu discusses possible resumption of attacks on Iran with Eisenkot: Israeli media
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Former Chief of General Staff and leader of the Yashar party, Gadi Eisenkot holds an election rally ahead of Israeli parliamentary (Knesset) elections in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 25, 2026. [Saeed Qaq – Anadolu Agency]
Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the possible resumption of attacks on Iran with Gadi Eisenkot, who has been tasked with forming the next government, Israeli media reported Friday.
According to Channel 12, Netanyahu held the meeting Thursday and sought to share intelligence on Iran with Eisenkot.
The broadcaster cited an “informed” source who said the intelligence “could change his view” of Netanyahu’s motives for resuming attacks.
Eisenkot was not aware that Mossad chief Roman Gofman was visiting Washington to discuss the issue, said Channel 12.
It did not indicate whether Eisenkot was deliberately kept uninformed about Gofman’s visit.
The meeting came amid a political transition in Israel after Netanyahu’s bloc lost its parliamentary majority in the Oct. 27 elections and Eisenkot was tasked with forming a new government.
Eisenkot had warned Netanyahu against carrying out unnecessary military operations before a government is formed.
Military reservations about timing
Israel’s public broadcaster KAN, meanwhile, reported that Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir supports a military operation against Iran but does not believe the current timing is appropriate.
Zamir favors coordination with the US and choosing suitable timing and conditions for the operation, it said.
KAN cited an unnamed security source who said the Israeli army sees no immediate Iranian threat requiring a new attack and has warned against entering a prolonged war of attrition.
READ: Israel’s Lieberman warns Netanyahu against war-related decisions without parliamentary oversight
The source also ruled out renewing the war in the coming weeks.
Channel 12 previously reported disagreements between Netanyahu and Zamir over moves that could lead to a new confrontation with Iran, but Netanyahu’s office denied the report.
Mossad chief in Washington
Separately, the Haaretz newspaper reported Friday that Gofman met CIA Director John Ratcliffe in Washington and was expected to meet US envoy Steve Witkoff as part of Israeli efforts to secure Washington’s support for renewed attacks against Iran.
Channel 13 said Gofman would present intelligence concerning Iran’s nuclear program and development of long-range missiles, as well as Israeli claims that Tehran violated agreements with Washington.
There was no comment from the relevant US or Israeli authorities on details of the visit, according to Haaretz.
Netanyahu’s moves come amid Israeli concerns, according to media reports, that Washington and Tehran could reach an agreement that eases pressure on Iran without addressing its nuclear program or missile capabilities.
The developments coincide with concerns among parts of the Israeli opposition that military decisions made during the transition of power could affect the formation of the next government.
READ: Eisenkot warns Netanyahu against politically motivated security decisions amid Iran tensions
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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister. He asks who could possibly object to the IDF starving people to death, conducting forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing all Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He says they’ve got a genocide to do for Israel and to stop objecting.
Ed Miliband claims that he and Andy Burnham have reformulated Blair’s triangulation strategy. Their new formulation entails acknowledging that they were wrong on Israel and Palestine but entails doing absolutely nothing about it and continuing exactly the same policies hoping that you’re too stupid to notice.
15 November 2026
Israeli occupiers attack Palestinian olive pickers in West Bank as army arrests farmer
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Israeli soldiers and armed Israeli settlers are seen in an olive grove in the town of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, Palestine as Israeli forces prevent Palestinians and foreign activists supporting them from harvesting olives and force them to leave the area on October 13, 2026. [Mamoun Wazwaz – Anadolu Agency]
Israeli occupiers attacked Palestinian olive pickers east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday, while the Israeli army arrested a farmer as he plowed his land south of Hebron, Anadolu reports.
Citing local sources, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the occupiers attacked and assaulted olive pickers in the Khallat Abu Huwan area of Beit Dajan, east of Nablus.
The occupiers forced the farmers to leave their land after stealing equipment and mats they were using to harvest olives, the sources added.
In the nearby village of Salem, east of Nablus, olive trees caught fire after Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at farmers picking olives to prevent them from continuing their work, an Anadolu correspondent reported.
Nablus municipal firefighting crews intervened to extinguish the blaze, which burned several olive trees, according to the correspondent.
Separately, local sources told Anadolu that two Palestinian men were injured after being beaten by Israeli occupiers while picking olives north of Ramallah.
The attack took place in the Wadi al-Zaytoun area near the Israeli military checkpoint of Ein Siniya, the sources said, adding that the occupiers also seized the keys to a vehicle.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society also said in a statement that its teams in Ramallah treated the two men and transferred them to a hospital.
READ: Israeli army, occupiers carry out attacks across occupied West Bank, target olive harvesters
In a separate incident in the southern West Bank, Israeli forces arrested Palestinian farmer Bader Mohammed al-Adra as he plowed his farmland in the Deirat area, east of the town of Yatta, south of Hebron.
The Al-Baidar human rights organization said in a statement that Israeli forces arrested al-Adra while he was working on his land.
It said Palestinian farmers in areas east of Yatta face harassment and Israeli restrictions that hinder their access to and use of their land.
The organization said targeting farmers while they carry out agricultural work threatens their livelihoods and makes it harder for them to hold on to their land.
It added that arresting farmers while they plow their fields violates their right to work and use their property.
The organization called for al-Adra’s release and an end to measures targeting farmers working on their land, urging local and international rights organizations to monitor conditions in the Deirat area and document violations against residents.
Attacks by the Israeli army and Israeli occupiers against Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank have intensified since the start of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023.
The attacks have included killings, arrests, demolitions of homes and other structures, arson and the destruction of agricultural land, alongside settlement expansion and the displacement of residents.
Palestinians warn that such practices are paving the way for Israel’s formal annexation of the West Bank, undermining prospects for an independent Palestinian state in accordance with relevant UN resolutions.
READ: Israel deports 14 foreign activists detained during West Bank olive harvest
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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister. He asks who could possibly object to the IDF starving people to death, conducting forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing all Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He says they’ve got a genocide to do for Israel and to stop objecting.
Ed Miliband claims that he and Andy Burnham have reformulated Blair’s triangulation strategy. Their new formulation entails acknowledging that they were wrong on Israel and Palestine but entails doing absolutely nothing about it and continuing exactly the same policies hoping that you’re too stupid to notice.
15 November 2026
‘We must respond to the Palestinian people’s call for action’
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An injured child is treated at the Al-Aqsa Hospital, following an Israeli military strike in eastern Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, November 13, 2026
Unions to plan nationwide workplace boycotts of Israeli goods at major Palestine Solidarity Campaign conference in London
UNIONS will plan nationwide workplace boycotts of Israeli goods at a major conference in London on Saturday, ahead of a day of action later this month.
This follows the TUC Congress voting in September to support the Palestinian-led movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) and co-ordinated workplace campaigns for the first time.
Today the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) vowed to turn the “hugely important milestone” into practice at its trade union conference in central London.
International guest speakers and key trade union representatives from across the union movement will discuss how to plan, network and organise BDS campaigns in workplaces.
“The conference will provide the tools necessary for practical and meaningful action, to grow divestment and boycotts campaigns and deliver wins across our sectors,” said PSC.
The campaign group’s trade union officer Martial Kurtz told the Morning Star that Israel’s continuing three-year-long genocide against the people of Gaza has seen “many trade unions increasingly active in mobilising their members, speaking out and demonstrating the power of collective solidarity.
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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister. He asks who could possibly object to the IDF starving people to death, conducting forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing all Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He says they’ve got a genocide to do for Israel and to stop objecting.
Ed Miliband claims that he and Andy Burnham have reformulated Blair’s triangulation strategy. Their new formulation entails acknowledging that they were wrong on Israel and Palestine but entails doing absolutely nothing about it and continuing exactly the same policies hoping that you’re too stupid to notice.
14 November 2026

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