 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. One day after Israel deliberately massacred nearly 500 men, women and children taking refuge at a Christian hospital in Gaza, US President Joe Biden traveled to Israel, embraced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and delivered a provocative, pro-Israel rant in Tel Aviv. Millions of people around the world have taken part in protests against Israel's war crimes. Organizers attempted to enforce a "no politics" rule, but the crowd made it clear to a White House representative that the Biden administration's war policy and the corporate media have contributed to the atmosphere that led to the 6-year-old's brutal killing. Thousands of demonstrators in Turkey targeted Israeli consulates and a US base as mass protests erupted against Israel's bombing of a hospital in Gaza. Protests have taken place in dozens of cities, above all in Madrid, where 60,000 peopke marched in soldarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza war. The WSWS spoke with dozens of protesters in New York City who protested at NYU, CUNY and in Queens over the past two days. In an interview on CNN, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she no longer had any reservations about US military aid to Israel. With its aggressive support for Israel's genocidal crackdown on Palestinians in Gaza, the Left Party underscores the fact it is a thoroughly anti-working-class and pro-imperialist force. Starmer's support for Israeli war crimes has aroused mass opposition and 10 resignation of Muslim Labour councillors. Murray's interrogation has an unmistakable meaning: domestic opposition to Israel's war of annihilation against the Palestinians in Gaza is being criminalised. "I fully agree with the need for the working class to halt the war machine. Dockers should refuse to handle arms shipments, and every sector of workers should get involved." Temporary workers at Stellantis and GM are facing layoff or sharp reduction of hours with the evident aim of creating hardship and divisions within the workforce. The focus of opposition from the Democrats and a section of House Republicans to Jordan's becoming Speaker is his stated opposition to further military aid to Ukraine. The avowedly pro-big business CAQ government has responded to the increasingly militant mood among public sector workers by doubling down on its concession demands. New bans on semiconductor exports are a significant tightening of the measures introduced by the Biden administration a year ago. The two-day BRI form took place in Beijing as the US escalates the NATO war on Russia in Ukraine and has thrown its full support behind Israel's genocidal war on the Palestinian population of Gaza. The IYSSE will hold the lecture at the Political Science Department of the University of Peradeniya on October 26 as part of a series on Marxism. An editorial in the Murdoch-owned Australian, branding the Greens as "enemies" of Israel, carried with it the most sinister implications. Dairy workers across Victoria have begun a two-day strike demanding cost-of-living pay increases. A prominent Palestinian author has been censured and abused at this year's Frankfurt Book Festival, the world's largest book fair, which opened its doors on Wednesday. The gunman, a 45-year-old asylum-seeker from Tunisia, cited the reactionary state-backed Koran burnings in Sweden throughout the summer as the motivation for his attack Monday night. The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, travelled to Israel on Tuesday to support Benjamin Netanyahu's regime in its genocidal war against the Palestinians. About the WSWS The World Socialist Web Site is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world Trotskyist movement, and its affiliated sections in the Socialist Equality Parties around the world. Find out more about joining the Socialist Equality Party.
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