(2024-01-04). Joel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the Poinsettia, Enslaver, Secret Agent and Perpetrator of the 'Trail of Tears'. counterpunch.org 
If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett today, it is likely because of the red and green poinsettia plant. In the late 1820s, while serving as the first ambassador from the U.S. to Mexico, Poinsett clipped samples of the plant known in Spanish as the "flor de nochebuena," or flower of Christmas Eve, from
(2024-01-04). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 89: Hamas And Hezbollah Pledge To Punish Israel Following Aruri Killing. popularresistance.org Saleh Al-Aruri, 57, the deputy political leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), was killed in a drone airstrike in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday evening. | Aruri is the most senior Hamas leader to be killed since the October 7 Palestinian cross-fence attack, which shocked Israel's security and intelligence establishment. | Aruri was one of the masterminds of The Al-Aqsa Flood operation. He talked about it openly in an interview with Al-Mayadeen channel in August. | On Tuesday evening, he was killed in the movement's office in Al-Dahiya, the southern Beirut suburb and the stronghold of Hezboll…
democracynow.org (2024-01-04). Hezbollah's Nasrallah Vows Revenge After Killing of Hamas Official in Beirut
The bombing in Iran came just a day after a top Hamas official, Saleh al-Arouri, was assassinated outside of Beirut, Lebanon, in a suspected Israeli strike. His funeral is being held today in Beirut.
(2024-01-04). Stoking the fires of regional war. thealtworld.com Israel is trying to trigger a wider conflict to bring in the US | Israel's assassination of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Beirut on Tuesday evening, coming just days after it killed Iranian general Reza Mousavi in Damascus and amid its ongoing war of extermination on the Gaza Strip, came as a huge shock to Hamas, its Lebanese hosts Hezbollah, and the Axis of resistance generally. | It amounted to a declaration of war on Lebanon and the Lebanese resistance in the south of the country, and a massive provocation to Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah, who had repeatedly threatened punitive re…
(2024-01-04). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 90: Hezbollah says the killing of al-Aruri will not go unpunished. mondoweiss.net 
As worries of a regional war intensify, UNICEF says the children of Gaza are running out of time to be saved as they face "severe acute malnutrition" amid Israel's ongoing siege.
(2024-01-04). Israel-Palestine war: Hamas leader's killing in Beirut complicates US efforts to prevent Gaza war spillover. middleeasteye.net 
Israel-Palestine war: Hamas leader's killing in Beirut complicates US efforts to prevent Gaza war spillover | Hezbollah could use backchannel with the US to 'calibrate' its response to Israel's assassination of Saleh al-Arouri, experts say | Thu, 01/04/2024 – 14: 44 | Mourners take part in the funeral procession of Hamas officials in Beirut, killed a day earlier in the Lebanese capital's southe…
(2024-01-04). Headlines for January 4, 2024. democracynow.org Iran Mourns as Death Toll from Kerman Explosions Reaches 84, Hezbollah's Nasrallah Vows Revenge After Killing of Hamas Official in Beirut, Israel Kills More Palestinians in Attacks on Civilian Homes, Strikes Jabaliya Water Collection Site, Education Dept. Official Resigns in Protest, Saying Biden Ignoring His Staff, Public Opinion on Gaza, Activists in California Shut Down State Capitol to Demand Ceasefire in Gaza, U.S. and Allies Threaten Military Action Against Houthis for Red Sea Attacks, Ukraine and Russia Exchange 500 Prisoners as Both Parties Intensify Attacks, DOJ Sues Texas over New Migration Law as…
(2024-01-04). Hezbollah chief vows to wage war against Israel if it expands attacks on Lebanon. muslimmirror.com Beirut: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned to attack Israel "without restraint" if it expands attacks against Lebanon. Nasrallah made the remarks on Wednesday night in a televised speech to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the assassination of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone attack on January 3, …
(2024-01-04). Hezbollah warns Israel of retaliation, calls out international community for inaction. peoplesdispatch.org Israel carried out numerous artillery, drone and air strikes in southern Lebanon villages on Thursday, January 4 killing at least four Hezbollah soldiers and destroying substantial amounts of civilian infrastructure. These attacks come less than a day after Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah warned against Israel's attempts to start a war with Lebanon. In retaliation …
(2024-01-04). Hezbollah warns Israel of retaliation, calls out international community for inaction. peoplesdispatch.org
(2024-01-04). Sayyed Nasrallah to Deliver a Speech Friday. english.almanar.com.lb 
Hezbollah's Secretary General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, is to deliver a televised speech tomorrow, Friday at 14: 30 (Beirut time), marking a memorial celebration of the late Hezbollah official Hajj Mohammad Yaghi. The event will take place at Sayyed Khawla Holy Shrine in the Lebanese city of Baalbek. This upcoming address will mark the fourth since the …
(2024-01-04). Hezbollah leader pledges 'no limit' in defense of Lebanon. new.thecradle.co
(2024-01-04). Amid Escalation, Israel Attacks Hezbollah Targets in Southern Lebanon. news.antiwar.com With the very real possibility that the assassination of Hamas figure Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut earlier this week could expand the ongoing war, Israel seemingly increased the odds Thursday with a flurry of attacks on Hezbollah targets in Southern Lebanon. These hit an observation post and multiple infrastructure targets. They also reportedly struck an anti-tank …
(2024-01-04). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 90: Hezbollah says the killing of al-Aruri will not go unpunished. mondoweiss.net
(2024-01-04). Hezbollah: Direct hits as Islamic Resistance fighters target Israeli post of Al-Jerdah. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-01-04). Hezbollah Names 4 Heroes Who Fell All the Way to Al-Quds. english.almanar.com.lb 
Hezbollah announced on Thursday the names of four fighters who fell while defending the Ummah (nation) against the Israeli enemy. In four statements, Hezbollah's Islamic Resistance mourned the four Martyrs All the Way to Al-Quds. The statements started with a versus from the holy Quran (33: 23): "Among the faithful are men who have proven true …
(2024-01-04). Hezbollah chief vows to wage war against Israel if it expands attacks on Lebanon. muslimmirror.com Beirut: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned to attack Israel "without restraint" if it expands attacks against Lebanon. Nasrallah made the remarks on Wednesday night in a televised speech to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the assassination of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone attack on January 3, …
(2024-01-04). Axis of Resistance organizations react to assassination of Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri. workers.org 
Protest against the assassination of Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri in Ramallah, Occupied West Bank, Jan. 2, 2024. Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri, deputy head of the Political Bureau of Hamas and founder of the Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, was assassinated in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 2 in an Israeli drone strike that killed . . . |
(2024-01-04). Workers World Party condemns Israeli murder of Hamas leader in Lebanon. workers.org 
Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri Workers World Party condemns the heinous assassination of Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri, deputy head of the Political Bureau of Hamas and founder of the Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades. Those in the Israeli government and military who ordered the drone strike and those in the U.S. government who . . . |
(2024-01-04). Workers World Party condemns Israeli murder of Hamas leader in Lebanon. workers.org Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri Workers World Party condemns the heinous assassination of Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri, deputy head of the Political Bureau of Hamas and founder of the Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades. Those in the Israeli government and military who ordered the drone strike and those in the U.S. government who . . . |
(2024-01-04). Australian protests against Gaza genocide: "What's happening is a crime against humanity" wsws.org "There are Israeli strikes on Lebanon, threats against Yemen, and there's an attempt to get Iran involved. It's looking like World War Three."
(2024-01-04). Killing Australians in Lebanon: Selected Targets; Selective Morality. dissidentvoice.org The killing of an Australian-Lebanese national Ibrahim Bazzi, his Lebanese wife Shorouq Hammoud, and his brother Ali Bazzi by the Israeli Defence Forces in a missile strike in southern Lebanon, has been an object exercise in selective outrage, selective ethical concern, and, generally speaking, selective morality. The strike took place on a home in the …
(2024-01-04). Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon: Israeli artillery shells, fires phosphorus munitions at border town of Khiam, road between Kfar Kila and Odeisseh towns. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-01-04). Killing Australians in Lebanon: Selected Targets, Selective Morality. globalresearch.ca