The number of Americans opposed to sending arms to Israel has grown, month after month, as the brutal war on Gaza grinds on.
Most Americans want to stop arming Israel. Politicians don’t care.
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Israel bombs shelter in Gaza, killing orphans and widows – Day 350
Israel kills orphans, widows, health workers in Gaza, steals land in West Bank, takes terrorism to a new level – could this be the week Netanyahu goes from pariah to international fugitive?
Israel tries to block at least 3 investigations by UN bodies, holds polio vaccine workers at gunpoint – Day 338
Israel detains polio vaccine team, blocks humanitarian aid (more than usual), bullies South Africa, bullies Palestinian Authority, interferes with UN rape probe, covers up killing of 3 more Israeli hostages, seizes more West Bank land; Biden administration expects Israel to conduct transparent investigation into killing of American activist Aysenur Eygi in West Bank, as it feigns ignorance of who pulled the trigger; Florida politician’s blatant Islamophobia; Netanyahu may be delaying ceasefire as a gift to Trump; rabbi blesses, excuses Israeli rapist of Palestinians; Freedom Flotilla held hostage in Turkey; more.
Israel Israel Has Bombed Gaza Into 42 Million Tons of Rubble – Day 327
9 members of Gaza family wiped out at once; 3-day polio vaccine pauses to begin; Israel attacks humanitarian aid convoy, killing 5; freed Israeli Bedouin hostage’s village mostly under demolition orders; West Bank invasion: at least 18 Palestinians killed; US-UK “special relationship” may be at risk if UK blocks arms sales to Israel; human rights activist-reportrt arrested by UK police; Columbia U dumps due process to punish Palestine protesters; Rep. Ritchie Torres says BDS has “taken over the American aviation industry”; Gazan competes in Paralympics; more.
‘Strong record of supporting the U.S.-Israel relationship’: a look at Tim Walz’s votes on Palestine as a member of Congress
A review of Tim Walz’s time in Congress from 2007 to 2018 shows he supported multiple Israeli wars on Gaza, rejected the international consensus on the illegality of West Bank settlements, and opposed any unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state.
Are US officials’ investments of public funds in Israeli bonds ethical? How much is too much?
State and local officials have invested $1.7 billion of the public’s money in Israel Bonds since October 7. An investigation reveals contacts between buyer and seller that experts say may cross a line.
Israeli strike on Gaza school kills more than 100 people as they pray – Day 307
Israel drops 6,000 lbs of bombs on Gaza school; US poised to send Israel $3.5 billion, including to extremist battalion; 2 more journalists killed; waiting for “inevitable” polio outbreak as Israel blocks vaccines; new possible war crime; water & sanitation systems in shambles; more on Israeli torture of Palestinian prisoners – as Biden admin shrugs; Israeli alleged rapist calls for support; yet another anti-boycott bill introduced in Senate; more.
As Gazans starve, Israeli rhetoric grows more and more radically anti-Palestinian – Day 306
In Gaza, airstrikes continue, food rations drop, polio threat grows; in Israel, calls to punish not rapists, but the one who filmed them, to make rape of prisoners official policy, to make Nablus in West Bank “look like Rafah,” to legalize Israeli settlement in Gaza, to end US sanctions on violent settlers; Biden admin ok’s more war after prisoner swap (risking ceasefire deal), condemns not AIPAC’s purchase of congressional candidates, but Cori Bush’s warnings against AIPAC; Kamala Harris indicates no tolerance for pro-Palestinian protesters’ message; Walz’s track record on Palestine is not nearly as moral as Dems painted it…
Israel prevents entry of 1M life-saving polio vaccines into Gaza – Day 305
Polio threat looms large over Gaza – but not over Israel; condemnation of Israeli soldiers’ sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners and Smotrich’s call to starve Gazans reverberate worldwide; another World Central Kitchen staffer killed in airstrike; Israeli detentions of West Bank Palestinians surpasses 10,000; AIPAC money talks as another Squad member is defeated in primaries; American politicians’ full-throated support for Israel’s genocide; BDS victory in UK; more.
Israeli massacres, evacuation orders, torture continue unabated – Day 302
Bombs without warning, Gazans on the move again; more reports of prisoner torture; Gaza’s kids have lost one full school year; Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque; Israel adds new conditions to ceasefire proposal; Amazon provides storage for Israeli military mass surveillance; US military build-up in Middle East; VP contenders Shapiro & Pritzker are Israel partisans…