Bernie Sanders tried to end the shipment of US bulldozers to Israel—like the one that crushed my daughter, Rachel Corrie, to death 23 years ago.
Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is just one of many government officials still toeing the line for Israel and its powerful lobby.
26 Democrats joined Bernie Sanders in his effort to end certain weapons’ sales to Israel – but were blocked by 70 pro-war senators.
Israeli forces killed at least 104 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, including at least 71 aid seekers; likely many more elder deaths than reported; lopsided “justice” in West Bank; New York Times’ blatant pro-Israel bias; Sanders’ bills fail, but by a smaller margin than last time
The vote to block offensive arms sales to Israel is expected to be this afternoon (July 30)
Despair in Gaza; 200,000 patients face possible death due to crossings closure; Netanyahu shows no sign of slowing down airstrikes; Israeli extremists call to blow up Al-Aqsa Mosque; Israeli settlers kidnap two Palestinian children; Bernie blows it big time on Gaza
Babies die from cold; Netanyahu poised to back out of three-stage ceasefire deal; garbage crisis in Gaza; Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli custody; West Bank is becoming more and more like Gaza; NYTimes fails accuracy test – again; another Israeli official makes blatant call for genocide; Trump’s latest pro-genocide policy; calls for war crime investigation of Biden admin; Bernie Sanders tries to stop weapons sales to Israel.
The decimation of Gaza’s families; Nasrallah and ceasefire; massacres, including a journalist and his family; a first: bill to block weapons to Israel; white phosphorus (again); damage to Israel’s military bases; Biden admin makes Israel the victim, encourages attack on Iran; Arab world offers Israel peace; evacuating Americans from Lebanon
Israel drops off 88 unidentifiable corpses in Gaza; US forks over billions more in “negotiated” aid; Israel continues bombing of Lebanese residences; an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire possibility vanishes; yet another massively destructive Israeli raid on Jenin; Saudi Arabia (Israel’s next target for normalization) sets sight on two-state solution; China scolds US for double standards; tenured prof fired for pro-Palestine Instagram post; Bernie Sanders’ latest attempt to block aid to Israel; more.
Massive casualties in Mawasi “safe zone”; “planned massacre” in Gaza City; UNRWA finds international support while under Israeli attack; West Bank deaths; 46,000 Israeli businesses closed since October 7th; obstinacy from Netanyahu; US seeks new way to help Israel dodge ICC arrest warrants; Sanders says, amid election frenzy, “we must not forget Gaza”; more.