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Children of Gaza live amid sewage, trash, insects – and famine – Day 241

UNICEF says Gaza Children “need an immediate ceasefire”; desperation rips apart Gaza’s social fabric; Hamas says no new ceasefire proposal, but stands by previous one; UN experts call on global community to recognize Palestine; Israeli forces kill at least 5 Palestinians in West Bank; Israel conducts criminal investigations into 48 Gazan deaths; over 9,000 Palestinians have been “arrested” in West Bank since October 7th; 4 Israeli hostages dead, one by Israel; State Department veteran says administration submitted falsehoods to Congress; US senator calls for sanctions against Israeli minister…

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Flour Power – aid convoys reach northern Gaza; infant malnutrition – Day 163

Welcome shipment of flour & other staples arrives in north Gaza; malnourished babies too weak to cry; Oxfam publishes damning report on Israel’s lethal obstinacy; NYT: 26 attacks on aid-seekers in Gaza; West Bank prisoner death; Biden is angry; Tik Tok and Israel; Senator Chris Van Hollen tells it like it is; Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital

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Instead of Taylor Force Act, Congress should consider Rachel Corrie Act, Orwah Hammad Act

Instead of commemorating a tragic death with legislation that will cut off funding to Palestinians and create more misery and, most likely, violence, Congress should enact a Rachel Corrie Act, a Brian Avery Act, an Emily Henoschowitz Act, a Tristan Anderson Act, a Tariq Abukhdeir Act, and an Orwah Hammad Act. See details of what they would contain…

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