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Nowhere left to live, nowhere left to bury the dead – Day 319

[email protected] August 22, 2024 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, barack obama, Bisan Owda, child torture, deir al balah, DNC platform, evacuation, gilad erdan, Ilhan Omar, Khalil Maqdah, police brutality, torture

“They were trying to exterminate us”: Palestinian children in Gaza tortured by Israeli military; Israeli envoy calls for UN building in Jerusalem to be ‘erased from earth’; No space in Gaza “safe zones” for the living; No space left for the dead: Gaza’s cemeteries overflow; Fleeing Palestinians say death would be more merciful; ‘Torture by Electrocution’ – Israel Releases 25 Detainees from Gaza; Barack Obama makes no mention of Gaza war in DNC speech; more

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US singlehandedly blocks Palestine from full UN membership, $26 billion to Israel reaches House floor – Day 195

[email protected] April 19, 2024 al-Shifa Hospital, arms transfer, Columbia, columbia university, google, icc, Ilhan Omar, Iran, Isra Hirsi, mass grave, palestinian statehood, unsc, West Bank

US singlehandedly blocks Palestine from full UN membership, billion to Israel reaches House floor – Day 195

Biden mulls massive arms sale to Israel; Israeli “limited” strike in Iran takes world’s eyes off Rafah; another mass grave discovered at Al Shifa Hospital, where Israeli forces stashed at least 30 bodies; ICC may issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders; Israeli violence in West Bank refugee camp; pro-Palestinian students arrested at Columbia U, receive death threat;; Google fires employees who stood for Palestine

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AIPAC’s vast campaign to unseat pro-Palestine US lawmakers

[email protected] December 24, 2023 Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar, israel lobby, Jamaal Bowman, muslim american, Rashida Tlaib, summer lee

AIPAC, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, and its affiliates are reportedly spending $100 million in the next congressional election cycle. The objective: to help oust progressives who have voiced support for Palestinians. The Israel lobby is signaling to many that it cares more about supporting Israel’s right-wing government than democracy in the US.

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House Dems remove $1B in extra funding for Israel’s Iron Dome from budget bill

[email protected] September 22, 2021 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Andre Carson, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar, iron dome, Rashida Tlaib

House Dems remove B in extra funding for Israel’s Iron Dome from budget bill

Republican Congress members flip out over the removal of an extra $1 billion gift to Israel on a budget bill (that they weren’t going to vote for anyway). Activists for justice for Palestinians hail the event as “an unprecedented moment for Palestinian rights.”

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Rare Congressional event: 20 Dems debate Israel-Palestine

[email protected] May 18, 2021 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Betty McCollum, Cori Bush, Elaine Luria, gaza rockets, hamas, Ilhan Omar, josh gottheimer, kathy manning, Rashida Tlaib, ted deutch

A special gathering of Democratic Party House members discussed Israel-Palestine… here’s what they said.

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Rep. Betty McCollum leads effort to block Israel from using US aid to break int’l law

[email protected] April 16, 2021 annexation, Betty McCollum, detention, H.R. 2590, home demolition, Ilhan Omar, Jamaal Bowman, Marie Newman, no way to treat a child, Rashida Tlaib, torture

Rep. Betty McCollum has introduced a new bill (H.R. 2590) that challenges Israel’s impunity, at a time when support in Congress for Palestinian rights is at an all-time high. This issue of conditional aid to Israel has gained momentum in recent years – but there is a long way to go…

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‘Winds are shifting’: US Congress criticise Israel in two rare letters

[email protected] March 15, 2021 annexation, blinken, covid vaccine, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, secretary of state, unrwa

Support for Palestinian human rights in Congress may be on the rise at last: In 2 separate letters, House members slam range of Israel policies, and five senators call on Israel to vaccinate Palestinians.

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