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Northern Gaza expected to be “a dismembered and depopulated area” – Day 437

[email protected] December 18, 2024 arms embargo israel, bread stampede gaza, ethnic cleansing, generals plan, israel boycott, leahy law, lebanon ceasefire, massacre, spain arms embargo, west bank deaths

Israel allows desecration of Palestinian corpses by wild dogs; girl crushed in bread stampede; “Generals’ Plan” in full swing, “no Palestinians will return to their homes” in northern Gaza; hopes rise for hostage exchange, ceasefire; West Bank deaths; lawsuit filed against US State Dept for failure to implement Leahy Law; Congress members demand arms embargo on Israel; U.S. defied Spanish embargo; 7K authors boycott Israel-affiliated publishers

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Most Americans want to stop arming Israel. Politicians don’t care.

[email protected] October 3, 2024 arms sales, arms transfers, Biden Administration, kamala harris, leahy law, military aid

The number of Americans opposed to sending arms to Israel has grown, month after month, as the brutal war on Gaza grinds on.

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An arms embargo on Israel is not a radical idea — it’s the law

[email protected] September 16, 2024 arms embargo, Foreign Assistance Act, human rights standards, leahy law, U.S. military funding

Halting military aid to Israel is the bare minimum the U.S. can do to stop the Gaza genocide. An arms embargo is not only supported by 60% of Americans, it is demanded by international and U.S. law. Kamala Harris must get on board.

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Biden administration coddles human rights abusers as Gazans die, Americans protest – Day 342

[email protected] September 14, 2024 american weapons in gaza, Ayşenur Eygi, campus protest, hostage video, israeli whitewashing, Josep Borrell, leahy law, matt nelson, military aid to israel, pope francis, self immolation, US aid to egypt

An American self-immolates outside Israeli consulate in Boston; US students protest for Gaza in spite of restrictions; US shelling out big bucks for goodies for Israel and aid for Egypt; State Dept spox prefers Israeli whitewashing over Washington Post investigation; EU leader called antisemitic for talking about two-state solution; Pope declares Israel’s actions in Gaza “ugly”; more.

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I created the Leahy law. It should be applied to Israel.

[email protected] May 24, 2024 human rights violations, leahy law, podcast, U.S. military aid

The Leahy law has been applied to many countries. Secretaries of state and defense of both political parties have affirmed its importance as an effective tool to shield the US from involvement in horrific crimes. But since the law was passed, not a single Israeli security force unit has been deemed ineligible for U.S. aid, despite repeated, credible reports of gross violations of human rights…

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Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree.

[email protected] May 16, 2024 Antony Blinken, IDF, Israel Leahy Vetting Forum, leahy law, netzah yehuda, Omar Assad, podcast, US Congress, US state department

The secretary of state told Congress that Israel had adequately punished a soldier who got community service for killing an unarmed Palestinian. Government officials call it a “mockery” and inconsistent with the law.

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New mass grave found in Gaza with at least 180 bodies – Day 197

[email protected] April 21, 2024 aid to Israel, execution, humanitarian aid, khan younis, leahy law, mass grave, nur shams, sanctions israel, temporary pier, tulkarem, West Bank

Another mass grave indicates executions; UN says Israel has been lying about numbers of aid trucks; Israel kills 14 in a massive, 50-hour attack in West Bank; Israel loves the new aid package, denounces the new sanction against one military unit; news about the temporary pier being built for Gaza, more

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‘Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses

[email protected] January 20, 2024 human rights violation, israel impunity, josh paul, leahy law, Shireen Abu Akleh

Revealed: review of internal state department documents shows special mechanisms have been used to shield Israel from US human rights laws. “Nobody said it but everyone knew the rules were different for Israel. No one will ever admit that, but it’s the truth,” said one former state department official.

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“Doctors are stepping over bodies of dead children to treat other children who will die anyway” –Day 73

[email protected] December 19, 2023 blood money, ceasefire, Gaza, gaza hospitals, genocide, hamas, Israel, leahy law, massacre, military aid to israel, october 7

Sanders resolution could begin the march toward accountability in Israel; devastating Gaza hospital news; another journalist killed; what really happened on October 7th – in Israelis’ words; widespread starvation; blood money for Israel, and more

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Senator Patrick Leahy speaks out on killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

[email protected] September 19, 2022 assassination, Israeli military, leahy law, patrick leahy, Shireen Abu Akleh

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) calls out the Biden administration’s feeble response to Israel’s killing of a prominent American citizen: he asks the hard questions (why haven’t they been asked before?) that could trigger the withholding of US military aid to Israel.

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