The Leahy Law requires ban on US military aid to Israeli border police’s Yamas Unit for the extrajudicial killings of two Palestinians who surrendered – a Gross Violation of Human Rights
Over 80 organizations express grave concern regarding the preventable humanitarian catastrophe and mass starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip.
On December 17, 2024, a group of Palestinian and Palestinian-Americans filed a complaint against the State Department with one simple ask: That the Department obey the Leahy law with regard to Israel.
A former State Department advisor warns that the Trump administration is displaying “even less regard for human rights” in Gaza than Biden did
American doctors who volunteered in Gaza report witnessing a disturbing pattern of children being shot by Israeli snipers.
One northern California activist’s idea of bringing a class action lawsuit against their local congressperson over support for the Gaza genocide has become a nationwide movement.
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
The number of Americans opposed to sending arms to Israel has grown, month after month, as the brutal war on Gaza grinds on.
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.
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.