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

[email protected] June 4, 2024 ceasefire proposal, chris van hollen, famine, hostage deal, international court of justice, israeli hostages, palestinian state, podcast, pollution, sanctions, stacy gilbert, waste, West Bank

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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The mainstream media distorted our anti-Vietnam War protests 50 years ago. They’re following the same strategy today

[email protected] May 10, 2024 BDS, boycott, CNN, college protests, Dana Bash, divest, podcast, sanctions, Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Fifty years ago, I joined in protests against the Vietnam war. Today the mainstream media is smearing pro-Palestine student protests in ways that are even worse than how we were slandered back then.

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United Methodist Church votes to divest from Israel bonds

[email protected] May 5, 2024 BDS, bonds of Israel, bonds of Morocco, bonds of Turkey, boycott, church legislation, defeated resolution endorsing IHRA definition of antisemitism, Divestment, genocide, global boycott of Israeli settlements, human rights violations, Israeli bonds, prolonged military occupation, sanctions, U.S. military aid to Israel, United Methodist Church

In the first such divestment action by a major Christian denomination, the General Conference of the United Methodist Church has voted to divest from Israel bonds, and those of other countries carrying out prolonged military occupations.

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Israel continues to target Gazan aid-seekers – at least 4 incidents in 24 hours – Day 160

[email protected] March 15, 2024 famine, freedom of worship, Gaza, genocide, hamas, humanitarian aid, Israel, Israeli settlers, ramadan, sanctions, schumer, temporary pier

Hunger continues to be a death sentence in more ways than one; fears that the US pier will be used to perpetuate the reoccupation or ethnic cleansing of Gaza; aid ship off Gaza shore, logistics uncertain; Sen. Chuck Schumer makes major speech on Netanyahu and Israel; Forensic Architecture evaluates Israeli “evidence” from ICJ defense; Israeli forces aggressive in Jerusalem against Ramadan worshipers; new Palestinian prime minister; a smattering of sanctions by US against Israeli settlers; US intelligence says Hamas cannot be destroyed; and more

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Gazan detainees report “torture like we never saw before” – Day 118

Kathryn Shihadah February 2, 2024 Biden, children in gaza, controlled demolitions, genocide, houthis, humanitarian pause, IDF, Israeli settlers, Netanyahu, Rafah, sanctions, starvation, unrwa, water

17,000 Gazan children alone, many are freezing, all are hungry and thirsty; Israel’s massive number of “controlled demolitions”; Israeli military ready to head south to Rafah, Gazans are terrified; humanitarian pause may be “weeks” away; Netanyahu’s incendiary remarks about UNRWA; the West is ignoring Houthis’ message; Biden sanctions 4 Israeli settlers; US judge can’t rule on Biden’s complicity in Israel’s genocide, but calls on him to “reconsider his position”

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Indisputable facts about Israel and the International Criminal Court

[email protected] March 5, 2021 fourth geneva convention, icc, international criminal court, sanctions, war crime

Israel complains that other countries are committing “worse atrocities” and that it is simply practicing “self-defense” – but the International Criminal Court (ICC) has good reasons for dismissing these claims.

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FAIR: The NYT’s Pro-War Arguments Against War With Iran

[email protected] August 14, 2019 analysis, diplomacy, editorial, Iran, iran revolutionary guard, new york times, nuclear weapon, sanctions

New York Times recent editorials make it sound as if the war looming between the US and Iran is equally the fault of both countries, or of some inexplicable, inevitable force, rather than the result of US actions. This framing hides US governmental responsibility, and makes it harder for the public to judge intelligently where to place blame.

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Iraq, Syria, Iran…Are We To Destroy Iran Next?

[email protected] December 15, 2017 cato, Iran, pnac, sanctions

Neoconservatives won’t stop until their plans to remake the Middle East are realized, and Iran is next on the list. But is this in our best interests?

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