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New “Kibbutz” at Israeli Embassy
For the past ten days at the Israeli Embassy, peaceful human rights activists have erected and maintained a presence 24/7 outside of the compound bedecked with numerous Palestinian flags, signs, banners and a memorial dedicated to Aaron Bushnell who last month immolated himself in protest over the war in Gaza whose last words were “Free Palestine.”...
Posted: Thu, Mar 7, 2024 4:57pm PST
World Food Program says IOF blocked trucks delivering food to Gaza
The WFP said after the trucks were turned away and rerouted they were "stopped by a large crowd of desperate people" who took about 200 tons of food....
Posted: Wed, Mar 6, 2024 7:39pm PST
Senate Global Food Security Commission Discusses Gaza Starvation
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing March 6 on Global Food Security, a timely topic especially so with millions starving in Gaza...
Posted: Wed, Mar 6, 2024 5:02pm PST
US-NATO is Continuing to Provoke Nuclear War What can we do?
An international anti-war direct action movement can end the threat of nuclear war...
Posted: Wed, Mar 6, 2024 10:24am PST
Nuclear Holocaust in Indian Country: Natives Testify Before Inter-American Commission
Navajo, White Mesa Ute, Havasuapai, Northern Arapaho and Oglala Lakota testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, revealing the nuclear holocaust in Indian country, of uranium mining, scattered radioactive waste, and deadly uranium mills poisoning the aquifers and land of Native people. They countered the claims by the EPA, BIA and Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials that claimed they were abiding by U.S. federal laws requiring consultation, upholding Treaties and sa...
Posted: Wed, Mar 6, 2024 9:26am PST
US State Department Says Israeli Ministers Blocking Gaza Aid Deliveries
"Some of the obstacles that we have seen from the Israeli political establishment, you have seen ministers in the Israeli government block the release of flour from the port at Ashdod. You have seen ministers of the Israeli government supporting protests that blocked aid from going in to Karem Shalom," spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters, referring to a key border crossing between Israel and Gaza....
Posted: Wed, Mar 6, 2024 7:50am PST
US, Canadian synagogues sell Palestinian land for illegal settlement
Closed-door meetings held in some synagogues in the US and Canada to sell properties belonging to Palestinians from areas where illegal settlers reside in East Jerusalem and the West Bank have sparked outrage across the US. One of these meetings, organized by the Texas-based real estate company Keller Williams, was protested in Englewood, New Jersey....
Posted: Wed, Mar 6, 2024 2:23am PST
UN Food Agency Says Food Deliveries To Northern Gaza Facing 'Further Setbacks'
14 truck convoy turned back by Israeli forces after 3 hour wait at Wadi Gaza checkpoint, says World Food Program. Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza....
Posted: Tue, Mar 5, 2024 4:39pm PST
13,430 Children Killed In Gaza Since Oct. 7
A total of 13,430 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip by Israeli airstrikes and ground operations since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, the Media Office in Gaza said Monday.
It noted that 8,900 women were killed over the course of 150 days, adding that 7,000 people, 70% of whom are women and children, are still under the rubble or missing....
Posted: Mon, Mar 4, 2024 7:01pm PST
Benny Gantz Meets VP Harris at White House
Former Israeli Army General and War Cabinet Member, Benny Gantz met today at the White House with Vice President Kamal Harris and others where they were scheduled to discuss increasing aid to Gaza....
Posted: Mon, Mar 4, 2024 6:04pm PST
Emaciated 10-Year-Old Palestinian Child, Yazan al Kafarneh, Dies Of Severe Hunger In Gaza
Yazan al Kafarneh, 10, died of hunger at Yousef Al Najjar Hospital in southern city of Rafah....
Posted: Mon, Mar 4, 2024 3:49pm PST
“Hands off Rafah” Rally at Israeli Embassy Disrupts DC
Human rights activists and Palestinian Americans and people of conscious protested at the Israeli Embassy in Washington calling for ran immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Hands off Rafah....
Posted: Sun, Mar 3, 2024 4:54pm PST
Uber CEO's Racist Rhetoric
Please Help Petition Austin's Mayor and the Organizers of South by Southwest to Cancel Uber CEO Dara's Talk...
Posted: Sat, Mar 2, 2024 8:41pm PST
US veto #5 at UN vote to protect Israel from global condemnation in genocidal war.
For the fifth time since the war between Israel and the ruling Hamas group in Gaza that started on October 7, the US has once again been the lone voice in sheltering the Israeli government from widespread global rebuke. While making a few milquetoast statements that "regret" the massive indiscriminate bombings and killings of 30,000+ unarmed civilians, the tone-deaf Biden regime(poll after poll show the American public wants a ceasefire in Gaza) has continued sending thousands of bombs, miss...
Posted: Sat, Mar 2, 2024 4:04pm PST
Navalny Memorial Acts as a Symbol of Freedom at Russian Embassy
A report on the memorial to Putin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny was erected across form the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC on the day of his burial in Moscow....
Posted: Fri, Mar 1, 2024 5:43pm PST
Debt Relief, Climate and Recovery Aid Needed, Say African Catholic Bishops
African Catholic Bishops called for an overhaul of the financial system to address health, climate, food and other challenges the region faces....
Posted: Fri, Mar 1, 2024 12:07pm PST
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Nation of Palestine, Ali Muhammad, Responds to U.S.
The supreme leader of the Islamic nation of Palestine, Ali Muhammad, responds to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on who owns the northern border bordering Lebanon....
Posted: Fri, Mar 1, 2024 11:58am PST
Immigrants Are Not Hurting U.S.-Born Workers – Six Facts To Set the Record Straight
Immigration is contributing to strong economic growth—with future immigration forecast to boost real gross domestic product by 2% over the next 10 years—as well as increasing government revenue. Immigrants are also complementing U.S.-born workers by contributing to overall population and workforce growth....
Posted: Fri, Mar 1, 2024 3:52am PST
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Area In Mexico Drops Precipitously
MEXICO CITY, February 7, 2024 – The annual census of monarch numbers at the overwintering sites in central Mexico was released today by World Wildlife Fund-Mexico and partners. It revealed that in just one year, the presence of monarch butterflies in their Mexico wintering grounds dropped by more than half, from 2.2 hectares to 0.9 hectares....
Posted: Thu, Feb 29, 2024 1:34pm PST
U.S. Geological Survey Will Restore Annual Counts of About 400 Farm Pesticides
Pesticides Applied to Seeds to Remain Uncounted...
Posted: Thu, Feb 29, 2024 1:25pm PST