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Benjamin Netanyahu and Joe Biden seated in front of an unlit fireplace
White House Says Democrats Who Oppose Weapons To Israel Are Aiding Hamas

Akbar Shahid Ahmed - Huffpost

Nov. 20, 2024

HuffPost obtained a White House message to senators ahead of a crucial vote on sending the Israelis more arms amid the Gaza and Lebanon wars. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is helping the administration shield the policy.
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A worker watches a truck loaded with humanitarian aid as it crosses into the Gaza Strip at the Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing on June 17, 2024.
Gaza Security Forces Ambush Gang Accused of Looting Aid with Israeli Support

Jeremy Scahill, Sharif Abdel Kouddous - Drop Site News

Nov. 19, 2024

The gang members are “operating in cooperation with the Israeli forces” to target aid convoys, Hamas’s Basem Naim said.
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Illustration of a broken watermelon in front of a stethoscope
San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine

Jonah Valdez - The Intercept

Nov. 19, 2024

Nine health care workers at UCSF report punishment for speaking out about human rights for Palestinians, or simply wearing a pin.
BDS Censorship Health and Hospitals Racism
Men holding a Fire Brigades Union banner
Israel impounded a UK fire engine destined for Palestine. So, the FBU paid Tzipi Hotovely a visit.

The Canary

Nov. 19, 2024

The FBU held a protest at the Israeli embassy in London calling for Israel to release a fire engine it donated to Palestinian firefighters
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Qatar confirms Hamas leaders no longer in country, but says office not closed permanently

Jacob Magid - Times of Israel

Nov. 19, 2024

Qatar officially confirms that Hamas officials are no longer in the country after they were asked to leave late last month amid an ongoing impasse in hostage negotiations.
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Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, appeared in court Monday for her arraignment on two felony hate crime counts and a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge
Woman faces hate crime charges after confronting man wearing 'Palestine' shirt

Ahmad Hemingway - ABC News

Nov. 19, 2024

Authorities say a suburban Chicago woman faces hate crime charges for allegedly confronting a Palestinian American man wearing a sweatshirt with “Palestine” written on it and trying to knock a cellphone out of his pregnant wife’s hands as she recorded ...
Racism United States
Karen Paikin Barall speaks at a Jewish Federations of North America event Washington, DC, in November.
Friction in US Jewish Federations as official said to cheer potential Gaza settlements

Ron Kampeas - Times of Israel

Nov. 19, 2024

Umbrella organization reiterates policy of nonpartisanship after executive apparently expresses excitement at prospect of settlement surge under Trump’s upcoming presidency
Gaza Politics Settlements United States West Bank
Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.
Incoming majority leader says Senate will sanction ICC unless case against Israelis dropped

Times of Israel

Nov. 18, 2024

Senator John Thune says the US must pass legislation threatening the International Criminal Court with sanctions if it seeks arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others.
ICC Law Politics Sanctions
Plume of dark smoke behind damaged buildings after Israeli strikes in Nuseirat, Gaza, November 2024
Can the War in Gaza Be Won?

Charles O. Blaha, Josh Paul, Luigi Daniele, Noura Erakat - Foreign Affairs

Nov. 18, 2024

Debating Israel’s purpose and progress.
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A Lebanese police officer on Monday at the site of an overnight strike in the Mar Elias neighborhood of Beirut.Credit...
Israeli Strikes in Beirut’s Center Shatter a Tenuous Sense of Security

Christina Goldbaum, Hwaida Saad - The New York Times

Nov. 18, 2024

The strikes, the first in weeks inside Lebanon’s capital, forced residents to come to grips with another escalation of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Line of SEIU members with their arms raised
SEIU Supports Sen. Sanders’ Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to Block Sale of Offensive Weapons to Israel

SEIU

Nov. 18, 2024

SEIU issued public support for the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval in the Senate that would block the sale of certain offensive weapons to Israel.
Aid Ceasefire Human rights Labor United States
Maccabi supporters wave yellow flags next to Israeli flags during the martch Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi in Amsterdam, earlier this month.
Amsterdam mayor regrets calling attack on Israeli soccer fans a pogrom

Rachel Fink - Haaretz

Nov. 18, 2024

Femke Halsema said the term became political propaganda after violence between Israeli soccer fans and pro-Palestinian protesters sparked heated debate
EU Politics Racism Sports
US envoy Amos Hochstein speaks during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon on March 4
US envoy heads to Beirut as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire talks gain momentum | CNN

Becky Anderson, Dana Karni, Jennifer Hansler, Tamara Qiblawi - CNN

Nov. 18, 2024

United States envoy Amos Hochstein is expected in Beirut on Tuesday, according to two Lebanese official sources, in what is seen as a sign of progress in ceasefire negotiations for the deadly cross-border conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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he international court of justice, pictured, may be asked to weigh in on the status of two laws passed by Israel’s Knesset.
Norway to ask ICJ for advisory opinion condemning Israel’s stance on Unrwa

Patrick Wintour - The Guardian

Nov. 18, 2024

Draft resolution for UN general assembly seeks to protect the aid agency and allow it to keep functioning in Gaza
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 13, 2024.
PM says he won’t back deal that ends war with IDF leaving Gaza ‘so Hamas can return to power’

Lazar Berman - Times of Israel

Nov. 18, 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that “the only thing that Hamas wants is a deal that ends the war and for the IDF to leave the Strip in order to return to power,” according to Israel National News.
Hamas Hezbollah Hostages IDF Statehood
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy addresses the UN Security Council, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 18, 2024.
Members of UN Security Council call for surge in assistance to Gaza

Daphne Psaledakis, Patricia Zengerle - Reuters

Nov. 18, 2024

Members of the United Nations Security Council called on Monday for a surge in assistance to reach people in need in Israeli-basieged Gaza, warning that the situation in the Palestinian enclave was getting worse.
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Interim Senator George Helmy speaks on Gaza on the Senate floor.
George Helmy, lone Arab American senator, says suffering in Gaza ‘should shock our conscience to the very core’

Joey Fox - New Jersey Globe

Nov. 18, 2024

nterim senator issues plea for Palestinians from Senate floor
Gaza Genocide Human rights Politics United States War Crimes
A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat ,Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
US sanctions group that builds illegal West Bank settlements, with close ties to Israeli government

Fatima Hussein, Julia Frankel - AP News

Nov. 18, 2024

The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on organizations and firms involved in illegal settlement development in the occupied West Bank, including a well-established decades-old group that has close ties with Israeli leadership.
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Supporters of Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv went on a violent rampage in Amsterdam before and after their side’s match against Dutch team Ajax in the Europa League on 7 November.
NY Times killed investigation of Israeli hooligans, internal email reveals

Asa Winstanley - electronic intifada

Nov. 18, 2024

The New York Times has killed an investigation by one of its own reporters into Israeli mob violence in Amsterdam earlier this month.
Censorship Journalism Sports
The 'Wing of Zion,' the Israeli version of Air Force One, is seen above Ben Gurion Airport, on its first test flight, November 3, 2019
Herzog canceled trip to climate confab because Turkey barred him from airspace — report

Sue Surkes - Times of Israel

Nov. 17, 2024

After Israel cites ‘security considerations,’ Azerbaijan, reportedly offended by implication Baku was unsafe, says Wing of Zion state plane was denied passage through Turkish skies
Politics United Nations
Pope Francis delivers his speech during a mass on the occasion of the World Day of the Poor in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Francis calls for investigation to determine if Israel's attacks in Gaza constitute genocide

Giada Zampano - AP News

Nov. 17, 2024

It’s the first time that Pope Francis has openly urged for an investigation of genocide allegations over Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip.
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mos Hochstein, a senior adviser to US President Joe Biden, center, is received ahead of a meeting with Hezbollah-allied Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 21, 2024.
US offer for Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire doesn’t give IDF freedom of movement in Lebanon — report

Times of Israel

Nov. 16, 2024

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has received a written proposal from the US for a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah terror group that does not include freedom of movement for IDF troops in Lebanon, Asharq al-Awsat reports.
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Palestinian surgeon from Gaza, Adnan al-Bursh
'Tortured and left to die': New details emerge about Israel's murder of prominent Gaza surgeon

The Cradle

Nov. 16, 2024

A new report from Britain's Sky News provides details of Adnan al-Bursh's death by torture in Israel's Ofer Prison
Gaza Health and Hospitals Human rights
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024.
Israeli troops make deepest incursion so far into southern Lebanon as Hezbollah considers fresh ceasefire proposal | CNN

Charbel Mallo, Eyad Kourdi, Mostafa Salem, Niamh Kennedy, Tamara Qiblawi - CNN

Nov. 16, 2024

Israeli troops are understood to have made their deepest incursion into southern Lebanese territory since the recent offensive began on October 1, as the militant group Hezbollah considered its response to a fresh ceasefire proposal.
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Illustrative image of Anelise Borges in the foreground of side-by-side images of protestors
The role sport boycotts play in Israel’s war on Gaza.

Nezar Negm - Al Jazeera

Nov. 15, 2024

We explore what role the sports field could play in a movement to boycott Israel over its war on Gaza.We explore what role the sport field could play in a movement to boycott Israel over its war on Gaza.
BDS Protests Racism Sports
Large group of civilians walking down a path through rubble
Ethnic cleansing in north Gaza worsens: Israel expels 100,000 Palestinians in 24 hours

The Cradle

Nov. 15, 2024

Israel continues to implement the Generals' Plan to expel, starve, or kill hundreds of thousands
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President Biden boarding Air Force One
Biden now has his best opening to end Israel’s war on Gaza – and won’t use it | Mohamad Bazzi

Mohamad Bazzi - The Guardian

Nov. 15, 2024

Biden is as free from political constraints as he’s ever been. Yet he has chosen to seal his legacy as Israel’s tepid enabler
Aid Genocide Human rights Law Politics United States War Crimes
House Financial Services Committee member Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 6, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
Tlaib: Blinken Must Resign Over Lies About Israel Blocking Humanitarian Aid

Sharon Zhang - Truthout

Nov. 15, 2024

“The Biden administration cannot pick and choose when they comply with our own laws,” Tlaib said
Aid Gaza Human rights Law United States
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, whom President-elect Donald J. Trump has picked as secretary of state, is staunchly pro-Israel and aligned squarely behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
West Bank Annexation in 2025? Trump’s Mideast Team Has Israeli Right Exulting.

Jonathan Weisman - The New York Times

Nov. 14, 2024

Arab Americans and liberal Jewish voters, however, have ample reason to fear the naming of pro-settlement, pro-Netanyahu officials to top foreign policy posts in the new administration.
Election Politics United States West Bank
A still from a video on social media, verified by The New York Times, captured a large explosion in a densely populated tent camp. The Israeli military said it targeted a loaded weapons launcher.
Israel Strikes Humanitarian Zone in Gaza

Nader Ibrahim, Raja Abdulrahim - The New York Times

Nov. 14, 2024

The Israeli military said it had been targeting a loaded weapons launcher in the area, where thousands of displaced people are sheltering in a tent camp.
Gaza Health and Hospitals Human rights Military
Ben & Jerry's ice cream containers
Ben & Jerry’s says Unilever tried to block pro-Palestinian statements

Mark Sweney - The Guardian

Nov. 14, 2024

Ice-cream brand takes legal action against parent company which it claims threatened to dismantle board
Censorship Gaza Law
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel attending a session in Israel’s Parliament in Jerusalem in July
Investigators Assess if Netanyahu’s Aides Forged Oct. 7 Phone Records

Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman - The New York Times

Nov. 14, 2024

Aides to Benjamin Netanyahu are under investigation over accusations of leaks, record-doctoring and intimidation. The Israeli prime minister’s office denies the claims.
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Video still of retired UK surgeon giving testimomy to British MPs
Israeli drones shooting children in Gaza deliberately 'day after day', UK surgeon tells MPs

Dania Akkad - Middle East Eye

Nov. 13, 2024

Israeli drones shooting children in Gaza deliberately 'day after day', UK surgeon tells MPs
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