Friday, March 20, 2026

Tag: Gaza

Civil society groups demand Senate block military aid to Israel amid...

The coalition launched the “No More Weapons for Israel’s War” campaign, urging millions of their members across the U.S. to call on their senators to support joint resolutions of disapproval (JRDs) to block the transfer.

Bill Clinton defends Israel’s Gaza assault, draws outrage from Arab American...

Critics have called Clinton’s remarks dehumanizing and racially insensitive, echoing language often used by Israeli hardliners to justify the high Palestinian death toll.

Biden administration ignores 500 reports of civilian deaths in gaza linked...

As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza escalates, calls for accountability and adherence to both U.S. and international law intensify.

Israel’s ban on UNRWA risks creating a humanitarian crisis for Palestinian...

The immediate implications of the ban have already alarmed humanitarian agencies and the international community, with concerns mounting over the agency’s ability to support those in desperate need.

UN warns Gaza’s economic recovery could take 350 years under Israeli...

The UN warns that, should the blockade remain in place, GDP per capita will continue “to decline continuously and precipitously,” placing Gaza’s future in severe jeopardy.

Mounting death toll in Gaza as hospitals, refugee shelters targeted amid...

Israeli strikes continue to pound Gaza and have expanded to attacks in Lebanon, where at least 19 people were killed over a 24-hour period.
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‘This is just terrorism’: Israel bombs world heritage site in Lebanon,...

The Israeli military has also attacked the ancient city of Tyre, a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site, and killed three Lebanese soldiers in a strike in southern Lebanon, all while continuing to defy international calls for a ceasefire.
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‘We have lost all credibility’: Hala Rharrit on quitting State Dept....

Rharrit says she found the Biden administration unmovable in its “counterproductive policy,” which she believes has gravely harmed U.S. interests in the Middle East.

Ex-State Dept. official: Israel is starving Gaza now. We can’t wait...

We speak with Josh Paul, a former State Department official who resigned last October over the push to increase arms sales to Israel.

Biden must stop enabling ‘this evil genocide,’ Progressives say after latest...

"These atrocities must end. Civilians and civilian infrastructure must always be protected."

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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back

Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.

Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...

The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.

Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails

The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.

State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring

Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.

The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace

Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.