Samantha Power Confirms Famine Is Likely Underway in Parts of Gaza
Habboub Ramez/Abaca/ZUMA; Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Famine is likely already underway in parts of Gaza, Samantha Power, the top US humanitarian official, said publicly for the first time on Wednesday. While testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Power, administrator of…
Biden Administration Rejects Growing Accusations of Israeli Genocide in Gaza
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee at a hearing on Tuesday that the US lacks evidence that Israel is perpetrating genocide in Gaza.Graeme Sloan/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The United States on Tuesday rejected charges that Israel is…
With Famine “Imminent,” Israeli Military Kills Seven Aid Workers Delivering Food to Gazans
Seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the NGO.Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This week, Israel fired three missiles at an aid convoy for the World Central Kitchen (WCK), killing seven workers delivering…
The UN Top Court Just Ruled Israel Must Prevent Genocide in Gaza
Judges at the International Court of Justice in the Hague ruled Friday that Israel must immediately work to prevent genocide in Gaza, but stopped short of calling for a ceasefire as requested by South Africa last month.Remko De Waal/ANP via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the…
Black Activists Began Traveling to Palestine in the 1960s. They Never Stopped.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As a teenager, Rachel Gilmer, a Black and Jewish activist, was recruited to join Young Judaea, a Zionist nonprofit for Jewish youth. “They were offering scholarships to go to summer camp and I’m one of six siblings, so my…
Gaza’s Health System Is “On Its Knees”
Palestinians inspect the bodies of victims who were killed in Israeli bombardment as they lie outside Al-Shifa hospital. Mohammad Abu Elsebah/dpa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As Israel continues its ground invasion of Gaza City and calls for a ceasefire mount on the sixth week of…
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