Ron DeSantis Gives a Green Light to Ethnic Cleansing
Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For the past two weeks, Israeli officials have been embroiled in an appalling debate. A group of far-right extremists within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition have been calling on the government to encourage the “voluntary migration”…
How Joe Biden Became America’s Top Israel Hawk
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last month, a reporter asked President Joe Biden about the chances for a ceasefire in Gaza. More than 10,000 people had already been killed there, most of them women and children. Food, water, and medical supplies were scarce. Still,…
“Hell Again”: An Audiodiary of Life Under Israeli Bombardment
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack that claimed 1,200 lives, Israel has struck Gaza relentlessly. In the first six days of the war, Israel dropped 6,000 bombs, more than the United States dropped in Afghanistan in…
Congressional Interns Send Open Letter Calling for Gaza Ceasefire
Imago via Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Late Monday, more than 140 congressional interns and fellows released an open letter to Congress calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. “There is no justification for the wanton killing of innocent civilians,” the letter reads.…
Biden Condemns “Horrific Accounts” of Rape of Israeli Girls and Women
“The world can’t just look away,” President Joe Biden said of the allegations of sexual violence by Hamas on Oct. 7.Gripas Yuri/Abaca via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Biden condemned accounts of rape and sexual violence reportedly perpetrated by Hamas against Israeli…
Three Students of Palestinian Descent Shot in Burlington, Vermont
ADC Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Three students of Palestinian descent were shot and wounded in Burlington, Vermont, after a white man confronted the group Saturday night, shooting them at least four times, police said. Police said the gunman, who has not been identified…