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WEB4 days ago · Hit Hard by Hurricane Helene, Georgia’s Farmworkers Struggle to Get Aid. With homes destroyed and income gone, undocumented and migrant workers are overlooked when it comes to federal relief. By. Schuyler Mitchell , T ruthout. October 8, 2024. News Analysis. |.
A Single Day of Genocide Would Be Too Much. What Then When …
WEB5 days ago · Today is a difficult day. Israel’s U.S.-sponsored war on Gaza has been relentlessly raging on for a whole year — with no end in sight. On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other resistance fighters broke through their open-air prison wall and launched a massive assault that killed 1,140 Israelis. They also took 250 hostages, of whom 101 …
Israel Has Killed, Wounded or Rendered Missing 10 Percent of …
WEB5 days ago · Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP via Getty Images. In one year of genocide in Gaza, Israel has killed, wounded, detained or otherwise rendered missing at least 10 percent of Palestinians in Gaza. Since October 7, 2023, over 50,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 100,000 have been injured, per the latest counts by Euro-Med Human Rights …
Report: Trump’s Policies Would Raise Taxes — Except for the Top …
WEB4 days ago · A new report examining former President Donald Trump’s proposed tax policy finds that it would raise taxes on every working class American while cutting taxes substantially for the wealthiest 5 percent. The report, entitled “A Distributional Analysis of Donald Trump’s Tax Plan,” was produced by the Institute on Taxation and Economic ...
Former Israeli PM “Suspects” Netanyahu Wants to Drag US
WEB4 days ago · Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the British outlet Channel 4 on Monday that he believes current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to drag the U.S. into a war with Iran, an effort that the ex-Israeli leader called “reckless.”. Asked whether he thinks Netanyahu “wants to draw the United States into a confrontation with Iran,” Olmert …
Aya Ashwan - Truthout
WEB4 days ago · As a Rabbi, Taking Direct Action Against Genocide Is Part of My Sacred Practice. As I observe the High Holidays, I join with the grassroots movement of Jews who are recommitting to resisting genocide. Get the news you want, delivered to your inbox every day. Aya Ashwan is a writer for We Are Not Numbers, a youth storytelling project …
Linda Holtzman - Truthout
WEB5 days ago · Linda Holtzman. Rabbi Linda Holtzman, ordained in 1979, is a Reconstructionist rabbi in Philadelphia. She is the leader of the Tikkun Olam Chavurah, a community dedicated to social justice locally and in Israel-Palestine. Rabbi Linda a member of the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council. Op-Ed.
Netanyahu Openly Threatens Lebanese Civilians With Violence
WEB4 days ago · Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. In chilling remarks on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly threatened civilians in Lebanon with “destruction and suffering” similar to what the Israeli military has inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza. In a video statement, Netanyahu urged the ...
As Israel Extends Its Genocide Into the West Bank, It ... - Truthout
WEB4 days ago · The Israeli occupation forces have extended their genocidal campaign in Gaza to the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Using drone strikes, troops in armored vehicles and bulldozers, their regular raids since October 7, 2023, have escalated into extensive and deadly attacks. Between August 28 and September 6, Israel launched ...
US Has Sent Record $18B in Military Aid to Israel in Past Year — at …
WEB5 days ago · The $17.9 billion figure is derived from the $14.1 billion in military aid sent to Israel in April by Congress and the White House, on top of the annual $3.8 billion that the U.S. sends to Israel. However, the report authors note that there is a huge deficit in accounting because of the extreme opacity officials are maintaining around the ...