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  • It’s not a “Peace Plan” — It’s a Threatening Ultimatum

    “Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Gaza is not a peace plan but an ultimatum, reminiscent of Nazi Luftwaffe’s Albert Kesselring’s ultimatum to Rotterdam in 1940 — surrender or we obliterate you. A civilized world cannot accept this. The media is complicit in the scam.“

  • U.S. Vets on Flotilla Approaching Gaza

    There are several U.S. veterans on the Sumud Flotilla, which is approaching Gaza with humanitarian aid. See on XandInstagram.  Spain and other countries have dispatched navy vessels to support the Flotilla. The Flotilla just reported: “Turkish navy vessels spotted alongside the Global Sumud Flotilla — the circle of protection is growing.”

  • Trump Administration Continues to Spout Autism Misinformation

    In the past week, the Trump administration spread two pieces of pseudoscience related to autism: first, that acetaminophen use during pregnancy can cause autism, and second, that a prescription supplement called leucovorin (folinic acid) can benefit autistic children.

  • Change in Vaccines for Children

    The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted last week to restrict access to the combined measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccine for low-income children under the age of four. Vaccines for Children, a program that provides low-cost or free vaccines for children who are uninsured or on Medicaid, will no longer provide the MMRV vaccine.

  • Colombia Acting at U.N. to Overcome U.S. Veto on Gaza Genocide

    In a sweeping speech, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday: “First of all, we must stop this genocide in Gaza.” He added that it “cannot be stopped by words alone.” Petro outlined actions including economic sanctions and a protection force using the General Assembly’s Uniting for Peace process to overcome the U.S. veto in the Security Council. See his speech. 

  • StopGenocide.com UN Livestream Challenges “Two State” Rhetoric Normalizing Genocide

    StopGenocide.com will be carrying a livestream of the U.N. meetings that begin at 9 a.m. ET Tuesday, featuring real-time critical analysis. The organizers scrutinize not just the U.S. and Israeli governments, but others as well for using rhetoric to effectively normalize genocide. The U.N. Secretary General refuses to use the term “genocide” in spite of the recent findings of the U.N. Independent Commission of Inquiry, which stated that “since at least 26 January 2024, when the International Court of Justice ordered its first provisional measures, all States Parties to the Genocide Convention, and all other States too, have been on notice of a serious risk that…

  • U.N. Meetings: A Critical Look at StopGenocide.com

    StopGenocide.com will be carrying a livestream of the U.N. meetings which begin tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. ET featuring real-time critical analysis, especially noting how various countries have enabled or been complicit in Israel’s Gaza genocide. The U.S. government cast its sixth veto against a ceasefire last week, but the General Assembly can use Uniting for Peace to overcome that and take concrete measures with a two-thirds vote. Analysts and activists available for a limited number of interviews:  CRAIG MOKHIBER, [email protected], @CraigMokhiber Mokhiber is an international human rights lawyer and activist and a former senior United Nations human rights official. He has been featured on numerous IPA news releases. His articles at Mondoweissinclude…

  • Overcoming the US Veto

    “For the sixth time, the US has vetoed a ceasefire in the Gaza genocide, underscoring once again the grave threat to the world posed by the US-Israel axis. The violent, racist, and lawless rampage of the axis is leaving a trail of murder and destruction across Western Asia and the wider world, corrupting governments and trampling human rights across the West, and shredding international law and institutions in its wake. The world must get off its knees, unite, and stop this horror — while they still can.”

  • Equating Jews and Israel Assessed as a “Propaganda Technique”

    “Equating Israel with all Jews and Israel’s future with theirs is an effort to sanctify Israel and shield it from criticism by brandishing the charge of antisemitism,” Norman Solomon wrote in The Guardian this week. He added: “By insisting that it is the embodiment of Jews all over the world, the state of Israel seeks to associate Jews everywhere with its systematic war crimes and genocide in Gaza along with deadly ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the West Bank.

  • Live, From New York: LifelineForPalestine.com

    Thursday marks the one year deadline given by the UN General Assembly for Israel to end its illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Major multinational grassroots organizations will hold a rally and march “demanding the UNGA take immediate action to stop the genocide now.” It will be livestreamed beginning at noon at LifelineForPalestine.com. 

  • “At Long Last” ICC Arrest Warrant Issued for Netanyahu

    “At long last, ICC arrest warrants have been issued for Netanyahu and Gallant for crimes against humanity. All states must now cooperate in their arrest. The western-built wall of impunity constructed around this genocidal apartheid regime is crumbling. We must all now work together to ensure that justice is done.”

  • Legal Moves on Israel at UN and Congress

    The Intercept reports that “The House is set to vote … on a bill that would let the administration destroy nonprofits it claims support terrorism.” The legislation is reportedly being put to a vote this week. Udry is executive director of Defending Rights & Dissent.

  • What Trump Can’t Do to Immigrants

    In the wake of Trump’s first election to the presidency in January 2017, activist David Bacon wrote about the economic context of immigration policy and what Trump could and could not do to shape immigration for Dollars and Sense. The piece was republished after Trump’s reelection.

  • “Kamala Harris Lost Because of the Ukraine War…”

      Kamala Harris lost because of the Ukraine War — but not for the reason you think. … Foremost, Biden’s decision to impose a broad array of sanctions on Russia in 2022″ did “not hamper Russia’s illegal invasion. Instead, they led to a Wall Street-fueled commodity bubble that sent inflation soaring. That turned the national…

  • With Further Israeli Atrocities, Is Congress Finally Acting?

    At the same time, the Biden administration has approved over $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, fueling this conflict and further destabilizing the region. … But Congress has not authorized this weapons transfer.

  • Is Biden Allowing Ukraine to Strike Deep in Russia the Latest Provocation?

    “Earlier this year, President Biden gave Ukraine the greenlight to strike Russian border regions with U.S.-provided weapons, including shorter-range rockets fired by the HIMARS. A few months later, Ukraine launched its invasion of Kursk, and Ukrainian officials began pushing hard for the U.S. to support longer-range strikes inside Russia.

  • What’s Next for Social Security and Medicare?

    Experts caution the public on the differences between Trump’s campaign promises on Social Security, Medicare and drug prices… and the reality. 

  • Huckabee: “No Such Thing as a Palestinian”

    “Huckabee will be fully supportive of Israel annexing the rest of the West Bank and East Jerusalem because he erroneously believes God gave all of historic Palestine to the Jewish people, as if God were a real estate agent who believed in redlining and ethnic supremacy.” 

  • Congress Is About to Gift Trump Sweeping Powers to Crush Political Dissent

    “In the past year, accusations of support for terrorism have been freely lobbed at student protesters, aid workers in Gaza, and even mainstream publications like the New York Times. In unscrupulous hands, the powers of the proposed law could essentially turn the Treasury Department into an enforcement arm of Canary Mission and other hard-line groups…

  • Trump Turns to Hawks

    Rubio has also urged overthrowing Latin American governments, at one point posting a graphic image of Gaddafi’s murder in an apparent threat to Venezuela’s Maduro.

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