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1 week ago | 
countercurrents.org | Marjorie Cohn |Phil Pasquini |Kathy Kelly |John Rachel
Taxpayers Against Genocide (TAG), a nongovernmental grassroots mass movement comprised of more than 2,000 taxpayers who have been protesting their congressional representatives’ votes to fund Israel’s genocide in Gaza, filed an unprecedented report with the UN Human Rights Council on April 7. “We have gone through all the channels open to us in our effort to stop U.S. officials from using our tax dollars to fund genocide.
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2 months ago | 
worldbeyondwar.org | Kathy Kelly |David Swanson
By Kathy Kelly, World BEYOND War, February 7, 2025“There is something sick and rotten about states and societies that not only support and enable mass killings but also make money off of them.”– Pankaj Mishra, January 30, 2025At a February 4th, 2025, press conference in Washington, D.C., President Trump, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, announced U.S. intent to turn the Gaza Strip into something that could be phenomenal…the Riviera of the Middle East.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
laprogressive.com | Kathy Kelly |Rob Maurer
One step toward reconciling with wisdom, justice, and love would be to demand the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya from an Israeli prison.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
eurasiareview.com | Kathy Kelly
Over the past three years, a collective of volunteer researchers, lawyers, and commentators created The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, dedicated to holding accountable four weapon manufacturing corporations based in the U.S. Their tribunal amassed copious evidence to prove that Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX (formerly Raytheon) and General Atomics (a company which manufactures weaponized drones) are guilty of committing war crimes.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Arjun Banerjee |Andre Damon |Phil Pasquini |Kathy Kelly
Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is being acknowledged more widely, although the catastrophic tragedy of genocide continues to be inflicted with no reprieve to the innocent and rightful people of the land. Now, on November 14, ‘UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war’ in another damning indictment of the crimes of Israel, Zionism, and settler-colonialism.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
znetwork.org | Kathy Kelly
The Biblical Book of Job chronicles a string of catastrophes relentlessly plaguing the main character, Job, who loses his prosperity, his home, his health, and his children. Eventually, an agonized Job curses his own existence as well as the god that created him. Issues of evil, justice, and divine wisdom are explored, and while the Book of Job surrenders divine wisdom to God, it recognizes that the work to be done here on earth is our own.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Andre Damon |Phil Pasquini |Kathy Kelly |M K Bhadrakumar
A standing UN committee investigating human rights violations by Israel said in a report issued Thursday that Israeli actions in Gaza “are consistent with the characteristics of genocide.”The body that issued the report, the United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, was formed in 1968 after the illegal Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Phil Pasquini |Kathy Kelly |M K Bhadrakumar |Jonathan Cook
Gaza (Quds News Network)- For the 12th consecutive day, Israeli forces have maintained a relentless siege on Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, cutting off access to food, water, and essential supplies. As thirst is growing in the refugee camp , reports have emerged that Israeli troops have placed water barrels in the refugee camp, not filled with water, but packed with explosives.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Phil Pasquini |Kathy Kelly |M K Bhadrakumar |Jonathan Cook
It has become a familiar scene on Capitol Hill this short week in the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election with activists swarming representatives’ offices seeking their support on numerous issues including the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Foremost among the issues is seeking a permanent ceasefire and restoration of humanitarian aid along with Israel’s having not met the Biden administration’s 30-day ultimatum to do so or face an end to military weapons transfers. Yesterday, Rep.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Kathy Kelly |M K Bhadrakumar |Jonathan Cook |Jordan Shilton
The Biblical Book of Job chronicles a string of catastrophes relentlessly plaguing the main character, Job, who loses his prosperity, his home, his health, and his children. Eventually, an agonized Job curses his own existence as well as the god that created him. Issues of evil, justice, and divine wisdom are explored, and while the Book of Job surrenders divine wisdom to God, it recognizes that the work to be done here on earth is our own.
