“We cannot allow House Republicans to ram through their closed-door commission that is designed to fast-track cuts to the benefits hardworking Americans rely on,” asserted Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. Decrying Republican plans for “ripping away Social Security from seniors behind closed doors” via a so-called fiscal commission, more than half of U.S. House Democrats on […]
One prominent critic warned that renewed U.S. strikes on Yemen mean that not only will the Houthi attacks “not be stopped, but the broader war that Biden seeks to prevent will likely become a reality.” The United States and United Kingdom on Thursday launched air and missile strikes on Yemen as part of the international effort to […]
“A house on the beach is not a dream,” reads an advertisement from a company notorious for building in the occupied West Bank. Palestine defenders this week condemned a proposal by an Israeli real estate developer specializing in the construction of illegal settlements to build beachfront homes for Jewish colonists over the bombed-out ruins of […]
“These 40 IDF commanders who have been responsible for planning, ordering, and executing Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment, wanton destruction, and mass killing of civilians in Gaza should be prime suspects in any ICC investigation.” As the Palestinian death toll from Israel’s obliteration of Gaza topped 20,000—mostly women and children—a U.S.-based advocacy group on Tuesday published a […]