[content id=”79272″] One critic called the South Carolina Republican’s comment nothing short of “incitement to genocide.” Human rights defenders on Wednesday accused U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of “incitement to genocide” after the South Carolina Republican urged Israeli forces to destroy Gaza—and he wasn’t the only prominent GOP figure to make such an incendiary call. Appearing on Fox […]
‘Nothing about today is “unprovoked”‘ Horrific. Unjustified. Morally wrong. But ‘unprovoked’? After the Palestinian group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years–with many killed, hostages taken, and fighting raging–many US elected officials released statements Saturday condemning the “unprovoked” attacks. But many others took to Twitter Saturday to ask incredulously how Israel’s continued brutal occupation of […]
The former Russian president and current deputy Security Council chair warned of “global nuclear fire” should Ukraine take back regions illegally annexed by Moscow. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the current deputy chair of the nation’s Security Council, threatened to wage nuclear war if Ukraine’s counteroffensive to repel Russian invaders and reclaim territories they occupy […]
“Repeal of these authorizations would have no impact on current U.S. military operations and would support this administration’s commitment to a strong and comprehensive relationship with our Iraqi partners.” As the U.S. Senate on Thursday teed up a vote to end the congressional authorizations for the Gulf and Iraq wars, President Joe Biden formally backed […]