TOP NEWS: Cease-Fire Calls Grow as Gaza Healthcare System Verges on Total Collapse

 

October 12, 2023 Top News Arms Control Group Rebuffs Congressional Report Pushing US Nuclear Buildup "Rather than take actions that might accelerate dangerous nuclear competition, the United States must exercise prudent nuclear restraint and energetically pursue effective arms control and disarmament diplomacy." Jessica Corbett 'Self-Defeating Cowardice': US to Block Iran From Accessing $6 Billion Humanitarian Aid Fund The reported move comes despite no evidence that Iran was directly involved in Hamas' attack on Israel. Jake Johnson Menendez Must Resign or Be Expelled, Critics Say as Grand Jury Files New Corruption Charges "Given the severity of these charges, the U.S. Senate should vote on expulsion," said Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.). Julia Conley 'This Is an Attempt to Silence My Voice': Tlaib Condemns GOP Censure Motion "I'm the only Palestinian voice right now in Congress. If anything, my voice is needed here more than ever." Brett Wilkins 'Collective Punishment': Israeli Minister Says No Humanitarian Breaks in Gaza Siege Until Hostages Freed "No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened, and no fuel truck will enter," Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz said. Olivia Rosane Cease-Fire Calls Grow as Gaza Healthcare System Verges on Total Collapse The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that as Israel's relentless airstrikes and blockade continue, Gaza hospitals "risk turning into morgues." Jake Johnson

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Opinion On the Humans, Animals, and Children of Gaza and Israel Oh, God. I wish I didn’t have to know any of this—the sudden horror of the massacres, the slow horror of the occupation. But our innocence, our ignorance, exacts too great a price. Richard Eskow Cargill, Cease Your Destruction! In every region where Cargill operates, you are destroying the environment and driving out or threatening the communities who live there. Beka Saw Munduruku No Easy Answers Amid Horrific Bloodshed in Israel and Gaza Voices of sanity, and reason, are in too short supply, and in constant danger of being drowned out by the rhetoricians of all-out war. Jeffrey C. Isaac

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