WEEK IN REVIEW: Demanding a Cease-Fire in the Face of Mass Atrocities

 

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The Week in Review October 21, 2023 'Totally Insufficient': Groups Say Trickle of Gaza Aid No Match for Ongoing 'Mass Atrocities' "Collective punishment of two million people is a war crime and a moral outrage," said one head of a medical relief group. "The siege must end, a ceasefire must be secured, and aid must be allowed to reach any who need it." October 21, 2023 $10 Trillion in Added US Debt Since 2001 Shows 'Bush and Trump Tax Cuts Broke Our Modern Tax Structure' "In their blind loyalty to their mega-donors, Republicans' fixation on giant tax cuts for billionaires has created a revenue problem that is driving up our national debt," said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in response to new Treasury Department figures. October 20, 2023 Amnesty Probe Finds 'Damning Evidence of War Crimes' by Israel in Gaza "Our entire family has been destroyed," said one survivor of an Israeli bombing in the besieged Palestinian territory. October 18, 2023 Sanders Blocks GOP Push to Make US Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Impossible "While we do our best to support Israel and destroy Hamas, please, let us not turn our back on the suffering people in Gaza." October 18, 2023 Amid House Speaker Chaos, GOP Confess Attack on Social Security, Medicare Still Top Priority "Raise your hand if you DON'T want a speaker of the House who is hellbent on cutting your hard-earned Social Security and Medicare," said one Democratic state lawmaker. October 18, 2023 'Not In Our Name!' Hundreds Arrested at US Capitol as Jewish-Led Protest Demands Gaza Cease-Fire "Cease-fire is the first step to stop the ongoing genocide by the Israeli military of the over 2 million Palestinians in besieged Gaza," asserted Jewish Voice for Peace. October 18, 2023 800+ Legal Scholars Say Israel May Be Perpetrating 'Crime of Genocide' in Gaza "The ongoing and imminent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip are being conducted with potentially genocidal intent." October 17, 2023 House Republican Floats Bill to Authorize US Military Action in Iran as Fears of Broader War Grow "We are inching toward a regional war in the Middle East, further fueled by Biden's refusal to call for a cease-fire and deescalation," argued one analyst.

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