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Sunday, March 17, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  Sen Van Hollen Says Netanyahu Spreading 'Flat Out Lies' About UNRWA The Maryland senator defended the organization on CBS and said there was no evidence that it was a "proxy for Hamas." By Olivia Rosane Gore Calls Out Fossil Fuel Industry 'Shamelessness' in Lying to Public "They are continuing to do similar things today to try to fool people and pull the wool over people's eyes just in the name of greed," the former vice president said. By Olivia Rosane 'North Sea Fossil Free': Activists in 6 Countries Protest 'Unhinged' Oil and Gas Development "Going full steam ahead with new North Sea oil and gas is a sure fire route to the worst climate scenarios," one campaigner said. By Olivia Rosane One-Third of Children Under 2 in Northern Gaza Now Acutely Malnourished "Malnutrition among children is spreading fast and reaching devastating and unprecedented levels in the Gaza Strip due to the wide-reaching impacts of the war and ongoing restrictions on aid delivery," UNICEF said. By Olivia Rosane Protests and Parody Paper Decry New York Times' Pro-Israel Bias in Gaza Coverage "The Times is not unique among media in manufacturing consent for war, for exploitation, for genocide. It is, rather, exemplary." By Brett Wilkins The Elders Chair Mary Robinson Calls For Biden to Stop Arming Israel In his meetings with the U.S. leader, Ireland's prime minister must "make it clear that Israel depends on the United States for military aid and for money," said Robinson, a former Irish president. By Jessica Corbett

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■ Opinion Biden's Embrace of Irish-American Culture Should Include Solidarity with Palestine As one Irish American to another, I am calling on President Biden to heed the Irish calls for justice and dignity for the Palestinian people, whose current struggles echo the oppression our ancestors faced. By Robert Mccaw Busting the Myths of Medicare Advantage While the for-profit plans of Medicare Advantage are a convenient solution for insurance companies, the neither address the causes of high prices nor poor health outcomes. By Brandon Novick What Might the US Owe the World for Covid-19? A US-funded laboratory origin of Covid-19 would certainly constitute the most significant case of governmental gross negligence in history. The people of the world deserve transparency and factual answers on vital questions. By Jeffrey D. Sachs

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