Weekend Edition: Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel

 

Sunday, October 13, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel "Netanyahu is as close as he has ever been to his ultimate wish: making the U.S. fight Iran on Israel's behalf," wrote one journalist. By Jake Johnson Palestinian Diplomat Calls Israeli Assault on Northern Gaza 'Genocide Within the Genocide' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly "examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza," which could starve hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. By Jake Johnson US Snubs Letter Defending United Nations Chief From Israeli Attack The Chile-led effort warned that Israel's decision to ban U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres would "undermine the United Nations' ability to carry out its mandate." By Jake Johnson After Gorging on Stock Buybacks for Years, Boeing Announces Mass Layoffs "The corporate cure is always the same—lay off workers," said one critic. "Stock buybacks and layoffs are joined at the hip. It's time they were outlawed entirely." By Jake Johnson Trump Spews 'More Blood Libel About Immigrants' in Aurora, Colorado "In our lifetimes, there has never been a president as willing as Trump is to foment hate and violence among his supporters," said one local advocacy group. By Jake Johnson 'At Any Moment We Could Die': Atrocities Mount as Israel Ramps Up Assault on Northern Gaza "People are starving," said a Médecins Sans Frontières driver trapped in northern Gaza. "I am afraid to stay, and I am also afraid to leave." By Jake Johnson

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