TOP NEWS: House Progressives Introduce Resolution Demanding Immediate Cease-Fire in Israel and Gaza

 

October 16, 2023 Top News House Progressives Introduce Resolution Demanding Immediate Cease-Fire in Israel and Gaza "We can't bomb our way to peace, equality, and freedom," said Rep. Cori Bush. "With thousands of lives lost and millions more at stake, we need a cease-fire now." Jake Johnson Israel Readying Emergency Regulations Allowing Arrest of Journalists for Factual Reporting One Israeli journalist said Israel's far-right government—trying to stop Al Jazeera's Gaza broadcasts—is "acting more like Putin's" regime. Brett Wilkins Poland's Right-Wing Nationalist Party Poised for Defeat After Record Voter Turnout "After eight years of government hatred, authoritarianism is over in Poland," one activist said. Olivia Rosane Israeli Ambassador to UK Claims 'There Is No Humanitarian Crisis' in Gaza as Catastrophe Unfolds One United Nations relief official said that "Gaza is being strangled and it seems that the world right now has lost its humanity." Jake Johnson Spanish Minister Says Netanyahu Should Be Brought Before ICC for War Crimes "Using the horrific murders of Israeli civilians by Palestinian armed factions as an excuse to justify Israel's crimes in general and the massacre in Gaza in particular is unacceptable," said Spain's minister of social rights. Jake Johnson As Gaza Turmoil Deepens, Some Leaders Dial Back Pro-Israel Rhetoric—But Won't Call for Cease-Fire Officials in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. have attempted to "backtrack" on the widespread unconditional support that's been expressed in the last week for Israel's assault on Gaza. Julia Conley

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TOP NEWS: 'Beyond Shameful': Manchin Joins Senate GOP—Again—to Block Abortion Rights

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'Beyond Shameful': Manchin Joins Senate GOP—Again—to Block Abortion Rights Rep. Pramila Jayapal says it is "clear that we urgently need not just a Democratic majority in the Senate, but a true pro-reproductive rights majority, as we have in the House." by Jessica Corbett Sanders: GOP Ended Filibuster to Pack Supreme Court, So Dems Must End It to Save Abortion Rights "If Republicans can end the filibuster to install right-wing justices nominated by presidents who lost the popular vote in order to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats can and must end the filibuster to make abortion legal and safe." by Jake Johnson 'Blatant Murder': Al Jazeera Accuses Israel of Killing Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh "We pledge to prosecute the perpetrators legally, no matter how hard they try to cover up their crime, and bring them to justice," the media network said in a statement. by Jake Johnson

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