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Friday, May 3, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  Israel Briefs US on Plan for 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Rafah "A military invasion in Rafah would be CATASTROPHIC... There can be no more 'evacuations.' There is no safe place to go," said Oxfam, calling for an immediate cease-fire. By Brett Wilkins 'Absurd!': US Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rate Than Working Class for First Time "It's time to tax the billionaires," economist Gabriel Zucman argues in a new analysis. By Jake Johnson UN Warns Israeli Ground Invasion Rafah Will Lead to 'Slaughter of Civilians' "The simplest truth is that a ground operation in Rafah will be nothing short of a tragedy beyond words," said a top U.N. aid official. "No humanitarian plan can counter that." By Brett Wilkins Israel's Destruction of Gaza 'Unprecedented in Scope and Scale': UN "These new figures warn that the suffering in Gaza will not end when the war does." By Jake Johnson Gaza Journalists Killed by Israel Honored on World Press Freedom Day "To claim these deaths are accidental is not only incredulous, it is insulting to the memory of professionals who lived their lives in service of truth and accuracy," said one expert. By Jessica Corbett ICC Condemns Efforts to 'Intimidate' the Court as Netanyahu Arrest Warrant Looms Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and GOP lawmakers in the U.S. have threatened to retaliate against the court if it issues arrest warrants for officials in Israel's government. By Jake Johnson JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ More News UK Voters Send 'Shout' for Change to Tories as Labour Sweeps in Local Elections US Rep. Henry Cuellar and Wife Indicted on Bribery Charges Jewish Americans to Lead Shabbat Protests Against US Complicity in Gaza excerpt:  Jewish organizers announced plans to hold bicoastal "solidarity Shabbat" protests Friday evening to demand a cease-fire in Gaza and an end to the violent repression of campus anti-war protests across the country. The Jewish-led organization IfNotNow announced plans to hold the protests in Los Angeles and New York, with "hundreds of American Jews" gathering "together with a multi-faith coalition to take a moral stand against U.S. complicity in the genocide in Gaza." The Shabbat actions come more than two weeks into a wave of mass protests that have spread on college campuses nationwide, with students setting up encampments and occupying school buildings to demand that universities divest from companies that work with the Israeli government, such as tech firms and weapons manufacturers. IfNotNow directed participants to wear white and not bring signs to the events, where demonstrators will "uplift the demands of the students of NYC and around the world: Divestment now. Palestinian freedom now. Power to the Students. Eyes on Gaza." Missouri Coalition Delivers Signatures to Get Abortion Rights on November Ballot excerpt:  Missouri currently has one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States, but a coalition behind a potential ballot measure is hoping to change that—and on Friday, it made major progress toward expanding reproductive freedom in the state. Ahead of a Sunday deadline, Missourians for Constitutional Freedom submitted 380,159 signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State's office, which must now certify them. The signatures were collected in just three months and are over double the number needed to get the proposed amendment on the November ballot. "Today, we turned in boxes filled with hopes and dreams of bodily autonomy," declared Tori Schafer, an ACLU attorney and coalition spokesperson, in a statement. "Our message is simple and clear: We want to make decisions about our bodies free from political interference." VIEW ALL NEWS ■ Opinion Opposed to Genocide in Gaza, This Is the Conscience of a Nation Speaking Through Your Kids This is about a genocide being carried out with American money and with American weapons against a people that has been living under occupation for generation after generation after generation. By Rashid Khalidi As Biden Bets Reelection on Benjamin Netanyahu, We May All Pay the Price If the president loses the 2024 election to Trump because he chose to cater to the whims of Israel's brutal, right-wing, authoritarian leader—he will be remembered for nothing else. By Steven Day Student Reporters Offer a Lesson on World Press Freedom Day The escalating authoritarianism we’re witnessing in the crackdown on college campuses is, in part, a byproduct of a media system that fails to hold powerful interests accountable for the lies they tell. By Tim Karr VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams · PO Box 443 · Portland, ME 04112-0443 · USA Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194

Informed Comment daily updates (02/29/2024)

 

Half a Million People in Gaza face Starvation, as 1 in 6 Children are Wasting Away Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that Israel only allowed half as many aid trucks into Gaza in February as had been in January. The Gaza Ministry of Health said that two infants died on Tuesday at the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza of dehydration […]

Is the Int’l Community concluding it is Time to End the World’s Longest Occcupation? ( Middle East Monitor) – Left to its own devices, Israel would never grant Palestinians their freedom. In the past, though, some people, whether in ignorance or otherwise, claimed that peace in Palestine can only be achieved through “unconditional negotiations”. This mantra was also championed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he cared enough […]

More than 100,000 Michigan voters pick ‘uncommitted’ over Biden − does that Matter for November? By Michael Traugott, University of Michigan | – Joe Biden won the 2024 Michigan Democratic primary, but “uncommitted” ran a spirited campaign. More than 100,000 Michiganders voted “uncommitted” in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, 13% of the Democratic electorate. Listen to Michigan organized the uncommitted campaign in Michigan, promoting it as a way to express dissatisfaction with […]

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Informed Comment daily updates (02/28/2024) Michigan Rebukes Biden on Gaza Genocide with Arab and Muslim American “Uncommitted” Vote

 

Michigan Rebukes Biden on Gaza Genocide with Arab and Muslim American “Uncommitted” Vote Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Michigan rebuked President Joe Biden on Tuesday for his unstinting support of the extremist Israeli government’s total war against Gaza. A movement for voting “uncommitted” in the Democratic primary in that state has been led by Arab American and Muslim American activists in Wayne County and the city of Dearborn. […]

Four Ways AI could Help us Respond to Climate Change By Lakshmi Babu Saheer, Anglia Ruskin University | – (The Conversation) – Advanced AI systems are coming under increasing critcism for how much energy they use. But it’s important to remember that AI could also contribute in various ways to our response to climate change. Climate change can be broken down into several smaller problems […]

The October 7th America has Forgotten: and the War Deaths we no Longer Protest (or Even Think About) (Tomdispatch.com ) – We Americans have been at war now since October 7th, 2001. That was when our military first launched air strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan in response to al-Qaeda’s September 11th terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. That’s 22 years and counting. The “war on terror” that began then would […]

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Biden sees March 4 Gaza Ceasefire, But 1.4 mn. Displaced Can’t go Home Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden was at an ice cream shop with late night comedian Seth Myers on Monday, and was asked about the possibility of a Gaza ceasefire, according to Alex Marquardt and Donald Judd at CNN . He said, “Well I hope by the beginning of the weekend, I mean, […]

Netanyahu’s Last Battle Promises no Victory, just Slaughter in Rafah ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Palestinian city of Rafah is not only older than Israel, it is also as old as civilisation itself. Rafah has existed for thousands of years. The Canaanites referred to it as Rafia, and Rafia has been almost always there, guarding the southern frontiers of Palestine, ancient and modern. […]

How Renewable Energy Innovation Makes us Richer while Saving the Planet By Deborah de Lange, Toronto Metropolitan University | – (The Conversation) – As the climate crisis escalates, there are urgent and difficult choices that need to be made to drastically reduce our carbon emissions before more irreparable damage is done. Many have argued the energy industry needs to change to reduce carbon emissions, but one […]

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