COMMON DREAMS: Top News: Who Wants a Wider War?

 

'The Guy Is a Hero': IRS Contractor Who Leaked Trump Tax Returns Gets Max Sentence

"Billionaires control our lives and our government and pay... lower tax rates than the rest of us, but this is the bad guy who should be punished with a five-year prison sentence?"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tax-returns-of-donald-trump

20+ NGOs Condemn 'Reckless' Decision to Cut Off UNRWA Aid

"Countries must reverse these funding suspensions, uphold their duties towards the Palestinian people, and scale up humanitarian assistance for civilians in dire need in Gaza and the region."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/unrwa-funding-2667115244

Biden White House Says 'We Don't Want a Wider War.' Analysts Say 'Too Late'

"But the U.S. can snap to its senses, end the Gaza war, and climb down from pointless escalations across the Middle East," said one observer.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-middle-east-war

Israel Ministers Call for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza at Settler Conference

"The colonial meeting in Jerusalem poses a blatant challenge to the International Court of Justice decision, accompanied by public incitement to forcibly displace Palestinians," the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/israeli-ministers-settler-conference

Ocasio-Cortez: US Should Restore UNRWA Funding 'Immediately'

"Among an organization of 13,000 U.N. aid workers, risking the starvation of millions over grave allegations of 12 is indefensible," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/ocasio-cortez-unrwa

US Hawks Demand War With Iran After Attack on American Troops in Jordan

"After years of working to block and undermine diplomatic alternatives, these people may be closer than ever to realizing their dream of war with Iran."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-war-iran

'Relentless Hate': Late 2023 Saw Surge in Anti-Muslim Crimes, Discrimination

"The way to stop the hate is to end the apartheid, occupation, and genocide occurring in Palestine," said one CAIR leader.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/rise-in-islamophobia

Summer Lee Challenger Says Constituents 'Have No Families... Live in Squalor'

"This is how A LOT of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel about disadvantaged communities," said Nina Turner. "They usually don't say it out loud, though."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/summer-lee-challenger-says-constituents-have-no-families-live-in-squalor

'Dangerous': Pelosi Calls for FBI to Investigate Cease-Fire Supporters

"She is calling for effectively more surveillance and potential criminalization of protestors by suggesting (falsely) that they have foreign links," said one critic.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/ceasefire-2667108639

Trump Fraud Case Finding Suggests 'Major Tax Evasion': Watchdog

A court-appointed monitor found that a $48 million loan Trump has long claimed he took out "never existed."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-tax-evasion

Top News: After Horrific Invasion, 'Diplomacy Not War' Must Be More Than a Slogan

 

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