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  • Congress Acts: Rep. Tlaib Formally Censured Over Controversial Remarks

    The United States House of Representatives has formally censured Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) for statements she made regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The censure, which passed with a vote of 234-188, accuses Representative Tlaib of disseminating “false narratives” in response to an October 7 attack by Hamas and purportedly advocating for the “destruction of the state…

  • Israel Feels The Pressure Over Settlements

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel rejected a wave of American and European condemnations Monday over plans to build thousands of new homes in West Bank settlements, vowing to press forward with the construction in the face of widespread international opposition. The announcement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office was likely to deepen a rift that has…

  • Stop pretending the US is an uninvolved, helpless party in the Israeli assault on Gaza

    The Obama administration’s unstinting financial, military and diplomatic support for Israel is a key enabling force in the conflict A Palestinian man carries a wounded child at a hospital following an Israeli air raid in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, on November 17, 2012. Photograph: Moiz Salhi/AFP/Getty Images A central premise of US…

  • Israel Adding 16,000 Reservist.

    (Reuters) – Israel has started drafting 16,000 reserve troops, the military said on Friday, in a sign that violence could escalate further with Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s two-day assault on Gaza has largely been from the air, but officials have said a ground incursion could be necessary to stem rocket fire into…