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A new Israel Democracy Institute survey reveals 64.5 percent of Israelis, including half of the surveyed Likud voters, favor a cease-fire and hostage deal that includes IDF withdrawal from Gaza.

Readers Comments: Death of Voting Rights Act, Gerrymandering, Confederacy Worship, Gestapo Seizures and Camps; RFK Insanity; Zohran Mamdani; Martin Niemöller's real quote; Italian Dockworkers Threaten to Shut Down All of Europe; No Kings 2 - Oct 18;

After the airstrike on Nasser Hospital, our plea is ever more urgent: Palestinian reporters need international protection now, or Gaza's voice will be silenced. Since October 2023, Israel has killed at least 230 journalists in the Gaza Strip...

Readers Comments: National Guard to Washington, DC, Where Next?; Standing Up to Fascism - Learning from Martin Niemöller; Killing Medics and Journalists; RFK Gutting Our Defense Against Future Pandemics; New Book About Alger Hiss; Cartoons; lots more

"We should have done more," said Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "Everybody should have said more sooner."

There are two options: either Israel finally pulls into its defensible and normal borders, or the circles of condemnation will widen, culminating in the inclusion of all Israelis in the maligned group, indiscriminately.

Readers Comments: Trump-Putin Summit; Trump White-Washington Slavery; Trump's DC Takeover; Zohran Mamdani - the “Commie Corridor”; Zoom this Sunday: Gaza & the West Bank: Views from the Israeli and Palestinian left; Cartoons and more...

Readers Comments: Police State Take-Over of Washington, DC; Israel Continues to Murder Gaza Journalists; NYC Mayor’s Race - Call for Universal Childcare; Chick-fil-A Fined for Child Labor; New Resource - Social Security FAQ; Cartoons and lots more;

The Forum gathered diverse voices advocating peace, climate justice, and social justice, seeking to break Europe’s political deadlock and avert its march to war. The Forum concluded with a common declaration.