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Reader Comments: Greenland, Panama Canal, Gulf of America and Still Hasn't Taken Oath of Office; Trump Voters' Rude Awakening; Jimmy Carter; Historical Assoc. Votes to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza; Academy for Socialist Education NYC Spring Classes;

Why Congress Members Face a Lawsuit for Funding Israel’s War on Gaza

Norman Solomon CounterPunch
More than 600 constituents of Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson have signed on as plaintiffs in a class action accusing them of helping to arm the Israeli military in violation of “international and federal law that prohibits complicity in genocide.”

What Is the Duty of the Israeli Left in a Time of Genocide?

Hadas Binyamini 972 Magazine
Israeli leftists have been more divided and marginalized than ever since the October 7 assault, with joint Palestinian-Jewish struggle at a breaking point. Yet their sights remain set on long-term political change.

Jimmy Carter Was Right About Israel’s Apartheid

Seraj Assi Jacobin
No US president has ever been willing to call the system imposed by Israel on the Palestinians what it is: apartheid. Except Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter was a champion of peace who also foresaw the perils of apartheid in Palestine.

Palestinians Are Souring on Hamas – and They Want an End to the War

Dahlia Scheindlin Haaretz
There's the bad news – apocalyptic destruction in Gaza, rampant poverty, utter despair about the Palestinian Authority–and there's more bad news: Over half of Palestinians still back the October 7 attack. Recent polls show that's not the whole story.

2024 Word of the Year: Genocide (As In, Gaza)

Juan Cole Informed Consent
Genocide does not necessarily mean the destruction of a nation accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended to signify a coordinated plan aiming at the destruction of the foundations of the life of national groups.

Bethlehem Rev. Isaac Protests Continuing Gaza Genocide

Interview by Amy Goodman Democracy Now
Reverend's Christmas sermon titled "Christ is Still in the Rubble" given while Christmas celebrations were canceled in the West Bank and the city of Bethlehem, Jesus Christ’s birthplace, for the second year in a row.
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