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"This is a humanitarian cataclysm, and it is being done with American bombs and money," says the Vermont senator. "We need to face up to that fact—and then we need to end our complicity in those actions."

Every single one of these people is risking their jobs and, their careers because they know the stakes of this moment. In November, more than 700 staffers and political appointees signed a letter calling on the president to support a cease-fire.

Anti-war Jewish Americans are urging U.S. leaders to call for a ceasefire. A progressive wing of American Judaism has gained prominence, one defined by mass mobilization against the Israeli government's unrelenting bombing in Gaza.

Federal law enforcement is under pressure to launch specious terrorism investigations into pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses, based solely on their public statements. The GOP hearings, led by Trump supporters, show the dangers.

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Presidents of UPenn, Harvard and MIT questioned by right-wing Republican New York congressmember and Trump ally Elise Stefanik on allegations that universities have failed to address threats of violence against Jewish students.

During the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Arab oil producers cut off exports to Israel’s allies. Faced with today’s Israeli war on Gaza, Gulf states dismiss the idea of using the “oil weapon” — an index of how much they have abandoned the Palestinian cause.

In an interview with VTDigger on Wednesday afternoon, the independent senator from Vermont said he was opposed to providing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government ‘money with no strings attached.’