This story was published in partnership with Important Context. Fidelity Charitable, the largest grant-making organization in the United States, has removed the most impactful relief organization in Gaza from its catalog while still allowing funding for pro-Israel nonprofits and hate-groups, Important Context has confirmed. Donors using the Fidelity Charitable donor-advised …
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In a secret recording produced at trial, Ross Roggio, an international arms dealer and con artist from Pennsylvania, spat defiance towards the federal agents investigating him. “They can fucking arrest me and torture me till the day they die,” he said. The federal prison system is about to get a …
Read More »Stephen Colbert Spotlights World Central Kitchen Deaths: 'This Is Not an Isolated Incident'
On a new episode of The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert emphasized the need to “talk about what everyone’s talking about” and opened the show by commenting on the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza this week. “I hope there is one thing we can all agree …
Read More »Israel Lobby Pushes Lie That People Are Not Starving in Gaza: Report
This week, Washington’s top Israel lobby is rallying its supporters to go to Capitol Hill and falsely claim to lawmakers that people aren’t starving in Gaza and Israel isn’t blocking aid shipments, according to talking points obtained by the American Prospect. Israel has led a brutal siege on Gaza since …
Read More »Super Tuesday Highlights Biden's Gaza Problem
President Joe Biden is on track to be the Democratic nominee in November — but the results in Tuesday’s primaries indicate he has a growing political problem on his left. The protest movement that started in Michigan, to oppose Biden’s support for Israel’s brutal war in Gaza, is spreading. Following …
Read More »Kamala Harris Calls for 'Immediate Ceasefire' in Gaza
Vice President Kamala Harris called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, calling on Hamas to accept a deal currently “on the table” and pressing Israel to allow additional aid into the area. Harris called the current conditions in Gaza “inhumane” and a “humanitarian catastrophe.” United Nations experts have warned that …
Read More »Camp Brought Them Together. The War Might Be Too Much
In the rural town of Otisfield, Maine, sits the Seeds of Peace Camp, a rustic sanctuary for cross-conflict relations. Seeds of Peace was founded 40 years ago by the foreign correspondent John Wallach, with a vision of bringing “the next generation of Arabs and Israelis together before they had been …
Read More »Biden Nearing a 'Breach' with Netanyahu Over Gaza War: Report
President Joe Biden is “warming” to the idea of being more publicly critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as his country’s assault on Gaza continues unabated, The Washington Post reported. The paper reported that Biden is becoming increasingly frustrated with Netanyahu, citing interviews with multiple sources familiar with internal …
Read More »U.S. Intelligence Was Not Aware of Hamas' Plan to Attack Israel, National Security Council Spokesman Says
The U.S. intelligence community has “indicated that they did not have access to” a document outlining Hamas‘ plan to attack Israel, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said. According to a New York Times report last week, Israeli officials had circulated a 40-page document detailing Hamas’ planned assault …
Read More »Julianna Margulies Apologizes After Saying Black Palestine Supporters Have Been 'Brainwashed to Hate Jews'
Julianna Margulies issued an apology a day after she garnered significant controversy for comments she made on a recent episode of podcast The Back Room with Andy Ostroy. During the interview, The Morning Show actress accused the Black and LGBTQ communities of not supporting Israel and suggested that people taking …
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