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![People participate in a march in support of Palestine in Chicago, Illinois, on October 18, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0115-palestine-march-400x300.jpg)
Our Burning, Broken, Beautiful World: Thoughts on Turning 43
Caring deeply in an uncaring world can be a lonely business. We must foster movements that provide us with fellowship.
![Framed by television cameras, U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a statement urging Congress to pass his national security supplemental request from the Roosevelt Room at the White House, on December 6, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1835513635-400x300.jpg)
Reports Claim Biden Is Losing Patience With Israel, His Actions Say Otherwise
“[Biden] has a lot of tools he can use. Leaks about how frustrated he is are among the weakest,” said one policy expert.
![Family members of a child, born on October 7, interact with him inside a tent near the Gaza-Egypt border in Rafah, on January 14, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1924814823-1-400x300.jpg)
100 Days Into Genocide, Nearly 100,000 Palestinians Killed, Injured or Missing
“No one will stop us; not The Hague, not the axis of evil and not anyone else calling the ICJ,” declared Netanyahu.
![Rep. Ilhan Omar conducts a television interview in the U.S. Capitol on February 7, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0112-ilhan-omar-400x300.jpg)
Ilhan Omar Leads Global Call by Over 400 Parliamentarians for Gaza Ceasefire
The statement was signed by a group of lawmakers hailing from every continent.
![Joe Biden speaks at Mother Emanuel AME Church](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0110-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Press Groups Call on Biden to Pressure Israel to Stop Attacking Journalists
The coalition noted that almost all of the 79 journalists who have died since October 7 were killed by the IDF.
![A little boy with soot on his face chews on the top of an unopened formula container](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2023_0110-palestine-starvation-400x300.jpg)
Famine in Gaza Is a Culmination of Israel’s Long War on Palestine’s Food System
At least 18 percent of all agricultural land in Gaza has been damaged as a result of the war.
![A man walks among the rubble of destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, on January 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0109-gaza-w-400x300.jpg)
UN Humanitarian Chief Warns Gaza Is Now “Uninhabitable” Amid Israel Assault
“Hope has never been more elusive,” the UN leader said.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron (L) after their joint press conference in Jerusalem, on October 24, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1741733528-400x300.jpg)
Israel Accused of Attempting to Intimidate Judges in World Court Genocide Case
Israel is pushing the court “to decide based on politics rather than the facts,” wrote human rights expert Kenneth Roth.
![An inside view of International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on July 23, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1004290762-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Terrified the World Court Will Decide It’s Committing Genocide
South Africa, a party to the Genocide Convention, charged Israel with genocide in the International Court of Justice.
![People walk by the world headquarters for the Cable News Network (CNN) on March 15, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0105-cnn-400x300.jpg)
Report: All CNN Gaza Coverage Seen by Bureau Monitored by IDF Before Publication
The word “genocide” is “taboo” in the outlet’s newsroom, one staffer said.