News | Human Rights 24-Hour Vigil Highlighting the “State of the Genocide” in Gaza Held in Chicago As Biden spoke in Washington, organizers in Chicago highlighted his support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 8, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights Most Americans Want the US to Stop Sending Weapons to Israel, Poll Finds Only 27 percent of respondents say they agree with the US’s current arms transfers to Israel. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 6, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Human Rights Israel Didn’t Even Try to Defend the Legality of Its Occupation to World Court Israel’s system is “an even more extreme form of the apartheid" than South Africa’s was, South African ambassador said. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout March 6, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights There Are 1 Million Cases of Infectious Disease in Gaza, Health Ministry Says Israel has dismantled the health and hygiene systems in Gaza, making even basic illnesses potentially deadly. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 4, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights US Aid Withdrawal Is Starving Gaza. It Must Be Restored. To feed children, treat the wounded, and save innocent lives, the US must restore UNRWA’s funding. By Phyllis Bennis , OtherWords March 3, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights More Palestinian Children Die of Starvation as Israel Continues to Block Aid Critics call Biden's aid airdrops "humanitarian aid theatre" that does little to end Israeli bombardment and starvation. By Mustafa Abu Sneineh , Mondoweiss March 3, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights I’ve Been Unhoused. It Could Happen to You. Let’s Stop Criminalizing It. The push to criminalize the unhoused should be treated as a threat to us all. By Eleanor Goldfield , Truthout March 2, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights Millions Plan to Take Part in Global March Calling for Israeli Ceasefire in Gaza Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed over 30,000 Palestinians so far, with thousands more buried under the rubble. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 1, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights Progressives Demand That Biden Stop “Greenlighting the Massacre of Palestinians” “There is nothing fringe or radical about supporting basic human rights,” the lawmakers said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 1, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights Western Support for Genocide in Gaza Undermines Human Rights Everywhere We must resist the hypocrisy of Western governments deciding when international law applies and when it does not. By Wajd Beshara , Truthout March 1, 2024 Truthout