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![Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks at a news conference calling for a ceasefire in Gaza outside the U.S. Capitol building on November 13, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0123_ayanna-pressley-400x300.jpg)
Democrats Ask Blinken to Clarify If US Supports Forced Transfer of Palestinians
Biden officials say in public they oppose some Israeli policies — but they still offer full support in practice.
![From left, disability justice organizers Alice Wong, Jane Shi and Leah Lakshmi are pictured.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0123-disability-justice-400x300.jpg)
Disability Justice Activists Organize to Help Palestinians Stay Connected
Organizers are distributing digital SIM cards directly to people in Gaza amid communication blackouts.
![Wisconsin workers and union members discuss the need for unions for all at a roundtable discussion on October 25, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0122-seiu-400x300.jpg)
Second-Largest Union in US Calls for “Immediate” Ceasefire in Gaza
The statement goes a step further than some calls for a ceasefire by demanding an end to the occupation of Palestine.
![Members of the South African legal team speak to the press](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0122-south-africa-international-400x300.jpg)
Will World Court’s Ruling in Genocide Case Signal the End of International Law?
A credibility crisis with sharp consequences could result if the court rules in favor of Israel, despite the evidence.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders talks with reporters after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on November 28, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0122-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders: Biden Must Stop Israel Aid After Netanyahu Vow to Nix Palestinian State
Netanyahu “has made his position clear: He will never allow a Palestinian state, ever,” Sanders emphasized.
![Baloch families carry photographs of their missing loved ones in a march against government repression](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-451052389-400x300.jpg)
Pakistani Women Are Demanding Answers for Enforced Disappearances and Killings
Hundreds of Baloch women are demanding the return of their missing loved ones amid staunch government repression.
![Tents in the snow at homeless encampment in Chicago](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1246757831-400x300.jpg)
Ohio Pastor Charged for Sheltering Homeless People in Church in Freezing Weather
The pastor was arrested for sheltering unhoused people who might otherwise have frozen to death.
![An Israeli forces bulldozer drives down a road during a raid on al-Faraa camp for Palestinian refugees near Tubas city in the occupied West Bank on January 13, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0117-bulldozer-400x300.jpg)
Footage Reportedly Shows Israel Bulldozing Cemetery in Gaza, Exhuming Bodies
Israeli forces have been razing cemeteries and stealing hundreds of bodies buried in them, aid groups report.
![Children wait for food relief in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on December 31, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0117-gaza-food-400x300.jpg)
Israel Forcing Palestinians to Starve “Just Miles From Trucks Filled With Food”
Hundreds of aid trucks are lined up at the Gaza border, but Israel is blocking the vast majority from entering.
![A man carries a child injured during Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 14, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0117-palestinian-man-400x300.jpg)
Palestinian Women and Children Don’t Deserve to Die in Gaza. Neither Do Men.
We can’t let Western media continue normalizing the acute dehumanization and pathologization of Palestinian men.