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![A person draped in the Palestinian flag and whose face is mostly covered with a kuffiyeh stares out into the sun during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1213-palestine-protesters-400x300.jpg)
US Palestinians Feel Helpless as Our Tax Dollars Fund Our Families’ Destruction
The Palestinians who are suffering and being killed in Gaza are our families. They are people we know and love.
![Residents and civil defense teams conduct a search and rescue operation around the rubble of a building that collapsed following an Israeli attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on December 7, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1212-gaza-r-400x300.jpg)
Heads of Humanitarian Groups Say Gaza “Nightmare” Is Worst They’ve Ever Seen
“In no other war we can think of in this century have civilians been so trapped,” they wrote in an op-ed.
![A woman places a candle in memory of Palestinians killed in Gaza after a rally as hundreds of Palestinian Americans and supporters gather in support of Palestine at Public Square Plaza in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1212-candle-memorial-400x300.jpg)
There Is Power in Grief. We Must Resist the Normalization of Mass Death in Gaza.
Sarah Kendzior discusses genocide, the demonization of children and dissent, authoritarianism and the 2024 election.
![Palestinians inspect the debris at the Jaffa Mosque, which was hit by an Israeli bombardment, in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on December 8, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1212-gaza-400x300.jpg)
US Veto of Ceasefire Resolution Reflects Its Colonial View on Whose Lives Matter
Centuries of colonialism and orientalism have shaped U.S. leaders’ calculus on who deserves the right to live.
![A group calling for a ceasefire in the conflict in the Israel and Gaza region chain themselves to the fence outside the White House on December 11, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1212-protest-white-house-400x300.jpg)
18 Jewish Elders Arrested Following Gaza Ceasefire Protest Outside White House
The protest took place hours before a Hanukkah event that was held at the White House on Monday evening.
![People mourn as they collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in an airstrike on December 11, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1212-gaza-mourn-400x300.jpg)
IDF Shot at Pregnant Civilian Outside Gaza Hospital Under Siege, Staffer Says
Meanwhile, a health crisis is escalating near the Egypt border as displaced civilians flee airstrikes in Khan Yunis.
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Does Israel Really “Keep Jews Safe”?
It’s time to reexamine the truism that an ethnonationalist state keeps Jews safe.
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Survivors of UPenn’s Medical Experiments Demand Reparations
Formerly incarcerated women demand accountability for enduring harm in University of Pennsylvania medical experiments.
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The Forcible Transfer of 85% of Palestinians in Gaza Is a Crime Against Humanity
The biased chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court condemns Hamas but ignores Israel’s atrocious crimes.
![People watch as firefighters battle flames in a building hit by an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 9, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1834574967-400x300.jpg)
US Vetoes Ceasefire Resolution at UN Security Council Amid Genocide in Gaza
The U.S. blocked the resolution on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the U.N. Genocide Convention.