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![Joe Biden sits in front of the Israeli flag during a meeting](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1018-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Some Biden Staffers Report a “Culture of Silence” Around Horrors in Gaza
Workers in national security-related positions fear retaliation if they question U.S. military support for Israel.
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Scholar Warns Biden’s “Israel-First Approach” Will Have Lasting Consequences
It’s as if his lines are scripted by the Israeli Defense Ministry, says Palestinian American historian Rashid Khalidi.
![People wave Palestinian flags outside of the BBC headquarters during an outdoor demonstration](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1018-bbc-protest-400x300.jpg)
Media’s Selective Moral Outrage Manufactures Consent for Palestinian Genocide
Western support for Israel is not merely about Israel itself but is also about setting a new international norm.
![Israeli Knesset (Israeli parliament) member Itamar Ben-Gvir, right, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party, speaks with the Likud party's Shlomo Karhi during a session to elect the new speaker of the assembly at its Plenum Hall in Jerusalem on December 13, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1017-israel-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Policies Would Allow Arrests of Civilians Who “Harm National Morale”
Under the proposed regulation, Israeli citizens would face arrest for posting pro-Palestine content.
![Displaced Palestinian families from the northern and central Gaza Strip evacuate toward southern Gaza on October 13, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1017-gaza-evacuation-400x300.jpg)
Israel May Have Breached International Law With Gaza Evacuation, UN Office Says
Palestinian officials have said that hospitals across Gaza only have 24 hours of fuel reserve left for their generators.
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Human Rights Lawyer in Gaza: Why Should We Be “Good” Victims of War Crimes?
The director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza refuses to move south after Israel’s evacuation order.
![Civil defense teams and residents launch a search and rescue operation around the buildings that were destroyed after Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip, in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on October 17, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1017-gaza-b-400x300.jpg)
Israel Increases Airstrikes on Supposed “Safe” Zones on 11th Day of Bombardment
Ahead of Biden’s visit to Israel, a crisis looms with less than 24 hours of water, electricity and fuel left in Gaza.
![A Palestinian woman carries an injured child to a hospital in Khan Yunis on October 16, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1017-gaza-child-400x300.jpg)
More Than 1,000 Gazan Children Are Dead. How Can We Even Begin to Mourn?
In my career as a Gazan American physician, I’ve delivered 1,000 babies. Israel has killed that many children in a week.
![Rep. Cori Bush, left, speaks alongside Rep. Ayanna Pressely during a rally against qualified immunity with the family and supporters of Andrew Joseph III at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1016-cori-bush-ayanna-pressley-400x300.jpg)
House Progressives’ New Resolution Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Palestine
It also demands the Biden administration “promptly send and facilitate the entry of humanitarian assistance into Gaza.”
![A member of the press is seen among the destroyed buildings and debris after the Israeli airstrikes that has been going on for five days in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on October 11, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1016-press-gaza-400x300.jpg)
This Could Be My Last Report From Gaza. Keep My Stories Alive.
“Today I’m telling you the news. Tomorrow, I may be the news,” writes Tareq S. Hajjaj.