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![People walk through the rubble that was once a residential street](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0703-Palestine-attacked-400x300.jpg)
Israel Launches Largest Aerial Attack on West Bank in Nearly Two Decades
At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured, drawing alarm from human rights groups and the UN.
![A surveillance camera is pictured at a checkpoint in the Palestinian city of Hebron on November 9, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1236459531-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Already Weaponizing AI — But Not in the Ways It Claims to Be
Israel claims to be a leader in AI tech, but its main innovations are lax industry ethics and widespread surveillance.
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Why Khanna Denounced Trump’s White Supremacy, But Not Modi’s Hindu Supremacy
The answer perhaps lies in the growing U.S.-India defense partnership that Rep. Ro Khanna has been championing.
![Palestinian Bilal Hijaz carries his luggage out of his home, which was set on fire by Israeli settlers the day before, in Turmus Ayya near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, on June 22, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1258929845-400x300.jpg)
Progressives Slam Continued US Military Aid for Israel Amid Settler Violence
“This is a pogrom,” wrote Rep. Ilhan Omar after hundreds of settlers rampaged through Palestinian towns.
![From Drone Strikes to Settler Attacks, Israel Intensifies Effort to Completely Take Over Palestine](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/SEG2-GUEST-Palestine-SPLIT-400x300.jpg)
Israel Escalates Attacks on Palestinians, From Drone Strikes to Settler Attacks
Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti calls the attacks “an intensification to completely take over Palestine.”
![Members of the Larson family, who have no running water in their home, collect water from a distribution point in the Navajo Nation town of Thoreau in New Mexico on May 22, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0623-navajo-water-400x300.jpg)
The Supreme Court Deals a Blow to the Navajo Nation’s Water Rights Claim
The decision could reverberate along the Colorado River Basin where 30 tribal nations rely on the river’s water supply.
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New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners
While we may never know the full truth, we owe it to those harmed and killed to illuminate their stories.
![Protesters rally for the right to counsel on May 31, 2023, in front of Brooklyn Housing Court, Brooklyn, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0620-elders-1-400x300.jpg)
We’re Failing Our Elders: Seniors Are a Growing Portion of Unhoused Population
People over age 50 now account for approximately half of the unhoused population in the U.S.
![North Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy stand at podiums at a press conference](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1258193060-400x300.jpg)
US Politicians Don’t Have the Right to Dictate Macedonia’s Future
Does the U.S. taxpayer know how much of their money is spent on interventionism that doesn't garner major headlines?
![The Pascua Yaqui reservation, with a casino and golf course, lower left. Arizona Republicans introduced a bill in 2020 to bar tribes from renewing casino licenses if they had unresolved water rights litigation with the state. The measure failed.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0616-arizona-water-1a-400x300.jpg)
Arizona Is Extracting Steep Concessions to Thwart Navajo Nation’s Water Rights
When handed tribes’ water claims, Arizona has responded by creating cumbersome hurdles that don’t exist in other states.