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![Fatma Hijazi, the mother of 10-year-old Palestinian Mustafa Hijazi, who died due to malnutrition and lack of medication, and her relatives mourn in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on June 14, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2156832303-400x300.jpg)
Israel’s Campaign of Starvation in Gaza Has Palestinians Eating Weeds to Survive
The enforced famine continues to worsen as Israel blocks aid. Children and the elderly are suffering the hardest.
![Police enforce a sweep of a homeless encampment, throwing tents and other possessions of the homeless in a trash truck, on May 4, 2022, in the East Village neighborhood of New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1395519145-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Ruling Sets Stage for Battle Over Camping Bans Against Unhoused People
More people become unhoused every day, and criminalization makes the problem worse. But cities have a choice.
![A view of damage in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis after Israeli army's withdrawal in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on July 5, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0705-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Current Population of Gaza Is 200k Lower Than Projected 2.3 Million, UN Finds
The sharp decline is reflective of the speed and brutality of Israel’s genocidal siege and ethnic cleansing.
![A sign urging support for Palestine is seen through a hole in an American flag during a pro-Palestinian protest at the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0704-usa-flag-400x300.jpg)
The “Land of the Free” Has Been the Enemy of Freedom Around the World
For hundreds of millions across the world, the stars and stripes are symbols of US empire, not independence.
![Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis arrive to the city as they flee after the Israeli army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0702-gaza-r-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has Forcibly Displaced 1.9 Million Palestinians in Gaza
Israel’s assault has displaced over 1 million people just since May, a UN human rights official said.
![Dozens of people gather in front of the U.S. embassy to organize a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2157127504-400x300.jpg)
South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle Holds Lessons for Today’s Anti-Zionists
South African apartheid once appeared unshakeable, but powerful resistance and global solidarity brought it down.
![Homeless rights activists hold a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on April 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0628-housing-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Ruling on Homelessness May Further Endanger Domestic Violence Survivors
Criminalizing homelessness only enacts more barriers for survivors that often leave them with few viable options.
![An Israeli contractor's Caterpillar 330B LME hydraulic excavator grabs a load of soil and rocks as it clears the path of Israel's separation fence on Palestinian land on July 1, 2004, in the West Bank village of Az-Zawiya.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0627-caterpillar-400x300.jpg)
Norway Pension Fund Divests From Caterpillar, Whose Bulldozers Are Used by IDF
The group sold shares and bonds worth $69 million in the Texas-based company this month.
![Artist Emmalene Blake puts the final touches to a mural of Hind Rajab, the 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza, along with several family members and paramedics, outside the ground before the international solidarity match between Bohemians and Palestine at Dalymount Park in Dublin, Ireland, on May 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0626-hind-rajab-400x300.jpg)
US Claims IDF Is Investigating Hind Rajab’s Death, But Aid Group Says It Isn’t
For months, US officials have deflected questions on the 6-year-old’s death, claiming Israel is investigating itself.
![Israeli soldiers argue with a Palestinian man after an attack by Jewish settlers in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, in which Palestinian vehicles were burned and destroyed, on June 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-gaza-ch-400x300.jpg)
Israel’s Killing of Aid Workers May Force UN to Suspend Gaza Operations
Multiple UN aid agencies do work in Gaza, providing food, shelter, health care and other crucial services.