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![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visit Hebron, West Bank, on August 21, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0726-netanyahu-gallant-800x600.jpg)
UK Dropping Challenge to ICC Arrest Warrants for Israeli Leaders Under New PM
Pro-Palestine groups lauded the move, but said Labour leaders must go further to end the UK’s complicity in genocide.
![Sign for the Jewish National Fund defaced to protest the Israeli occupation of Palestine, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on October 9, 2008.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1235216803-400x300.jpg)
Jewish National Fund of Canada Has Its Charitable Status Revoked
The move marks a significant victory against apartheid, genocide and Palestinian dispossession.
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US Doctors Back From Gaza Push Kamala Harris, Joe and Jill Biden for a Ceasefire
An open letter from 45 US medical workers also demands an international arms embargo of Israel.
![California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0726-gavin-newsom-400x300.jpg)
A Month After SCOTUS Decision, Newsom Issues Order Targeting Unhoused People
“From a public health perspective, this is ineffective and potentially deadly,” a public health researcher said.
![Baby triplets of Palestinian mother Nuzha Awad face the threat of dying from malnutrition and lack of medical care due to constant Israeli attacks and blockades as they take shelter in Nuseirat camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on March 25, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0725-gaza-hunger-400x300.jpg)
US Health Workers Back From Gaza Calculate Death Toll at 92,000 — at a Minimum
Epidemics and famine are raging across Gaza, they said, and at least 37,000 have already died of starvation.
![Former President Donald Trump arrives at a border security briefing to discuss further plans in securing the southern border wall on June 30, 2021, in Weslaco, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0725-trump-border-400x300.jpg)
Trump Has Whipped Up an Anti-Immigrant Frenzy. Will Anyone Counter It in 2024?
The anti-immigrant fearmongering of both parties replicates tactics that have given rise to fascism throughout history.
![Marked UNICEF vehicles are pictured after being hit with live ammunition while waiting at a designated holding point near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_07240-unicef-gaza-400x300.jpg)
UN Convoy in Gaza Shot While Reuniting 5 Palestinian Children With Their Father
Just days ago, Israeli forces shot at another UN convoy near the same checkpoint.
![Demonstrators from Jewish Voice For Peace protest the war in Gaza at the Canon House Building, the day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to speak before Congress, on July 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0724-israel-protest-400x300.jpg)
“Not in Our Name”: 400 Jewish Activists Arrested Protesting Netanyahu Address
Over a dozen rabbis were among the protesters arrested, wearing prayer shawls that said “Never Again for Anyone.”
![Benjamin Netanyahu](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0724-netanyahu-400x300.jpg)
Netanyahu’s Visit to Congress Underscores US Contempt for International Law
Netanyahu is getting cozy with Congress, just days after the ICJ told UN members to stop aiding the Israeli occupation.
![People flee al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip following Israeli bombardment on July 23, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0723-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Major Unions Urge Biden to Stop Arming Israel Amid Netanyahu Visit
The letter was signed by some of the largest unions in the U.S., including UAW, NEA and SEIU.
![Israeli soldiers transfer detained Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip on November 21, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0723-idf-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Forces Post Pictures of Stripped Detained Palestinian Children Online
One social media post from December depicts a line of men and boys stripped to their underwear.
![Palestinian children wait with jerry cans to fill them with drinking water in Rafah on February 19, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0722-palestine-water-400x300.jpg)
Oxfam: Israel Has Reduced Water Access in Gaza by 94 Percent Since October
Israel’s attacks on water access are part of its decades-long campaign to exercise control over basic needs in Gaza.
![A Palestinian boy looks over as he stands on the rubble of buildings destroyed in previous Israel bombardment, on the edge of a pool of stagnant water in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 19, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0722-gaza-ater-400x300.jpg)
Advocates Say Biden Must Immediately Act to Stop Polio Outbreak in Gaza
Biden bears responsibility to act after backing the destruction of Gaza’s health and sanitation systems, they said.