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![Abbas Alawieh, spokesperson for Listen to Michigan, a group who asked voters to vote uncommitted instead of for President Joe Biden in Michigan's Presidential primary election, looks at election results during a watch party in Dearborn, Michigan, on February 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0228-uncommitted-michigan-400x300.jpg)
Michigan Voters Send Biden Powerful Rebuke, With 13 Percent Voting “Uncommitted”
“We are no longer in a position to beg Democrats to listen to us,” said one Detroit City Council member.
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“I Want People to Remember His Message,” Says Aaron Bushnell’s Friend
His friend, conscientious objector Levi Pierpont, says Bushnell’s death was not suicide, it was a message about justice.
![Palestinian children wait for the food with pots as Palestinian people survive under difficult conditions at Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza on February 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0227-gaza-s-400x300.jpg)
UN Human Rights Expert Says Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
“The state of Israel in its entirety is culpable” in genocide, the UN’s top expert on food rights said.
![President Joe Biden is walking past Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on February 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0227-biden-a-400x300.jpg)
Beto O’Rourke Backs Michigan “Uncommitted” Campaign to “Pressure” Biden on Gaza
Beto O’Rourke joins people like Rep. Rashida Tlaib and former Rep. Andy Levin in backing the campaign.
![People leave notes and flowers during a vigil for U.S. Air Force active-duty airman Aaron Bushnell outside the Israeli Embassy on February 26, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Bushnell died after setting himself on fire while live streaming, according to published reports, in front of the Israeli Embassy in protest over the ongoing genocide in Palestine.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0227-aaron-bushnell-vigil-400x300.jpg)
We Must Resist Any Erasure of Why Aaron Bushnell’s Young Life Came to an End
He cried out for a free Palestine, and yet the US media set out to suppress the meaning and purpose of his sacrifice.
![A Palestinian boy riding his bicycle looks at the rubble of a house destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0227-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Biden Claims Temporary Ceasefire Deal Is “Close” and Could Take Effect Next Week
Biden's comments came as a surprise to Israeli officials, while Hamas cast doubt on the prospect of an imminent deal.
![A digital illustration of the late Aaron Bushnell, set against a rising sun and a starry sky](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0226-aaron-bushnell-400x300.jpg)
US Airman Self-Immolates in Front of Israeli Embassy, Yelling “Free Palestine”
“This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal,” said Aaron Bushnell, who was 25.
![Palestinians inspect the collapsed building following an Israeli strike hit the house belonging to the Abu Nahal family in Rafah, Gaza, on February 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0224-rafah-400x300.jpg)
Rafah Attack Escalates “Most Transparent Genocide of All Time,” Scholar Says
Israel now aims to unleash a ground invasion in Rafah, the city where over 1.5 million Palestinians have taken refuge.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attends a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., on February 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0223-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-400x300.jpg)
AOC Calls AIPAC “NRA of Foreign Policy” Over Right-Wing, Pro-Israel Attacks
“Each and every day, their role in US politics becomes a greater scandal,” Representative Ocasio-Cortez said.
![Locals conduct search and rescue operations among the rubble of buildings destroyed by an Israeli attack on Nuseirat camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on February 20, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0223_gaza-rr-400x300.jpg)
US Anti-Terror Law Has Stigmatized Palestinians as “Terrorists” Since 1969
A new report outlines how Palestinian dehumanization is foundational to decades of US anti-terrorism law.