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![American Jews and allies block the 110 freeway in downtown on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, in Los Angeles, California, to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1214-ceasefire-la-400x300.jpg)
Protesters Shut Down Los Angeles Highway to Demand Ceasefire in Gaza
“No more business as usual,” the organization leading the protest said on social media.
![A view of the damage while the Israeli attacks continue in Rafah, Gaza, on December 14, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1214-gaza-airstrike-400x300.jpg)
Civilians Reportedly Killed Execution-Style While Sheltering in a Gaza School
Meanwhile, the Gaza Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot Palestinians after ordering them to leave a hospital.
![Groups Demand Israel Be Investigated for War Crimes for Targeting Journalists](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/SEG1-Issam-400x300.jpg)
Groups Demand Israel Be Investigated for War Crimes for Targeting Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists says no other war has taken so many journalists' lives in such a short time span.
![Former State Department official and activist Josh Paul, who resigned over Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza, speaks during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire, in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on December 13, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1214-biden-protest-400x300.jpg)
Biden Staffers Hold Historic Vigil Outside White House Calling for Ceasefire
It’s the latest display of internal outrage over the administration's unconditional support for the Israeli military.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to members of the press outside the West Wing of the White House on August 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1213-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Calls on Biden to Reverse Course on US Veto of UN Ceasefire Resolution
“Israel’s military campaign will be remembered among some of the darkest chapters of our modern history,” Sanders said.
![A person draped in the Palestinian flag and whose face is mostly covered with a kuffiyeh stares out into the sun during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1213-palestine-protesters-400x300.jpg)
US Palestinians Feel Helpless as Our Tax Dollars Fund Our Families’ Destruction
The Palestinians who are suffering and being killed in Gaza are our families. They are people we know and love.
![Residents and civil defense teams conduct a search and rescue operation around the rubble of a building that collapsed following an Israeli attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on December 7, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1212-gaza-r-400x300.jpg)
Heads of Humanitarian Groups Say Gaza “Nightmare” Is Worst They’ve Ever Seen
“In no other war we can think of in this century have civilians been so trapped,” they wrote in an op-ed.
![People participate in a march in support of Palestine in Washington, D.C., on November 4, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1212-free-palestine-400x300.jpg)
Bill Targeting Anti-Zionism Will Usher in New Era of McCarthyism, Critics Warn
The introduction of HR 6578 comes at a critical time as movements for the liberation of Palestine gain momentum.
![Palestinians inspect the debris at the Jaffa Mosque, which was hit by an Israeli bombardment, in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on December 8, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1212-gaza-400x300.jpg)
US Veto of Ceasefire Resolution Reflects Its Colonial View on Whose Lives Matter
Centuries of colonialism and orientalism have shaped U.S. leaders’ calculus on who deserves the right to live.
![A group calling for a ceasefire in the conflict in the Israel and Gaza region chain themselves to the fence outside the White House on December 11, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1212-protest-white-house-400x300.jpg)
18 Jewish Elders Arrested Following Gaza Ceasefire Protest Outside White House
The protest took place hours before a Hanukkah event that was held at the White House on Monday evening.