News | War & Peace Leaked State Dept. Memo: Israel Likely Violates International Law Using US Arms A report by 4 State Department bureaus found the Israeli government's assurances "neither credible nor reliable." By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 28, 2024 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Crackdowns on Protests Are Exposing Higher Ed’s Complicity in Israel’s Genocide Student protests are ramping up, and university administrations are menacing students with police and surveillance. By Frances Madeson , Truthout April 27, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Police Violently Crack Down on Emory University’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment Police used tear gas and stun guns to break up the encampment as they wrestled people to the ground. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! April 26, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders Sharply Rebukes Netanyahu’s Claim That Campus Protests Are Antisemitic “It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable for your actions,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said in a scathing statement. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 25, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights UT Austin Faculty Strike in Solidarity With Pro-Palestine Student Protesters Faculty are acting together, without a union, to break the law and stop work in order to protect the student movement. By Olivia Wood , LeftVoice April 25, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Across the US, Campus Protests for Palestine Face Intensifying Police Crackdowns Student protests calling for university divestment from Israel and the US arms industry continue coast to coast. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! April 25, 2024 Truthout
News | War & Peace Senate Approves $95B Package With $17B in Unconditional Military Aid for Israel Sanders condemned the Senate's refusal to allow a vote on his amendment to cut military aid to Israel from the bill. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 24, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Summer Lee Wins Primary Against Opponent Backed by Billionaire GOP Megadonor Lee defeated Bhavini Patel, who characterized Lee as "fringe” and actively courted Republican and pro-Israel voters. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 24, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Cops Raid Palestinian Solidarity Encampments, Arrest Protesters at Yale and NYU The encampment at Columbia University is entering its seventh day despite mass arrests of protesters there last week. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! April 23, 2024 Truthout
News | War & Peace Sanders to Push Amendment Removing Military Funding for Israel in Aid Package Sanders’s amendment would restore US funding to UNRWA, the most important aid agency working in Gaza. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 23, 2024 Truthout