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Israeli Deputy Speaker Nissim Vaturi Sparks Outrage With Disturbing Call
Israeli Deputy Speaker Nissim Vaturi faces backlash for advocating a more brutal approach to the war on Gaza.
![Protesters wearing shirts that say "Not in our name" hold up a sign that says "Jews say ceasefire now" in a congressional office building](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1743282375-400x300.jpg)
I Am the Grandchild of Holocaust Survivors, and I Am Calling for Ceasefire Now
As anti-Zionist Jews, we oppose any nation that aims to expel, oppress, or wipe out another people.
![Rep. Becca Balint participates in the House Oversight and Accountability Committee organizing meeting in the Rayburn House Office Building on January 31, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1117-becca-balint-400x300.jpg)
House Democrat Says Family Ties to Holocaust Led Her to Demand Gaza Ceasefire
Rep. Becca Balint is one of 33 members of Congress who have now called for a ceasefire.
![Smoke and fire rise from buildings as people gather amid the destruction in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on Gaza City on October 26, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1117-gaza-fire-400x300.jpg)
Palestinians File Emergency Motion to Block US Aid for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
A federal lawsuit accuses Biden, Blinken and Austin of failure to prevent genocide and complicity in genocide.
![Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks during a news conference calling for a ceasefire in Gaza outside the U.S. Capitol building on November 13, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1117-ilhan-omar-400x300.jpg)
Ilhan Omar Introduces Resolution to Block $320M Sale of Bomb Kits to Israel
“We must not allow weapons sales that will be used to directly violate U.S. and international law,” Omar said.
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Israel’s Attempt to Push Palestinians Into Egypt Is Longtime “Colonial Fantasy”
Journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous calls out Israeli ethnic cleansing and the media’s silence in the face of genocide.
![Chairman U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders arrives for a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on unions on November 14, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1117-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Doubles Down Against Gaza Ceasefire in the Face of Progressive Backlash
The senator is calling for conditioning U.S. military aid, an end to “indiscriminate bombing” and a humanitarian pause.
![A screen grab captured from a video shows premature babies under treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit remove from the incubators and transferred to another department in the hospital after Israeli attack on Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza, on November 14, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1116-gaza-premature-babies-400x300.jpg)
Israel Raids Hospital Again, Demands Palestinians Evacuate Southern Gaza
Meanwhile, Israel ignores a legally binding UN Security Council resolution calling for extended humanitarian pauses.
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Will Israel’s War on Gaza Finally End Its Decades of Legal Impunity?
International criminal law experts discuss the long history of Palestinians seeking justice through global institutions.
![President Joe Biden speaks on the terrorist attacks in Israel alongside Secretary of State Antony Blinken from the State Dining Room at the White House on October 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1116-biden-blinken-400x300.jpg)
Don’t Let Biden and Blinken Get Away With Aiding a Second Nakba
U.S. support for Israel’s attacks on Al-Shifa and the genocide in Gaza is a violation of international humanitarian law.