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![President Joe Biden holds a press conference following a solidarity visit to Israel, on October 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1207-joe-biden-israel-400x300.jpg)
Over 500 Staff at Over 140 Jewish Organizations Call for Gaza Ceasefire
“[N]either Jewish safety nor Palestinian liberation can be achieved if they are pitted against one another.”
![Gaza Poet Describes Being Stripped, Jailed and Beaten by Israeli Forces](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/guest-Mosab-400x300.jpg)
Gaza Poet Describes Being Stripped, Jailed and Beaten by Israeli Forces
“I felt … terrorized by this army because they were ordering us to do everything at gunpoint,” says Mosab Abu Toha.
![Trade unionists protest a factory in Wimborne Minster, England, that makes components for planes used in Israel's bombardment of Gaza on December 7, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1207-gaza-protest-400x300.jpg)
More Than 1,000 UK Union Workers Blockade 4 Weapons Factories That Arm Israel
Protesters carried banners reading, “Weapons made here kill in Gaza” and, “This factory arms genocide.”
![Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at the launch of his book at the House of World Cultures in Berlin, Germany, on October 12, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1207-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Lone Member of Senate Democratic Caucus to Vote No on Giving Israel Aid
The aid package, which also includes military assistance for Ukraine, failed to clear a procedural hurdle Wednesday.
![Protesters demonstrate in support of Gaza on November 11, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1207-free-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Hanukkah Is a Time for Palestine Solidarity, From Fasting to Public Disruption
This holiday of feasts begins as people starve amid genocide in Gaza. Activists are fasting weekly for a ceasefire.
![Movement Memos, a Truthout Podcast - banner featuring guest Rana Barakat and host Kelly Hayes](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1206-movement-memos-400x300.jpg)
“Palestine Is About Living in Spite of Everything”
“Hope is what the history of Palestine has taught me,” says Palestinian feminist Rana Barakat.
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Gaza Aid Worker Describes “Horror” of His Family’s Third Forced Relocation
Yousef Hammash’s family, like thousands of other Palestinians, have now resorted to living in a makeshift tent.
![A man looks through a hole blown through his floor as he stands in a destroyed bedroom](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1206-west-bank-palestine-400x300.jpg)
Israel Accelerates Violence in West Bank as It Resumes Airstrikes on Gaza
The violence unleashed by Israeli settlers and military against the West Bank makes clear Israel's genocidal intent.
![Joe Biden exits the white house](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1206-biden-400x300.jpg)
White House Interns Send Letter Demanding Biden Call for Permanent Ceasefire
“We will never forget how the pleas of the American people have been heard and thus far, ignored," reads the letter.
![Palestinian citizens sit in front of their destroyed homes and light fires on the third day of the humanitarian truce, east of the city of Khan Yunis, Palestine, on December 1, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1205-gaza-night-400x300.jpg)
Most US Voters Support Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, New Polling Finds
Though politicians have insisted on sending more aid to Israel, polling finds voters strongly don't favor this idea.