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![People gather at Noe Valley Town Square for a ceasefire vigil in solidarity of Palestine and protest Israeli attacks on Gaza, in San Francisco, California, on January 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0110-ceasefire-sf-400x300.jpg)
San Francisco Becomes Largest US City to Back Gaza Ceasefire
The city's resolution calls on the Biden administration and Congress to follow suit.
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Former Biden Appointee Says Dissent in Government Over Gaza Policy Is Widespread
“The White House doesn’t even know the level of dissent within its own ranks,” says Tariq Habash, who resigned.
![A man walks among the rubble of destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, on January 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0109-gaza-w-400x300.jpg)
UN Humanitarian Chief Warns Gaza Is Now “Uninhabitable” Amid Israel Assault
“Hope has never been more elusive,” the UN leader said.
![President Joe Biden watches as protestors are escorted out of the building while supporters chant, "Four more years," during a campaign event at Emanuel AME Church on January 8, 2024, in Charleston, South Carolina.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0109-joe-biden-c-400x300.jpg)
Protesters Interrupt Biden’s Speech in Charleston to Demand Gaza Ceasefire
The act of protest comes as Biden prepares for the 2024 presidential race despite record low polling numbers.
![Smoke and flame rises from different parts of Salah al-Din Road following Israeli attacks in Deir Al Balah, Gaza, on January 7, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0109-gaza-n-400x300.jpg)
Most Members of Congress Have Been Moral Failures on Gaza
Some Democrats who are said to support a ceasefire have only done so with obstructive caveats and preconditions.
![Family and friends, including Al Jazeera reporter, Wael Al-Dahdouh (2nd right), bid farewell to the bodies of journalists Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya on January 7, 2024, in Rafah, Gaza. The journalists, Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya, were reportedly killed when their car was bombed after reporting from an air strike on a building that morning.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0108-press-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Press Freedom Group Demands Probe Into Israel’s Killing of Reporters in Gaza
“Journalists are civilians, not targets,” said one advocate for press freedom.
![Ofer Cassif speaks at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2023_0108-ofer-cassif-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Knesset Member Backs Genocide Case at International Court of Justice
Ofer Cassif is being targeted for removal from Israel's legislature after backing South Africa's lawsuit in the ICJ.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron (L) after their joint press conference in Jerusalem, on October 24, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1741733528-400x300.jpg)
Israel Accused of Attempting to Intimidate Judges in World Court Genocide Case
Israel is pushing the court “to decide based on politics rather than the facts,” wrote human rights expert Kenneth Roth.
![A truck calling the president of Harvard a "national disgrace" drives around Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 12, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1843513005-400x300.jpg)
Harvard President’s Ouster Makes Visible the Rising Power of the Far Right
The same forces targeting Palestine solidarity work are trying to end all campus discussions of anticolonial politics.
![Dr. Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 5, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1833208473-400x300.jpg)
Claudine Gay Faced Racism and Zionist Ire — She Also Failed Palestinian Students
Racism is built into Harvard’s foundation. As president, Gay was both a victim and an agent of white supremacy.