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![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.
![Hundreds of people waving the Palestinian flag and a banner reading "FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE" gather in an indoor space for a protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1204-netherlands-palestine-protest-400x300.jpg)
Dutch Court Hears Case Against Netherlands for Complicity in Israeli War Crimes
Government documents revealed the Netherlands has allowed at least one shipment of reserve military supplies to Israel.
![A Palestinian woman reacts as people check the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli air strikes on the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on December 1, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_12-01-gaza-destruction-400x300.jpg)
Report: Israeli Officials Knew of October 7 Attack a Year Ago, But Didn’t Act
Israeli officials have exploited the attack to “justify” their genocide in Gaza.
![Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger visits Fox Business Network at FOX Studios on December 18, 2015, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-501895842-400x300.jpg)
Corporate Media Eulogize Kissinger as a Statesman Instead of a War Criminal
During his stint in government, Henry Kissinger supervised policies that took the lives of at least 3 million people.
![Joseph Robinette Biden squints into the distance while delivering remarks at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1129-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
White House Moves to Create “Free-Flowing Pipeline” of Weapons to Israel
White House officials are seeking to remove safeguards on a U.S. stockpile of weapons in Israel.
![Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak attends the launch of the Democratic Union list on July 25, 2019, in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1121-ehud-barak-400x300.jpg)
Bunkers Under Gaza Hospital Were Built by Israel, Former Israel PM Says
Officials have claimed that the tunnels are Hamas military command centers as Israeli forces raided al-Shifa hospital.
![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.
![Smoke rises during an Israeli military bombardment of the northern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1115-gaza-w-400x300.jpg)
Poll Shows American Support for Israel Is Cratering Amid Its Violent Siege
Less than a third of Americans now say they back Israel in its current genocidal siege of Gaza.
![A view of debris of destroyed buildings after Israeli airstrikes at al-Zahra neighborhood in Gaza Strip on October 19, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1113-gaza-r-400x300.jpg)
Scathing Internal State Dept. Dissent Memo Slams US Aid of Israeli “War Crimes”
The letter calls on senior U.S. officials to demand a ceasefire in Gaza.
![A mother holds her injured child after an Israeli attack, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza, on October 18, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1113-gaza-al-shifa-400x300.jpg)
6 Newborns Die After Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital Runs Out of Fuel Due to Blockade
“It’s not safe to move out and it’s not safe to stay. We don’t know what to do. Please help us,” one doctor said.