U.S. pauses visitor visas for Gaza residents
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A whistleblower claims World Food Programme and U.N. agencies rejected Israeli security assistance, blocking aid distribution to Gaza despite available supplies as U.N. dismisses accusations.
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State Department move comes as Israel’s war and induced famine in Gaza reach new extremes, with 61,827 killed so far.
Far-right activist Laura Loomer is taking a victory lap for a new State Department policy decision: halting all visitor visas from Gaza.
Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil kicked off the rally outside the New York Public Library near Bryant Park before those in attendance started marching across Manhattan. Protesters called for an end to the Israel-Hamas war and for the United States to stop sending aid to Israel. People from across the country attended.
Thank you to Bernie Sanders (“US must end its complicity in Israel’s annihilation of Gaza,” Opinion, Aug. 2) and Alex de Waal (“A massacre in slow motion: Israel is responsible for mass starvation in Gaza,” Opinion, Aug. 8) for shedding light on the reality of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “war against Hamas” in Gaza.
I will not betray my commitment to the gospel of love and justice and be silent while the United States and Israel murder, maim, loot, poison, starve, torment and commit genocide on our Palestinian siblings.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will soon operate 16 distribution sites instead of four, said Mike Huckabee, the United States ambassador to Israel.
In Gaza and all areas under Israel's control, we are witnessing the complete stripping away of Palestinians' rights amid unrestrained Israeli violence