Monday, January 8, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Protests Urging Gaza Cease-Fire Block NYC Tunnel, Bridges

"We are trying to show how it feels to be trapped in a city you can't leave," one participant said.

By Olivia Rosane
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In MSNBC Farewell, Mehdi Hasan Honors Palestinian Journalists Killed by Israel

"Without those brave Palestinian journalists on the ground, there would be no one to tell the rest of the world—to tell all of us—about the ongoing horrific impact of this war on the innocent people of Gaza," said Hasan.

By Julia Conley
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In 'Sick Joke', COP29 Host Azerbaijan to Raise Gas Production by a Third

"Drug dealers don't fix drug addictions, and petrostates won't fix the climate crisis," one campaigner said.

By Olivia Rosane
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Supreme Court Rejects Bid by API, Exxon, and Koch to Kill Climate Case

"Big Oil companies will continue fighting to escape justice, but for the third time in a year, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied their desperate pleas," said one campaigner.

By Jessica Corbett
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'Horror Is Growing By the Minute,' Says Rights Group, as Israel Starves Gaza

"If current conditions persist," said Israeli group B'Tselem, "there is significant risk that famine will be declared throughout the entire Gaza Strip within six months."

By Julia Conley
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To Defend Israel as 'Moral Society,' Knesset Member Backs South Africa's ICJ Genocide Case

"This is the true patriotism—no revenge wars and calls for extermination, no unnecessary bloodshed, and no sacrifice of kidnapped citizens and soldiers in false wars," said KM Ofer Cassif.

By Jon Queally
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■ Opinion


Israel-Palestine: What Could Be a Nonviolent Path Forward for Ending Oppression?

What if a “peace process” wasn’t another futile attempt at finding compromise between two corrupt political systems but rather a bottom-up process working with the needs of everyone involved?

By Martin Winiecki
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Thomas Friedman Is Wrong (Again) on Who Failed Peace in Israel/Palestine

It was US and Israeli policies that sunk any hope for a stable and secure Palestinian state as they intentionally sabotaged economic progress in the West Bank and Gaza.

By James Zogby
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If Trump Re-Elected: Flee for Canada or Stay and Fight?

While countless asylum-seekers and refugees will still certainly make their way to get enter the United States for a safer and more secure life, there's also the question of those wanting to get out.

By Rebecca Gordon
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