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Friday, May 3, 2024

■ Today's Top News 

Israel Briefs US on Plan for 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Rafah

"A military invasion in Rafah would be CATASTROPHIC... There can be no more 'evacuations.' There is no safe place to go," said Oxfam, calling for an immediate cease-fire.

By Brett Wilkins

'Absurd!': US Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rate Than Working Class for First Time

"It's time to tax the billionaires," economist Gabriel Zucman argues in a new analysis.

By Jake Johnson

UN Warns Israeli Ground Invasion Rafah Will Lead to 'Slaughter of Civilians'

"The simplest truth is that a ground operation in Rafah will be nothing short of a tragedy beyond words," said a top U.N. aid official. "No humanitarian plan can counter that."

By Brett Wilkins

Israel's Destruction of Gaza 'Unprecedented in Scope and Scale': UN

"These new figures warn that the suffering in Gaza will not end when the war does."

By Jake Johnson

Gaza Journalists Killed by Israel Honored on World Press Freedom Day

"To claim these deaths are accidental is not only incredulous, it is insulting to the memory of professionals who lived their lives in service of truth and accuracy," said one expert.

By Jessica Corbett

ICC Condemns Efforts to 'Intimidate' the Court as Netanyahu Arrest Warrant Looms

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and GOP lawmakers in the U.S. have threatened to retaliate against the court if it issues arrest warrants for officials in Israel's government.

By Jake Johnson

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■ Opinion

Opposed to Genocide in Gaza, This Is the Conscience of a Nation Speaking Through Your Kids

This is about a genocide being carried out with American money and with American weapons against a people that has been living under occupation for generation after generation after generation.

By Rashid Khalidi

As Biden Bets Reelection on Benjamin Netanyahu, We May All Pay the Price

If the president loses the 2024 election to Trump because he chose to cater to the whims of Israel's brutal, right-wing, authoritarian leader—he will be remembered for nothing else.

By Steven Day

Student Reporters Offer a Lesson on World Press Freedom Day

The escalating authoritarianism we’re witnessing in the crackdown on college campuses is, in part, a byproduct of a media system that fails to hold powerful interests accountable for the lies they tell.

By Tim Karr