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Biden’s Feckless Threat to Stop Supplying Weapons to Israel

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Biden looking troubled over conflict in Gaza and image inset of Netanyahu vowing to continue his war.

Biden’s feckless threat  President Biden threatened to stop supplying offensive weapons to Israel if it invades Rafah. Over a million Palestinians fled there after Israel invaded northern Gaza. Both Republicans and Democrats are making much ado about this threat:  Republicans are accusing Biden of betraying Israel. They’re virtue signaling by drafting legislation in a vain attempt to force… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Biden, Gaza, genocide, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Netanyahu, Palestinians, Rafah, US foreign policy, weapons

Israel’s Final Solution for Gaza…?

Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Cartoon of Israel denying aid to Gaza

Surely only that explains Israel defying pleas, even from the United States, to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. And, frankly, it doesn’t give a damn about the damning historical symmetry afoot. Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Palestinians, starvation

US Asks Israel to Delay Gaza Invasion, Citing Hamas Hostages

Monday, October 23, 2023 at 8:13 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Israeli tanks amassed at the Gaza border with truck approaching Rafa crossing inset and soldier looking into Gaze tunnel inset.

US asks Israel to delay invasion An apparent conflict is brewing between the US and Israel over the timing of Israel’s much-hyped plan for a complete siege of Gaza. The dynamic between them is beginning to resemble the spectacle between MAGA and moderate Republicans over the election of a new House Speaker. The Biden administration has advised Israel to delay a… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Biden Administration, Gaza, Ground Invasion, Hamas, Hostage Negotiations, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Rafah Crossing

Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake (updated)

Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 8:11 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
haiti tent city

Haiti has never been salvaged from the political strife and unconscionable poverty, hunger and disease that have earned it the perennial dishonor as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere…. American presidents are almost as responsible for creating the nightmarish living conditions in Haiti as the succession of incompetent, corrupt and ruthless leaders they’ve sponsored… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 2010 disaster, Caribbean crisis, Haiti earthquake, Humanitarian Aid, iPINIONS Journal

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