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Jared Kushner’s New Investments in Israeli Settlements
FREDDY BREWSTER & KATYA SCHWENK, THE LEVER, JAN 16, 2025
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Gaza 2035
A regional business plan proposed by Netanyahu in 2024.
Call for the release of medics in Israeli detention!
CODEPINK, Jan 13, 2025
A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine
TARIQ KENNEY-SHAWA, THE NATION, JANUARY 16, 2025. The Best Analysis of the Gaza Ceasefire.
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First hostages freed as long-awaited Gaza ceasefire takes force
CNN, January 19, 2025 12:44 PM EST
ADC Statement on the Gaza Ceasefire
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Jan 17, 2025
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This is a fragile ceasefire. We must ensure it holds.
Jewish Voice for Peace, January 17, 2025
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What you need to know about the Gaza cease-fire deal
MICHAEL MERRYMAN-LOTZE, AFSC, JAN 17, 2025
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Dr. Martin Luther King’s Prophetic Warning, Denouncing the Merchants of Death
Kathy Kelly, ZNetwork, January 13, 2025
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Biden worked ‘tirelessly around the clock’ — to prevent a ceasefire
TRITA PARSI, Responsible Statecraft, JAN 16, 2025
Israeli cabinet ratifies ceasefire deal with Hamas
Lorenzo Tondo and Bethan McKernan, The Guardian, 17 Jan 2025 1:30 am local
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Our heads are being smashed in as the world turns a blind eye
Hamdan Ballal, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, Jan 16, 2025
A Deal Too Late
Jonah Valdez, The Intercept, January 15 2025
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The Gaza Ceasefire: Pharoah is Still Pharoah
Rabbi Brant Rosen, Shalom Rav, Jan 17, 2025
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2025.01.25: Taxpayers Against Genocide Class Action Webinar
RootsAction Team, Jan 17, 2025
Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal signed in Doha
Barak Ravid, Axios, Jan 16, 2025. The Israeli government will vote on it Saturday night,…
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Israeli cabinet to meet on deal Friday
Jordana Miller, ABC News, Jan 16, 2025. The Israeli cabinet will meet on Friday to…
Qatar: Ceasefire deal to take effect on Sunday, January 19
Al Jazeera, Jan 15, 2025. Both parties agreed to timeline of deal, according to Qatar…
Israeli airstrikes continue in Gaza after ceasefire deal announced
George Wright & Ruth Comerford, BBC News, Jan 16, 2025. Israeli air strikes are continuing…
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Netanyahu delays ceasefire vote, claiming Hamas created a ‘last minute crisis’
Willem Marx, NPR, JANUARY 16, 2025. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a cabinet…
