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Trump Halts Sanctions On Israeli Settlers
Jonah Valdez, The Intercept, January 22 2025
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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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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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What to Know About the Gaza Ceasefire Deal
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, JAN 15, 2025. Will it lead to a permanent end to the…
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AMP Calls on UN Oversight to Guarantee Commitments
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Jan 15, 2025. Today marks a long-awaited and bittersweet moment…
First ceasefire, then Palestinian liberation.
Jewish Voice for Peace, Jan 15, 2025. Today, after 15 months of the Israeli government’s…
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On the Ceasefire in Gaza and the Road Ahead
Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), Jan 15, 2025. After 465 days of Israel’s genocidal…
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We Can’t Afford to Ignore This Threat to the People of Gaza
ABDULLAH SHIHIPAR, THE NATION, JANUARY 9, 2025. The very air that Gazans breathe could put…
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Free Moroccan human rights defender Ismail Lghazaoui
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), January 10, 2025. Join the Global Pressure Campaign. We call…
Where is Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, and what is Israel doing to him?
TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, JANUARY 3, 2025. It has been one week since the Dr. Hussam…
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Group of Quebec doctors suspends non-essential work Monday to protest bloodshed in Gaza
CBC, January 6, 2025 As Israel’s deadly assaults on Gazans and their fragile health-care system…
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‘Where the Hell Is Doctor Hussam?’ Israel Gives Mixed Messages on Gaza Hospital Director
“Dr. Abu Safiya’s unlawful detention is emblematic of the broader attacks on the healthcare sector…
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