🇵🇸 The US political establishment has remained complicit in Israel’s crimes every step of the way

Almost every single member of the United States House of Representatives voted in favor of a resolution, introduced by Representative Michael Lawler, equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism.

The White House went as far to condemn the progressive congress members calling for a ceasefire, calling the pressure for peace “repugnant” and “disgraceful.”

The House of Representatives voted to censure (effectively a public shaming and a step below expulsion) the only Palestinian in Congress, Representative Rashida Tlaib, for stating a fact, that “the apartheid system” is what “creates the suffocating, dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance.”

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/04/the-us-political-establishment-has-remained-complicit-in-israels-crimes-every-step-of-the-way/

🇨🇺/🇮🇷 Iran and Cuba call for a global coalition to protect Palestinian rights

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi called for the creation of a global coalition of countries to protect the rights of Palestinians.

Díaz-Canel was on a two-day state visit to Tehran. He arrived on Sunday night with a delegation in order to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the fields of agriculture, health, science and technology, and energy sectors.

Raisi claimed that the world is doing nothing substantial to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza and “the United Nations Security Council, the Arab League and other human rights institutions are not being effective in paralyzing the conflict.”

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/05/iran-and-cuba-call-for-a-global-coalition-to-protect-palestinian-rights/

WHO moves warehouse in Gaza as Israel’s attacks on healthcare continue

On December 4, the United Nations’ health agency, the World Health Organization (WHO), announced that it had been warned to move supplies from its warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours “as ground operations will put it beyond use.” WHO officials, including Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called upon Israeli authorities to rescind the order.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/05/who-moves-warehouse-in-gaza-as-israels-attacks-on-healthcare-continue/

Hundreds have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed its genocidal airstrikes. The enclave is also under a communications blackout due to Israeli attacks.

Just on Tuesday, Israeli Occupation Forces killed at least 50 people in airstrikes, ground strikes and incursions in Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza.

Meanwhile, the international community intensifies calls for a ceasefire.

Condemn first, ask questions never? Israeli propaganda and the crimes the West chooses to believe

What price did President Joe Biden pay for repeating Zionist lies while rushing weapons to Israel? What price did any of the “journalists” in the West pay for not practicing the basic principles of their profession?

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/06/condemn-first-ask-questions-never-israeli-propaganda-and-the-crimes-the-west-chooses-to-believe/

Unions in the US are breaking their silence on Palestine

Last week, one of the largest unions in the United States joined the Palestine solidarity movement in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The United Auto Workers (UAW), with 400,000 active members and 580,000 retired members throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, is the largest union in the US to take this stance thus far.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/05/unions-in-the-us-are-breaking-their-silence-on-palestine/

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Antonio Guterres invokes Article 99 of UN Charter, urges UNSC to prevent further humanitarian crisis in Gaza

For the first time in his tenure, the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter which allows the SG to “bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.” Guterres sent a letter to Jose Javier de la Gasca Lopez Domínguez, President of the Security Council, invoking the article, to call the attention of the UNSC to the situation in Gaza.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/06/antonio-guterres-invokes-article-99-of-un-charter-urges-unsc-to-prevent-further-humanitarian-crisis-in-gaza/

UAW workers call on their union endorse BDS
UAW Labor for Palestine, a rank and file working group within one of North America’s largest unions, the United Auto Workers, is organizing their union to endorse the Palestinian Trade Union call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). This announcement comes on the heels of UAW International’s unprecedented call for a ceasefire last week.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/06/uaw-workers-call-on-their-union-endorse-bds/

Censorship of grassroots voices at global health conference raises concerns

The People’s Health Movement was removed from the organizing committee of the Prince Mahidol Awards Conference following an article criticizing presence of fossil fuel companies at public health events.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/07/censorship-of-grassroots-voices-at-global-health-conference-raises-concerns/

Senate Republicans block $111 billion aid package for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan

Senate Republicans blocked a procedural vote on a USD 111 billion aid package introduced by Senate Democrats, which would have provided military aid to Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel. Republicans argued that it did not allot enough money to the US-Mexico border.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/07/senate-republicans-block-111-billion-aid-package-for-israel-ukraine-and-taiwan/

One year since the coup in Peru

December 7 marks one year since the coup against President Pedro Castillo in Peru, who was replaced by the unelected Dina Boluarte, who would quickly unleash a regime of death against mass protests within the country.


https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/07/one-year-since-the-coup-in-peru/

Today we have a new episode of Give The People What They Want!

Join Vijay Prashad, Prasanth R, and Zoe Alexandra as they bring you the most important developments in the world last week.

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🇹🇷 Turkish Medical Association confronts new wave of attacks

An Ankara court dissolved the Central Council of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) at the end of November. The court’s decision is the latest in a long line of attacks against the organization, which is internationally recognized for its dedication to the right to health and protection of democracy.


https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/07/turkish-medical-association-confronts-new-wave-of-attacks/

It's been one week since Israel restarted its genocidal attack on Gaza after the humanitarian pause. Here is the toll Israel has caused in one week!

Since October 7, Israel has killed 17,487 people and injured 46,480 in Gaza.

The US once again vetoed a ceasefire resolution at the UN Security Council, enabling more Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
#Gaza #ceasefirenow
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/08/more-health-workers-patients-killed-in-gaza-as-us-vetoes-ceasefire-resolution/

Internationally beloved academic, poet, and activist Dr. Refaat Alareer killed by Israel

Dr. Refaat Alareer a writer, an activist, and a poet from Gaza was killed with six other family members in an Israeli airstrike.

Alareer was the professor of English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza. He was a regular contributor for the Electronic Intifada, an online media organization focused on the situation on the ground across Historic Palestine.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/08/internationally-beloved-academic-poet-and-activist-dr-refaat-alareer-killed-by-israel/

🇬🇹 Guatemala’s Prosecutor’s Office announced on Dec 8 that the elections held this year must be annulled due to alleged administrative irregularities.

President-elect Bernardo Arevalo said: “we are facing an absurd, ridiculous and perverse coup d’état.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/10/president-elect-of-guatemala-bernardo-arevalo-warns-that-coup-detat-is-underway/

Bassam Al-Salhi of the Palestinian People’s Party says war on Gaza has revealed fascist nature of Israel and the West


The Secretary-General of the Palestinian People’s Party, Bassam Al-Salhi, said in an interview with Madaar that the October 7 operation showed that Israel “is vulnerable to important strikes and setbacks that have a major impact not only on the reality and present of this country, but on its future as well.”

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/11/bassam-al-salhi-of-the-palestinian-peoples-party-says-war-on-gaza-has-revealed-fascist-nature-of-israel-and-the-west/

MST sends another donation of 11 tons of food to families in Gaza

Another shipment of food produced by members of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) left Brazil for families suffering under the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip due to Israel’s almost complete blockade of the enclave. In total, the MST sent 11 tons of food, in its latest contributions to international humanitarian assistance efforts.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/11/mst-sends-another-donation-of-11-tons-of-food-to-families-in-gaza/

Houthis enforce embargo on ships heading to or leaving Israel

The Ansar Allah, or the Houthis, who lead the Yemeni government in capital Sanaa, declared that they had forced an Israel-bound ship to turn back on Sunday, December 10, as it was sailing through the Red Sea in violation of the warnings issued a day before.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/12/11/houthis-enforce-embargo-on-ships-heading-to-or-leaving-israel/