The Joe Biden administration last week stood in the way of another UN ceasefire resolution for the Gaza genocide as the death toll hit 45,000 after daily Israeli bombing campaigns and a Washington-supported humanitarian blockade that has lasted for over 13 months.
The U.S. Senate is so committed to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, that it rejected resolutions put forth by Sen. Bernie Sanders last week that would block just $1.1 billion of the $20 billion package approved by the U.S. back in August.
An Israeli airstrike on Syria’s Palmyra on Friday resulted in the deaths of 92, which was considered by the UN as the deadliest such strike in the country ever.
Israel will formally annex the West Bank in the “very near future—perhaps in two weeks” to kill any talk of a two-state solution and “convince some in the skeptical Arab world to reconsider financing the planned reconstruction of Gaza,” Seymour Hersh, the Pulitzer-prize winning journalist posted on his Substack, citing a “well-informed Washington official.”
Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said in an interview on Sunday that Tehran is preparing its response to Israel’s October strikes inside the country that targeted military sites.
The Biden administration quickly rejected the International Criminal Court’s decision last week to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense chief Yoav Gallant.
The death toll in Lebanon from Israeli strikes reached 3,544. At least 15,036 people suffered injuries and the Israeli attacks have resulted in more than 1 million residents fleeing from their homes.
The death toll in Gaza reached 43,972 on Tuesday with at least 104,008 wounded and 11,000 people missing. About 90 percent of the population has been displaced.
The Biden administration announced last week that the U.S. will continue to provide Israel with weapons even though it did not meet humanitarian demands set by Washington last month as the conditions in Gaza grew more dire for civilians.
Tulsi Gabbard, the former Hawaiian congresswoman and member of the National Guard, was selected by Donald Trump to serve as his director of national intelligence.