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As Biden Blasted for 'Green Light' to Israel's Gaza Slaughter, House Dems Praised for Urging US Peace Push

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the latter's visit to Israel on March 9, 2010 in Jerusalem. (Photo: Avi Oyahon/GOP via Getty Images)

'It Is Inhumane': Ocasio-Cortez Slams Israeli Eviction Effort in Sheikh Jarrah

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian man during May 7, 2021 demonstrations against the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. (Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)

The U.S. government, she said, "must show more leadership in safeguarding Palestinian rights."

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Groups Urge Blinken to Keep Human Rights Conditions on US Military Aid to Egypt

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

picture taken on July 26, 2018 shows Egyptian policemen stand guarding a street in the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish. (Photo: Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images)

The NGOs said in a letter that refusing to waive conditions "will send a clear...

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Pressure on Biden to End Yemen Blockade Builds With New Letter From Lawmakers

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Yemeni children from families affected by the war and blockade receive a lunch meal from a charitable center on April 12, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Rep. Ro Khanna says members of Congress are "assessing" whether a War Powers...

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is the first Palestinian American and one of the first two Muslim women elected to the U.S. Congress. (Photo: Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

Rashida Tlaib Hails Shift in House Dems' Views on Palestinian Human Rights

Gambian war crimes lawyer Fatou Bensouda takes the oath during a swearing-in ceremony as the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor in The Hague, on June 15, 2012. (Photo: Bas Czerwinskini/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

'Critical First Step' But 'Long Overdue': Biden Repeals Trump Sanctions on the ICC

One of the five Palestinian children arrested by Israeli troops near the illegal Jewish settlement of Havat Maon. (Photo: Nasser Nawaj'ah/B'Tselem/Twitter)

McCollum Calls Israeli Troops' Arrest of Palestinian Children 'Extremely Disturbing'

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) wears a protective mask while walking through the Canon Tunnel to the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

House Progressives Implore Biden State Dept. to Center Palestinian Rights

Palestinians carry injured people following an Israeli military strike on a UN school in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on August 3, 2014. At least 10 people were killed in a fresh strike on a UN school in southern Gaza which was sheltering Palestinians displaced by an Israeli military offensive, medics said. (Photo by Ali Hassan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

'No One Is Above the Law': Rashida Tlaib Rips Biden Admin's Opposition to ICC War Crimes Probe of Israel

Anti-coup protesters shout slogans on March 1, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's military government has intensified a crackdown on protesters in recent days, using tear gas and live ammunition, charging at and arresting protesters and journalists. At least 18 people have been killed so far, according to monitoring organizations. (Photo: Hkun Lat/Getty Images)

UN Leaders Demand Myanmar Coup Regime 'Stop the Repression' as Military and Police Kill 18

Protesters in Mandalay call for an end to the military coup regime and restoration of civilian rule in Myanmar on February 22, 2021. (Photo: Kaung Zak Hein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

'Fight Until We Win': Despite Threat of Deadly Force, Hundreds of Thousands Continue Protests Against Myanmar Coup

Activists demanding climate and racial justice marched in New York City on September 20, 2020. (Photo: Steve Sanchez/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

'Words Are Not Enough': Biden Pushed to Take Bold Climate Action as US Returns to Paris Agreement

Mohamed Soltan, 32, a U.S. citizen who became a prominent Egyptian political prisoner, at his home on Sunday, May 31, 2020 in Fairfax, Virginia. (Photo: Pete Marovich/Washington Post via Getty Images)

After Vowing 'No More Blank Checks for Trump's Favorite Dictator,' Biden Seeks $200 Million Arms Sale to Egypt

"It would be much simpler if the United States decided to make good on its commitments earlier rather than later," said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday, February 7, 2021. (Photo: Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Iran Foreign Minister Tells Biden US 'Violated' Nuclear Deal, So It Is US 'That Has to Return'

Yemeni people affected by war receive food aid from a humanitarian organization on February 11, 2020 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Citing Humanitarian Impact, Biden Reverses 'Dangerous' Designation of Houthis as Terrorist Group

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken concludes his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on January 27, 2021. (Photo: Carlos Barria/AFP via Getty Images)

'Makes Us All Safer': Biden Admin Announces Five-Year Extension of New START Nuclear Treaty With Russia

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Juan Cole

Why Biden Is Dead Wrong on the ICC and Occupied Palestine

Annelle Sheline

Biden to Lift the Wrongheaded Houthi Terrorist Designation—But What's Next?

Norman Solomon

Neera Tanden and Antony Blinken Personify the 'Moderate' Rot at the Top of the Democratic Party

Tim Shorrock

Old Obama Hands on Korea Policy Could Pose New Problems for Peace

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Biden's Hawkish Foreign Policy Picks Are a Very Bad Sign

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What If They Called an Election and Nothing Changed in the War State?

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Will the Biden Team Be Warmongers or Peacemakers?

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Biden’s Troubling Foreign Policy

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Will Biden Remain Tone Deaf to Palestinian Rights?

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