Aid to Ukraine, Israel overwhelmingly approved by U.S. House in bipartisan vote • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — Military and humanitarian aid could be on its way to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan within weeks after the U.S. House took a series of overwhelmingly bipartisan votes Saturday to approve $95 billion in emergency assistance — and the Senate appeared poised to agree. The approval in a rare weekend session ended months of […]
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Brussels mayor gives Europe’s hard-right a free hit before EU election – POLITICO
Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli, from the hard-right governing Likud party, compared what he described as the tyrannical woke agenda as another kind of totalitarianism, sitting alongside jihadist terror. “They are hiding behind so-called liberal values but the nature of this movement is anti-liberal,” he told POLITICO. Captive audience Over two days, the […]
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Bridgeport City Council Backs Ceasefire Resolution After Heated Public Debate | #citycouncil
BRIDGEPORT — Amid a crowd of Palestinian and Jewish residents, the City Council voted on Monday to uphold a contentious ceasefire resolution following months of community debate. On Jan. 2, Bridgeport joined the more than 70 U.S. cities adopting resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. While the City Council acknowledged that it alone cannot […]
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Arrests made, chambers cleared during Sacramento City Council discussion of Gaza cease-fire resolution
SACRAMENTO – Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg cleared the City Council chambers over outbursts during a debate over his proposed Gaza cease-fire resolution Tuesday night. Twelve people were arrested, police say. The decision to clear the chamber of members of the public came after he delivered several warnings from the dias. The Sacramento Police Department said […]
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Protests disrupt Hillary Clinton’s visit to Little Rock on Thursday • Arkansas Advocate
At least 30 protesters from Little Rock Peace for Palestine showed up in front of the Clinton Presidential Center on Thursday ready for Hillary Clinton and U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan to hear their message at an event for Women’s History Month. The Clinton Presidential Center hosted a conversation between Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state, […]
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Biden to announce U.S. will construct a port on Gaza coast to deliver humanitarian aid • Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to use his State of the Union address Thursday night to announce that the U.S. military will build port infrastructure on the Gaza Strip coast to allow humanitarian aid to arrive by sea. Senior White House officials briefed reporters earlier in the day on the plan that they […]
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City Council in Naperville takes no action on Gaza ceasefire resolution | #citycouncil
CHICAGO (CBS) — Weeks after the City of Chicago passed a resolution in favor of a ceasefire in Gaza, members of the Naperville City Council on Tuesday night were pressed to do the same. During a City Council meeting Tuesday night, residents voiced a wide range of opinions. “Staying silent on what’s happening is the […]
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Boulder City Council will not move forward with Israel-Gaza ceasefire resolution | #citycouncil
Boulder City Council on Thursday decided not to move forward with the consideration of a ceasefire resolution between Israel and Gaza. There was not a resolution facing councilmembers on Thursday night. Instead, they were discussing whether or not to even consider a ceasefire resolution. “We do have a city rule that says the council should […]
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Irvine City Council Continues Struggle With Palestine-Israel Debate | #citycouncil
Elected leaders across Orange County are facing pressure to take a stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict, but nowhere has the debate been hotter than Irvine. Hamas took 250 hostages in a surprise attack on Oct. 7 that killed over 1,000 Israelis. That incursion into Israeli territory triggered retaliatory airstrikes from the Israeli Defense Forces that […]
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Arkansas Pro-Palestinian group hosts prayer vigil after more than 100 killed in Rafah
Little Rock (KATV) — An Arkansas group of Pro-Palestinian supporters gathered at the state capitol for a prayer vigil on Monday. This rally comes after more than 100 people were killed in Rafah. Nearly 50 people came out to voice their compassion at the state capitol for those lives lost in Rafah. Stephanie Gray, with […]
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