Can't we get a nationwide gag order against Trump's violent threats?

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump thanks supporters after speaking at a Get Out The Vote rally at Winthrop University on February 23, 2024 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

On Christmas Day in 1170, as the story goes, King Henry II, exasperated by his disputes with Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, said something along the lines of “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” Days later, Becket was dead, murdered by knights who had heeded his majesty’s call. 

Israel Is Wielding Starvation as a Weapon of War

Israel is wielding starvation as a weapon of war, imposing a famine on the more than two million Palestinians trapped in Gaza, one million of whom are children. Twenty-seven children have already starved to death since Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared, on October 9th, “There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed…We are fighting human animals.”

'Unprecedented In Modern History': U.S. Aid Experts Warn Gaza Likely Already Experiencing Famine

U.S. Aid Experts Warn Gaza Likely Already Experiencing Famine

A group of U.S. government humanitarian experts on Tuesday privately warned fellow officials that the spread of hunger and malnutrition in Gaza amid the U.S.-backed Israeli offensive is “unprecedented in modern history,” famine is likely already occurring in parts of the Gaza Strip and the pace of hunger-releated deaths will “accelerate in the weeks ahead.”

 

Israel Must Change Its Policy on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, said Sunday that the Biden administration needs to make clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if his government wants to continue to receive support from the U.S., Israel must change its policy,on humanitarian aid to Gaza (CBS Face the Nation, March 10, 2024).

[The following is a transcript of an interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, that aired on March 10, 2024.]

Senators challenge Biden: Halt US arms to Israel or break the law amid Gaza’s aid blockade crisis

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A coalition of US senators has taken a firm stand against the Biden administration, demanding an immediate halt to military aid to Israel unless the Netanyahu government ceases its obstruction of aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip. With Gaza under the shadow of incessant Israeli bombing, the situation has spiraled into a humanitarian disaster, with children among the most affected, facing starvation and dire conditions.