Author: Eric Garris

From Twin Cities Healthcare Workers 4 Palestine:

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — We, healthcare professionals and students from across the Twin Cities metro area, have formed a local chapter of the national Healthcare Workers for Palestine collective. Twin Cities Healthcare Workers for Palestine’s inaugural event will be a vigil honoring the hundreds of healthcare workers killed in Israel’s genocidal bombardment of Gaza.

According to the United Nations, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have killed at least 337 healthcare workers in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Only 15 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals remain even partially functional. Patients in Gaza suffer from lack of access to lifesaving specialized care such as cancer treatment as well as basic medical supplies, clean water, food, and sanitation. The IOF continues to target healthcare workers, patients, hospitals, and ambulances, and continues to hold medical personnel hostage, including the doctors and nurses arrested at Al Shifa Hospital in November. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization warns that disease could kill more people in Gaza than Israel’s bombings themselves.

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Dear Readers,

I never thought the situation in Palestine could become this dire. It is clear that the goal of the Israeli government is total war against all Palestinians in Gaza. The Israelis told Gaza citizens to leave the north to avoid being bombed, and then they started bombing the south. Now they are planning for a year-long war.

Israel is deliberately targeting civilians. “The emphasis is on damage and not on accuracy,” Israel Defense Forces official Daniel Hagari said.

This week, the US House of Representatives voted to equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism (not just anti-Israel). I am not sure how many members of Congress even understand what Zionism means. The Biden Administration has stated that it places no conditions on how Israel uses the massive military shipments being sent to Israel. Congress is about to send even more money for war in Gaza, while the majority of Americans now support a permanent ceasefire.

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From the Eisenhower Media Network:

Antiwar.com editorial director Scott Horton appeared on Breaking Points this morning to discuss how Benjamin Netanyahu enabled the rise of Hamas inside of Gaza.

Antiwar.com news editor Dave DeCamp appeared on the Timcast Show (Tim Poole podcast) on Friday.

Daniel Ellsberg died on June 16, 2023 at the age of 92. He was a great hero and a great friend to me. He did more good with his life than anyone I have ever known.

On Sunday, October 22, 2023 his family and close friends put on a public memorial. It was a wonderful ceremony. You can watch it here.  (It is long, 3 hours, make sure you hear the most special last speaker).

I first met Daniel Ellsberg briefly at a rally in 1971. It was nothing more than a handshake, and I was already in awe of his bravery for what he had done by risking life in prison to tell the American people what they didn’t know about the history of the Vietnam War. I attended several rallies during the two years before and during his trial on myriad of charges including violation of the Espionage Act.

On May 11, 1973, I read the news that a judge had dismissed all charges against Dan because of the gross governmental misconduct and illegal evidence gathering against Dan, as well as the Watergate “plumbers” breaking into and stealing records from Dan’s psychiatrist. I cried for joy.

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