Politics

With AIPAC urging members to reject eased humanitarian aid transfers, Republican Rep. Brian Mast compared all Palestinians to Nazis.

“Do we risk losing our careers over an ephemeral social post that doesn’t save a single life in Palestine?”

The senator’s proposal would require Biden to withdraw forces from the West African nation within 30 days.

“Many of us, your former staff, share your Jewish heritage,” the letter said. “Our pain and sorrow at the losses on October 7 will not be weaponized.”

The bipartisan effort spearheaded by Reps. Jim McGovern and Thomas Massie follows another led by Rep. Rashida Tlaib last spring.

“It is not too late to change your stance and stand on the righteous side of history,” 16 former campaign staffers wrote in an open letter.

With Frost’s and Casar’s sponsorship of the ceasefire resolution, the pro-Israel lobby may have been dealt a setback.

The coffee company says the union, Starbucks Workers United, is making people think it stands in solidarity with Palestine after the Hamas attack.

Progressives hope the resolution, which comes after Israel has killed nearly 3,000 Palestinians, will create an opening for other members to follow suit.

More than 100 former J Street staffers and campus activists blasted the group’s push for a hawkish Israel resolution that ignores Palestinians.