‘The President Is Now a King Above the Law,’ Sotomayor Warns in Chilling Dissent
A legal journalist described the liberal justice's dissent as "one of the most terrified and terrifying pieces of judicial writing I've ever encountered."
A legal journalist described the liberal justice's dissent as "one of the most terrified and terrifying pieces of judicial writing I've ever encountered."
"The right-wing, extremist Netanyahu government is not only breaking international law in Gaza, they are doing the same in the West Bank, where they are pursuing illegal annexation by force,"…
"The U.S. government and institutions like Columbia are showing that they would rather brutalize students than divest from apartheid and genocide."
"If you have access to any communications, the government can force you to help it spy," said Sen. Ron Wyden.
"If you believe that too many people are being killed, maybe you should provide less arms in order to prevent so many people being killed," Josep Borrell said in remarks…
"More than a million people, many living in tents and makeshift shelters, now face a dramatic escalation in this ongoing massacre," warned Meinie Nicolai of Médecins Sans Frontières.
"This is a direct result of the impunity Washington has provided Israel," said one analyst.
"This inequality is no accident; the billionaire class is ensuring corporations deliver more wealth to them at the expense of everyone else," said Oxfam's interim executive director.
"The evidence of genocidal intent is not only chilling, it is also overwhelming and incontrovertible."
"Biden's support for Israel's Gaza war ties the U.S. to Israel's escalatory cycle that may result in American soldiers dying in yet another Middle East war," warned one analyst.
"I cannot stay silent as this administration turns a blind eye to the atrocities committed against innocent Palestinian lives," wrote Tariq Habash, who worked in the Education Department.
"So long as Netanyahu faces no consequences, even more innocent civilians will face death and starvation," said one U.S. lawmaker.
"The U.S. cannot afford to be further isolated by vetoing this resolution," said one human rights advocate.
Work stoppages were also held in Jordan, Lebanon, and elsewhere to demand an end to the Israeli onslaught.
"The super-rich are plundering and polluting the planet to the point of destruction and it is those who can least afford it who are paying the highest price."