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US complicity and international inaction have so far failed to halt #Israel’s genocide in #Gaza, though growing isolation suggests the system of impunity may finally be weakening. Read this analysis from @sarahleah1.bsky.social arabcenterdc.org/resource/acc...

“it is concerning that Mayor Suarez is promoting the PIF, given the country’s record of abuses and the nearly $1 trillion fund at its disposal, which the kingdom could use to exert its political influence.”

Kudos to Governor @JanetMillsforME refusing to whither before Trump and his bullying. He’s so easily provoked, so quickly resorts to threats and personal attacks. Whether or not you support trans in sports, respect her backbone.

“Senator Menendez should spend every day of his next 11 years in prison contemplating not only his betrayal of the American people but the harm he caused millions of Egyptians as he worked to cover up the Egyptian dictatorship’s human rights abuses for a few gold bars," said @sarahleah1.bsky.social.

Join @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social TODAY at 12:30 PM EST for a press conference RE: our lawsuit against The State Department, demanding the US uphold the Leahy Laws and stop military aid to abusive Israeli forces harming Palestinian families. WATCH: www.facebook.com/dawnmenaorg/ #Israel #Gaza #Palestine

"Every member state of the International Criminal Court – and even its erstwhile champions like the U.S. – have a duty to swiftly arrest Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant at the first opportunity they get," said @sarahleah1.bsky.social, DAWN's executive director.

On Nov. 18, the US Treasury Department announced sanctions designations against Amana, an Israeli state-backed settlement organization with approximately $160 million in assets. On Nov. 8, DAWN submitted to Treasury a detailed dossier urging sanctions on Amana. DAWN's statement on these sanctions:

"For occupying powers, including Russia and Israel, it provides invaluable precedent as well as encouragement that, sooner or later, their 'might' will also one day 'make right'..." DAWN's Sarah Leah Whitson on the true cost of France abandoning #WesternSahara 🇪🇭, via @wpr.bsky.social:

ANCA Calls for Expulsion of Rep. Cuellar from Congress - Sarah Leah Whitson: Is anyone following the tsunami of foreign government corruption that has overtaken our government? anca.org/press-releas...

"Why is the U.S. bombing Yemen—with a B-2 bomber no less—with zero congressional authorization?" asked Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), following Wednesday's strikes. www.commondreams.org/news/us-bomb...