Maine’s independent U.S. senator joined with Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to pen a Feb. 28 letter to Biden on the subject.
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Biden orders U.S. military to set up temporary aid port for Gaza as famine threatens
While land routes could be the most efficient way to get aid into Gaza, President Biden has directed that ‘we not wait for the Israelis’ to get more humanitarian help in, more quickly.
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Pressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger spreads
Many of the estimated 300,000 people still living in the isolated north have been reduced to eating animal fodder to survive.
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Breakthrough elusive in Gaza cease-fire talks, with Ramadan just days away
Hamas presented a proposal that mediators would discuss with Israel in the coming days and mediators are expected to meet Wednesday with the Hamas delegation.
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Vice President Harris hosts Israeli war Cabinet member as the U.S. pushes to get more aid into Gaza
The meeting comes after the U.S. on Saturday carried out the first of what are expected to be ongoing airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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Donors raise $100K for prisoner who sent 13-cent hourly wages to Gaza
After word spread of his charitable gift, donors put together a GoFundMe for the man.
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Peace activists urge protest votes in Maine’s Democratic primary
The Maine Coalition for Palestine is urging people to write-in ‘ceasefire’ on presidential primary ballots Tuesday to protest President Biden’s support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
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Gaza doctor says 80% of wounds at his hospital were from gunfire after aid convoy attacked
At least 112 Palestinians were killed and more than 750 others were injured Thursday, according to health officials, when witnesses said Israeli troops opened fire as huge crowds raced to pull goods off an aid convoy.
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Palestinians say Israeli troops fired at people seeking food, killing dozens; Israel says stampede caused shooting
More than 100 people were killed in the chaos, bringing the death toll since the start of the Israel-Hamas war to more than 30,000, according to health officials.
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U.S. Air Force member dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in D.C.
D.C. police confirmed the man was pronounced dead at a hospital Sunday night and identified him as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell of San Antonio.