Megan Iorio, Author at Just Foreign Policy

URGENT: House Vote on Iraq War Powers TODAY—Call your Rep NOW!

July 25, 2014

Sometime after noon today, the House will take an important vote that is likely to determine whether the U.S. launches airstrikes in Iraq. If the House passes the McGovern-Jones-Lee H. Con. Res. 105, which it well might, direct U.S. military intervention in Iraq will be much less likely. The bill requires the President to seek…

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Five members of my family were just killed in Gaza

July 22, 2014

The following is a message from Abir Elzowidi to Just Foreign Policy supporters. My name is Abir Elzowidi. I work in Los Angeles for a small NGO called “Oasis of Peace” promoting peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians, Christians, Muslims and Jews. A few days ago, five members of my family—including two small children—were killed…

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Obama: Don’t Let Israel Bomb Gaza Hospital

July 16, 2014

International solidarity activists, including American journalist Joe Catron, are acting as “human shields” to prevent the Israeli military from bombing Wafa Hospital in Gaza. Urge President Obama and your representatives in Congress to demand that Israel refrain from bombing Wafa Hospital and other medical facilities in Gaza protected by international humanitarian law by signing our…

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Don’t let Congress kill Iran talks!

July 15, 2014

The deadline on the latest round of Iran talks is just around the corner and, as expected, the Iran hawks in Congress are getting ready to swoop in for the kill. Senators Robert Menendez and Lindsey Graham are circulating a letter that sets unreasonable demands on an agreement which have no productive use other than…

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Protesters at “New York Stands With Israel” Press Conference Insist City Council Members “Do Not Speak for Us!”

July 14, 2014

Protesters confront Rep. Eliot Engel and others as they depart the “New York Stands With Israel” press conference at New York City Hall on Monday, July 14, 2014. Around a hundred protesters surrounded New York City Hall during a “New York Stands With Israel” press conference Monday morning. The event, which was organized by the…

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Union Square March & Rally Against US Support for Israeli Impunity

July 12, 2014

Protesters chant “money for health and education—not for Israel’s occupation!” while marching down Broadway in Greenwich Village, NYC on Friday, July 11, 2014. Hundreds of protesters gathered at Union Square in New York City on Friday to call for Americans to end their support of Israeli impunity in Palestine. Demonstrators held a rally outside Max…

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Congress: Use War Powers to Pull U.S. Troops From Iraq

July 12, 2014

Without Congressional authorization, President Obama has sent hundreds of U.S. soldiers to Iraq who could be used to call in airstrikes – airstrikes that would be certain to kill Iraqi children against whom we have no grievance. Congress has never voted on this. When Congress passed the War Powers Resolution in 1973, it included a…

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Thousands Gather for NYC Protest for Palestine

July 10, 2014

Max Blumenthal addresses the crowd gathered outside the Israeli Consulate on 42nd St & 2nd Ave in NYC on July 9, 2014. Thousands gathered in New York City on Wednesday, July 9, for a protest against the occupation of Palestine. The demonstration began with a rally in front of the Israeli Consulate on 42nd St…

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Press Obama Administration for Gaza Ceasefire

July 9, 2014

The Israeli military carried out a second night of airstrikes in Gaza July 8. As of Wednesday morning, July 9, at least 29 Palestinians had been killed since the airstrikes began July 7, including seven children under the age of 16. [1] At least two Israelis had been lightly wounded by rocket fire from Gaza,…

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State Department Spokesperson flustered by question on Palestinians’ right to defend themselves

July 9, 2014

When the deteriorating situation in Israel/Palestine came up during today’s State Department press briefing, Spokesperson Jen Psaki fluently regurgitated the official Israeli line on their escalating air assaults on Gaza: Israel is responding to rocket fire from Gaza; Israel has the right to defense itself; yada yada. But when confronted by the question of whether…

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