Posts by Shireen Akram-Boshar
Mullin Says DHS Would Obey Courts If They Were Not “Politicized”
On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin testified before a Senate appropriations subcommittee in defense of the agency’s $63 billion budget request. Democratic senators grilled Mullin about the budget, as well as Mullin’s threats to shut down screenings of international flights in sanctuary cities. They also questioned whether he has implemented DHS… Source Source link truthout.orgRead More
Far Right Israeli Leaders Join New York Democrats in NYC’s Israel Day Parade
On Sunday, thousands attended New York City’s annual Israel Day Parade, including New York politicians and far right members of the Israeli government. The theme of this year’s parade was “Proud Americans, Proud Zionists.” The parade comes as the U.S. and Israel wage a joint war on Iran and following more than two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. New…Read More
Netanyahu Says Israeli Military to Take Over 70 Percent of Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he had directed the Israeli military to take over 70 percent of the Gaza strip. In comments at a conference hosted by a “pre-military” academy in an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu said that his “directive is to move to… take [Gaza] step by step… first of all…Read More