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Then Israel Bombed Them Again. </h2> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__byline font-mono text-[13px] leading-[1.2]"> <p class="text-accentDark xl:text-accentLight not-italic inline-block">Kavitha Chekuru</p> <span>- <time datetime="2024-12-06 05:00:00">Dec. 6</time></span> </div> </div> <p class="flex-1 font-serif text-base tracking-[0.01em] leading-6">The Alsayed brothers lost their mother in the first bombing. They thought the White House could help save the survivors.</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="wide-story-card"> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/12/04/amnesty-international-israel-genocide-gaza/" class="group flex flex-col items-start sm:flex-row gap-4 sm:gap-10"> <div class="flex-1 xl:group-hover:bg-accentLight xl:group-focus:bg-accentLight"> <img width="768" height="512" src="https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2180089408-e1733346885494.jpg?fit=768%2C512" class="w-full xl:group-hover:opacity-90 xl:group-focus:opacity-90 object-cover aspect-[2/1] wp-post-image" alt="KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - OCTOBER 25: A view of destroyed buildings at the al-Manera neighbourhood as the Palestinians observe the damaged area after the Israeli airstrikes in Khan Yunis, Gaza on October 25, 2024. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)" decoding="async" /> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__text flex flex-col xl:flex-row gap-4 xl:gap-10 flex-1 text-summaryGrayDark xl:text-summaryGrayLight xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight"> <div class="flex-1 flex flex-col gap-2.5"> <div> <h2 class="text-white xl:text-body xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight font-bold text-xl leading-[1.1] m-0"> Amnesty International Concludes That Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza </h2> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__byline font-mono text-[13px] leading-[1.2]"> <p class="text-accentDark xl:text-accentLight not-italic inline-block">Jessica Washington</p> <span>- <time datetime="2024-12-04 19:01:00">Dec. 4</time></span> </div> </div> <p class="flex-1 font-serif text-base tracking-[0.01em] leading-6">In a new 300-page report, the human rights group joins a growing chorus of legal scholars and activists describing Israel’s assault on Palestinians as genocide.</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="wide-story-card"> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/12/03/george-mason-fbi-gaza-palestine-israel/" class="group flex flex-col items-start sm:flex-row gap-4 sm:gap-10"> <div class="flex-1 xl:group-hover:bg-accentLight xl:group-focus:bg-accentLight"> <img width="768" height="512" src="https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1948401128-e1733252657192.jpg?fit=768%2C512" class="w-full xl:group-hover:opacity-90 xl:group-focus:opacity-90 object-cover aspect-[2/1] wp-post-image" alt="Pro-Palestinian demonstrators stand outside George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia on Jan. 23, 2024, as US President Joe Biden's motorcade arrives for a rally." decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__text flex flex-col xl:flex-row gap-4 xl:gap-10 flex-1 text-summaryGrayDark xl:text-summaryGrayLight xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight"> <div class="flex-1 flex flex-col gap-2.5"> <div> <h2 class="text-white xl:text-body xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight font-bold text-xl leading-[1.1] m-0"> Police Raid Pro-Palestine Students’ Home in FBI-Led Graffiti Investigation </h2> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__byline font-mono text-[13px] leading-[1.2]"> <p class="text-accentDark xl:text-accentLight not-italic inline-block">Akela Lacy</p> <span>- <time datetime="2024-12-03 19:33:16">Dec. 3</time></span> </div> </div> <p class="flex-1 font-serif text-base tracking-[0.01em] leading-6">George Mason University suspended its Students for Justice in Palestine chapter and effectively kicked out the group’s co-president.</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="wide-story-card"> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/12/03/axel-springer-israel-settlements-palestine-germany/" class="group flex flex-col items-start sm:flex-row gap-4 sm:gap-10"> <div class="flex-1 xl:group-hover:bg-accentLight xl:group-focus:bg-accentLight"> <img width="768" height="452" src="https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2172148416-e1733181744144.jpg?fit=768%2C452" class="w-full xl:group-hover:opacity-90 xl:group-focus:opacity-90 object-cover aspect-[2/1] wp-post-image" alt="A woman walks in front of the headquarters of German media group Axel Springer in Berlin on September 19, 2024. German media group Axel Springer plans to sell off most of its digital classifieds business to US and Canadian investors, German business daily Handelsblatt reported on September 16, 2024. It would keep its media interests but sell the classified adverts interests to US private equity firm KKR and a Canadian pension fund, the daily reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the plan. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__text flex flex-col xl:flex-row gap-4 xl:gap-10 flex-1 text-summaryGrayDark xl:text-summaryGrayLight xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight"> <div class="flex-1 flex flex-col gap-2.5"> <div> <h2 class="text-white xl:text-body xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight font-bold text-xl leading-[1.1] m-0"> Palestinians File German Complaint on Media Giant Axel Springer’s Business in Israeli Settlements </h2> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__byline font-mono text-[13px] leading-[1.2]"> <p class="text-accentDark xl:text-accentLight not-italic inline-block">Hanno Hauenstein</p> <span>- <time datetime="2024-12-03 06:00:00">Dec. 3</time></span> </div> </div> <p class="flex-1 font-serif text-base tracking-[0.01em] leading-6">“Contributing to land theft and unlawful evictions of Palestinians in the West Bank would be a direct violation of the Supply Chain Act.”</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="wide-story-card"> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/12/03/philadelphia-school-district-palestine/" class="group flex flex-col items-start sm:flex-row gap-4 sm:gap-10"> <div class="flex-1 xl:group-hover:bg-accentLight xl:group-focus:bg-accentLight"> <img width="768" height="768" src="https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TheIntercept_02-e1732727694986.jpg?fit=768%2C768" class="w-full xl:group-hover:opacity-90 xl:group-focus:opacity-90 object-cover aspect-[2/1] wp-post-image" alt="Former Baldi Middle School teachers Caroline Yang, Jordan Kardasz, and Emily Antrilli, stand for a portrait together in Philadelphia, PA., on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Hannah Yoon" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__text flex flex-col xl:flex-row gap-4 xl:gap-10 flex-1 text-summaryGrayDark xl:text-summaryGrayLight xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight"> <div class="flex-1 flex flex-col gap-2.5"> <div> <h2 class="text-white xl:text-body xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight font-bold text-xl leading-[1.1] m-0"> Three Teachers Tried to Give Palestinian Students a Safe Haven — and It Cost Them Their Jobs </h2> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__byline font-mono text-[13px] leading-[1.2]"> <p class="text-accentDark xl:text-accentLight not-italic inline-block">Emily Rizzo</p> <span>- <time datetime="2024-12-03 05:00:00">Dec. 3</time></span> </div> </div> <p class="flex-1 font-serif text-base tracking-[0.01em] leading-6">The Philadelphia school ordered teachers to “stay neutral” on Israel’s war on Gaza, but they helped students make pro-Palestine posters.</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="wide-story-card"> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/12/02/google-project-nimbus-ai-israel/" class="group flex flex-col items-start sm:flex-row gap-4 sm:gap-10"> <div class="flex-1 xl:group-hover:bg-accentLight xl:group-focus:bg-accentLight"> <img width="768" height="512" src="https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AP24107813397612-e1733192263783.jpg?fit=768%2C512" class="w-full xl:group-hover:opacity-90 xl:group-focus:opacity-90 object-cover aspect-[2/1] wp-post-image" alt="Tech workers from Google, Meta and Amazon protest against Big Tech supplying Israel with intelligence tools outside Google offices in Chelsea, Manhattan, NY, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (Photo by Cristina Matuozzi/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__text flex flex-col xl:flex-row gap-4 xl:gap-10 flex-1 text-summaryGrayDark xl:text-summaryGrayLight xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight"> <div class="flex-1 flex flex-col gap-2.5"> <div> <h2 class="text-white xl:text-body xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight font-bold text-xl leading-[1.1] m-0"> Documents Contradict Google’s Claims About Its Project Nimbus Contract With Israel </h2> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__byline font-mono text-[13px] leading-[1.2]"> <p class="text-accentDark xl:text-accentLight not-italic inline-block">Sam Biddle</p> <span>- <time datetime="2024-12-02 21:33:06">Dec. 2</time></span> </div> </div> <p class="flex-1 font-serif text-base tracking-[0.01em] leading-6">A previously undisclosed email and new documents show the Project Nimbus deal isn’t covered by Google’s general terms of service. </p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="wide-story-card"> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/11/27/lebanon-ceasefire-gaza-palestinians-hope/" class="group flex flex-col items-start sm:flex-row gap-4 sm:gap-10"> <div class="flex-1 xl:group-hover:bg-accentLight xl:group-focus:bg-accentLight"> <img width="768" height="384" src="https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1813802324-e1732688320992.jpg?fit=768%2C384" class="w-full xl:group-hover:opacity-90 xl:group-focus:opacity-90 object-cover aspect-[2/1] wp-post-image" alt="GAZA CITY, GAZA - OCTOBER 23: A woman holding a girl reacts after Israeli airstrikes hit Ridwan neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on October 23, 2023. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1813802324-e1732688320992.jpg?w=1810 1810w, https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1813802324-e1732688320992.jpg?w=300 300w, https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1813802324-e1732688320992.jpg?w=768 768w, https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1813802324-e1732688320992.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1813802324-e1732688320992.jpg?w=1536 1536w, https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1813802324-e1732688320992.jpg?w=540 540w, https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1813802324-e1732688320992.jpg?w=1000 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__text flex flex-col xl:flex-row gap-4 xl:gap-10 flex-1 text-summaryGrayDark xl:text-summaryGrayLight xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight"> <div class="flex-1 flex flex-col gap-2.5"> <div> <p class="text-accentDark xl:text-accentLight font-bold font-sans text-[20px] leading-[1.1] m-0"> Voices </p> <h2 class="text-white xl:text-body xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight font-bold text-xl leading-[1.1] m-0"> There’s a Ceasefire in Lebanon, but Israel Keeps Gaslighting Palestinians About Ending the Assault on Gaza </h2> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__byline font-mono text-[13px] leading-[1.2]"> <p class="text-accentDark xl:text-accentLight not-italic inline-block">Ahmad Wuhidi</p> <span>- <time datetime="2024-11-27 10:34:03">Nov. 27</time></span> </div> </div> <p class="flex-1 font-serif text-base tracking-[0.01em] leading-6">Palestinians from Gaza feel relief for the people of Lebanon. We are also heartbroken that we are still being slaughtered.</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="wide-story-card"> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/11/26/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-ceasefire-gaza/" class="group flex flex-col items-start sm:flex-row gap-4 sm:gap-10"> <div class="flex-1 xl:group-hover:bg-accentLight xl:group-focus:bg-accentLight"> <img width="768" height="512" src="https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2185633583-e1732645461307.jpg?fit=768%2C512" class="w-full xl:group-hover:opacity-90 xl:group-focus:opacity-90 object-cover aspect-[2/1] wp-post-image" alt="The Lebanese Army at the site of an Israeli strike in Basta, Central Beirut believed to have killed at least 15 people on November 23 2024." decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__text flex flex-col xl:flex-row gap-4 xl:gap-10 flex-1 text-summaryGrayDark xl:text-summaryGrayLight xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight"> <div class="flex-1 flex flex-col gap-2.5"> <div> <h2 class="text-white xl:text-body xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight font-bold text-xl leading-[1.1] m-0"> Israel Agrees to Stop Bombing Lebanon — So It Can Keep Bombing Gaza </h2> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__byline font-mono text-[13px] leading-[1.2]"> <p class="text-accentDark xl:text-accentLight not-italic inline-block">Jonah Valdez</p> <span>- <time datetime="2024-11-26 19:03:03">Nov. 26</time></span> </div> </div> <p class="flex-1 font-serif text-base tracking-[0.01em] leading-6">Biden said that the truce could be a prelude to a ceasefire in Gaza. Netanyahu’s actions seem to indicate otherwise.</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="wide-story-card"> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/11/21/icc-netanyahu-arrest-us-war-crimes/" class="group flex flex-col items-start sm:flex-row gap-4 sm:gap-10"> <div class="flex-1 xl:group-hover:bg-accentLight xl:group-focus:bg-accentLight"> <img width="768" height="512" src="https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2162794021-e1732229182632.jpg?fit=768%2C512" class="w-full xl:group-hover:opacity-90 xl:group-focus:opacity-90 object-cover aspect-[2/1] wp-post-image" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024 in Washington, DC." decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </div> <div class="wide-story-card__text flex flex-col xl:flex-row gap-4 xl:gap-10 flex-1 text-summaryGrayDark xl:text-summaryGrayLight xl:group-hover:text-accentLight xl:group-focus:text-accentLight"> <div 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