Israel-Hamas war, Gaza genocide

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Thousands march against Israel’s war on Gaza in San Francisco


_{Over a thousand pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at Union Square in San Francisco, California on Saturday to protest US support for Israel’s war on Gaza}

Israeli police remove protesters demanding return of captives

_{According to Israeli media, thousands of people joined the protests in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem}

Lapid thanks Biden for allowing Israel to ‘wage war’

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has lauded the Biden administration’s $8bn boost in military aid as a genocide is under way in Gaza.

“The support of the United States over the past 15 months has enabled us to defend ourselves and wage war,” Lapid said in a post on X. “This is an opportunity to thank President Biden and his administration for their support.”

Biden ready to resupply Israel despite ‘enormous death and destruction’ in Gaza

Stephen Zunes, a politics professor at the University of San Francisco, spoke to Al Jazeera about the White House’s plan to send $8bn worth of weapons to Israel.

“Israel is using up these weapons at a very fast pace, as made obvious by the enormous death and destruction that’s ongoing, and Biden is ready to resupply them,” Zunes said. “If he didn’t do it, I’m sure the incoming Trump administration would do so,” he added.

The deal would still have to pass the US Senate and House of Representatives, but Zunes says this is unlikely to hold it up. “Not a single arms transfer has ever been blocked by Congress. So, there is unfortunately very little to stop it,” he said. “At this point, the arms transfers will continue unabated.”

Still, Zunes noted, outside the White House and Congress, there is far less support for arming Israel. “[Biden] is doing this in the face of widespread opposition, not just in the international community, not just from human rights groups, but according to polls, a large majority of the American people.”

_{A Palestinian child holds the remains of a missile at the site of an Israeli strike on the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital on September 5}