Israel-Hamas war, Gaza genocide

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Ex-US lawmaker urges Washington to ‘choose humanity’ over destruction, death

Justin Amash, a former member of the US House of Representatives, has shared a message from a cousin in Gaza detailing dire conditions in the enclave.

“I say it frankly, we can no longer live. Help and save the people of Gaza. There is no food – no flour – no clean water – no medicine for treatment – no hospitals,” the message, which Amash shared in a post on X, reads.

Amash said several of his cousins were killed in October 2023 when an Israeli strike destroyed part of a church complex where they had sought shelter. “Many were just beginning their lives,” he wrote.

“Please pray that all parties involved, including the United States, choose peace and humanity instead of more destruction and death.”

A disheartening message today from a cousin in Gaza:

“I say it frankly, we can no longer live. Help and save the people of Gaza. There is no food - no flour - no clean water - no medicine for treatment - no hospitals :( :(“

As I have mentioned, my cousins in Gaza are Orthodox…

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 24, 2025

Trump must ‘press Netanyahu gov’t to stop starving Palestinians’: US senator

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has urged the Trump administration to pressure Israel to open up aid routes and stop its starvation policy “instead of trying to do a Gaza real estate deal”.

Trump previously said he wants the US to “own” Gaza and to force out Palestinians in order to turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. Palestinians have firmly rejected the US president’s plan, saying it amounts to ethnic cleansing.

In Gaza, hospitals have collapsed. Babies have run out of formula. Clean drinking water is gone. Meanwhile, trucks filled with aid are waiting idle by the border.

Instead of trying to do a Gaza real estate deal, Trump should press the Netanyahu government to open up aid routes…

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) May 24, 2025