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Northampton High students use walkout to speak out against Israel’s actions in Gaza

Sanza Parzybok, 17, speaks during a walkout of Northampton High School students on Tuesday to protest the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. STAFF PHOTO/ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

More than 50 Northampton High School students staged an early walkout of school on Tuesday in protest of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, demanding a permanent cease-fire to the conflict and strongly criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza since the war’s outbreak, saying it was tantamount to genocide.

“The goal of this gathering is not to spew hatred or condemn anybody but to promote peace and education,” said Sanza Parzybok, 17, one of several students who spoke at the event. “The sustained attack on Gaza is a brutal, unjust demonstration of military force that has resulted in unimaginable suffering and pain.”

Source: Northampton High students use walkout to speak out against Israel’s actions in Gaza

President Joe Biden says Nippon Steel deal for U.S. Steel needs ‘serious scrutiny’ – UPI.com

Lael Brainard, director of the US National Economic Council, said President Joe Biden has expressed concern over national security and supply chain issues with the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel. File Photo by Anna Rose Layden/UPI
Lael Brainard, director of the US National Economic Council, said President Joe Biden has expressed concern over national security and supply chain issues with the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel. File Photo by Anna Rose Layden/UPI | License Photo

Source: President Joe Biden says Nippon Steel deal for U.S. Steel needs ‘serious scrutiny’ – UPI.com

Editorial: This Supreme Court decision should be easy — keep medication abortion accessible – Los Angeles Times

Boxes of the drug mifepristone

Boxes of the drug mifepristone line a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in March. The Supreme Court will rule in 2024 on a Texas court’s decision to undo decades-old Food and Drug Administration approval of the medication used in half the abortions in the nation.
(Allen G. Breed / Associated Press)

Source: Editorial: This Supreme Court decision should be easy — keep medication abortion accessible – Los Angeles Times

Congress Dropped The Ball … Again | Filosofa’s Word

Once again, the Republicans in Congress have let the ball drop and the cost will be measured in human lives and quite possibly the loss of a nation – Ukraine.  The Republican Party gave an early Christmas gift to Vladimir Putin this year when they refused to fund any further aid to Ukraine, and if Russia takes over Ukraine, the blood of far too many will be on the hands of the United States.  Putin will then almost certainly move on Poland or another Eastern European nation, at which point the U.S. will have no choice but to send troops as a part of NATO.  You know who to blame if that happens, but … meanwhile, people are dying…

Source: Congress Dropped The Ball … Again | Filosofa’s Word