Common Dreams:
"Warnings Grow Over US and Israel-Backed Plan for Gaza Aid. The plan 'contravenes basic humanitarian principles,' said a spokesperson for the United Nation's children's agency.
United Nations aid officials have rejected a U.S. and Israel-backed plan for aid delivery in Gaza that reportedly involves the use of a private foundation and U.S. military security contractors to deliver far less humanitarian assistance than the besieged enclave needs.
Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), warned Friday that the agency 'will not participate.'
'There is no reason to put in place a system that is at odds with the DNA of any principled humanitarian organization,' Laerke told the BBC.
Since early March, Israel has blocked aid from entering Gaza, compounding widespread misery and hunger in the besieged enclave as Israel continues to mount a deadly military campaign there. U.N. officials have decried the fact that aid is close at hand but is not being allowed in."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-aid-gaza-humanitarian-foundation
-->Food is gone for millions of Palestinians. But so is the news coverage by the genocide's newspaper, The NYT. It didn't cover this story.
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Common Dreams:
"Democrats' Bill Would Extend Social Security and Medicare Solvency 'As Far as the Eye Can See.' 'Working-class seniors pay into Social Security and Medicare their whole careers so they can enjoy a dignified retirement, but they end up paying a much larger share of their income in taxes than billionaires because the tax code is rigged in favor of the rich."
Social Security and Medicare protect tens of millions of American senior citizens from poverty and medical bankruptcy each year, but economic justice advocates have long said the programs would be strengthened and remain fully solvent for as long as possible if the richest Americans contributed more to them—and on Thursday two Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation to ensure they do.
The bicameral bill, the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act, was reintroduced by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), with the aim of requiring people with yearly incomes of more than $400,000 to contribute a fairer share of their wealth to the two programs."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/social-security-medicare-2671925476
-->I don't see this dramatic defense of Social Security in the NYT. The truth is, our newspaper of record has always favored Wall Street's plans to privatize Social Security.
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The Guardian UK:
"Netherlands urges review of EU-Israel trade deal over ‘catastrophic’ Gaza aid block
Foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp tells top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas he believes Israel is in breach of rights obligations linked to trade agreement.
The Dutch government, seen as one of Israel’s most loyal allies in the European Union, is calling for an urgent review of the EU Israel association agreement, the basis for the EU-Israeli free trade agreement, the Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told the Guardian.
Veldkamp described the Israeli ban on the supply of aid into Gaza as 'catastrophic, truly dismal' and in clear breach of international humanitarian law. He has written to the head of the European Union foreign service Kaja Kallas requesting an urgent review, saying he believes Israel is now in breach of the association agreement."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/07/netherlands-urges-review-of-eu-israel-trade-deal-over-catastrophic-gaza-aid-block
-->Israel is now in breach of international humanitarian law. But readers of the NYT will never have to ponder Israel's role in starving tens of thousands of children to death. the NYT didn't print this story.
