Just got off phone with an aid worker in Deir al Balah, Gaza. I asked about the U.S. pier: "It's completely absurd. The solution to the problem here is obvious and we need to end the occupation... Once the siege is lifted, humanitarian aid can roll in. A pier is a PR move."

The fact that the US is establishing a pier off the Gaza coast because the genocidal Israeli government, which the US funds, arms, politically bolsters & shields from international & US law, won't allow aid into Gaza by land is a damning statement about the Biden administration.

Famed historian Ilan Pappe says he was detained Monday at Detroit airport, questioned by federal agents and had his phone copied. “am I a Hamas supporter? do I regard the Israeli actions in Gaza a genocide? what is the solution to the "conflict" (seriously this what they asked!)”

Representatives James Comer & Virginia Foxx wrote to Treasury Secretary Yellen asking for "All Suspicious Activity Reports" on a range of groups, saying they are investigating sources of funding for "pro-Hamas, antisemitic, anti-Israel, and anti-American protests" on US campuses

🎧On the new Intercepted podcast, an in-depth discussion with @codepink’s @medeabenjamin on her life of activism, the war in Gaza, disrupting Congressional hearings, how she sees the 2024 elections & more. theintercept.com/202… Listen below or wherever you get podcasts: