{"id":31705,"date":"2024-02-12T12:31:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T20:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=31705"},"modified":"2024-02-12T12:31:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T20:31:23","slug":"as-idf-rafah-invasion-looms-progressives-urge-biden-to-end-the-complicity-in-gaza-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/as-idf-rafah-invasion-looms-progressives-urge-biden-to-end-the-complicity-in-gaza-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"As IDF Rafah Invasion Looms, Progressives Urge Biden to ‘End the Complicity’ in Gaza Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Palestinian children search for their belongings at the destroyed building after an Israeli attack that continues in Rafah, Gaza on February 9, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Ahmed Zaqout\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Clearing Rafah is not war, it is not defense, it is an outright attack on the innocent,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb 11, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Israeli forces prepare to launch a ground invasion of Rafah\u2014the last refuge for over a million displaced Palestinians\u2014progressive U.S. lawmakers on Sunday implored the Biden administration to do everything in its power to avert yet another catastrophic phase of Israel’s Gaza<\/a> genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israeli media reported Sunday that preparations for an assault on Gaza’s southernmost city are ready, with the army awaiting orders to invade. Israeli airstrikes on the city of 150,000\u2014whose population has swelled to well over 1 million amid an influx of refugees from throughout Gaza\u2014 killed<\/a> dozens of Palestinians this weekend, including numerous women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Netanyahu’s proposed assault on Rafah would be a clear effort to eliminate the Palestinian people,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal<\/a> (D-Wash.) said<\/a> Sunday, adding that “1.3 million Palestinians sheltering there have nowhere to go.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-N.Y.) stressed<\/a> that “there is no other place for Gazans to go.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Clearing Rafah is not war, it is not defense, it is an outright attack on the innocent,” she added. “This is the moment for the United States to act. We must exhaust the levers we have to prevent a humanitarian disaster in the making.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost half of Gaza\u2019s population has taken refuge in Rafah. There\u2019s nowhere else to go.

The U.S. is funding this mass displacement and massacre of Palestinians. End the complicity!

We must reclaim our humanity & facilitate a lasting ceasefire NOW. https:\/\/t.co\/95VFN2eMqI<\/a><\/p>— Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) February 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>