Nears 5800, tension is escalating on the israellebanon border. Tens of thousands of residents have evacuated their homes as israel and Hezbollah Exchange fire on a daily basis. We will get the latest and look at how israels endgame in gaza is to push palestinians into egypt. And we will look at how u. S. Policy toward latin america has fueled historic numbers of asylum seekers. Over the weekend, mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador met with other latin american leaders calling for the u. S. To end its blockade of cuba. One of the agreements of yesterdays meeting was to promote Bilateral Dialogue between the United States and cuba, to resolve issues, especially those related to the blockade of cuba which greatly affect the population. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Health officials in gaza state israels unrelenting bombardment of the besieged palestinian territory has killed another 700 p
Nears 5800, tension is escalating on the israellebanon border. Tens of thousands of residents have evacuated their homes as israel and Hezbollah Exchange fire on a daily basis. We will get the latest and look at how israels endgame in gaza is to push palestinians into egypt. And we will look at how u. S. Policy toward latin america has fueled historic numbers of asylum seekers. Over the weekend, mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador met with other latin american leaders calling for the u. S. To end its blockade of cuba. One of the agreements of yesterdays meeting was to promote Bilateral Dialogue between the United States and cuba, to resolve issues, especially those related to the blockade of cuba which greatly affect the population. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Health officials in gaza state israels unrelenting bombardment of the besieged palestinian territory has killed another 700 p
Where the death toll from israels two week bombardment has topped 4100. As President Biden seeks 74 billion for israel and ukraine, well speak to palestinian analyst tareq baconi, author of hamas contained the rise pacification of Palestinian Resistance. Then we continue our conversation with the legendary israeli journalist amira hass, who has reported from the occupied west bank and gaza for over 30 years. The israeli right ring and the settler right wing has been pushing for wars because in order to achieve the grand plan of repeating and completing 1948 the nakba. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Palestinian Health Officials in the gaza strip say the death toll from two weeks of unrelenting israeli attacks has topped 4100, with over 13,000 wounded. More than 1000 gaza residents remain missing, many of them under the rubble of collapsed homes. In one overnight incident, the Saint Porphyrius Gree
Khalidi, former israeli soldier eran efrati, and israeli journalist alaqsa amira hass. Then to the keystone xl pipeline. Any senator wishing to vote or wishing to change a vote, if not on this road, the yeas are 5 the 60 vote threshold having not been achieved, the bill is not passed. In a dramatic showdown tuesday, the senate rejected legislation that would have forced approval of the keystone xl pipeline. The measure fell one vote short of the 60 votes needed for passage. Now republicans are threatening to bring the bill back in january. We will speak with cyril scott from south dakota and guardian reporter Suzanne Goldenberg. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Senate republicans have blocked a sweeping measure aimed at reining in the National Security agencys dragnet surveillance. The usa freedom act would have ended the bulk collection of telephone records by requiring the nsa to make specific reque
Darren wilson should be arrested. Top of histhe very head, it makes no sense. That is what we have, that is why we believe that those two things alone are ample evidence for this officer to be arrested. Ferguson for to the latest and spake with longtime missouri civil rights activists jamala rogers. Philiip agnew of dream defenders and the reverend osagy efo sekou. Johne will speak to howard, director of the Haas Institute. All that and more, coming up. Democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Heavy unrest in the ongoing fatal policethe shooting of 18yearold Michael Brown. At least 31 people were arrested as the clashes erupted between groups of demonstrators and riot police. Police claim they came under heavy gunfire and two people were shot over the course of the night, not by police. Highway patrol captain ron johnson blamed when he called a small group of lawbreakers. Acts came fromal a tiny minority of lawbreakers. Anyone who activities protests