Quote of the Day

Things that need to be said . . .

Harris must acknowledge the genocide.

It’s not a “humanitarian disaster,” it’s a genocide. It’s not “food insecurity,” people are being starved to death.

If Democrats want to win, coming clean about Gaza will be the price for the votes they need.

– John Cusack
via social media
July 26, 2024

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Will Kamala Harris Pivot on Gaza and Win the “Uncommitted” Vote? – Jon Rainwater (Common Dreams, July 27, 2024).
U.S. Healthcare Workers Back From Gaza Tell Harris and Biden: “End This Madness Now” – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, July 26, 2024).
“Unspeakable”: Doctors Back from Gaza Say Death Toll “Much Higher,” Push Harris and Biden for Ceasefire – Democracy Now! (July 26, 2024).
“Guilty of Genocide”: Rep. Rashida Tlaib Protests Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress – Brett Wilkins (Common Dreams, July 24, 2024).
Israeli Forces Have Killed 366 UN Workers and Family Members in Gaza: Leaked Report – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, July 24, 2024).
Harris Urged to Take “Clear Stance” Against Weapons Sales for Israel – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, July 22, 2024).
Report Details Israel’s “Water War Crimes” in Gaza – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, July 18, 2024).
Palestinian Envoy Demands End to “Most Documented Genocide in History” – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, July 17, 2024).
“Where Is the World?”: Gaza Mourns Victims as Israel Continues to Target Humanitarian Refuges – Democracy Now! (July 17, 2024).
“Blank Check” for Genocide: Court Dismisses Palestinians’ Case Against Biden Administration Over Gaza War – Democracy Now! (July 16, 2024).
Their Goal Is Total Ethnic Cleansing: Mustafa Barghouti on Israel’s Expulsion Order for Gaza City – Democracy Now! (July 10, 2024).
UN Experts Say “Targeted Starvation Campaign” by Israel Has Led to Famine Across Gaza – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, July 9, 2024).
“Unfathomable”: Lancet Study Estimates Gaza Death Toll May Exceed 186,000 – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, July 8, 2024).
Report from Rafah: UNICEF Decries Israel’s “War on Children” as Starvation and Deaths Mount in Gaza – Democracy Now! (June 17, 2024).
Report from Gaza: “Devastating” Israeli Raid to Free 4 Israeli Hostages Kills 270+ Palestinians – Democracy Now! (June 10, 2024).
Draft U.N, Report Finds Israel Has Met Threshold for Genocide – Brett Wilkins (Common Dreams, March 25, 2024).
“Genocidal Actions” Persist in Gaza as Israel Blocks Aid and U.S. Weapons Flow – Julia Conley (Common Dreams, April 12, 2024).
Journalist Abby Martin Explains Why She Considers Israel’s Actions in Gaza to Constitute Genocide – Middle East Eye (April 3, 2024).
“A War Machine Out of Control”: Israel Keeps Attacking Aid Workers as Gaza Faces Famine – Democracy Now! (April 3, 2024).

UPDATES: Unspeakable: We Are Swimming In A Pool of Blood – Abby Zimet (Common Dreams, July 31, 2024).
Will Israel Start a Regional War? Hamas Leader Killed in Iran, Hezbollah Commander Targeted in Beirut – Democracy Now! (July 31, 2024).
UN Probe Finds “Appalling Acts” of Torture Against Palestinians Detained by Israel – Edward Carver (Common Dreams, July 31, 2024).
Israel’s Torture and Rape of Palestinian Prisoners Defended by Knesset Members and Far-Right Mobs – Democracy Now! (August 1, 2024).
“Beyond Horror”: Israel Kills Mostly Children in Fresh Attacks on Gaza Schools – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, August 5, 2024).
After Billions More for Israeli Military, Biden Joins Call for Cease-Fire – Jessica Corbett (Common Dreams, August 12, 2024).
The Horror of It All: The Unbearable Tragedy of a War That Does Not End – Marianne Williamson (Transform, September 1, 2024).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Phyllis Bennis: “We Can Never Give Up Hope”
• Nina Turner: Quote of the Day – July 24, 2024
• Something to Think About – June 28, 2024
• Kyle Kulinski: Quote of the Day – May 23, 2024
• Judith Butler on the Ongoing Student Protests Against the Gaza Genocide
• Naomi Klein’s Powerful Words on Israel’s and the West’s Ongoing Gaza Genocide
• Outrage and Despair
• “This Is a Genocidal Project”
• “A Genocide Has Been Normalized”
• Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
• More Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
• Josh Paul: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
• Phyllis Bennis: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
• Michael Fakhri: Quote of the Day – February 27, 2024
• Sabrina Salvati: Quote of the Day – January 2, 2024
• Christmas 2023 – Reflections, Activism, Art, and Celebrations
• Jehad Abusalim: Quote of the Day – December 8, 2023
• Ta-Nehisi Coates: Quote of the Day – November 2, 2023
• In the Midst of the “Great Unraveling,” a Visit to the Prayer Tree
• Prayer of the Week – October 16, 2023
• Something to Think About – October 12, 2023
• Eric Levitz: Quote of the Day – October 11, 2023
• Phyllis Bennis: “If We Are Serious About Ending This Spiraling Violence, We Need to Look at Root Causes”
• “Nothing About Today is ‘Unprovoked’”
• “The Mistreatment and Discrimination Against Palestinians Is Not Unprecedented. It’s Baked Into the Foundation of the Political System in Israel”
• “Essential Viewing for All Who Care to Understand the Plight of the People of Palestine”
• Progressive Perspectives on the Ongoing Israeli-Palestinian “Nightmare” (2021)
• Something to Think About – July 29, 2018
• Noura Erakat: Quote of the Day – May 15, 2018
• For Some Jews, Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians is Yet Another Jewish Tragedy
• Remembering the Six-Day War and Its Ongoing Aftermath
• David Norris: Quote of the Day – August 12, 2014

Image: Children were among the killed and injured after the Israeli military bombed the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza on October 31, 2023. (Photo: Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)