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Artwork by Palestinian artist Nabil Anani. In solidarity with Palestinian women and women everywhere, on this day and always.
Today a contingent from the Alliance joined the hundreds of people who gathered in the slush around the Boston Common bandstand to mark International Women's Day and denounce the US-Israel war on Iran and Lebanon.
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For over five months, 15,000 boxes of children's cold and essential medicines have remained in a warehouse, blocked by Israeli authorities from entering the Gaza Strip.
The medicines have been denied access on the basis that small amounts of glycerin — a common ingredient in medicine and cosmetics — could be used by Hamas to create explosives. There has been no indication that Hamas has or would have the ability to produce such weapons.
Charities have sought clarification on what quantity of glycerin would be permitted, but Israel has refused to respond, leaving the medicines stranded.
The Glitch
The Law: Says "any person" can flag a suspicious technology.
The Form: Only lets the manufacturers themselves apply.
Why it Matters
This "clerical error" lets Big Tech avoid oversight while sending powerful software to places like Gaza. If the form is fixed, you can officially force the State Department to investigate these exports.
Deadline to Write the State Department: March 16
The government is taking public comments until March 16, 2026. We have a short window of time to tell them to fix the form and hold Big Tech accountable.
Here is a link to the letter - https://www.anewpolicy.org/actionalert
Israel's military closed all Gaza border crossings on Saturday after announcing air strikes on Iran carried out jointly with the United States.
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Israeli authorities said late Monday night that they would reopen the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel to Gaza on Tuesday, for "gradual entry of humanitarian aid" into the strip without saying how much.
Israeli authorities previously said the crossings could not be operated safely during war.
Gaza is wholly dependent on fuel brought in by trucks from Israel and Egypt and a lack of fresh supplies would put hospital operations at risk and threaten water and sanitation services, local officials say. Most Palestinians in Gaza are internally displaced after Israel's two-year war with Hamas militants.
"I expect we have maybe a couple of days' running time," said Karuna Herrmann, the Jerusalem director of the United Nations Office for Project Services, which manages fuel distribution in Gaza.
Amjad Al-Shawa, a Palestinian aid leader in Gaza, who works with the U.N. and NGOs, estimated fuel supplies could last three or four days, while stocks of vegetables, flour and other essentials could also soon run out if the crossings remain shut.
Reuters was unable to independently verify those estimates.
Israel's COGAT military agency, which controls access to Gaza, said that enough food had been delivered to the territory since the start of an October truce to provide for the population.
"(The) existing stock is expected to suffice for an extended period," COGAT said, without elaborating. It declined to comment on potential fuel shortages.
The truce was part of a broader U.S.-backed plan to end the war that involves reopening the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, increasing the flow of aid into the enclave, and rebuilding it.
Hamada Abu Laila, a displaced Palestinian in Gaza, said the closures were stoking fear of a return of famine, which gripped parts of the enclave last year after Israel blocked aid deliveries for 11 weeks.