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- Ann Garrison , BAR contributor“More censure of Israel is no doubt in the works, given Israel’s latest massacres in Gaza.”
- Paul Street“If the federal government ‘caging children’ and ‘separating families’ doesn’t put you in the streets, what will?”
- Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist“The bipartisan war making consensus is in full effect.”