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Early US concerns over Gaza

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Emails reveal alarm about risk of Israeli war crimes. Sign up for Reuters newsletters   One Essential Read One Essential Read Recommended by Edson Caldas, Newsletter Editor Emails show early US concerns over Gaza offensive, risk of Israeli war crimes   People survey the destruction at Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp, October 14, 2023. REUTERS/File Photo As the Gaza war nears its first anniversary, previously unreported communications show the Biden administration's struggle to balance internal concerns over rising deaths in Gaza with its public support for Israel following the Hamas attack on Oct. 7. Reuters reviewed three sets of email exchanges between senior US officials, dated Oct. 11 to 14. "The emails reflected a scramble inside the Biden administration," Deputy Foreign Policy Editor Humeyra Pamuk said on today's Reuters World News podcast . "There

Morning Jolt: Striking Dockworkers Agree to Take a Measly 62 Percent Raise and Not Spoil the Election for Democrats

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On the menu today: The dockworkers' strike is suspended for three months; Axios notices ...   WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 04 2024   Striking Dockworkers Agree to Take a Measly 62 Percent Raise and Not Spoil the Election for Democrats On the menu today: The dockworkers' strike is suspended for three months; Axios notices that President Biden has largely disappeared from the public eye; and an interesting murmur emerges about the Wisconsin Senate race. Plus a reminder that electronic toll collection like E-ZPass can save lives. The Democrats’ ‘Just Win, Baby’ Mentality Good news. After four days of a strike that shut down the nation's ports on the East and Gulf Coasts, an agreement between the International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance yanked out the self-inflicted dagger thrust into America's economic heart . The dockworkers will be ba