Lawmakers pressure Trump on Gaza aid, as support for Israel craters among Democrats – Mondoweiss

This week, 40 Senate Democrats wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, condemning the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and calling on the Trump administration to increase food distribution in Gaza.

“The acute humanitarian crisis in Gaza is also unsustainable and worsens by the day. Hunger and malnutrition are widespread, and, alarmingly, deaths due to starvation, especially among children, are increasing,” reads the letter, which was led…