Markey backers âupset and disappointedâ by his stance on Gaza conflict
By Matt Murphy State House News Service,Updated May 13, 2021, 2 hours ago
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U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is facing pressure from the coalition of progressive organizations, staff and youth volunteers that became central to his 2020 reelection campaign to take a harder stand against Israel for the role the U.S. ally has played in the escalating violence and civil unrest between Israel and Palestine.
The death toll this week has continued to rise as rockets and missiles launched by Israel and Hamas into Israeli cities and Palestinian territories in Gaza have killed dozens of people, including children.
Markey Backers âUpset and Disappointedâ By His Israel-Palestine Stance
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, flanked by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts medical director Danielle Roncari (right), spoke Tuesday in opposition to the Trump administration s new rule that would withhold federal Title X funding from health clinics that provide or refer abortion services.
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U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is facing pressure from the coalition of progressive organizations, staff and youth volunteers that became central to his 2020 reelection campaign to take a harder stand against Israel for the role the U.S. ally has played in the escalating violence and civil unrest between Israel and Palestine.
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is facing pressure from the coalition of progressive organizations, staff and youth volunteers that became central to his 2020 reelection campaign to take a harder stand against Israel for the role the U.S. ally has played in the escalating violence and civil unrest between Israel and Palestine.
The death toll this week has continued to rise as rockets and missiles launched by Israel and Hamas into Israeli cities and Palestinian territories in Gaza have killed dozens of people, including children.
Markey on Tuesday called for an end to the violence, which has been centered around Israel s policy of resettling Palestinians, but his statement is being criticized by some in the Markeyverse who are sympathetic to the Palestinian cause for taking too much of a both sides position on the conflict.
A driver struck a pedestrian on Memorial Drive near Dunster House around 9 p.m. Monday, resulting in serious injuries to the pedestrian.
The victim a 28-year-old woman from California who lives with family in the Boston area was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where she remained in critical condition as of Wednesday.
The driver, a 29-year-old woman who lives in Brookline, was not injured in the collision, per an emailed statement from David A. Procopio, a spokesperson for Massachusetts State Police.
The facts of the crash remain under investigation by Massachusetts State Police, with assistance from its Collision Analysis Reconstruction Section and Crime Scene Services Section.
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Cambridge, Somerville and Medford advocates are organizing with legislators across the state to ensure that large nonprofits, like Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pay their fair share in taxes.
Locals may be familiar with the term PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes), which calls for voluntary contributions by large nonprofits in exchange for not having to pay standard property taxes.
Cambridge has PILOT agreements with Harvard, MIT, Hult International Business School and Lesley University.
Right now, Harvard pays Cambridge about $4.3 million annually in PILOT, while MIT pays approximately $2.2 million, as well as other cash and non-cash community benefits.