Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

How much of your tax money is devoted to helping or killing people; building or destroying? Last December’s debt ceiling bill contained nearly $4 billion dollars for military aid to Israel and 300 million for Palestine.

On July 3rd, Israel mounted an air and ground offensive (the largest in 20 years) with 1,000 troops in Jenin city, leaving 12 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier dead and more than 100 Palestinians wounded. This onslaught which used Apache helicopters resulted in a massive destruction of the refugee camp with a complete power outage and cut to internet and water suppli...