Image: Mourners gather around rows of bodies wrapped in Palestinian flags during a mass funeral procession in the Al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on August 4, 2026.Eyad Azam / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images

Marianne Dhenin of Truthout reports: “Oganizers in Palm Beach County, Florida, are fighting to stop the county from investing further in bonds that help fund Israel’s occupation and genocide. The county already holds $1 billion in Israel Bonds, making its investment the largest in the world and roughly three times the next highest investor, the State of Florida. The Our Taxes, Our Needs campaign is ramping up ahead of the county’s next planned purchase of Israel Bonds on November 1.

“[The campaign] is twofold, because one, we don’t want our taxpayer dollars to go to actively genociding any other individuals,” Melissa Salerno, an organizer with the Our Taxes, Our Needs campaign, told Truthout. “And two, we could really see some positive changes in our community [with local investment], there’s a long list of ways we could improve the quality of life for our fellow community members.”

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