Israel advocate veteran John Podhoretz celebrated the role of “Jewish money” in defeating Massie. But Massie’s primary loss to the Israel Lobby seems to have emboldened him. He also announced that he will honor and memorialize the crew of the USS Liberty on the House floor on Monday at noon.
Israel has attacked Gaza on 215 out of the past 239 days of the ceasefire, killing 951. Israeli attacks in the West Bank and Lebanon have also been daily.
On Monday, June 8 at noon Rep. Thomas Massie will deliver a speech on the anniversary of Israel’s June 8, 1967 attack on the USS Liberty. 20 Liberty survivors will attend. This will be the first time a Congress member has defied the Israel lobby and supported the Liberty veterans in a Congressional speech. C-Span will broadcast it.
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While attention focuses on the FY27 NDAA, the Senate is quietly doing something similar via the FY27 Intel Authorization bill. Buckle up — it’s a big deal.
These are the origins of Section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act which if passed by Congress will bind the US to Israel – and the Israel-first theorists whose thinking and position papers guided its formulation.
Testimonies from soldiers who fought in the Six-Day War indicate that 300,000 Arabs were expelled or displaced from the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights amid violence, looting and destruction |-Ha’aretz investigation
Rep. Khanna took the ‘America First’ approach against Section 224, but he was out-numbered by those who played down its dangers and implications
A leaked Israeli Defense Ministry tender lays out the army’s training program for manipulating public opinion in Israel and abroad.
It is unclear if or when the Senate will next vote on its own version of the bill or take up this House version, which is a concurrent resolution and therefore does not necessarily have the force of law and does not go to the president to sign