Each month, numerous NGOs produce reports on the humanitarian situation in Israel-Palestine, but US media rarely report on them. See this compilation of reports by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, National Lawyers Guild, Red Cross, Christian Aid, B’Tselem, Defense for Children International, and others…
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Gideon Levy: “Only for Jews”: The West Bank’s Apartheid Springs
Israeli settlers have taken over dozens of springs in the West Bank, all of them on private Palestinian land, and are keeping the Palestinian owners away. Rina Shnerb, a Jewish teen, was murdered last week at one of them.
NYT Presents Murder of a Palestinian Boy as ‘National Trauma’—for Jewish Israelis
NYT implies that the horrific murder of a Palestinian boy by Israeli Jewish boys in 2014 was an extraordinary incident (usually the roles are reversed) and a “national trauma” for Israel. See this analysis by FAIR:
Why are global organizations attacking a talk at Clovis Community College?
In the past 3 days, 4 massively powerful international organizations with net assets totaling over a quarter of a billion dollars, have released aggressive statements condemning a small-town lecture at a small-town community college. Why is that? (Hint: it’s about Israel and Alison Weir.)
They Don’t Make Republicans Like the Great Paul Findley Anymore!
Ralph Nader writes that longtime Palestine supporter Congressman Paul Findley “was a thoughtful, studious legislator with a superb sense of justice. He was an early civil rights champion. His opposition to runaway Presidential war-making was reflected in his leading support for the War Powers Act…” Nader points out: “In his book, he profiled other Americans who dared to speak out, and who endured intimidating slander and ostracism. Findley’s documentation of the suppression of their freedom of speech was an early precursor of what is going on now…”
Life under Israeli occupation – daily, incessant ordeals
The lives of Palestinians are constantly disrupted: Israeli military and settlers show up daily to abduct, demolish, harass, or otherwise bring hardship. Two days of news reports: Israeli soldiers abduct numerous Palestinians, demolish homes, Israeli war planes attack areas, etc… the daily news that US media organizations don’t tell Americans
Forward, JTA, NYT, CNN ‘lie through omission’ about Tlaib, Omar trip
Media are attacking the Congresswomen by claiming that the group sponsoring their proposed trip ‘promoted blood libels.’ The claim is based on one item briefly posted on the NGO’s website six years ago… and the news reports don’t mention that the item quoted an Israeli news report about a book (since retracted) by a prominent Israeli historian saying there was “a factual basis for some of the medieval blood libels against the Jews…”
Nassim Abu Roumi
August 15, 2019: Nassim Abu Roumi, 14, was shot and killed by Israeli police near the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem after an alleged stabbing of an Israeli police officer that resulted in a light injury. Nassim was one of the two Palestinian teens, both 14 years old, who were shot and seriously injured near al-Aqsa…
FAIR: The NYT’s Pro-War Arguments Against War With Iran
New York Times recent editorials make it sound as if the war looming between the US and Iran is equally the fault of both countries, or of some inexplicable, inevitable force, rather than the result of US actions. This framing hides US governmental responsibility, and makes it harder for the public to judge intelligently where to place blame.
Former Israeli PM Ehud Barak’s many ties to Epstein
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak was a frequent guest of Jeffrey Epstein when he was in New York, and had financial dealings with Epstein worth over $3 million. Barak was introduced to Epstein by Israeli leader Shimon Peres.