Defense for Children International – Palestine’s 2017 report: Israeli forces caused 14 child deaths & at least 961 child injuries, used excessive force, there was little to no accountability, an average of over 300 Palestinian children were in the prison system each month, 75% are abused, many face solitary confinement… In the US some positive legislation has been introduced…
Western media coverage of Ahed Tamimi obscures Israeli violence and occupation, completely missing the point of her nonviolent resistance. See FAIR’s thorough analysis of news reports.
The Israeli government will now combine efforts – and pocketbooks – with Diaspora Jewry to fight the “threat” of BDS more aggressively.
UC Berkeley has published a report on the epidemic proportions of tear gas use by Israeli forces, and the seriousness of the consequences
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is spunky and progressive, but she has blinders on when it comes to Palestine. See this detailed analysis…
Neoconservatives won’t stop until their plans to remake the Middle East are realized, and Iran is next on the list. But is this in our best interests?
Israeli forces have recently abducted and imprisoned over 230 Palestinians – dozens of them children – who now face inhumane conditions in prison. Soldiers refer to them as “Trump detainees.”
The Hill published a column in favor of ending $300 million in US aid to Palestinians, based on the murder of an American by a Palestinian man unaffiliated with any Palestinian organization. In response, Geoff ONeill submitted a column that suggested suspending $3.8 billion to Israel, based on the Israeli military’s killing of 34 American servicemen. The Hill would not publish that column – but then published a second column by another Israel partisan praising the TFA…
Philip Giraldi reports that a highly focused and well-funded lobby on behalf of Israel has remarkable access both to the US political class and media. Israel has been uniquely successful at imposing its will over Congress and the White House, as the U.S. has largely become an Israeli puppet…
An Israeli organization operating in the U.S. recruits Jewish teens and adults for a propaganda project led by former Israeli intelligence officers. It has close ties to Israel’s intelligence services, its Ministry of Strategic Affairs, is funded by billionaires Sheldon Adelson and Paul Singer, and sometimes operates out of local Jewish community centers…