For years, Hollywood bigwigs have been using their outsized influence to keep the facts about Israel’s violent occupation hidden behind a veneer of victimhood. They have framed Israeli brutality as ‘self-defense,’ while demonizing pro-justice entertainers and the peaceful Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement.
At the November 1st “Friends of the IDF” Hollywood gala, $60 million was raised in one night for Israel’s army. This is on top of $10 million a day in US military aid to Israel. Palestinians are outraged that American artists are supporting a regime that kills innocents and colonizes land.
A 2-minute video about Hollywood raising millions of dollar for Israeli soldiers…
A group led by top Hollywood executives and linked to the Israeli government is trying to smear a film about a little girl killed by Israeli forces.
The CBS News editor’s latest hires has other staffers wondering if they work for the ‘we love Israel’ network. Plus, Sean Hannity’s stolen valor and David Ellison finds a new MAGA friend.
In 2002, 131 theologians posted “An Open Letter” that was a scathing critique of Christian Zionism. They had the courage to do something that theologians don’t seem to have the courage to do these days: proclaim the theology they believe in. What has changed? The reality is that what gets taught in protestant churches is primarily determined by what does not offend wealthy donors – and almost all these donors are Zionists.
Detailed information about one of Israel’s most powerful operatives in the U.S. – including how he has gained influence over politicians.
When I met her, she was already retired and working on human rights. She’d been to occupied Palestine with the Christian Peacekeepers Team (CPT) and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) twice.
David Ellison coordinated with former Israeli military commander-in-chief Benjamin Gantz by email on a nascent Israeli government cyber sabotage campaign in 2015, according to leaked emails
Curry’s investments demonstrate how Israel’s security establishment co-opts high-profile cultural influencers to provide the country, and its military-derived technology, with legitimacy.