The Israel lobby is one of the most powerful and pervasive special interest groups in the U.S. It consists of a multitude of institutions and individuals that work to influence Congress, the president, academia, the media, religious institutions, and American public opinion on behalf of Israel. View the list…
9 members of Gaza family wiped out at once; 3-day polio vaccine pauses to begin; Israel attacks humanitarian aid convoy, killing 5; freed Israeli Bedouin hostage’s village mostly under demolition orders; West Bank invasion: at least 18 Palestinians killed; US-UK “special relationship” may be at risk if UK blocks arms sales to Israel; human rights activist-reportrt arrested by UK police; Columbia U dumps due process to punish Palestine protesters; Rep. Ritchie Torres says BDS has “taken over the American aviation industry”; Gazan competes in Paralympics; more.
State and local officials have invested $1.7 billion of the public’s money in Israel Bonds since October 7. An investigation reveals contacts between buyer and seller that experts say may cross a line.
Israel drops 6,000 lbs of bombs on Gaza school; US poised to send Israel $3.5 billion, including to extremist battalion; 2 more journalists killed; waiting for “inevitable” polio outbreak as Israel blocks vaccines; new possible war crime; water & sanitation systems in shambles; more on Israeli torture of Palestinian prisoners – as Biden admin shrugs; Israeli alleged rapist calls for support; yet another anti-boycott bill introduced in Senate; more.
In Gaza, airstrikes continue, food rations drop, polio threat grows; in Israel, calls to punish not rapists, but the one who filmed them, to make rape of prisoners official policy, to make Nablus in West Bank “look like Rafah,” to legalize Israeli settlement in Gaza, to end US sanctions on violent settlers; Biden admin ok’s more war after prisoner swap (risking ceasefire deal), condemns not AIPAC’s purchase of congressional candidates, but Cori Bush’s warnings against AIPAC; Kamala Harris indicates no tolerance for pro-Palestinian protesters’ message; Walz’s track record on Palestine is not nearly as moral as Dems painted it…
Polio threat looms large over Gaza – but not over Israel; condemnation of Israeli soldiers’ sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners and Smotrich’s call to starve Gazans reverberate worldwide; another World Central Kitchen staffer killed in airstrike; Israeli detentions of West Bank Palestinians surpasses 10,000; AIPAC money talks as another Squad member is defeated in primaries; American politicians’ full-throated support for Israel’s genocide; BDS victory in UK; more.
Bombs without warning, Gazans on the move again; more reports of prisoner torture; Gaza’s kids have lost one full school year; Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque; Israel adds new conditions to ceasefire proposal; Amazon provides storage for Israeli military mass surveillance; US military build-up in Middle East; VP contenders Shapiro & Pritzker are Israel partisans…
2 million Gazans squeezed into 20% of their land, as Israeli bombers & snipers keep killing; UNICEF vehicles hit by Israeli fire; peace activists arrested in Capitol; Israeli luminaries call Netanyahu an “existential threat” to Israel & US; Tlaib: “Netanyahu’s Congress speech is a celebration of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians”; Schumer says he will attend Netanyahu’s speech; Israeli gov’t heavily funding illegal Israeli outposts; 350 “experts” endorse Kamala Harris for her Israel support…
77 Gazans killed; Israeli army admits leaving Palestinian with Down Syndrome to die; journalists killed by Israel reaches 163; Israeli forces fire on UN convoy; water & garbage crisis in Gaza; polio vaccines for Israeli soldiers, but not for Gazan civilians; Israel has killed 2 more Israeli hostages; 250% increase in killing of West Bank children; Yemeni harbor still ablaze after Israeli strike; Knesset members listen to debunked myths re Oct 7; JD Vance to skip Netanyahu speech; Dem Majority for Israel endorses Harris; potential VPs on Israel; more..
300 social media influencers with 260 million followers gathered to oppose the growing resistance to Israel’s war on Gaza. The mostly young influencers came to a conference billed as “Voices for Truth: Influencers United Against Antisemitism”, a 2-day extravaganza hosted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry