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ACLU: the difference between anti-discrimination and anti-BDS

contact@ifamericansknew.org February 24, 2019 aclu, BDS, boycott, political expression

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney Brian Hauss dissects the accusation from the anti-BDS camp that it is “hypocritical” to support anti-discrimination laws (think: wedding cake), but oppose anti-BDS laws. Bottom line: businesses do not have the right to refuse service to consumers because of who they are. On the other hand, consumers have a First Amendment right to withhold their patronage from businesses in order to express their political beliefs.

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NPR reporter defends one-sided report on Ilhan Omar

contact@ifamericansknew.org February 22, 2019 AIPAC, all things considered, Ilhan Omar, israel lobby, NPR, Susan Davis

An “All Things Considered” reporter says the NPR report was “fair,” but in reality it reported only one side of the controversy and omitted significant information. The reporter’s email reveals a skewed perception of events. NPR has a history of such Israel-centric reporting…

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AP’s articles on Ilhan Omar left out much of the story

contact@ifamericansknew.org February 20, 2019

AP sent out two versions of a story on responses to Ilhan Omar’s comments regarding AIPAC. Both were entitled “Omar’s edgy Israel tweet no surprise to some back home.” One version was slanted; the other made that one look good. Such distortion on Israel-Palestine. isn’t unusual for AP…

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Israel has starring role in H.R.648, “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019”

contact@ifamericansknew.org February 15, 2019 analysis, arms export controls act, BDS, begin doctrine, boycott, consolidated appropriations, gaza blockade, government shutdown, hrc, human rights council, iaea, loan guarantee, martyrs fund, nancy pelosi, nita lowey, nonproliferation, palestinian state, refugee, zionism

As Congress tackles urgent issues of reopening government and setting the budget for the country, it takes the time to prioritize a foreign country: H.R.648 contains assurances that Israel will receive $3.8 billion for arms, and funding for refugee resettlement; the bill also includes threats to de-fund the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and any future state of Palestine–if US demands (dictated by the Israel lobby) are not met.

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NPR misleads public in report on AIPAC vs Ilhan Omar

contact@ifamericansknew.org February 15, 2019 analysis, Ben Shnider, Josh Block, National Public Radio, NPR

NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ segment underreports AIPAC’s finances, uses only Israel partisans as commentators, minimizes power of AIPAC, ignores Palestinians, and fails to inform listeners of the full scope of the Israel lobby…

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Democratic bigwigs create group DMFI to promote Israel to progressives

contact@ifamericansknew.org February 9, 2019 AIPAC, analysis, Democratic Majority for Israel, DMFI, hakeem jeffries, Kirsten Sinema, Mark Mellman, Robert Menendez, steny hoyer, ted deutch

Alison Weir’s in depth investigation of the new “Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI),” created to counter growing support among Democrats for Palestinian rights (only 19 % of progressive Democrats now support Israel over Palestinians). DMFI plans to use its substantial financial resources & powerful connections to bring Democrats back into the pro-Israel fold and to target Democrats such as Betty McCollum who support Palestinian human rights…

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After expulsion of West Bank observer force, Palestinians fear the worst

contact@ifamericansknew.org February 7, 2019 al khalil, baruch goldstein, Hebron, hebron protocol, IDF, occupation, oslo accords, settler, settler violence, temporary international presence in hebron, tiph

The Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) has observed & documented Israeli violations of international law for 22 years. Netanyahu has cancelled their mandate following a leaked TIPH report of widespread Israeli abuse. Palestinians fear the worst without the watchful eye of TIPH; Israeli settlers say it will be “a breath of fresh air.”

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Not a person, but a “knife-wielding Palestinian”

contact@ifamericansknew.org February 4, 2019 analysis, checkpoint, media bias, occupation, reuters, Samah Zuheir Mubarak, settler violence, shrinking palestine, suicide by cop, zionism

This 16-year-old child did not grow up or die in a vacuum. We need to examine the reportage, the context of her life, and own our own complicity in her death.

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Study finds 50-year history of anti-Palestinian bias in mainstream news reporting

contact@ifamericansknew.org January 19, 2019 AIPAC, Alison Weir, Great March of Return, greg philo, greg shupak, israeli settlement, john mearsheimer, marda dunsky, media bias, mike berry, natural language processing, occupation, oslo accords, palestinian refugee, Paul Findley, pundit fact, siham rashid, Six Day War, stephen walt, tamara kharroub

A study of 50 years of headlines in 5 top newspapers finds that media coverage of Israel-Palestine favors Israel by providing more overall coverage, more positive coverage, and greater access to Israeli voices than to Palestinian ones. Much of this can be attributed to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby.

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Pro-Israel, Pro-War Neocons ally with “Progressives” to Destroy Donald Trump

contact@ifamericansknew.org January 14, 2019 American Enterprise Institute, Bill Kriston, Center for American Progress, Pierre Omidyar, Rachel Maddow, The Bulwark

Israelist Neocons have moved back & forth between the left and the right… currently they’re working with progressives, funded by Pierre Omidyar, featured as “pundits” from Fox News to Rachel Maddow, & promoting anti-Russian conspiracie

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