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Meet Netanyahu’s new allies, followers of an FBI-designated terrorist

[email protected] February 25, 2019 baruch goldstein, baruch marzel, benzi gopstein, history, itamar ben gvir, jewish power, kach party, meir kahane, michael ben ari, Otzma Yehudit, zionism

Netanyahu is affiliating with an extremist political party named “Jewish Power” whose leaders were disciples of an FBI-designated terrorist… one JP leader referred to Christians as “bloodsucking vampires,” declared Christmas should be outlawed… another has a police record of assaulting both Palestinians and Israelis… another called for violence & a “religious war” against homosexuals… another’s client list reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of suspects in Jewish terror cases and hate crimes in Israel…

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Israel says “No” to clean running water for Palestinian villages

[email protected] February 25, 2019 israeli civil administration, israeli high court of justice, Marco Ben-Shabbat, masafer yatta, occupation, regavim, south hebron hills, water, West Bank, zionism

On February 13, 2019, Israeli forces arrived near the village of a-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. The forces used excavating equipment to unearth and destroy a five kilometer stretch of pipe, which was laid just months ago and supplied water to over 1,000 Palestinians. Residents say that without the system, “water has become every family’s largest expense.”

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Neocons tell Democrats how to get rid of Ilhan Omar

[email protected] February 24, 2019

Philip Giraldi reports that neocons (Israel partisans who switched from the left to the right) have come and gone and then come again. Some are part of the “Trump resistance”… their new media incarnation “The Bulwark” advises Democrats how to get rid of the freshman Congressional rep who blew the whistle on AIPAC…

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

[email protected] 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

[email protected] 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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How to Copy Our Emails to Your Mailchimp List

[email protected] February 22, 2019 email, mailchimp, mailing list, tutorial

It has come to our attention that some of our email subscribers have email lists of their own, to which they would like to forward some of our emails. One popular platform for sending bulk emails is Mailchimp. If Americans Knew has no affiliation with Mailchimp and we do not currently use their service to…

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

[email protected] 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: “father isn’t sick enough” for son to travel from Gaza to West Bank

[email protected] February 20, 2019 gaza blockade, gisha, oordinator of Government Activities in the Territories

Mohammed suffered a stroke, but Israel says he’s not ill enough for his son to get a travel permit to visit him. He needs care, but that is irrelevant. According to Israeli criteria, travel permits are only granted if first-degree relatives are dead or dying.

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Yemen’s War Is a Mercenary Heaven. Are Israelis Reaping the Profits?

[email protected] February 20, 2019 agt company, analysis, anssaf ali mayo, avraham golan, houthi, jamal khashoggi, mati kochavi, mercenary, nso group, Pegasus spyware, spearhead operations group, stephen toumajan, yemen war

Ha’aretz reports that Israeli fingerprints are all over the war in Yemen, from cyber spyware to hitmen; Americans are also deeply involved, as well as individuals and companies from other countries…

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US court revives $1Billion Palestinian lawsuit against Sheldon Adelson

[email protected] February 20, 2019 bank hapoalim, bank leumi, genocide, hewlett packard, israeli settlement, Karen LeCraft Henderson, Larry Ellison, lawsuit, Sheldon Adelson, volvo AB, war crimes, zionism

US court revives Billion Palestinian lawsuit against Sheldon Adelson

In a unanimous decision, a DC court is allowing Palestinian plaintiffs to sue Sheldon Adelson & others for $1 billion over their support of Israeli settlements & alleged war crimes – including genocide.

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