Thousands will gather in the U.S. capital this Friday for one of the largest Israel-related events of the year – the annual conference of the Israeli-American Council. Founded 10 years ago, IAC has 15 regional offices across the US, and more than a dozen local partnerships. Billionaire donor Haim Saban used to also be involved…
The governors of Maryland and Wisconsin have issued executive orders promoted by the Israel lobby against boycotting Israel, hoping to curtail the growing support for Palestinian rights; such laws have been deemed unconstitutional…
Netanyahu and the Israel lobbyists are leading Trump (over the advice of his generals) into a war with Iran – they are manufacturing Holocaust-level predictions that a non-nuclear Iran is preparing to ‘vaporize’ Israel, the most powerful, nuclear-armed state in the Middle East. See 10 examples of Israeli-authored policies, and 10 reasons why U.S. military officers support the Iran deal…
Kenneth Marcus, the head of an Israel advocacy group that has for years worked to smear Palestine solidarity activism as anti-Semitism, has been nominated for the top civil rights position at the Department of Education. Once there, he will be in a position to censor information and shut down events on Palestine on US campuses…
In violation of the international boycott of Israel over its human rights abuses, which have caused stunting of Gazan children, Trader Joe’s is promoting Bamba, an Israeli-made snack. Meanwhile, the company is part of a project against hunger in New England. The Osem Group, which produces Bamba, includes Nestlé, which is being boycotted for practices that cause infant malnutrition….
The Israel lobby has pushed through more anti-Iran legislation. Iran has long been targeted by Israel because of Iran’s support for Palestinians. This report details the legislation and provides information about those who sponsored it…
Three former Israeli prime ministers, a winner of the Israel prize, two former heads of the Israeli internal security service Shin Bet, and one of Israel’s principal newspapers have warned that the Jewish state is becoming, or already is, an apartheid state…
Israel just banned the sale of binary options – an industry that has brought in $10 Billion a year for the past ten years through conning millions of people around the world. The new bill came when legislators were worried that the scam was hurting Israel’s image – it was already illegal to sell to Israelis. Some consider the bill too little, too late…
Ha’aretz reports that Israel has secretly hired US law firm Sidley Austin to help fight the boycott of Israel. Israel has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past two years and calls the activities “diplomatically extremely sensitive.”
The Forward reports: Each week, AIPAC sends out two prewritten sermons to rabbis across the U.S., pushing AIPAC’s legislative agenda and policy goals –
and reminds rabbis that they shouldn’t tell congregants where they got the pre-written texts…