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…
The Balfour Declaration was the result of a “gentleman’s agreement” in which Zionists promised to bring the U.S. into WWI on the side of Britain if Britain would promise to facilitate their goal of creating a Jewish state. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis played a key, hidden role…
In Dickinson TX, storm damage repair funding is available only to those who sign an agreement not to boycott Israel.
Israel is fighting corruption from the highest places in government, right on down to the household help. Read about a handful of the many scandals reaching back decades and involving many previous leaders.
