See ads by the Republican Jewish Coalition & the Democratic Majority for Israel – both claim that their candidate will do the most to help Israel.
WATCH: Pro-Israel groups air ads for Trump & Biden
WATCH: Pro-Israel group airs ad for Biden in Florida & battleground states
See 30-second video being aired by the Democratic Majority For Israel PAC for Vice President Joe Biden, starting in Florida and then in other battleground states across the country. DMFI says the ad is “targeted to pro-Israel voters.” (The post also contains another video DMFI is unlikely to show voters…)
Pro-Israel groups audition Dems seeking top congressional foreign policy seat
Reps. Brad Sherman (CA), Gregory Meeks (NY) and Joaquin Castro (TX) Texas – vying for chair of the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee – will have Zoom meetings with the Democratic Majority for Israel and J Street…
Even Ben-Gurion Thought ‘Most Jews Are Thieves’ –Ha’aretz
The authorities turned a blind eye and thus encouraged the looting, despite all the denunciations, the pretense and a few ridiculous trials. The looting served a national purpose: to quickly complete the ethnic cleansing of most of the country of its Arabs, and to see to it that 700,000 refugees would never even imagine returning to their homes… A first-ever comprehensive study reveals the extent to which Jews looted Palestinian property during the War of Independence…
WATCH: Israel and the World Refugee Crisis
We are now witnessing the highest levels of forced displacement on record, and it’s happening at an alarmingly increasing rate, putting pressure on countries like ours to absorb refugees. There’s no question immigration is a divisive topic. Yet, almost no one discusses what’s driving this crisis. This 3-minute video describes a major factor…
Repression of speech and scholarship on Palestine needs to end
More than a thousand academics and lawyers have signed an open letter calling on academic and government institutions around the world to cease subjecting those defending justice for Palestinians to censorship and penalties… A Canadian University rescinded a job offer after an Israel partisan complained… in the U.S. there have been 1,494 incidents… in France students have been jailed…
A sensationalist, award-winning ‘NY Times’ podcast on Islamic Jihadism was based on a fraud
An award-winning breathless New York Times podcast about Islamic Jihadism that was downloaded millions of times in 2018 turns out to have been based on a fraudulent liar — but so far the paper and its reporter, Rukmini Callimachi, have declined to fully acknowledge their error. Callimachi has connections to Israel lobby organizations…
U.S. is in Middle East ‘to protect Israel’ not for oil, Trump says
Donald Trump recently said the U.S. isn’t involved in the Middle East for oil, but because we “want to protect Israel.” The comments have gone all but unreported in the mainstream press. (Contains videos)
Flashback: AIPAC claims victory in Supreme Court ruling (1998)
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee claimed victory in a 9-year-old legal standoff with critics of U.S. policy toward Israel. The Supreme Court ruling made it unlikely that the pro-Israel lobby would have to disclose information about its membership and expenditures… An attorney for AIPAC said the high court “did exactly what we asked.” Stephen Breyer wrote the opinion (RBG concurred)…
Biden or Trump will mean four more years of cheerleading for Israel
Both candidates will likely do Israel’s bidding… More and more Democrats support Palestinian rights, but rather than repudiate Trump’s record, Biden has sought to outcompete Trump for the title of most unwavering, uncritical supporter of Israel. His officials have plenty of evidence from Biden’s half-century at the top of US politics…