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Forward, JTA, NYT, CNN ‘lie through omission’ about Tlaib, Omar trip

[email protected] August 21, 2019 Ariel Toaff, blood libel, history, Ilhan Omar, Pasque Di Sangue, Rashida Tlaib

Media are attacking the Congresswomen by claiming that the group sponsoring their proposed trip ‘promoted blood libels.’ The claim is based on one item briefly posted on the NGO’s website six years ago… and the news reports don’t mention that the item quoted an Israeli news report about a book (since retracted) by a prominent Israeli historian saying there was “a factual basis for some of the medieval blood libels against the Jews…”

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Israel Is Not America’s Ally

[email protected] August 19, 2019 ally, analysis, occupation

Constantly referring to Israel as our “most cherished ally” promotes an illusion of common interest that does not actually exist. In actuality, Israel is a liability.

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Mohammad Samir at-Taramisi

[email protected] August 18, 2019 israel-palestine-timeline

August 18, 2019: Mohammad Samir at-Taramisi, 26, was one of three Palestinians who were killed near the border with Israel in northern Gaza early Sunday morning before dawn. The three men have been identified as Mahmoud Adel al-Walayda, 24, Mohammad Farid Abu Namous, 27, and Mohammad Samir at-Taramisi, 26. All were taken to the Indonesian Hospital…

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Mohammad Farid Abu Namous

[email protected] August 18, 2019 israel-palestine-timeline

August 18, 2019: Mohammad Farid Abu Namous, 27, was one of three Palestinians who were killed near the border with Israel in northern Gaza early Sunday morning before dawn. The three men have been identified as Mahmoud Adel al-Walayda, 24, Mohammad Farid Abu Namous, 27, and Mohammad Samir at-Taramisi, 26. All were taken to the Indonesian…

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Mahmoud Adel al-Walayda

[email protected] August 18, 2019 israel-palestine-timeline

August 18, 2019: Mahmoud Adel al-Walayda, 24, was one of three Palestinians who were killed near the border with Israel in northern Gaza early Sunday morning before dawn. The three men have been identified as Mahmoud Adel al-Walayda, 24, Mohammad Farid Abu Namous, 27, and Mohammad Samir at-Taramisi, 26. All were taken to the Indonesian Hospital…

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Ala Khader al-Hreimi

[email protected] August 16, 2019 israel-palestine-timeline

August 16, 2019: Ala Khader al-Hreimi, 26, was shot dead in a barrage of bullets fired by Israeli soldiers after the car he was driving hit a car driven by Israeli colonist settlers on the highway between Bethlehem and Hebron. The Israeli army claimed the soldiers fired many live rounds at his car after he…

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WATCH: Sanders, Lieu, Pressley, Fox commentator on Israel denying entry to Congress members

[email protected] August 16, 2019 Ayanna Pressley, Congres, denied entry, Ilhan Omar, Leslie Marshall, Netanyahu, Rashida Tlaib

Israel has denied entry to an official visit from two US Congress members, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.

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Nassim Abu Roumi

[email protected] August 15, 2019 israel-palestine-timeline

August 15, 2019: Nassim Abu Roumi, 14, was shot and killed by Israeli police near the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem after an alleged stabbing of an Israeli police officer that resulted in a light injury. Nassim was one of the two Palestinian teens, both 14 years old, who were shot and seriously injured near al-Aqsa…

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[Analysis] Israel to deny entry to official Tlaib-Omar Congressional visit

[email protected] August 15, 2019 AIPAC, analysis, BDS, boycott, Ilhan Omar, Netanyahu, Rashida Tlaib, trump tweet

In the latest skirmish between rightwing, extremist Israel partisans and more strategic Israel partisans, the rightwing won: Netanyahu says he will deny entry to Congress members Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar… four news reports on the Netanyahu-Trump action…

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FAIR: The NYT’s Pro-War Arguments Against War With Iran

[email protected] August 14, 2019 analysis, diplomacy, editorial, Iran, iran revolutionary guard, new york times, nuclear weapon, sanctions

New York Times recent editorials make it sound as if the war looming between the US and Iran is equally the fault of both countries, or of some inexplicable, inevitable force, rather than the result of US actions. This framing hides US governmental responsibility, and makes it harder for the public to judge intelligently where to place blame.

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