Category: Politics

In recordbreaking heat, Israel intentionally impedes Palestinian families’ access to water

Is this water apartheid? Recent viral videos show Israeli Civil Administration overseeing as Israeli soldiers and workers fill Palestinian water wells with cement – in the middle of a sweltering summer. Was this a fluke, or part of a massive, discriminative strategy on Israel’s part? The answer will become clear as we sift through the evidence.

Big truths that RFK Jr ignores in his eagerness to support Israel

Longtime journalist Chris Hedges offers a partial inventory of Israel’s documented human rights abuses of Palestinians – massive abuses that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. chooses to ignore: the crimes of apartheid, and the targeting and torturing of civilians, to name a few. As Hedges reminds us, to support this Israel is to “justify the unjustifiable”; and to protest Israeli policy is “a political death wish.” (part 3)

National Review article misinforms readers on Israel

A detailed annotation of the errors and omissions that mislead readers on a profoundly important issue…including little-known information about Presidents Eisenhower, Reagan, and Bush Sr., who each had moments of clarity on this issue, and called out Israel for its abuses.

New 3rd political party “No Labels” seeks middle ground – except on Israel

Well-funded group wants politicians to compromise, but its CEO says “there is no middle ground” when it comes to Israel. Her husband, also connected with group, had been a supporter of former terrorist leader Menachem Begin. The Israel lobby is once again using its fundraising ability to keep the Democratic Party rightwing on Israel — and the media isn’t mentioning any of this

Criticizing Israel is suddenly the new order for liberal Zionists

The fascistic new Israeli government is a step too far for liberal Zionists. So some in the pro-Israel lobby are calling on US Jews to criticize Israel, & bring the politicians. The critics are mainly concerned with the crisis of Israeli “democracy” and not Palestinian human rights…