Pentagon insider, senior enlisted leader of nearly three decades standing, Command Chief Master Sergeant, Retired, Dennis Fritz describes what he saw in the Pentagon leading up to the Iraq War: Each cabinet official had an individual who they would talk to in Israel to keep them posted on what we were doing…
Category: History
For more information on the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict, please see IfAmericansKnew.org
In fond memory of Walid Khalidi, the historian of Palestine
Walid Khalidi may be remembered as the diplomatic gentleman-scholar who became one of Palestine’s greatest historians. But he was also a teacher, a leader, and a pioneer whose life was entirely devoted to and consumed by the question of Palestine.
‘Dirty Work’ :The truth about how Israel was founded
In their first years of statehood, Israelis were well aware of the ethnic cleansing they had perpetrated, They had watched bulldozers destroy ancient villages, and planted trees that covered up the crime…
When Presbyterians Fought Christian Zionism
In 2002, 131 theologians posted “An Open Letter” that was a scathing critique of Christian Zionism. They had the courage to do something that theologians don’t seem to have the courage to do these days: proclaim the theology they believe in. What has changed? The reality is that what gets taught in protestant churches is primarily determined by what does not offend wealthy donors – and almost all these donors are Zionists.
‘Terror Was Needed to Make Arabs Leave’: What the Israeli Army Did in 1948, Revealed
Thousands of newly discovered documents now make it possible to tell the true story of Israel’s expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 – and to begin to grasp its bitter implications, post-October 7
Are the Jews indigenous to Palestine?
Tucker Carlson and Ambassador Mike Huckabee touched on the question of Jewish indigeneity in Palestine – but in light of the enormous impact of the Zionist project of the Palestinians (and the world), it is worth delving in a bit deeper. Fully half of Israel’s prime ministers came directly from Eastern Europe. The rest were children of parents from Europe or America.
In Honor of My Friend, Mary Hughes Thompson
When I met her, she was already retired and working on human rights. She’d been to occupied Palestine with the Christian Peacekeepers Team (CPT) and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) twice.
Playful Post on Tel Aviv Park Omits That It Was Built on Ruins of Palestinian Neighborhood
The city asked social media followers ‘what was Charles Clore Garden meant to hide,’ only to later delete the post, saying it was meant to refer to an ecological matter. The park was built on the ruins of Manshiya, whose residents were expelled by Israel in 1948
Iran Does Not Hate Americans… But It Has Legitimate Reasons to Do So
‘Iran’s attacks on US personnel over the last 45 years were largely in response to US actions ‘–Larry C. Johnson, former CIA officer and intelligence analyst
Gaza races to preserve what remains of its 5,000-year-old archaeological legacy
Under constant Israeli bombardment, Palestinians dig through rubble and digitise memory to prevent the erasure of a history thousands of years in the making.









