Nearly eight decades in, the catastrophe that Israel brought upon the people of Palestine has grown to shocking proportions.
The Nakba at 78: A statistical snapshot of Palestine
Category: History
For more information on the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict, please see IfAmericansKnew.org
Israel used the Nakba to steal not only Palestinians’ land, but their financial wealth too
The Israeli dispossession of Palestinian property in 1948 did not only include homes and lands. Many also lost access to bank accounts and other wealth. Today that stolen property is estimated to be worth over one hundred billion dollars.
Two Supreme Court Justices were secret agents who helped Israel cover up its attack on the USS Liberty
Arthur Goldberg, a recent Supreme Court Justice, was serving as US Ambassador to the UN; Abe Fortas was a Supreme Court Justice; Abe Feinberg was a longtime Democratic fundraiser, and David Ginsberg was a Washington DC attorney. All were assigned code names by Israel as they assisted Israel in its efforts to cover up its vicious attack on a US Navy ship that killed 34 Americans and injured at least 171
An All-American Retort to Israel’s Invasion of Lebanon
Israel’s bombing of Lebanon has killed more than a thousand civilians this year. Israel also drove out more than a half million civilians from southern Lebanon… Past Israeli attacks on Lebanon…Israel has been dragging the US into Lebanese quagmires since the 1980s…
How the US-Israel Relationship Weakens America and Harms the World
This is a relationship without parallel in which the largest economic & military power the world has known, subordinates itself to a tiny country that would otherwise be almost entirely inconsequential. Not only systematically redistributing its own wealth to that tiny, well-off country, but unconditionally embracing that country’s geopolitical agenda, and taking extreme actions on behalf of that country in a way that causes immense harm to its own interests, while also inflicting death, displacement and despair on millions of innocents.
Israel’s New Ambassador to the ‘Christian World’ Served as Envoy to Azerbaijan During the Ethnic Cleansing of Christians from Nagorno-Karabakh
The Israeli-supported military offensive led to the ethnic cleansing of the entire Armenian Christian population, more than 100,000 people, and the end of an ancient Christian community. Today, Azerbaijani authorities are destroying churches in the territory.
Israel conducts farthest-ever strike in long history of attacks on Gaza humanitarian aid flotillas
Israel’s attacks on humanitarian sea missions aiming to reach Gaza go back over 2 decades (Israel attacked almost all of them)- Here is the list
A history of Israel’s invasions of Lebanon
Israel invaded Lebanon on multiple occasions since 1948 and, most recently, has declared plans to reoccupy large areas of its south
The Myth of Israel as ‘US Aircraft Carrier’ in Middle East
“Israel as U.S. aircraft carrier” is an Israeli argument designed to win over total U.S. political, financial & military support. Far from being an asset, Israel is a chronic liability that squanders billions of American dollars, drags the U.S. into wars, and whose genocide against Palestinians is destroying America. Echoing the ‘aircraft carrier’ claim helps Israel.
Declassified Files Expose Jewish Pre-state Underground Militia’s Contacts With Nazi Germany
Stern’s Nazi gamble: newly declassified files expose Lehi leader Avraham “Yair” Stern’s strategy to enlist Germany against Britain and the intelligence tracking that followed