While some Americans know that the U.S. gives Israel over $10 million per day ($7,000 per minute), they may be unaware that additional spending on behalf of Israel significantly increases the cost to American taxpayers… (due to Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey & the Israel lobby… contains videos)
Palestinian rights are becoming mainstream, and support for Israel is declining – especially among Democrats. But you’d never guess it from the Democratic Party platform. (If you’re not happy with this, there’s a place you can upload a short video telling the DNC what you want the platform to contain…)
Some Israeli actions in the Palestinian Territories July 19 -21 – demolish homes, abduct people, destroy farmland, olive trees – reports from IMEMC
UN expert says Israel’s strategy to control the Palestinian population violates a foundational rule of virtually every modern legal system: Only the guilty can be punished for their acts, and only after a fair process. The innocent can never be made to be punished for the deeds of others.
Detailed Israeli report: Jewish Americans are the wealthiest group in the U.S… The over $10 million per day aid to Israel is ‘thanks to Jewish pressure’…
While many American small businesses go bankrupt, a group that puts on galas to raise millions of dollars for foreign soldiers got a forgivable federal loan…
“Operation Brothers Keeper” has a nice ring to it, but the name represents months of duplicity by Israeli leaders, not only to their own people, but to the world, in order to perpetrate injustices on the people of Palestine.
The leaked ADL memo illustrates the position in which some establishment Jewish groups now find themselves. The ADL appears to recognize that annexation would violate Palestinians’ basic human rights, enforcing a codified regime of nationality-based discrimination subjugation—and that, as a group ostensibly concerned with civil rights, this is in tension with its stated values…
Vast numbers of American small businesses found their banks would not return phone calls or process loans. But a number of organizations that advocate for Israel received substantial support… More than 1,000 Jewish organizations (most –perhaps all– advocate for Israel) received the federal loans totaling approximately $540 million to $1.3 billion…
An Israeli organization reports that Israeli governmental investigations into police and military violence (such as the recent killing of Iyad Al-Hallaq) are fig leafs to silence criticism, whitewash the violence, and ensure impunity for the perpetrators…