Supreme Court Justices Abe Fortas, Stephen Bryen, Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are known as ‘liberals’ and ‘progressives,’ but all have histories of being closely connected to a state long known for a deeply discriminatory system… and at times of taking actions that benefited that state
A 26-year-old Palestinian woman was shot in the chest, and 3 Palestinian men were killed in a massive invasion by Israeli forces. In both cases, paramedics were blocked from assisting the injured. (Israelis have now killed 108 Palestinians in 2023, including 19 minors; in response, Palestinians have killed under 20 Israelis, including 4 minors.)
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, who’s been arrested 14 times and spent over 8 years in Israeli prisons, died today after an 87-day hunger strike – his 5th – in protest of his illegal administrative detention by Israel. Israel refused to allow his family to visit him even as his condition deteriorated. He was one of ~600 Palestinians held without charge or trial. The NYT didn’t report on the strike until he died.
Palestinian children and their families describe what it was like when Israel assaulted Gaza in 2021 and 2022…
For decades Israel has profited at the expense of American industry, thanks to AIPAC’s theft & illegal distribution of classified economic data. Today, AIPAC-influenced U.S. federal and state agencies channel hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars away from American companies into the coffers of new, often incompetent, Israeli market entrants…
For 75 years, Israel has denied its dispossession and expulsion of the Palestinians. Now, belatedly, the international community must recognize the Nakba
Poll: American Democrats who follow the news are growing more and more aware of Israel’s apartheid policies, and supportive of the use of boycott to secure justice for Palestinians.
Suleiman Oweid was killed during an Israeli raid on Jericho Monday; three other Palestinians were injured.
Most Americans are unaware that the over 5 million inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza are living in virtual prisons, prohibited from leaving until & unless Israel gives them permission. Israel often refuses. Jamal Niser, a US senior citizen from Ohio, is one example. Even his Congressman Tim Ryan couldn’t get him out…
Senior U.S. Defense official Douglas Macgregor said politicians who support Israel are driven by money, said Israel lobby is trying to drag America into war… ‘John Bolton has become very, very rich and is in the position he’s in because of his unconditional support for the Israeli lobby. He is their man on the ground.’