Puerto Rico has suffered under a borrowing crisis in which creditors scooped up bonds on the cheap and then procured an astronomical payout. This has led to widespread suffering. Seth Klarman, whose hedge fund has one of the largest holdings of Puerto Rican debt, has donated through the years to numerous Israel lobby groups that enable Palestinian suffering…
Alex Cocotas writes in The Forward that the Etzel House, an Israeli museum dedicated to the Irgun (a Jewish paramilitary group led by future Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin), gives Israeli students “invented history.” In reality, the Irgun committed many acts of “rank terrorism.” Israeli textbooks also sanitize Israeli history…
Stories of settler violence are horrific, with no end in sight as Palestinians grow more desperate and Netanyahu digs in.
Another vandalism incident at a church in Israel. Christians are demanding convictions, but Netanyahu’s government continues to turn a blind eye.
Defense for Children International, Palestine reports on the current situation in refugee camps, where danger and hunger are ever present.
Israeli strategists have long wished to break up surrounding countries into smaller units so that Israel could more easily dominate the region. The Forward describes how Israel, beginning with Ben Gurion, has helped the Kurdish separatist movement…
Israel continues the complete isolation of 16 Palestinian villages, closing roads, enforcing curfew, imprisoning villages in their homes, and causing the closure of fifty schools.
Israeli soldiers entered at least 9 West Bank towns in one night, abducting 13 Palestinians, and impeding travel for farmers and government workers.
Longtime Mideast analyst Jeffrey Blankfort describes 40+ years of Israel lobby influence and how it was able to override policies desired by US presidents of both parties…
The impending destruction of Palestinian village Khan al-Ahmar is forcible transfer of protected persons, and forcible transfer is a war crime.