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The Olympics: Do Only Israeli Victims Matter?

Alison Weir July 27, 2021 football, Israeli athletes, Munich Olympics, Palestinian athletes, soccer

The Olympics opening ceremony featured a moving commemoration for Israeli athletes who tragically and needlessly died half a century ago (when the Israeli prime minister refused a prisoner exchange), but failed to highlight a tragedy going on now that the world could stop: the desperate plight of Palestinian athletes who have been shot, maimed, & sometimes killed by Israeli forces… The ceremony also ignored the hundreds of men, women, and children killed by Israeli forces in the lead up to the tragic 1972 event, and the hundreds more killed by Israeli forces the following day…

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I Was Fired For Criticizing Israel. Now I Dig Holes For A Living

[email protected] July 11, 2021 Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Carol Off, Censorship, CJFE, Gaza, Kevin Metcalf, Steven Salaita, yaser murtaja

Another casualty of Israel’s war on truth: ‘Canadian Journalists for Free Expression’ fired a staffer for publishing a routine letter that criticized Israel for killing journalists…

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Israeli war planes vs Palestinian balloons, kites & rockets

Alison Weir June 28, 2021 Apache helicopter, arson balloon, explosive kite, F-15, f-16, f-35, Gaza, gaza rockets, Grad rocket, hamas, incendiary balloon, incendiary kite, Merkava, Qassam rocket

Much essential information is frequently omitted from US news coverage, including the vast difference in weaponry used in the “Israel-Hamas wars” – see this detailed report and videos of the weapons used by Israeli military forces and Palestinian resistance groups.

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Netanyahu’s fascist friends in Knesset helped him start the war he wanted

[email protected] June 3, 2021

Ultra-racist Kahanists, partners of Netanyahu and now members of the Knesset, push their maximalist agenda – including ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

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Betrayal of a Great Man by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society

Alison Weir May 31, 2021 Captain William L. McGonagle, Medal of Honor Society, USS Liberty, William McGonagle

Someone at the Congressional Medal of Honor Society has chosen to perpetrate a cover-up about Israel’s attack on a U.S. Navy ship, thereby dishonoring a heroic recipient of the Medal of Honor and causing a stain on the Society…

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U.S. pro-Israel policy has perpetuated the crisis and atrocities in Gaza

[email protected] May 23, 2021 AIPAC, Betty McCollum, Gaza, israel lobby, qualitative military edge, US veto power

Thanks to the Israel lobby, the United States has played a vital role in the decades-long catastrophe that has engulfed Palestine. U.S. leaders from both parties must now confront their own complicity in this catastrophe, and the American public must demand change.

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A history of the US blocking UN resolutions against Israel

[email protected] May 20, 2021 Great March of Return, intifada, israeli settlement, Jerusalem, nikki haley, susan rice, un resolution, unsc

Over the past five decades, the United States has vetoed at least 53 UN Security Council resolutions critical of Israel – 3 in just the last week.

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A Nightmare of Terror Across the Landscape of Palestine

[email protected] May 15, 2021 Gaza, Jerusalem, Palestine, racism, sheikh jarrah

As Israeli mobs roam the streets attacking Palestinians, and Israeli war planes drop bombs on Gaza, it’s essential to understand how we arrived at this moment – and to recognize the opportunity at hand.

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Sheikh Jarrah: How the US media is erasing Israel’s crimes

[email protected] May 8, 2021 media bias, media censorship, police brutality, sheikh jarrah

The situation in Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestinian neighborhood of Jerusalem, continues to be unstable as Palestinians protest the imminent forced eviction of multiple families so that illegal Jewish settlers can take over their homes. The world barely notices as news media either ignore it or cover it poorly…

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In Memoriam: Legendary Leaders Lost in 2021

[email protected] April 22, 2021 Agha Khalid Saeed, James McKendree Wall, Rajie Cook, Thomas R. Shaker

Delinda Hanley remembers four larger-than-life figures whose contributions toward peace in the Middle East have been invaluable. Their deaths are a loss to all who work in the cause of justice for Palestinians.

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