Menendez is perhaps the Democrats’ most stalwart supporter of Israel, enjoying a decades-long relationship with AIPAC & the pro-Israel lobby. This positioning, combined with his chairmanship of a crucial committee, have led him to be among the most influential senators concerning Israel policy
A detailed annotation of the errors and omissions that mislead readers on a profoundly important issue…including little-known information about Presidents Eisenhower, Reagan, and Bush Sr., who each had moments of clarity on this issue, and called out Israel for its abuses.
Well-funded group wants politicians to compromise, but its CEO says “there is no middle ground” when it comes to Israel. Her husband, also connected with group, had been a supporter of former terrorist leader Menachem Begin. The Israel lobby is once again using its fundraising ability to keep the Democratic Party rightwing on Israel — and the media isn’t mentioning any of this
Kevin McCarthy, Ron DeSantis, Steny Hoyer, et al do Israel’s bidding, cancel First Amendment, criminalize Americans, enable genocide against Palestinian Christians and Muslims, etc…
In what some consider an unprovoked attack, Israel killed 3 Palestinian resistance leaders, 4 women, 4 children & 4 others as Israeli warplanes bombed homes and other civilian objects – the beginning of an operation that is expected to last “at least a few days.”
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.)
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.
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.’
US government & media covered up an elaborate covert operation directed by Netanyahu that aimed to use secret intelligence to clandestinely intervene at the highest levels in the presidential election on behalf of Trump