Robert Parry deconstructs the latest Russia-gate propaganda and examines the foreign nation that most influences U.S. elections & pushes us into wars: Israel, with the help of its American agents…
Phil Weiss reports in Mondoweiss that Richard Goldberg, an Israel lobby operative, has produced an influential confidential memo calling for Trump to undertake policies that would lead to regime change in Iran…
Giraldi describes the “six-hundred-pound gorilla in the room” that people try to ignore: who is pushing for Middle East wars. He names the names and observes: ‘AIPAC lies are picked up and replayed by an obliging media…
A new ADL campus initiative conflates criticism of Israel with “anti-Semitism,” tells students how to block events that support Palestinian rights, & recommends joining student governments to block “anti-Israel” activism. Its head endorses legislation that would make supporting boycotts of Israel punishable by a million dollar fine and 20 years in prison…
State Sen. Daniel Biss, Democrat running for governor of Illinois, dropped his running mate Chicago Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa because Ramirez-Rosa mildly supports BDS.
Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings, who represents some of Florida’s most poverty-stricken communities, proposes sending an additional $12 million to Israel on top of the over $10 million per day it already receives. He has visited Israel 18 times and sponsored numerous pro-Israel bills…
The murder of an American is being used to push new U.S. legislation on behalf of Israel, and to enrich an extremist right-wing Israeli organization with connections to an Israeli party outlawed by Israel as a terrorist organization, and that honors one of the most damaging spies against the U.S…
Tillerson will name a special envoy to monitor alleged anti-Semitism, which includes criticism of Israel. All three previous envoys have been Israel partisans and helped create the new definition of the word. Dozens of other positions – on the environment, food security, conflict diamonds, etc – are being eliminated.
Justine McCabe writes: “An alarming paradox has taken shape in legislation before Congress: Our representatives would violate Americans’ First Amendment rights in order to protect the State of Israel. This draconian legislation is H.R. 1697/S. 720, the ‘Israel Anti-Boycott Act,’ is a proposed law that could harshly penalize the free speech of Americans…
53 Congressional reps, a dozen Latino leaders, and top political operatives from both parties have all gone to Israel this summer on Israel Lobby funded trips. The sponsoring organization, American Israel Educational Fund, is an arm of AIPAC with an $80 million budget…