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Israel shoots 100 people, Washington Post calls the area ‘quiet’

Alison Weir February 24, 2020 home demolitions, IDF, Malik Eissa, Marty Baron, Ruth Eglash, washington post

Alison Weir reports: The Post says there had been “weeks of relative quiet,” even though Israeli soldiers had shot over 100 Palestinian civilians, killing four of them; conducted 400+ invasions of the Palestinian Territories; abducted dozens of Palestinians; perpetrated air strikes on Gaza; shot at fishermen and farmers; demolished Palestinian homes; tortured a Palestinian mother; and shot a small boy in the eye… Are Post Editor Marty Baron and reporter Ruth Eglash too close to Israel to report the full, unfiltered news?

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Trump-Kushner “Peace” Plan ignores elephants in the room: Israel created this mess

[email protected] February 21, 2020 accountability, apartheid, deal of the century, elephant in the room, Jared Kushner, occupation, palestinian state, peace to prosperity

The Trump-Kushner “Peace” Plan is slick and businesslike, with an aura of objectivity and balance – but it is exactly the opposite, and something about it stinks. See this detailed, thorougly cited analysis…

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Bloomberg: Fanatic pro-Israel billionaire trying to buy US Presidency

[email protected] February 17, 2020 benjamin netanyahu, Gaza, Israel-Palestine, Michael Bloomberg, Mondoweiss, Norah O'Donnell, Obama Administration, tulsi gabbard, UN, United States

Michael Bloomberg – The 9th richest person in the world – is buying his way into the Dem campaign, and the DNC is permitting it, even though Bloomberg flip flops between being a Democrat, a Republican, and an independent… He’s a fervent Israel advocate who puts Israel above US law. In 2014 he flew to Israel to support Israel’s ruthless assault on Gaza that killed masses of children – & defied the FAA’s flight ban to do it…

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3,000 teens attending BBYO Convention that propagandizes them on Israel

Alison Weir February 15, 2020 BBYO, trips to Israel

The international convention of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization meeting in Dallas this year provides fun, bonding, high-energy music… & propaganda for Israel. BBYO teaches thousands of young people how to advocate for Israel, and takes them on filtered trips to Israel that leave out Israeli human rights abuses, violence, and systemic discrimination…

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Israel’s Netanyahu boasts of destroying US 1st Amendment & free speech

[email protected] February 14, 2020 AIPAC, BDS, Binyamin Netanyahu, boycott divest sanction, free speech, gilad erdan, Netanyahu

Anti-boycott laws on behalf of Israel do not only punish companies, they are the most dangerous assault on free speech in the United States since the McCarthy era. Netanyahu takes credit for them…

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What Valentine’s Day Means In Gaza, Palestine

[email protected] February 14, 2020 Gaza, occupied Palestine terroritories, Palestine, unrwa, Valentine's Day

Hani Almadhoun’s reflection on Valentine’s Day and what it means for Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip… you used to know it was Valentine’s Day season when the best pop songs were released, everyone on the streets was wearing red, and all the locally grown roses were nearly sold out…

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Rep. Betty McCollum slams AIPAC hate ad

[email protected] February 13, 2020 AIPAC, antisemitism, Betty McCollum, h.r.2407, hate group, hate speech, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib

The Israel lobby took aim at Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN-4) and others, calling them “anti-Semitic” and “more sinister than ISIS.” McCollum hit back.

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How do Bernie & Buttigieg stand on Israel-Palestine?

[email protected] February 11, 2020 Ackman, AMY GOLDMAN FOWLER, Barry Diller, bernie sanders, Blavatnik, Buttigieg, Daryl Roth, Eric Schmidt, Geffen, Glenn Dubin, Klarman, Lasry, Lauder, Mimi Haas, Oxman, Pritzker, Steven Roth, Tisch, Ziff

One supports Palestinian human rights. One says he’d keep the $10 million per day flowing to Israel no matter what it does. Which is which? Spoiler alert: 18 pro-Israel billionaires have donated to Buttigieg (see list)

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‘My heart comes first’ — Why Nita Lowey chose to chair House committee controlling funds to Israel

[email protected] February 10, 2020 analysis, Democratic Majority for Israel, Foreign affairs, foreign policy, Haim Saban, Ilhan Omar, nancy pelosi, nita lowey, Obama, Politics, pro-israel america, Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Eliot Engel

Lowey chose to ‘follow her heart’ by heading the state, foreign operations, and related programs subcommittee over a more prestigious subcommittee within the powerful House Appropriations Committee because it dealt with allocating funds for Israel.

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UN Statistics on Palestinian Territories: Jan 21-Feb 3

[email protected] February 7, 2020

4 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, 0 Israelis killed by Palestinians; 352 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces, 3 Israelis injured by Palestinians; 10 Palestinian structures demolished by Israel, 0 Israeli structures demolished by Palestinians; 81 Israeli search and arrest operations in the West Bank; 0 Palestinian search and arrest operations in Israel… etc.

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