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Israel has starring role in H.R.648, “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019”

[email protected] February 15, 2019 analysis, arms export controls act, BDS, begin doctrine, boycott, consolidated appropriations, gaza blockade, government shutdown, hrc, human rights council, iaea, loan guarantee, martyrs fund, nancy pelosi, nita lowey, nonproliferation, palestinian state, refugee, zionism

As Congress tackles urgent issues of reopening government and setting the budget for the country, it takes the time to prioritize a foreign country: H.R.648 contains assurances that Israel will receive $3.8 billion for arms, and funding for refugee resettlement; the bill also includes threats to de-fund the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and any future state of Palestine–if US demands (dictated by the Israel lobby) are not met.

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Michelle Alexander has opened a door on Palestine

[email protected] January 28, 2019 ADL, alternative media, analysis, Anti-Defamation League, BDS, fayez sayegh, john zogby, michelle alexander, zionism

Pro-Israel and Jewish response to Michelle Alexander’s recent NYT piece, “Time to Break the Silence on Palestine,” was predictably hysterical and demonstrated that “hardline Israeli propagandists are losing their ability to shape political discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” James Zogby examines what this means…

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Study finds 50-year history of anti-Palestinian bias in mainstream news reporting

[email protected] January 19, 2019 AIPAC, Alison Weir, Great March of Return, greg philo, greg shupak, israeli settlement, john mearsheimer, marda dunsky, media bias, mike berry, natural language processing, occupation, oslo accords, palestinian refugee, Paul Findley, pundit fact, siham rashid, Six Day War, stephen walt, tamara kharroub

A study of 50 years of headlines in 5 top newspapers finds that media coverage of Israel-Palestine favors Israel by providing more overall coverage, more positive coverage, and greater access to Israeli voices than to Palestinian ones. Much of this can be attributed to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby.

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Home demolitions in West Bank on the rise; already 1 home destroyed in 2019

[email protected] January 4, 2019 collective punishment, east jerusalem, home demolition, IDF, zionism

Why would 2019 be any different from 2018? Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes goes on unabated, as though it were a completely legal occurrence. In fact, 2018 saw a 21% increase over 2017.

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Christmas headlines from the Occupied Palestinian territories

[email protected] December 26, 2018 abduction, Bethlehem, Christmas, Gaza, home demolition, occupation, protest, settlement, settler violence, West Bank, zionism

The International Middle East Media Center reports on the ongoing acts of Israeli injustice and violence that most other media don’t bother with. Not a day goes by – including holidays – without abductions, settler brutality, shootings, and often even deaths.

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Israeli settler violence: 6 incidents in 2 days

[email protected] December 21, 2018 occupation, settlement, settler, settler violence, zionism

As Israel criticizes Palestinians for their legal resistance against an illegal occupation, illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinians on a daily basis – often with protection from the Israeli military – and go unpunished. Sometimes they destroy crops, sometimes vehicles; sometimes it’s graffiti; this week a member of the Israeli parliament called for open violence, and settlers obeyed.

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Christmas in Bethlehem: ’tis the season for hasbara

[email protected] December 21, 2018

Bethlehem is in the occupied Palestinian territories, not Israel, but Israel controls much of the tourism, keeping tourists from staying at Palestinian hotels, shopping in Palestinian souvenir shops, and – most importantly – hearing the Palestinian narrative.

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Opinion: Birthrighters can handle the truth. Show them the occupation.

[email protected] December 20, 2018 alternative tourism, birthright, hasbara, occupation, zionism

A former Birthright trip coordinator and leader’s bold opinion: young Jews on Birthright trips are aware of world events, and shouldn’t have to feel like they’re engaging with a sanitized and whitewashed version of Israel. When tour organizers don’t show them realities like the occupation, they are painting an incomplete and dishonest picture of what’s happening on the ground. Showing and telling the truth will make birthrighters more likely to engage and take action.

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Sheldon Adelson’s $82 million+ donation bought U.S. Israel policies

[email protected] December 18, 2018 Miriam Adelson, Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson’s million+ donation bought U.S. Israel policies

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who seems to prefer Israel to the US, runs ‘Trump’s’ policies on Israel-Palestine

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Three Palestinians and three Israelis killed in spate of deadly incidents

[email protected] December 13, 2018 drive-by, extrajudicial killing, IDF, manhunt, occupation, ofra, settlement, zionism

The Israeli military has recently been conducting aggressive operations inside the occupied Palestinian West Bank, including in Area A, where the Palestinian Authority is supposed to be in full control.
Israel continues to prolong and entrench the now 50+-year occupation, citing the need for security; in reality the occupation and its injustice are the cause of Palestinian resistance, not the result of Palestinian violence.

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