Israel has attacked Gaza on 215 out of the past 239 days of the ceasefire, killing 951. Israeli attacks in the West Bank and Lebanon have also been daily.
These are the origins of Section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act which if passed by Congress will bind the US to Israel – and the Israel-first theorists whose thinking and position papers guided its formulation.
Testimonies from soldiers who fought in the Six-Day War indicate that 300,000 Arabs were expelled or displaced from the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights amid violence, looting and destruction |-Ha’aretz investigation
Rep. Khanna took the ‘America First’ approach against Section 224, but he was out-numbered by those who played down its dangers and implications
A leaked Israeli Defense Ministry tender lays out the army’s training program for manipulating public opinion in Israel and abroad.
The “wipe Israel off the map” quote is a deliberate mistranslation—one the media has used for decades to manufacture hostility toward Iran.
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is now apparently helping write the script for a fusion of the U.S. and Israeli militaries.
Kushner’s comments appear to frame normalization with Israel not as a principled diplomatic breakthrough, but as a gateway to private capital, political favor, and economic inducements.
The plan, reportedly backed by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, would rebrand one of Islam’s holiest sites as a multi-faith tourist destination – a move that could ignite conflict and trigger repercussions around the world.
Section 224 is cleverly buried deep in the massive National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). It transforms Israel from a top U.S. aid recipient to a full member of the U.S. defense and intelligence apparatus, creating access and control mechanisms for a nation with goals drastically different from America’s.