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.
Israeli soldiers went door to door in the border village of Ain Arab, forcing residents from their homes at gunpoint as part of a systematic campaign to empty large swathes of southern Lebanon.
Records show that USC has sold cadavers to the US Navy for Israeli military training since at least 2018. Revelations about the program have caused some prospective donors to change their minds.
AIEF, a charitable affiliate of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, has spent millions on travel for lawmakers from both parties, even as voters’ support for Israel plummets
Axios reports that Trump called Netanyahu “crazy”, accused him of ingratitude, and put the brakes on Israel’s plan to strike Beirut. Some commenters are suspicious of this leak. Trita Parsi examines this viewpoint in detail.
According to the head of the teachers’ union, every student who becomes a soldier is proof the education system is succeeding – despite students failing at math, language and humanities. But how can a school system that raises soldiers eager to fight ever churn out peacemakers?
UN issues its strongest warning to date, stating that Israel‑backed colonizer violence in the West Bank has reached “unprecedented” levels in 2026 and poses an “existential risk” to Palestinian communities.
The House’s 2027 NDAA takes a major step toward moving aid beyond public oversight by effectively treating the two countries’ armed forces as a single military apparatus.
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Israel has control over the Palestinian Authority’s finances, and is slowly strangling its healthcare system. By restricting funds and limiting Palestinians from purchasing private healthcare by barring them from working in Israel, Israel is further driving the population into extinction.