NYT reports that Trump’s bankruptcy lawyer-turned-ambassador leaves his post having radically overhauled policy toward Israel and the Palestinians… The administration moved ahead with a raft of policies previous administrations, both Republican & Democratic, had resisted…
The new US Senator from Georgia, a 33-year-old who is now the best funded Senate candidate in history, began his political career helping to defeat Georgia’s first Black woman to be elected to Congress. She had been targeted for removal by the Israel lobby (see video of her explaining the requirement for politicians to pledge loyalty to Israel)…
News reports about Israeli actions in the Palestinian Territories January 4-6, 2021… Israeli forces shoot teenagers, abduct civilians, destroy property, etc
Video about Ala’ Hani al-Abbassi, who died on January 31, 2020 from wounds he had suffered in mid-October when an Israeli soldier shot him in the head. He had been in a coma ever since. Ala’ was one of at least eight Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces in 2020…
Israel had a busy Christmas, with airstrikes over Gaza and Syria, as well as an invasion of the Palestinian town of Kufur Qaddoum as it peacefully protested.
Charles Kushner, father of Trump Middle East advisor son-in-law Jared Kushner, has been close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for many years… His family foundation gave money to Israeli settlements and a group supporting Israeli soldiers
Philip Weiss chastises Gregory Meeks for his assertion that Israel has a right to self-defense – and his silence about Israel’s recent killing of a teenage Palestinian boy in the West Bank… Meeks continued with a string of pro-Israel talking points, while Brian Lehrer of WNYC radio also ignored the killing….
The Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) is thrilled at how many “pro-Israel allies” President-elect Biden has already named to his upcoming administration… Human rights supporters are not so happy…
In the midst of a pandemic drastically impacting California students’ ability to receive an education, state schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond has launched an initiative focusing on bigotry… One component features a questionable institution with a deeply dubious agenda…
The Anti-Defamation League wants to train our children to treat all people equally and with respect. They refuse to take their own advice when it comes to Palestinians, preferring instead to silence their calls for justice and turn a blind eye to Israel’s human rights abuses. A discriminatory organization that bullies others should not be in our schools.