US government machinery is being used to insulate a foreign government, its lobby, and billions of dollars in annual U.S. foreign aid from severe public criticism – creating a protected political class under the guise of civil rights enforcement.
Newest Hamas military commander reportedly killed ■ Israel attempts to take over Muslim holy sites ■ Iranian leaders carry “deep suspicion” of US ■ Israel’s killing spree in Lebanon continues, unabated ■ More.
Israel kills kids in Gaza on the daily ■ Flotilla fallout ■ Israel stirs up trouble in West Bank, Jerusalem ■ ‘If Iran gets a bomb it will be Bibi’s’ ■ Israel ready to go wild in Lebanon ■ More.
In our broken political system, the pro-Israel lobby has relied on shell political action groups with deceptive names to defeat Israel critics.
Food crisis amid Eid holiday in Gaza ■ Israeli president fed up with settler violence ■ Trump has a lot to say about Iran negotiations ■ Healthcare under attack in Lebanon ■ More
No end to killing in Gaza, Lebanon ■ Israel ok with torture, just not broadcasting it ■ Update on Iran ■ Israeli journalist: Why is there still a Support Israel parade in NYC?
Gaza aid still way below agreed-upon amounts ■ Has the flotilla finally exposed the West’s moral double standard? ■ Israel’s latest provocations in West Bank ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, more.
From white phosphorus attacks in southern Lebanon to thermal weapons in Gaza that left bodies reduced to ash, Israel’s repeated use of incendiary munitions adds to its long record of war crimes against civilians.
Over the past two decades, no one has done more to shape U.S. discourse on Israel than Jeffrey Goldberg. By relying on tropes of eternal Jewish victimhood, Goldberg declared Iran an existential threat to Jews and helped pave the way for war.
‘We thought we’d return after two days’: Five elderly Palestinian citizens of Israel share their testimonies from 1948