College campuses are being hit by militant, often anonymous anti-BDS campaigns. Some of them are so rough, they’re even making pro-Israel Jews uncomfortable. The list of Jewish groups that do anti-BDS work on campuses is bafflingly long. A partial tally includes StandWithUs, AEPi, CAMERA, the David Project, the David Horowitz Freedom Center, Jerusalem U, AIPAC, Sheldon Adelson’s Maccabee Task Force, and the Zionist Organization of America. The total amount of American Jewish and Israeli government funds flooding the anti-BDS effort is easily in the tens of millions of dollars each year…
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The first half of 2018 was lethal for Palestinian children
1st half of 2018, 25 Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces – each posed no threat; Israeli Supreme Court stands behind the killings, which contravene intl law.
Senate about to vote on bill to give $38 billion to Israel, largest aid package in US history
Although the media isn’t telling Americans, a bill to give Israel a massive aid package is before Congress. The Senate, where it has 72 sponsors, is expected to vote on it this week. The bill also mandates that NASA work with Israel’s space agency, despite charges of Israeli espionage…
Analysis: Ahed Tamimi and Her Family: Israel’s Ongoing PR Disaster
August 28, 2015: Palestinian women and youth scuffle with an Israeli soldier in the West Bank. Tamimi is seen on the left. Credit: AP By trying to make an example out of Ahed Tamimi’s arrest, Israel helped transform her into an anti-occupation poster child by Allison Kaplan Sommer, Ha’aretz Over the past eight months, anti-Israel protests…
How Israel Silences Palestine in EU Circles
EP Today, a news magazine for the European Parliament, published a slanderous op-ed by right-wing Israeli NGO Monitor with false a misleading statements about Palestinian NGOs. Then EP Today would not publish a Palestinian response…
Israeli forces attack Freedom Flotilla near Gaza’s shore
Organizers say a Freedom Flotilla vessel was ‘hijacked’ and towed to Ashdod; IDF confirms it intercepted the boat, says it was in violation of blockade.
Israeli Army Self-Investigates: No Violations During Gaza Border Protests (excerpts and commentary)
Self-scrutiny by Israel’s “world’s most moral army” reveals: Gazan demonstrators were shot as a result of ‘operational mishaps’ and not intentionally targeted.
IDF snipers: choosing who to shoot
Breaking the Silence spokesperson explains snipers’ open fire policy at the Gaza border: secret regulations enable shooters to target any Palestinian with impunity.
UNOCHA: Essential Services in Gaza on Verge of Collapsing
Gaza’s fuel crisis: with blackouts of 20 hrs/day, hospitals cut critical services; water treatment centers are hampered, which may lead to water shortage, sewage overflow.
OCHA is calling on Israel to allow fuel and other necessities into Gaza, and asking for donations to cover the costs.
Unz Review: “American Pravda: Oddities of the Jewish Religion”
On July 19th Israel passed legislation reaffirming its status as a Jewish state. Jewish American analyst and publisher Ron Unz describes his journey of discovery concerning this subject matter. He discusses Israeli professor Israel Shahak’s information, Solzhenitsyn, and more.