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Congress has introduced over 70 pieces of Israel-centric legislation so far in 2021

[email protected] October 14, 2021 BDS, Congress, Gaza, iron dome, military aid, normalization, pro-israel legislation

With documentation from 150 sources, If Americans Knew presents over 70 pieces of legislation now under consideration in Congress, which seek to guarantee Israel, not just $10 million a day in military aid, but also an additional $10 million per day expended on items because they benefit Israel, as well as protection from criticism, condemnation of its adversaries, and support for new allies – with nothing in return, and in spite of Israel’s bad behavior. Justice for Palestinians is the subject of one bill.

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HRW: Facebook, Instagram restrictions facilitate Israel’s abuses of Palestinians

[email protected] October 12, 2021 apartheid, Facebook, first amendment, free speech, hrw, Human Rights Watch, instagram, social media

Facebook’s faulty content moderation, plus Israel’s “requests” to the social media company to take down online content, results in unfair restriction on free speech about Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians. HRW calls for widespread investigation.

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Israeli-headed malware company Kape Technologies buying up VPNs

[email protected] October 12, 2021 Israeli spying, malware, Unit 8200

Kape Technologies, run by Israelis, used to distribute malware that infected computers world wide…. now it has acquired four different VPN services (to provide ‘internet security’) and a collection of VPN ‘review’ websites – which now rank Kape’s VPN holdings at the top of their recommendations.

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Deconstructing AP report on Israeli ‘suffering’ in Sderot

Alison Weir August 13, 2021 Beit Hanoun, Gaza, Israel, sderot, Yahya Al-Saqa

A recent article by AP bureau chief Josef Federman on Israeli difficulties, to which we’ve added some essential facts, images, and videos that the story omitted….

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House committees pass $20 mill per day on behalf of Israel

Alison Weir July 12, 2021 $20 million, $7 billion, aid to Egypt, aid to Israel, aid to Jordan, AIPAC, appropriations committee, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, State

House committees pass mill per day on behalf of Israel

Two House committees just advanced bills that will disburse a total of approximately $7 billion on behalf of Israel if both houses of Congress pass them, and if they’re then signed into law by President Biden…

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Israel’s years-long recruitment of African American Christians: A case study

[email protected] June 30, 2021 bishop of israel, Christian TV, Christians and Jews, Church of God in Christ, COGIC, evangelicals, Glenn plummer, Israel-Palestine, pauline plummer

How Israel and its partisans recruited Christian TV entrepreneur Glenn Plummer, a prominent evangelical pastor, to embrace Israel – and raise money for it from Black Christians – despite Israel’s deep ethnic and religious discrimination against Christians and others…

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Lobby for foreign government continues to bully state legislatures

[email protected] May 1, 2021 4il, AIPAC, BDS, boycott, Idaho, West Virginia

Idaho & West Virginia have just passed AIPAC promoted legislation against BDS, the international boycott against Israel over its human rights abuses. The government of Israel has been leading the effort against BDS; in 2017 it approved $72 million to combat the human rights campaign… 33 states have now passed anti-BDS legislation

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New DNC chair stands by Israel amid progressive headwinds

[email protected] April 19, 2021 Democratic National Committee, J Street, Jaime Harrison, pro-Israel pacs

Despite the fact that a growing number of Democrats support Palestinian human rights, new Democrat head Jaime Harrison will likely continue promoting the Israel lobby agenda, as represented in the party’s platform…

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Pro-Israel think tank wants Progressives to adopt “Progressive Except Palestine”

[email protected] March 24, 2021 antisemitism, Daphna Kaufman, erasive antisemitism, identity politics, jewish privilege, nation-state law, progressive except palestine, reut group, white privilege

In a moment when support for Israel is slipping a bit in Congress, this Israel-right-or-wrong group proposes a new category of antisemitism in hopes of persuading Progressives to alter their agenda to accommodate pro-Israel Jewish Americans. It’s called “Progressive Except Palestine.”

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Video and new database expose decades of Israel’s shady arms deals

[email protected] February 13, 2021 american friends service committee, arms export, human rights abuse

Israel has been exporting arms to the world’s most repressive governments. A new project aims to hold it accountable by tracking these confidential sales.

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