Chas Freeman’s 2009 statement is as relevant as it was when he made it: “The tactics of the Israel Lobby plumb the depths of dishonor and indecency and include character assassination, selective misquotation, the willful distortion of the record, the fabrication of falsehoods, and an utter disregard for the truth…”
Electronic Intifada reports: Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan demanded that Corbyn cut ties with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Ryan threatened to revive the anti-Semitism witch hunt that engulfed Labour last year; Ryan herself had been caught personally engaging in concocting false anti-Semitism charges against a member of her own party…
Both AIPAC and J Street lauded the passage, by 98-2, of a Senate bill to impose new sanctions on Iran. Voting against it were Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders… all the others did what the Israel lobby told them to do.
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An undercover video shows an Israeli agent working to “take down” some UK officials and reveals AIPAC involvement. Israel partisans have previously taken down US Congressional representatives. Such lobbying on behalf of Israel is a global phenomenon with organizations like AIPAC existing in various forms in a number of other countries.
Menendez is perhaps the Democrats’ most stalwart supporter of Israel, enjoying a decades-long relationship with AIPAC & the pro-Israel lobby. This positioning, combined with his chairmanship of a crucial committee, have led him to be among the most influential senators concerning Israel policy
Hepatitis A, gastroenteritis in Gaza; “Palestinians do not negotiate their own extinction”; Israeli forces kill a Palestinian in West Bank; Israel, US set two-month deadline for Hamas disarmament; Palestinian detainees; Netanyahu whitewashes settler violence on Fox interview; Area B expulsions
Tucker Carlson Morning Note: “Would a war with Iran advance Israel’s interests? Definitely. But the United States’s? Absolutely not. Our country should take no part. We’re supposed to be America First.”
Palestinian group rejects accusations it committed atrocities and lays out motivation for attack two years ago in 42-page document
Pro-Israel forces have long worked to limit & shape US discourse to Israel’s advantage. However, the extreme escalation of this in 2025 requires the attention of every American who values free expression, an enlightened electorate, and independence from foreign influence.
Another Palestinian baby dies of cold; a Palestinian family fights to save their West Bank farm; Trump says just what Netanyahu would have wanted him to say; Mossad in Iran; billions in military aid to Israel unaccounted for