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
Israel’s deadly noncompliance with ceasefire agreement; Israel and Somaliland; medical neglect of Palestinian prisoners growing worse; Tucker Carlson talks Israel and antisemitism; when Palestinian existence is portrayed as hate
Another polar system ravages Gaza; Israeli violence against journalists and their families; Israel attacks another West Bank town
Aid, medicine, bulldozers in short supply in Gaza; antiquities, tourism decimated; “Condemnation Without Consequence”; Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago; why Somaliland matters to Israel; more
The truth this Christmas: Palestinian Christians – and all Palestinians – grapple with heartache and loss, as Israel dishes up Christmas hasbara.
At a time when peace and hope seem impossible, Christians from the Holy Land bring us words of comfort – perhaps the most honest, authentic, and hopeful message of its time – and a call to all people to work for justice.