If Americans Knew founder Alison Weir experienced harassment and assault in 2011 for telling the truth about Palestine and Israel. The ideology behind the attack is alive and well today.
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Israel Israel Has Bombed Gaza Into 42 Million Tons of Rubble – Day 327
9 members of Gaza family wiped out at once; 3-day polio vaccine pauses to begin; Israel attacks humanitarian aid convoy, killing 5; freed Israeli Bedouin hostage’s village mostly under demolition orders; West Bank invasion: at least 18 Palestinians killed; US-UK “special relationship” may be at risk if UK blocks arms sales to Israel; human rights activist-reportrt arrested by UK police; Columbia U dumps due process to punish Palestine protesters; Rep. Ritchie Torres says BDS has “taken over the American aviation industry”; Gazan competes in Paralympics; more.
Congratulations AIPAC on 500th air delivery of US weapons to kill Gazans – Day 324
US averages over one planeload of weapons per day to Israel; another evacuation order, another disruption in aid for Gazans; new statements from Amnesty, Human Rights Watch on Israeli atrocities; Hezbollah ready to stop trading attacks with Israel, while Israel mulls escalation; another journalist killed in Gaza, as global press groups protest; Israel kills six Palestinians in West Bank; Israel to fund Israeli settlers’ illegal intrusions into Al Aqsa mosque compound; anti-Zionism = antisemitism policy at NYU is worrying; Columbia SJP disappeared; more.
When a phone flashlight is as important to a doctor as her stethoscope – Day 322
Fuel shortage plunges hospital into darkness; Deir al Balah, last “intact” city, faces mass evacuation; Israeli soldiers film themselves destroying mosque, burning Qurans; displacement leads to missing food aid distribution; little chance of polio vaccinations without ceasefire; Israeli forces use Palestinian as human shield; DNC banned speech – in full; Squad warns of AIPAC’s power; more
Nowhere left to live, nowhere left to bury the dead – Day 319
“They were trying to exterminate us”: Palestinian children in Gaza tortured by Israeli military; Israeli envoy calls for UN building in Jerusalem to be ‘erased from earth’; No space in Gaza “safe zones” for the living; No space left for the dead: Gaza’s cemeteries overflow; Fleeing Palestinians say death would be more merciful; ‘Torture by Electrocution’ – Israel Releases 25 Detainees from Gaza; Barack Obama makes no mention of Gaza war in DNC speech; more
Nearly Two-Thirds of All Campaign Funds for Cori Bush Challenger Came From AIPAC
Almost two-thirds of all campaign donations to St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell — who just beat incumbent Cori Bush in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District — reportedly came from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s super PAC.
Are US officials’ investments of public funds in Israeli bonds ethical? How much is too much?
State and local officials have invested $1.7 billion of the public’s money in Israel Bonds since October 7. An investigation reveals contacts between buyer and seller that experts say may cross a line.
Where to go when 89 percent of Gaza is a war zone? – Day 315
Doctor astounded by number of “eye amputations” he had to perform on children in Gaza; leaked documents indicate Israel knew it was breaking laws in US; attack kills 15 in one family during ceasefire talks; 11% of Gaza is “safe”; Israeli evacuation shuts off 10 wells, worsening water crisis; 2 Palestinians assassinated in West Bank; the murder of newborn twins; pro-Palestine campus activism plans for fall; protests in Chicago this week at DNC; more.
Official Gaza death toll passes 40,000; over 92,000 injured – Day 312
Food aid in southern Gaza next to zero; Israel has killed over 2,000 Palestinian babies; Israel’s intensifying attacks on Gaza’s schools; West Bank violence; Israel approves new, punitive settlement – on a World Heritage site; Gaza is covered with scars from US-made bombs; US Justice Dept used Hatch Act to bully an employee; Columbia University president Minouche Shafik resigns; mask ban in NY targets Palestine protesters; more.
Israeli strike on Gaza school kills more than 100 people as they pray – Day 307
Israel drops 6,000 lbs of bombs on Gaza school; US poised to send Israel $3.5 billion, including to extremist battalion; 2 more journalists killed; waiting for “inevitable” polio outbreak as Israel blocks vaccines; new possible war crime; water & sanitation systems in shambles; more on Israeli torture of Palestinian prisoners – as Biden admin shrugs; Israeli alleged rapist calls for support; yet another anti-boycott bill introduced in Senate; more.