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‘Israel’s Lawyer’ et al promote US militarism, anti-Iran policies

Alison Weir August 18, 2021 Dennis Ross, GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, Iran, neoconservative, neoconservatives, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, WINEP, zionist

Even while the US is exiting the tragic, disastrous Afghanistan war, Israel partisan are pushing an attack on Iran… Dennis Ross served under Presidents Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama. As an ardent Israel advocate, he was dubbed “Israel’s lawyer”… He’s just one of many Israel partisans promoting US aggression against Iran. Now Ross advocates giving Israel the means to start a major regional war that would likely escalate to include direct US involvement. Read the facts and take action…

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Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism ignores Palestinian rights, narrative

[email protected] August 14, 2021 equality, IHRA definition, indigenous, israel right to exist, jda, jerusalem declaration

A new, “improved” definition of antisemitism still fails to acknowledge the history of Palestinian dispossession, preferring to focus on Israeli Jews’ desire to just live their lives, liberated from any obligation to provide Palestinians with actual equality or dignity.

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At Risk in Israel’s Backlash Against Ben and Jerry’s? The Right to Protest.

[email protected] August 14, 2021 BDS, Ben & Jerry's, boycott, boycott divest sanction, constitutional rights, free speech

Much has been written about Israel’s relentless offensive against the ice cream company. But less has been said about the consequences for Americans’ right to protest if our constitutional right to boycott is gutted per Israel’s demands…

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Patrick Buchanan: A Tonkin Gulf incident in the Gulf of Oman?

[email protected] August 7, 2021 Eyal Ofer, Iran, Israel, Israeli billionaire, MT Mercer Street

Israel has long targeted Iran as an enemy to be taken down. Author/analyst Patrick Buchanan is not alone in suspecting that the recent strike on the Israel-linked MT Mercer Street tanker could be a false flag incident intended to cause an attack on Iran…

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Dear Star Parker, please take this crash course on the facts about Israel

[email protected] August 3, 2021 a land without people, Ben & Jerry's, ethnic cleansing, Israel myths, Nakba, star parker

A respected journalist, apparently misinformed about history and current events in Israel, has unfortunately shared with her readers several inaccuracies about Israel and the people of Palestine. Her misunderstandings are not uncommon. If Americans Knew offers corrections.

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Human Rights Watch: apparent war crimes by Israel during May attack on Gaza

[email protected] July 30, 2021 Gaza, hamas, hrw, Human Rights Watch, israel airstrike, Israeli military, war crimes

Human Rights Watch investigated several Israeli attacks that resulted in particularly high numbers of civilian casualties – with no evident military target – and determined that the incidents may have been war crimes. Other Israeli attacks during the conflict were also likely unlawful.

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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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Rally ‘against antisemitism’ held to support Israel’s actions against Gaza

Alison Weir July 11, 2021 Alliance for Israel, antisemitism, Melissa Landa, no fear rally, No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People, Norm Coleman, Ron Klein

The Alliance for Israel is behind today’s Washington, D.C. rally “No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People.”(Live coverage here.) The rally was largely initiated by a desire to defend Israel over criticisms of the state’s recent violence against Palestinians. (Some groups refused to participate)

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I Was Fired For Criticizing Israel. Now I Dig Holes For A Living

[email protected] July 11, 2021 Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Carol Off, Censorship, CJFE, Gaza, Kevin Metcalf, Steven Salaita, yaser murtaja

Another casualty of Israel’s war on truth: ‘Canadian Journalists for Free Expression’ fired a staffer for publishing a routine letter that criticized Israel for killing journalists…

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Biden kneels before Israeli President’s chief of staff

Alison Weir July 5, 2021 Beit Illit, Biden, Haredi, Haredim, Mordechai Samet, reuven rivlin, Rivka Ravitz, Yitzchak Ravitz

Israeli media are reporting widely that Biden knelt before Israeli President Rivlin’s chief of staff during Rivlin’s White House meeting with Biden. The chief of staff, Rivka Ravitz, is an ultra-orthodox Israeli who lived in an Israeli settlement for many years, where her husband was deputy mayor. Biden promised his support for Israel was ‘engraved in stone.’

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