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
Huckabee’s “terrorists”; AOC’s notable quote on AIPAC; more injustice in West Bank; US makes major purchase of [banned] Israeli arms; more.
Settlers in Gaza; Iran headlines; West Bank displacement, prisoners; Palestinian Martyrs’ Fund; Gaza Sumud Flotilla’s latest mission; more
Gaza’s medical disaster continues; Et tu, Human Rights Watch?; a rare admission of killing civilians from Israel; Epstein and Israel; Chuck Schumer vows to give Israel whatever it wants
David Ellison coordinated with former Israeli military commander-in-chief Benjamin Gantz by email on a nascent Israeli government cyber sabotage campaign in 2015, according to leaked emails
Curry’s investments demonstrate how Israel’s security establishment co-opts high-profile cultural influencers to provide the country, and its military-derived technology, with legitimacy.