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Trump’s Israel policies have caused a split among Israel lovers

[email protected] April 26, 2019 american zionism, analysis, Donald Trump, golan annexation, israel lobby, liberal zionism, Netanyahu, zionism, zionist

Philip Weiss reports that Trump’s extreme pro-Israel policies have fostered a widening split among Israel-lovers. Rightwing Zionists love what Trump is doing. Centrist Zionists who worry that Israel is going off the rails are disturbed by Trump’s actions. Liberal and centrist Zionists have been going to occupied Jerusalem for more than a generation and seeing a 26-foot wall that reminded them of the Berlin wall on steroids, and seen bright red occupation signs warning Jews against going into Palestinian areas that remind them of South Africa. And they’ve done nothing…

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Poll finds only 41% of Americans view Israeli government favorably

Alison Weir April 25, 2019 American views on Israel, Pew poll, Pew survey, poll on Israel

Among its findings, a new Pew poll found that most Americans view the Israeli government unfavorably, feel that Trump is favoring Israel too much, and only 27% of Americans under 30 view Israel’s government favorably….

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Gallup: ‘Americans aren’t as pro-Israel as we’ve been saying’

[email protected] April 22, 2019 Gallup, IRmep, Israel, Palestine, polls, surveys

Gallup explains that its polling over 3 decades, which consistently showed high American sympathy for Israel, was the result of “priming” questions that influenced respondents to falsely express pro-Israel leanings. Gallup buried this explosive admission.

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Yet Another Senator from Israel: Cory Booker shines at AIPAC

[email protected] April 12, 2019 AIEF, AIPAC, American Israel Education Foundation, analysis, BDS, dual loyalty, shmuley boteach

Giraldi sums up presidential hopeful Cory Booker: “a complete sell-out to Israel and its Jewish supporters” who tries to be “more Israeli than the Israelis.” Booker claims that there is “no greater moral vandalism than abandoning Israel,” and swears to give Israel even more money.

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Baseline of a Desecrated Land IX: Toxic Leaks & Spills

[email protected] April 12, 2019 agriculture, analysis, Dick Callahan, ecology, environment, repost

Part 9 of a 12 part series examining the ecological impacts of Israel’s occupation of Palestine. A synopsis of the findings is here. by Dick Callahan, reposted from DickCallahan.net Recognition 9: The ‘Toxic Tsunami’ and Other Disasters Petroleum contamination: Chronic leaks and spills in Israel “… we discovered a layer of gasoline near a gas…

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There’s Something Rotten in Virginia: Israel Is a Malignant Force in Local Politics

[email protected] April 9, 2019 American Israel Education Foundation, BDS, boycott, institute for curriculum services, virginia coalition for human rights, Virginia Israel Advisory Board, zionism

Among the many state and local orgs that work in the shadows for Israel is the Virginia-Israel Advisory Board (VIAB), funded by Virginia taxpayers. VIAB’s main objective is to provide preferential and unconditional funding to oftentimes secretive Israeli business projects designed to entwine Israeli industries into Virginia industries and government. VIAB is currently being scrutinized by the state Attorney General over its handling of government funds.

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Baseline of a Desecrated Land VI: Awash in Sewage

[email protected] April 9, 2019 agriculture, analysis, Dick Callahan, ecology, environment, repost

Part 6 of a 12 part series examining the ecological impacts of Israel’s occupation of Palestine. A synopsis of the findings is here. by Dick Callahan, reposted from DickCallahan.net Sewage Quiz and nowhere to go “…with clear waters and action packed beaches, each one of Tel Aviv’s 16 beaches has its own style and attracts…

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New Bill Would See US Taxpayers Subsidize Experimental Israeli Laser Weapons

[email protected] March 26, 2019 directed energy cooperation act, elise stafanik, laser weapon, nautilus program, particle beam, pentagon, ted lieu

The U.S.-Israel Directed Energy Cooperation Act would deepen Israel’s access to grotesque weapons of war that have been developed by the U.S. military but have also been banned for use by American troops.

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Detailed U.N. Report on Israeli Occupation of Golan Heights

[email protected] March 22, 2019

Israel “destroyed 244 villages and built-up areas in the Golan and expelled their population, sparing only five villages (Majdal Shams, Buq’ata, Ain Qunya, Mas’ada and al-Ghajar). Not even places of worship, schools and health centres escaped destruction. The underlying aim of the occupation authorities was to eliminate Arab landmarks and obliterate the Arab identity of the Golan, as a result of which anyone who visits the Golan today is able to identify the locations of the former Arab villages only from their ruins…”

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Goodbye to the Internet: Interference by Governments Is Already Here

[email protected] March 21, 2019 ADL, analysis, Anti-Defamation League, Censorship, cyberhate, hasbara, new zealand massacre, social media, transparency

In the wake of the New Zealand massacre and other serious incidents, some are calling for more policing of the internet. Philip Giraldi argues that US media is already over-regulated, and the bodies that oversee the regulating (for example Congress and ADL) can not be trusted to have our interests at heart.

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