The Israeli American Council is a ten-year-old organization of dual US-Israeli citizens. Its lobbying arm has been the driving force and partial architect of anti-BDS laws passed in Nevada, California and Texas and is currently advancing similar legislation in Massachusetts. It also helped promote the “Taylor Force Act” and other bills for Israel. Report includes photos and videos….
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Trump taps head of anti-Palestinian group as top civil rights enforcer
Kenneth Marcus, the head of an Israel advocacy group that has for years worked to smear Palestine solidarity activism as anti-Semitism, has been nominated for the top civil rights position at the Department of Education. Once there, he will be in a position to censor information and shut down events on Palestine on US campuses…
Israel-dominated U.S. Congress passes four more anti-Iran bills
The Israel lobby has pushed through more anti-Iran legislation. Iran has long been targeted by Israel because of Iran’s support for Palestinians. This report details the legislation and provides information about those who sponsored it…
Israel finally ends $10 billion binary options scam – or does it?
Israel just banned the sale of binary options – an industry that has brought in $10 Billion a year for the past ten years through conning millions of people around the world. The new bill came when legislators were worried that the scam was hurting Israel’s image – it was already illegal to sell to Israelis. Some consider the bill too little, too late…
The Forward: Did AIPAC Secretly Write Your Rabbi’s Sermon?
The Forward reports: Each week, AIPAC sends out two prewritten sermons to rabbis across the U.S., pushing AIPAC’s legislative agenda and policy goals –
and reminds rabbis that they shouldn’t tell congregants where they got the pre-written texts…
Corruption permeates Israel under Netanyahu, goes back decades
Israel is fighting corruption from the highest places in government, right on down to the household help. Read about a handful of the many scandals reaching back decades and involving many previous leaders.
Israeli ambassador pushes potential war to elite U.S. powerbrokers
A select group of Washington D.C. heavy hitters attended a Rosh Hashanah event at which the Israeli Ambassador laid out a rationale for another Israeli war. The attendees included Wolf Blitzer, Jason Greenblatt, Abe Foxman, Mort Klein, Eli Lake, White House insiders, Congressmen, political operatives, philanthropists, etc (detailed list)…
Billionaire Seth Klarman, donor to Israel causes, is one of the largest holders of Puerto Rican debt
Puerto Rico has suffered under a borrowing crisis in which creditors scooped up bonds on the cheap and then procured an astronomical payout. This has led to widespread suffering. Seth Klarman, whose hedge fund has one of the largest holdings of Puerto Rican debt, has donated through the years to numerous Israel lobby groups that enable Palestinian suffering…
Will Israel Become a UN Security Council Member?
Israel has desperately sought to be legitimized by the UN, while it has done its utmost to de-legitimize the UN. Now it wants a Security Council seat.
The Crazy Imbalance of Russia-gate: What about Israel?
Robert Parry deconstructs the latest Russia-gate propaganda and examines the foreign nation that most influences U.S. elections & pushes us into wars: Israel, with the help of its American agents…