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Democratic bigwigs create group DMFI to promote Israel to progressives

[email protected] February 9, 2019 AIPAC, analysis, Democratic Majority for Israel, DMFI, hakeem jeffries, Kirsten Sinema, Mark Mellman, Robert Menendez, steny hoyer, ted deutch

Alison Weir’s in depth investigation of the new “Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI),” created to counter growing support among Democrats for Palestinian rights (only 19 % of progressive Democrats now support Israel over Palestinians). DMFI plans to use its substantial financial resources & powerful connections to bring Democrats back into the pro-Israel fold and to target Democrats such as Betty McCollum who support Palestinian human rights…

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After expulsion of West Bank observer force, Palestinians fear the worst

[email protected] February 7, 2019 al khalil, baruch goldstein, Hebron, hebron protocol, IDF, occupation, oslo accords, settler, settler violence, temporary international presence in hebron, tiph

The Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) has observed & documented Israeli violations of international law for 22 years. Netanyahu has cancelled their mandate following a leaked TIPH report of widespread Israeli abuse. Palestinians fear the worst without the watchful eye of TIPH; Israeli settlers say it will be “a breath of fresh air.”

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Not a person, but a “knife-wielding Palestinian”

[email protected] February 4, 2019 analysis, checkpoint, media bias, occupation, reuters, Samah Zuheir Mubarak, settler violence, shrinking palestine, suicide by cop, zionism

This 16-year-old child did not grow up or die in a vacuum. We need to examine the reportage, the context of her life, and own our own complicity in her death.

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Study finds 50-year history of anti-Palestinian bias in mainstream news reporting

[email protected] January 19, 2019 AIPAC, Alison Weir, Great March of Return, greg philo, greg shupak, israeli settlement, john mearsheimer, marda dunsky, media bias, mike berry, natural language processing, occupation, oslo accords, palestinian refugee, Paul Findley, pundit fact, siham rashid, Six Day War, stephen walt, tamara kharroub

A study of 50 years of headlines in 5 top newspapers finds that media coverage of Israel-Palestine favors Israel by providing more overall coverage, more positive coverage, and greater access to Israeli voices than to Palestinian ones. Much of this can be attributed to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby.

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Pro-Israel, Pro-War Neocons ally with “Progressives” to Destroy Donald Trump

[email protected] January 14, 2019 American Enterprise Institute, Bill Kriston, Center for American Progress, Pierre Omidyar, Rachel Maddow, The Bulwark

Israelist Neocons have moved back & forth between the left and the right… currently they’re working with progressives, funded by Pierre Omidyar, featured as “pundits” from Fox News to Rachel Maddow, & promoting anti-Russian conspiracie

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Opinion: Americans Need a Congress that Represents Americans

[email protected] January 11, 2019 analysis, israel lobby, marco rubio, Paul Craig Roberts, S.1

Paul Craig Roberts: US Senator Marco Rubio poses as a representative of Florida Republicans, but in truth he represents the interests of Israel. He is sponsor of legislation that punishes Americans who boycott Israel as their way of protesting Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people. That Rubio is doing his best to dismantle what little is left of the First Amendment doesn’t seem to bother the media, who are no longer protective of the First Amendment.

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The pro-Israel billionaires & neocons behind Marco Rubio

[email protected] January 10, 2019 adelson, Larry Ellison, marco rubio, neoconservatives, Normal Braman, Paul Singer, Perlmutter, pnac

Rubio’s career has been funded from the beginning by multi-billionaire Israel partisans such as Normal Braman, Paul Singer, Sheldon Adelson, and Larry Ellison. Rubio has close ties to the pro-Israel neocons who pushed the U.S. into the disastrous Iraq war, and he advocates positions that would likely lead to still more war and violence…

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Opinion: As an American-Israeli, I Am Thrilled for the Palestinians and for Rashida Tlaib

[email protected] January 9, 2019 apartheid, BDS, occupation, Rashida Tlaib, settlement, settler violence, zionism

Every day that Netanyahu chooses Trump and fundamentalism over the pro-democracy, pro-equality, pro-pluralism views of diaspora Jews, is a great day for the Palestinian cause.

No Israeli prime minister, no Israeli government and no consortium of allies has done nearly as much – inadvertently, to be sure – to bring the cause and the grievances of the Palestinians front and center.

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Trump responds to Israeli complaints about US troops exiting Syria: We give Israel $4.5 billion

[email protected] December 28, 2018 aid to Israel, Syria, Trump

Trump responds to Israeli complaints about US troops exiting Syria: We give Israel .5 billion

Israel partisans have been claiming that Trump’s planned Syria troop withdrawal will leave Israel in danger. Trump pointed out that the U.S. gives Israel billions of dollars…

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AIPAC takes newly elected Congress members, CNN’s Setmayer on propaganda trips to Israel

[email protected] December 13, 2018 AIEF, AIPAC, Alexandria Ocasio-Corte, Dan Crenshaw, David Trone, Denver Riggleman., Elaine Luria, israel lobby, Rashida Tlaib, Susie Lee, Tara Setmayer, Tim Burchett

The Israel lobby is taking newly elected Congressional representatives, CNN-ABC commentator Tara Setmayer, & California “progressive leaders” on propaganda trips to Israel. AIPAC IS using a loophole that violates the spirit of the law… and seems to be functioning as a foreign agent…

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