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Tillerson, Mattis Warned Trump Against Embassy Move

[email protected] December 9, 2017 Jerusalem, Mattis, Tillerson

Trump decided to keep his campaign pledge, despite warnings from Mattis and Tillerson that the move would endanger US diplomats, undermine the peace process, and be condemned in both Arab countries and America’s most important Eurpean allies. Domestically, Trump has little to worry about. Democrats have fawned over Israel for 70 years, the Republicans’ Christian Evangelical base supports the embassy move, and the GOP has been desperate to break into what was once a Democrat-only monopoly on Jewish-American political funding—and Jewish votes…

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Israel’s ‘refusers’: Why we, too, feel ‘occupied’

[email protected] November 20, 2017

Many Israelis have refused to serve in Israel’s occupation forces – hear why they’ve sometimes gone to prison rather than take part in oppression…

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McCollum introduces legislation to promote human rights for Palestinian children

[email protected] November 15, 2017 Andre Carson, Betty McCollum, Chellie Pingree, Danny Davis, Earl Blumenauer, HR439, John Conyers Jr, Luis Gutierrez, Mark Pocan, Peter DeFazio, Raul Grijalva

H.R. 4391, the Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act, calls for the prevention of US tax dollars from supporting Israel’s ongoing detention and mistreatment of Palestinian children.

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Harvey Weinstein used Israeli spies in effort to silence victims

[email protected] November 9, 2017 black cube, ehud barak, mcgowan, Mossad, rape, rasmea odeh, Ronan farrow, weinstein

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein used former Mossad agents in efforts to silence actresses who accused him of sexual assault. The Electronic Intifada notes “…sexual violence has been a routine part of the methods Israeli intelligence agencies have used against Palestinians.” The UK’s Daily Mail names an Israeli spy used by Weinstein…

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The strange, sad saga of the Taylor Force Act

[email protected] September 6, 2017 Bashar Masalha, Haim Saban, Jane Harman, Jonathan Pollard, Joseph Gildenhorn, Lindsay Graham, Moshe Feiglin, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Noah Pollak, Sander Gelber, schumer, Shmuel Sackett, Shurat Hadin, taylor force, Thane Rosenbaum, Wilson Center, Yossi Kuperwasser, Zo Artzeinu

The murder of an American is being used to push new U.S. legislation on behalf of Israel, and to enrich an extremist right-wing Israeli organization with connections to an Israeli party outlawed by Israel as a terrorist organization, and that honors one of the most damaging spies against the U.S…

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Harvard Crimson ad asks if anti-BDS Harvard profs “only care about certain lives”

[email protected] August 30, 2017 AJC, American Jewish Committee, BDS, Boston Globe, Crimson, Harvard, Harvard Crimson

A full page ad in the Harvard Crimson names 71 Harvard professors who signed a statement condemning potential harm to children done by boycotts, but would not sign a statement against ongoing, direct harm to Palestinian children. The ad, by If Americans Knew, details Israeli actions against children…

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The Unz Review: America’s Militarized Police – Made in Israel?

[email protected] July 26, 2017 police training

Since 2002 there have been hundreds of all-expenses-paid trips to Israel including officers from every major American city as well as state and local police departments. Some have been sponsored by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA). The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has also been directly funding trips since 2008…

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Electronic Intifada: Is Israel spying on your smartphone?

[email protected] July 6, 2017 hacking, nso group, pegasus, spying

Mexican and UAE investigative journalists and human rights defenders have had their smartphones hacked by a secretive Israeli-made system. An infected phone gives the perpetrator access to movements and location, emails, WhatsApp messages, and passwords, and can even turn on the phone’s camera and microphone.

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Instead of Taylor Force Act, Congress should consider Rachel Corrie Act, Orwah Hammad Act

[email protected] June 30, 2017 ben cardin, bill cassidy, bill nelson, brian avery, chris van hollen, dianne feinstein, emily henoschowitz, john n. kennedy, kamala harris, marco rubio, maria cantwell, martin heinrich, orwah hammad, patty murray, rachel corrie, tariq abukhdeir, taylor force act, tom udall, tristan anderson

Instead of commemorating a tragic death with legislation that will cut off funding to Palestinians and create more misery and, most likely, violence, Congress should enact a Rachel Corrie Act, a Brian Avery Act, an Emily Henoschowitz Act, a Tristan Anderson Act, a Tariq Abukhdeir Act, and an Orwah Hammad Act. See details of what they would contain…

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Review of Thomas Suarez’s “State of Terror”

[email protected] June 17, 2017 history, suarez, zionism

Thomas Suarez’s “State of Terror” is a meticulously documented history of Zionism. Israel owes its existence to its wholesale theft of Palestinians’ worldly possessions. It is painful to read through Suarez’s listing of atrocities: rape, torture, murder, robbery. Arab villages, Christian and Muslim, friendly and not, were destroyed…

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