The symbolic resolution could force Democrats to take a stand on the millions the increasingly toxic AIPAC spends on Democratic primaries.
DNC Resolution to Reject AIPAC Funding Puts Democratic Leaders in the Hot Seat
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Democratic Nat’l Committee’s Kneejerk Backing of Israel Is Political and Moral Failure
No matter how much the DNC leadership tries to shunt it aside, the burning issue of U.S. policy toward Israel will not go away.
Israel offers excuses and lies about killing of Gaza journalists – War on Gaza Day 690
Israeli forces kill at least 75 Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, including at least 18 aid seekers; 313 have now died of starvation; Israel wreaks havoc in West Bank; Netanyahu avoids ceasefire discussion in cabinet meeting, encourages settler violence; DNC ignores constituents on weapons to Israel
Israel kills quintuplets, as Biden insists “both sides” are dying – Day 317 Roundup
Gazan quintuplets murdered by Israeli bomb; another Palestinian journalist killed; babies need medical attention in hospitals that are about to shut down; doctor from Gaza speaks at DNC – a first; Israeli society supports gang rape of Palestinians; 413 humanitarian orgs call on UN to assure safety of humanitarian workers in Gaza; West Bank death; HRW: Israeli possible war crime against Yemen; Scottish gov’t not speaking to Israel; more.
Gaza records first polio case in 25 years – Day 314
Polio epidemic begins; new flyers about Gaza to distribute; just 11 percent of Gaza for Gazans; Israeli settlers carry out pogrom; Gaza Freedom Flotilla drawing near; Israeli leaders mull how to dodge ICC arrest warrants; German courts grapple with the meaning of “from the river to the sea”; Dems want ceasefire and arms embargo, but will Kamala listen?; senior UK diplomat resigns over Gaza; “Blue Vote Red Line” movement continues to gather signatures; more
Israeli settlers destroy truckloads of aid, as Israeli forces watch, Gazans starve – Day 220
Humanitarian aid trucks attacked (not for the first time); US is angry but impotent (not for the first time); Israel targets aid worker’s car, has no explanation (not for the first time); 450,000 Gazans evacuated from shelters (not for the first time); incitement by Israeli settlers, ministers; US military officer resigns; DNC afraid to hold debate about Gaza; campus protest update; more
Draft Democratic platform fails to endorse justice for Palestinians
Palestinian rights are becoming mainstream, and support for Israel is declining – especially among Democrats. But you’d never guess it from the Democratic Party platform. (If you’re not happy with this, there’s a place you can upload a short video telling the DNC what you want the platform to contain…)
Israel partisans make Perez Democratic National Committee chair, defeat Keith Ellison
Haim Saban called Ellison “anti-Israel” and anti-Semitic. The ADL called on Democrats to reject him. Alan Dershowitz said he’d leave the party if Ellison were elected chair; Jack Rosen of the American Jewish Congress, emailed DNC members the day before the vote saying Ellison threatened the U.S.-Israel relationship. Perez, on the other hand, courted pro-Israel activists: “One of the privileges of my life was getting to travel to Israel and meet someone who is one of my heroes, Shimon Peres. Uncle Shimon, to me…”