Israel killed at least 5 children in Gaza; going deaf a land without hearing aids; erasing refugee camps; female prisoners; Israeli whitewashing; stealing from West Bank to pay for Gaza; is ICE killing incident “the full Israelification” of the US?; Congress members taking gifts from foreign gov’t
America must choose: Continue down a path of costly entanglement and strategic decline, or chart a new course anchored in sovereignty, balance, and hard-nosed diplomacy.
Colombia says ‘we will no longer allow international law to be treated as optional’ as nations pledge to prevent arms transfers to Israel for Gaza atrocities.
Will the US respond forcefully to Israel’s covert campaign to influence our political process, as was the case with the Russians and Chinese? Likely not…
Read up on the Palestine issue: a bit of history, a hostage’s account, thoughts on censorship and genocide, quick stops in Germany and the US, then back to Gaza.
Revealed: review of internal state department documents shows special mechanisms have been used to shield Israel from US human rights laws. “Nobody said it but everyone knew the rules were different for Israel. No one will ever admit that, but it’s the truth,” said one former state department official.
In a culture of impunity for Israeli police and military (and Israel in general), it should come as no surprise that the killing of Eyad Hallaq, a disabled Palestinian man, is rewarded.
In two decades, Palestinian prisoners have lodged 1,300 complaints of torture – yet not one Shin Bet interrogator has been indicted. This human rights advocate calls for interrogations to be video taped.
Richard Falk reports that “Progressive Except Palestine” journalist Thomas Friedman is an unapologetic Israel apologist, putting a positive spin on Israeli actions that can be spun, and simply avoiding comment on issues when it’s convenient.