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Palestinian ex-detainees heard “screams around the clock” from fellow prisoners – Day 136

[email protected] February 20, 2024 al-aqsa mosque, humanitarian aid, icj, marwan barghouti, nancy pelosi, occupation settler violence, palestinian prisoners, palestinian state, ramadan, torture, unicef, unsc, Women's Rights

Reports that Israeli forces killed, raped Palestinian women & girls; Israeli torture, grotesque humiliation of Palestinian prisoners; humanitarian aid at “lowest level”; UNICEF expects “explosion in preventable child deaths”; Netanyahu rejects Palestinian state; ICJ hearing against Israel’s occupation; settler attacks in West Bank jumped 200%; US offers resolution at UNSC; Pelosi’s delusional statement; fears for Marwan Barghouti’s life

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Gazans have begun starving to death, as US withholds funding to UNRWA – Day 114

[email protected] January 29, 2024 arab americans, Biden, francesca albanese, Gaza, genocide, Gideon Levy, humanitarian aid, Iran, Israel, khan younis, nancy pelosi, palestine protest, starvation, unrwa

In Gaza, starvation has become a reality, not just a risk – still Israel withholds aid; Khan Younis under intense bombardment as refugees try to flee; UN’s Francesca Albanese says withholding funding from UNRWA aids and abets genocide; Gideon Levy describes West Bank shepherds going bankrupt; Israelis hold conference about resettling Gaza; Arab Americans don’t want to talk politics with Biden “while there’s a genocide unfolding”; Nancy Pelosi goes full McCarthy, alleging a link between Palestine protesters and Putin; US leaders blame Iran for deaths of 3 American troops in Jordan – Iran begs to differ

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Joaquin Castro: a non-Zionist contender for Foreign Affairs Committee??

[email protected] October 9, 2020 brad sherman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Gregory Meeks, Joaquin Castro, nancy pelosi

Castro pledges to bring Palestinian voices to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says US. must act as an “honest broker” in the Israel-Palestine peace process…

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The Fall of Eliot Engel: Israel-Firster Defeated in Congressional Primary

[email protected] June 28, 2020 2020 U.S. Elections, brad sherman, Carolyn Maloney, chuck schumer, Congressional Black Caucus, Eliot Engel, Hillary Clinton, israel lobby, Mondaire Jones, nancy pelosi, New York, nita lowey, Ocasio-Cortez, Suraj Patel

Phil Giraldi reports that Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Cuomo, Nancy Pelosi, & the Congressional Black Caucas (also in the Israel lobby’s pocket) had endorsed Engel, but Jamaal Bowman won… as did Ocasio-Cortez… It’s early days to be hopeful, but the NY primary election results, from a state where Jewish groups wield enormous power, just might be an indication that some things are about to change…

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‘My heart comes first’ — Why Nita Lowey chose to chair House committee controlling funds to Israel

[email protected] February 10, 2020 analysis, Democratic Majority for Israel, Foreign affairs, foreign policy, Haim Saban, Ilhan Omar, nancy pelosi, nita lowey, Obama, Politics, pro-israel america, Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Eliot Engel

Lowey chose to ‘follow her heart’ by heading the state, foreign operations, and related programs subcommittee over a more prestigious subcommittee within the powerful House Appropriations Committee because it dealt with allocating funds for Israel.

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The oligarch behind today’s World Holocaust Forum attended by presidents and kings

Alison Weir January 23, 2020 Mike Pence, Moshe Kantor, nancy pelosi, Remembering the Holocaust, Russian oligarch, Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, World Holocaust Forum

By Alison Weir: At least 45 world leaders have responded to a summons to attend the World Holocaust Forum in Israel to “fight antisemitism.” The event is organized by a Russian-Israeli oligarch who considers support for Palestinian human rights “antisemitic.” He is promoting an Orwellian program that would criminalize “intolerance” and require re-education programs for anyone who strays beyond accepted views…

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Jewish Congress launches campaign against ‘antisemitism’ (aka support for Palestinian rights)

Alison Weir January 22, 2020 deir yassin, European Jewish Congress, Moshe Kantor, nancy pelosi, reuven rivlin, Tony Blair, Viatcheslav Kantor, Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, World Holocaust Forum

By Alison Weir. The European Jewish Congress has launched a worldwide social media campaign against “antisemitism” (which, in EJC eyes, includes opposition to Israeli human rights abuses). The man behind the campaign, EJC President Moshe Kantor, is a Russian-Israeli oligarch known for “unscrupulous business dealings” who says BDS is antisemitic, calls for severe punishment of “intolerance,” and is the founder of numerous international entities.

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Pro-Israel neocons abound in Washington, and they’re calling the shots

[email protected] September 17, 2019 AIPAC, analysis, antisemitism, Haim Saban, israel lobby, Jeffrey Blankfort, nancy pelosi, neoconservatives, pnac, Project for a New American Century, Sheldon Adelson

Longtime Middle East analyst Jeffrey Blankfort discusses the history of pro-Israel neoconservatives in Washington, and the influence of AIPAC and Sheldon Adelson in Middle East policy – and he’s naming names.

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Israel has starring role in H.R.648, “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019”

[email protected] February 15, 2019 analysis, arms export controls act, BDS, begin doctrine, boycott, consolidated appropriations, gaza blockade, government shutdown, hrc, human rights council, iaea, loan guarantee, martyrs fund, nancy pelosi, nita lowey, nonproliferation, palestinian state, refugee, zionism

As Congress tackles urgent issues of reopening government and setting the budget for the country, it takes the time to prioritize a foreign country: H.R.648 contains assurances that Israel will receive $3.8 billion for arms, and funding for refugee resettlement; the bill also includes threats to de-fund the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and any future state of Palestine–if US demands (dictated by the Israel lobby) are not met.

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