Special rapporteurs warn the 20-point plan for Gaza risks entrenching human rights violations against Palestinians; the cohort allegedly selected to run Gaza is also disturbing.
The Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran (GAMAAN), an influential Dutch polling group cited by the New York Times, U.S. State Department, and U.K. government, claims to capture the true views of everyday Iranians through unconventional online surveys…but it has an agenda.
The billionaire co-founder of tech giant Oracle, one of the richest men in the world, and Israel supporter extraordinaire, is set to to take control of the American media. And he has Marco Rubio in his back pocket.
Israeli forces kill at least 50 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including 5 aid seekers; possible friendly fire incident in West Bank; Israel’s Knesset working to mandate death penalty for ‘terror’ convictions; flotilla update; Blinken
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, attended a White House meeting on August 27 to lay out US and Israeli plans for the fate of post-war Gaza, according to media reports.
70 Palestinians dead in Gaza, incl 22 aid seekers; 317 starved; “double-tap” was really a triple-tap (CNN); US contractors instrumental in killing of journalist; Israel demands retraction of famine designation; AIPAC in trouble; evangelical NGO to assist Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s deadly work
Stephen Walt reports how numerous Israeli leaders & pro-Israel lobby groups pushed for the U.S. invasion of Iraq… ‘Given all the problems that the lobby’s prescriptions have produced in recent years, you’d think U.S. leaders would have learned to ignore its advice. But there’s little sign of that so far, which means that these past errors are likely to be repeated. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…’
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.