Former president Donald Trump speaks frankly about former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump said that at an early stage of his presidency, he realized that Netanyahu would be a bigger obstacle to peace than Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. “I thought he was terrific,” Trump said of Abbas, reflecting on their “great” first meeting. “He was almost like a father. Couldn’t have been nicer. I thought he wanted to make a deal more than Netanyahu…”
Category: 2020 US Elections
The role of the Israel lobby in Jon Ossoff’s ascendance
The new US Senator from Georgia, a 33-year-old who is now the best funded Senate candidate in history, began his political career helping to defeat Georgia’s first Black woman to be elected to Congress. She had been targeted for removal by the Israel lobby (see video of her explaining the requirement for politicians to pledge loyalty to Israel)…
Giraldi: Israel’s Power over America Is Unlimited
Israel drives many US policies to the detriment of Americans… Trump, Biden Kamala, Warnock, Ossoff… Former Obama official: Even to acknowledge the fact that AIPAC was spending tens of millions to defeat the Iran deal [JCPOA] was supposedly anti-Semitic. To observe that the same people who supported the war in Iraq also opposed the Iran deal was similarly off limits…
Trends in Congress spell hope for Palestinians
Capitol Hill has for years been a no-questions-asked, pro-Israel fortress. That tide may be turning, and Israel partisans are not happy.
Joe Biden’s deep ties with Israel
Joe Biden has been in a love affair with Israel for decades. A scolding from Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin early on might have set the course.
Hedges, Taibbi, Greenwald discuss censorship (reminiscent of Dorothy Thompson)
Progressive journalists Chris Hedges & Matt Taibbi discuss media censorship of the explosive Biden emails, & the Intercept censors Glenn Greenwald. Such censorship has gone on for years on Palestine… e.g. the most famous woman journalist was erased from history for reporting on Palestine, and Grace Halsell’s 1970s exposé on Israeli torture of Palestinians was suppressed…
AIPAC strategist & longtime Biden friend is cautiously optimistic about Biden win
Jewish News of Northern California interview with Dem strategist Sam Lauter. Lauter had met Biden at an AIPAC conference in about 1983, telling him after listening to his speech, “When I graduate from Cal., I’m moving to D.C. to work for you.” (Lauter’s mother, Naomi, was involved in AIPAC’s founding… He later became AIPAC head for the SF Bay Area, and is currently a board member of the Democratic Majority for Israel… he has kept in touch with Biden on and off over the past 30-plus years…
New pro-Israel policies being established before possible Trump defeat
A flurry of actions have been undertaken recently to benefit Israel, to assist Donald Trump’s electoral prospects, and, if Trump is defeated, to procure the policies before a potentially slightly less pro-Israel candidate takes office…
Congress cranks out legislation for Israel: The details
Congress has been cranking out legislation that bankrolls & benefits Israel at a remarkable pace during the current congressional session. Here’s a comprehensive rundown…
Green Party, Libertarian presidential candidates on Israel-Palestine
Green candidate Howie Hawkins and Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen are also on the ballot – and unlike Trump and Biden, they and their running mates appear to be remarkably independent of the Israel lobby… See their statements on Palestine-Israel here…