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ZAKA Updated 2024-04-08 2024-03-16 Meet Israel’s ZAKA, the group that fabricated the ‘beheaded babies’ story     Lies, graphic fabrications and gory disinformation to manipulate public opinion.   Here’s how ZAKA, a volunteer organization founded on Zionist ideologies, helped Israel galvanize public support … Continue reading →

War on Terror Updated 2024-04-08 2024-01-25 Israel, the United States, and the Rhetoric of the War on Terror   In a New Yorker piece published five days after the attacks of September 11, 2001, American critic and public intellectual Susan Sontag … Continue reading →

United States Politicians before October 7, 2023 updated 2024-04-08 2023-10-00 Palestine and Empire   After Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Pramila Jayapal, accurately if perhaps accidentally, publicly called Israel a “racist state,” a bipartisan Concurrent Resolution 57 repudiating such a heresy was … Continue reading →

United States Imperialism Updated 2024-04-08 2024-03-14 Withering US Imperialism From Ukraine to Gaza   Empires don’t just fall like toppled trees. Instead, they weaken slowly as a succession of crises drain their strength and confidence until they suddenly begin to disintegrate. … Continue reading →

United States Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 Updated 2024-04-08 2024-03-12 ‘That’s the Law’: Senators Say Biden Must End Arms Sales If Israel Keeps Blocking Aid    A group of senators said Tuesday that under U.S. law, the Biden administration must cut … Continue reading →

United States Must Force End of Genocide Updated 2024-04-08 2024-03-24 Does Israel need to be forced by the US to end the war in Gaza? | The Bottom Line      All of Israel’s modern wars have ended with US intervention, but … Continue reading →

Sweden Updated 2024-04-08 2024-03-09 Canada, Sweden Restore UNRWA Funds as Report Accuses Israel of Torturing Agency Staff     “The work that UNWRA does cannot be overstated,” said Canadian lawmaker Salma Zahid. “It will save lives as we have seen the visuals … Continue reading →

Sheline, Annelle   Reigned State Department Official Updated 2024-04-08 2024-03-28    I Could Not Stay Silent: Annelle Sheline Resigns from State Dept. over U.S. Gaza Policy    A State Department official working on human rights issues in the Middle East resigned Wednesday in … Continue reading →

Schumer, Chuck – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Updated 2024-04-08 2024-03-14 As Schumer Slams Netanyahu, Palestine Defenders Want ‘Action From Democrats, Not Words’    While welcoming remarks by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an obstacle … Continue reading →

Said, Edward (Author on Palestine) Updated 2024-04-08 2024-01-23 Edward Said’s Vision – KPFA – Against the Grain     What insights into Israel/Palestine, and what visions for the region, were articulated by Edward Said? Under what conditions did the Palestinian-American scholar, critic, … Continue reading →