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Archives: Israel Lobbies

1st Amendment RIP: 50 Senators want to make Boycotting Israel a Felony

By Aniqa Raihan | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - The goal is to frighten people from engaging in the completely legal act of living out their values. In 1966, the…

GOP not the party of ‘Security’ as Intel Allies Flee Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Globally, US security partners are beginning to rethink sharing sensitive intelligence with the United States. That decisio should worry all Americans, since it…

‘Onward Christian Zionists’: Trump, Israel and the Inauguration

Shalom Goldman | (Informed Comment) | - - While US support for Israel has never been stronger (witness the 38 billion dollar aid package signed by the president in December) the perception…

US Media outraged by Russia, won’t Notice Israeli plot on UK Parliament

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)- - Washington is obsessed by the story put out by US intelligence agencies that Russia tried to interfere in the US presidential election. But for reasons…

After Israel Land-Theft Vote, will Trump & GOP Congress try to defund the UN?

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The United States has had a longstanding love-hate relationship with the United Nations ever since 1952 when the…

Jewish Students and Scholars Object to US Bill Banning Criticism of Israel

By IMEMC | - - Jewish scholars and students have released statements urging the US House of Representatives and President Obama to reject the controversial “Antisemitism Awareness Act”. In a recent initiative…

Trump adviser reiterates pledge to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Following up on a campaign pledge from US President-elect Donald Trump to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Trump’s senior adviser…

5 Trump Headlines more outrageous than “Hamilton”

5 Trump Headlines more outrageous than the “Hamilton” Tiff

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump is the master of misdirection, the techniques magicians use to get you to look elsewhere while they perform their sleight of hand.…

Mike Pence on the “American Heartland” and the Holy Land

By Shalom Goldman | ( Patheos ) The Republican Party platform, posted last week, gives the American-Israeli relationship considerable space. Pundits in the U.S. and Israel have duly noted the absence in…

Clintonites in Democratic Party Back Settler Colonialism (Not a 1905 Headline)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Clinton loyalists debating the Democratic Party platform have defeated an amendment that would have called for an end to the Israeli Occupation…

Dissing Progressives, DNC Platform Backs Fracking, TPP, and Israeli Occupation

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - Appointees by Clinton and Wasserman Schulz resoundingly reject numerous proposals put forth by Sanders surrogates. Despite its claims to want…

Will Gov. Cuomo’s executive order against Israel Boycott strengthen movement?

By Tekendra Parmar | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - On June 5, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order to create a blacklist of entities that support the boycott, divestment…

Israel-First McCarthyism: Cuomo’s vow to spy on, punish BDS Activists in long Tradition

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - After New York governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order directing the state to monitor and sanction activists in the Boycott, Sanctions and…

Over 80 senators push Obama to increase military aid to Israel; but not Bernie

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- More than 80 percent of American senators signed a letter addressed to US President Barack Obama urging him to reach an agreement on…

The Bernie Sanders Miracle: American Crowd in Brooklyn Cheers Palestinian Dignity

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Democratic debate in Brooklyn last night took an unusual turn when a grumpy old Jewish American upbraided a slightly younger Illinois Methodist…

Are Sanders’ Criticisms of Israeli Occupation Policies unprecedented in Presidential Campaign?

Are Sanders’ Criticisms of Israeli Occupation Policies unprecedented in a Presidential Campaign?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Bernie Sanders is being attacked for comments on the Middle East in his interview with the editorial board of The New York Daily…

Meet the Conspiracy Theory Hatemonger behind Ted Cruz

Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Video Report) | - - "Ted Cruz is the Republican establishment's last hope against Donald Trump. But if you're hoping for a bit of sanity from him, well...…

In attack on 1st Amendment, U of California outlaws criticism of Israel while ignoring Islamophobia

TeleSur | - - Pro-Palestinian groups argue that Muslims also need protection from Islamophobia on campus, an issue officials neglected to address. A University of California committee unanimously approved a statement Wednesday…

Bravest man in Politics: Bernie Sanders harshly criticizes Israeli Occupation: ‘Absurd’ Settlements, 44% Unemployment

TeleSur The Vermont senator called himself a "friend" and "partner" of Israel but called for an end to occuption of Palestine. After Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders decided against attending the American…

Hillary Clinton goes full Neocon at AIPAC, Demonizes Iran, Palestinians

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I once heard Hillary Clinton give her AIPAC speech at a university. It doesn't change much, just as US policy toward the Mideast…