AIPAC

AIPAC video describes decades-long role in US laws against BDS

If Americans Knew – August 14, 2017 AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is a powerful Washington DC lobbying organization. In this 2016 video, AIPAC describes how it has successfully worked to create U.S. laws against boycotting Israel over its multitudinous violations of human rights and international law. The video doesn’t mention the anti-boycott […]

‘The Palestine Exception’: War on BDS is now a war on American democracy

By Ramzy Baroud | MEMO | August 7, 2017 There is something immoral in Washington D.C., and its consequences can be dire for many people, particularly for the health of US democracy. The US government is declaring war on the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The fight to defeat BDS has been ongoing […]

US senators propose $558mn more for Israeli missile defense

RT | June 29, 2017 A Senate committee markup of the 2018 Pentagon funding bill would give $705 million to Israeli “cooperative” missile defense programs, a $588 million increase from the budget request made by President Donald Trump. The Senate Armed Services Committee draft of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would allocate $268.5 […]