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Alison Weir US Ambassador: Israel Drives all US Policies While many Americans may believe that US policies are designed to address American needs, America's new Ambassador to Israel explains that this is far from the case.more Spinning the Egyptian Anti-Israel Protest Today's New York Times front-page story on Egyptian protests against the Israeli embassy largely neglects a primary cause of the anger: Israeli forces' killing of five Egyptian policemen. Egyptian anger over these deaths grew even greater when Israel's defense minister Ehud Barak refused to apologize. more American Taxpayers Pay and Pay: Subsidizing Israel's Ascendancy Over the U.S. Israel's Jerusalem Post newspaper recently published an article calling Israel "The New Golden Country" for young people from around the world. It reports that Israel boasts "an ever-increasing GDP, a strong currency, and a lower unemployment rate than the US." more Israeli video games in Gaza: "Minimal collateral damage" He looks at the camera with bright eyes and the beginning of a smile, wearing a miniature dark blue zipper sweatshirt, the cuffs folded up a bit to make it fit. I can imagine his mother dressing him that morning, making sure he would be warm enough. I wonder if she's the one who took the picture. Someone has written on the photo "kisses." It's a happy picture, the kind that makes you smile... Until you see the next picture... Death from a drone strike is not pretty. The small body is charred, ripped apart; internal organs are pouring out. more Israel Lobby Dominates Congress, Media Covers it Up You might think that 20 percent of the American Congress going on all-expenses-paid, week-long junkets to a foreign country – paid for by a lobby for that country – would be newsworthy, especially when the top congressional leaders of both parties are leading the trips. You would be wrong.more Texans Sail 8,000 Miles to Remember Americans Killed by Israel A retired college professor who has sailed approximately 8,000 miles to the eastern Mediterranean has now arrived at his destination: the exact location where Israeli forces tried to sink a US Navy ship in 1967, killing or injuring over 200 American servicemen. more * I would also like to thank all of you who support If Americans Knew's sister organization, the Council for the National Interest. These two organizations work in tandem, but our missions and approaches are distinct and both organizations maintain separate projects that we believe are critical in the struggle for justice. |
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