An older generation of Americans, including Jewish Americans, admire the colonists who resisted the British king and parliament in the late 1700s. Jewish Americans go further and admire the Judeans who revolted against the Greeks and Romans (twice) in antiquity. So...
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Israel Kills 15 Civilians in Missile Strike on Damascus Residential Complex
by Jason Ditz | Feb 22, 2023 | News
Israel hadn’t launched significant attacks on Syria in several weeks, but did so early on Sunday with a missile salvo against the capital city of Damascus. The missiles hit a residential complex, badly damaging it and the surrounding area. At least fifteen civilians...
TGIF: Congress Again Rewards Israel’s Misdeeds
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 18, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
To judge by what Congress is up to these days, one would think that it wants to reward Israel for its relentless confiscation of Palestinian land and continued ethnic cleansing. Congress -- which is not only interested in "the Benjamins," that is, Israel Lobby...
Transcending the Israel Lobby at Home and Abroad Conference 2022 Videos
by Scott Horton | Mar 7, 2022 | Blog
Dale Sprusansky, Walter Hixon, Hanan Ashrawi, Paul Noursi, Jeanne Trabulsi, Edward Ahmed Mitchell, Huwaida Arraf, don Wagner, Gideon Levy, John Kiriakou, Radihika Sainath, Sut Jhally, Roger Waters, Delina Hanley and Grant F. Smith. A heroic effort....
Bin Laden, Iraq War Lies, and Israel. Scott Horton and Keith Knight.
by Keith Knight | Feb 25, 2021 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/d-sRdUT73-Q In war, State power is pushed to its ultimate, and, under the slogans of “defense” and “emergency,” it can impose a tyranny upon the public such as might be openly resisted in time of peace. War thus provides many benefits to a State, and...
Video: The Spreading Corruption Scandal Nobody Knows About: The Israel Lobby Enters State Government.
by Scott Horton | Mar 5, 2020 | Blog
Grant F. Smith of the Institute for Research for Research: Middle Eastern Policy discusses the findings of his new book, The Israel Lobby Enters State Government: Rise of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board. This event took place at Middle East Books and More on...
TGIF: Anti-BDS Laws Violate Our Freedom
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 14, 2020 | Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Americans’ free-speech and other rights are being violated by state laws aimed at stifling the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) Movement against Israel’s illegal rule of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, both conquered over half a century ago....
Episode 365: Who Is Benefiting From War In The Middle East w/ Ryan Dawson
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 17, 2020 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
61 Minutes PG-13 Pete invited Ryan Dawson to come on the show. Ryan is the host of The Anti Neo-Con Report which appears on his YouTube channel, Ryan Dawson, linked below. Pete mentions the main countries the US government is constantly fighting or threatening and...
TGIF: But Mr. Trump, Is Israel Lovable?
by Sheldon Richman | Dec 13, 2019 | Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Speaking before Sheldon Adelson's Israeli-American Council the other day, Trump took a shot at Jewish Americans who he says don't "love Israel enough." "We have to get the people of our country, of this country, to love Israel more," Trump said. "We have to get them...
Judaism, Zionism, and the Dual-Loyalty Charge
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog, Foreign Policy
Zionists, that is, Jewish nationalists, who hold that Jews qua Jews constitute something more than a religious community, open themselves up to the dual-loyalty charge. And that is exactly what the majority non-Zionist Jews warned against from the start. As Joseph...
Debate: Is US Aid to Israel too much?
by HypocriteTwins | Jul 13, 2019 | Blog
What lobbying groups influence American foreign policy towards Israel? Is the current system fair? Does it help or hurt the safety of Americans? Does Israel get too much military aid from the United States or not enough? In this episode we’ll cover: -AIPAC -Iron...
AIPAC Targets Sanders
by Scott Horton | Apr 13, 2019 | Blog
The first Jewish president? Not if the Israel Lobby has anything to say about it. He's not Zionist enough. And as we all know, there's only one possible explanation for that: Bernie Sanders is evidently a vicious anti-Semite.
The Israel Lobby and American Policy Conference 2019 Video Archive
by Scott Horton | Mar 30, 2019 | Blog
Archived video of The Israel Lobby and American Policy Conference held March 22, 2019. Co-sponsored by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs....
The Anti-Israel Lobby Conference
by Scott Horton | Mar 22, 2019 | Blog
Check it out live now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0UIV8Jnqqo
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Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
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