The media can’t seem to stop blathering about “Russiagate.” Perhaps it’s a convenient way of deflecting attention from the real elephant in the room: Israelgate.
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Merry Christmas War is Over (Unless Trump attacks North Korea after his next golf game with Lindsey Graham)
According to a report in The Atlantic, President Trump and major league war hawk Lindsey Graham played a round of golf this past Sunday during which time they discussed North Korea. And according to the writer of the article, one Uri Friedman, the senator from South Carolina is now laying odds on what he sees as the chances that his golf buddy will order up an attack upon North Korea.
Do You Hold Dual Citizenship? You Can Serve in Congress–but not the Israeli Knesset!
A few days ago I posted an article entitled Zionists Form Group to Promote Kurdish Statehood, about the latest efforts underway to carve up the Middle East. In the course of researching that article I made a rather interesting discovery: that Israel has a law prohibiting holders of dual citizenship from serving in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.
Alan Dershowitz Pens Tirade Against U.S. Congresswoman Over Child Protection Bill
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) introduced the “Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian children Act.”
By Richard Edmondson
Alan Dershowitz, former Harvard law professor and pro-Israel to the core, apparently thinks Rep. Betty McCollum has committed a cardinal sin–introducing a bill that calls for monitoring of Israel’s treatment of Palestinian child prisoners.
Wisconsin Becomes Latest State to Enact Anti-BDS Measure
[ Ed. note – A few days ago I reported that Maryland Governor Larry Hogan had signed into law an executive order barring state contracts for any firm supporting a boycott of Israel. Now Governor Scott Walker has done likewise in Wisconsin. It is Orwellian that the politicians pushing these measures justify their actions on the putative premise that they are opposed to “discrimination.” Many of them, however, do just exactly that.
Janitorial Duties at the Wailing Wall
Visiting the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and stuffing a “prayer note” in between the stones is a is a long-standing tradition with Western politicians, offering them an excellent opportunity of channeling their love for all things Jewish into the public spotlight.
American Legion Calls for Full Investigation Into Israel’s Attack Upon the USS Liberty
[ Ed. note – The American Legion, at its annual convention, has adopted an historic resolution on the June 8, 1967 attack by Israel against the USS Liberty–an attack that resulted in the deaths of 34 US sailors and injuries to 173 more. Below is the resolution itself, posted on the USS Liberty Veterans Association blog, followed by an article by Alison Weir. The American Legion held its convention August 22-24 in Reno, Nevada. The resolution was adopted on the final day of the convention. ]
