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Israeli army commander recorded ordering attack on Gaza clinic

Nerya Yeshurun, a lieutenant colonel, instructed that a clinic in the Shujaiya neighborhood be fired upon on 23 July last year to “honor” an Israeli soldier who had been killed a day earlier.  His statement amounts to a clear, though perhaps unintended, admission of war crimes. Charlotte Silver, EI – An Israeli military commander has been recorded ordering troops to shell medical […]

Democratic moneyman Monte Friedkin says he’ll only support Hillary if she promises support for Israel

“A phone call ain’t going to be good enough,” Friedkin said. “She has to look me straight in the face.” PalmBeachPost – As Hillary Clinton makes her first 2016 presidential fundraising swing through Florida this week, don’t look for former Palm Beach County Democratic Party Chairman and longtime Democratic moneyman Monte Friedkin at any of […]

Israel Seeks $4.5 billion annual aid

This would be on top of $1.2 billion worth of US war stocks in Israel, and nearly $500 million in annual funding for cooperative anti-rocket and missile defense programs in recent years… Defense News, TEL AVIV, Israel (May 24, 2015) — Israel is seeking a hefty surge in annual security assistance from Washington and has […]

Nazis on the Backlot: How Hollywood has changed our perception of war

By Philip Giraldi – Memorial Day used to be a somber occasion, dedicated to reflection and remembrance of those killed in America’s wars. Today it is instead a celebration of ongoing wars, a long shopping weekend and the unofficial start of summer. Part of the problem with America’s shifting perception of the price to be […]

Online database ‘exposes’ pro-Palestinian college students in bid to block future jobs

Ha’aretz – A new website is publicizing the identities of pro-Palestinian student activists to prevent them from getting jobs after they graduate from college. But the website is keeping its own backers’ identity a secret. “It is your duty to ensure that today’s radicals are not tomorrow’s employees,” a female narrator intones in a slick video posted to the […]

Joe Lieberman: Next U.S. president will bring warmer relations with Israel

“I think there will be a friend of Israel in the White House,” he said, noting that both Clinton and the leading Republican candidates all have pro-Israel records…Lieberman, who has been to Israel more than 50 times, arrived to receive the Guardian of Zion Award… He is concerned that that younger Democratic activists “are more […]

Israel’s corrupt political system is a breeding ground for crooked leaders connected to diaspora tycoons

Israeli Prime Minister Olmert wasn’t a pioneer of the financial connection between shadowy Diaspora tycoons and senior Israeli politicians. Leaders of all the major parties were in on it … Ariel Sharon, Ezer Weizman, Shimon Peres – all had their benefactors… Ha’aretz, excerpt: – Olmert wasn’t a pioneer of the financial connection between shadowy Diaspora […]

Former Israeli Prime Minister sentenced for cash-filled envelopes from American-Jewish businessman

JTA — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to eight months in prison for accepting cash-filled envelopes from an American-Jewish businessman. The sentence, announced Monday in the Jerusalem District Court, includes an additional eight months probation and a $26,000 fine and could be added to the six-year sentence Olmert is already facing for […]

Jeb Bush, James Baker, and the Pro-Israel Mega-Donors: The Making of the Republicans’ Middle East Policy

GOP mega-donor Paul Singer,whose financial interests and devotion to Israel combine to produce what can only be characterized as a singular obsession… By Stephen Sniegoski, May 21, 2015 Addressing leading Manhattan financiers at a private meeting in the Metropolitan Republican Club on May 5, Jeb Bush (who is doing everything possible to act like a […]

Nina rosenwald, Sears heiress, funds groups creating Islamophobia

In 2013, the most recent year for which tax figures are available, Sears heiress Nina Rosenwald channeled $1,057,000 to groups that exist to make people fear and hate Islam. Photo: 2011 gala for American Friends of the Open University of Israel: Board member Nina Rosenwald, center.    

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