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Author Archives: Josh Ruebner
House support for Israel damages prospects for peace
On Monday, the House of Representatives released a draft of the 2013 budget bill, which includes an eye-popping $1.5 billion in weapons earmarked for Israel.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Neocons, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
Tagged featured
42 Comments
2013 US budget: ‘difficult cuts’ for Americans, jackpot for Israel
As the U.S. makes tough choices on budget cuts for 2013, Obama has pledged to kept aid to Israel at unprecedented levels, climbing over $3 billion next year.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
Tagged featured
32 Comments
Rep. John Lewis, join the freedom ride to end discrimination in Israel/Palestine
Josh Ruebner calls on Freedom Rider, Rep. John Lewis to redirect the $110 million his district is sending Israel in military aid.
When the Obama administration seeks to establish its pro-Israel bona fides, it’s no critics allowed
Assistant Secretary of State Esther Brimmer, who heads the department’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs, delivered a humdinger of a speech yesterday to the AIPAC derivative “think tank” Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP). During her speech, Brimmer recounted the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
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The Emperor’s clothes are still on, for now (while his heckler is roughed up, hospitalized)
Gliding down the aisle of the House of Representatives like a popular president about to deliver the State of the Union address, escorted by a phalanx of dozens of ebullient Members of Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
40 Comments
New database reveals weapons to Israel, impact on Palestinians
Last week, Congress finally got around to finalizing the 2011 budget, which included a record-breaking appropriation of $3 billion in military aid to Israel (not including an additional $415 million in Pentagon funding for joint U.S.-Israeli missile defense projects).This money … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
55 Comments
Actually, Secretary Clinton, New York is the place to say no to Israeli impunity
The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote, possibly this month, on a resolution reaffirming that Israel’s 150 settlements in the Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem “are illegal and constitute a major obstacle to the achievement of a … Continue reading
House vote against Palestinian statehood actually showed that Israel lobby is losing its grip
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed a resolution, H.Res.1765, “condemning unilateral measures to declare or recognize a Palestinian state.” At first glance, this vote appears to be yet another in a long string of resolutions shoring up unconditional Congressional support … Continue reading
Top ten reasons for skepticism on Israeli-Palestinian talks
On August 20, the Obama Administration announced that it will reconvene under its auspices direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations beginning on September 2. While a just and lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace is in everyone’s interest, there are profound reasons to be skeptical … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
Tagged negotiations, Obama, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Justice for All? A Tale of Two Victims: Leon Klinghoffer and Furkan Dogan.
In October 1985, four Palestinian gunmen from the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) stormed an Italian cruise ship on the Mediterranean, holding its approximately 700 vacationers hostage while demanding the release of their comrades-in-arms from Israeli prison. The hijacking of the … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, US Policy in the Middle East
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Tristan Anderson deserves justice
More than seven years ago, the Israeli military crushed to death U.S. citizen Rachel Corrie who was nonviolently protecting a Palestinian home from being demolished in the occupied Gaza Strip when she was repeatedly run over by a Caterpillar bulldozer. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
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