Less than four months after he went to Jerusalem for the New York Times, Peter Baker is going back to the White House. He says it’s the “Trump effect.” The big story is in D.C.
Over the weekend Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson became the leading candidate to become Secretary of State in the incoming Trump administration. Pro-Israel commentators say his close relationships with OPEC member countries and realists such as Brent Scrowcroft don’t bode well for Israel. But the Trump administration is already triangulating to retain their support with the possible appointment of John Bolton to help run the State Department.
A collection of tweets that show the immediate surge in racist attacks on Muslims and people of color in the U.S. since Donald Trump was elected president.
The U.S. and Israeli air forces are making headlines in October for painting jet fighters pink to raise awareness during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but here is the context for how Israel treats actual cancer patients if they happen to live in the besieged Gaza Strip. Not everyone is buying this most literal example of pinkwashing.
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A New York Times editorial calls for cutting off military aid to Saudi Arabia because of indiscriminate civilian killings in Yemen that have the U.S.’s “imprint”. Israel did the same thing in Gaza with the U.S.’s imprint, without a peep from the Times. This is a glaring double standard, which is evident to average Americans. That is why we see such burgeoning grassroots support for the idea of boycotting Israel and ending military aid to the country.
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