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Philip Weiss

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Haim Saban leading the Friends of the IDF Western Region Gala in November 2017. (Photo: Shahar Azran via Flickr)

Biden will meet Netanyahu at the
U.N. and do nothing to pressure his racist rightwing government because he needs megadonor Haim Saban for 2024 and Saban says, “I’m a one issue guy and my issue is Israel.”

Joe Biden at the Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel in Iowa, January 2020. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Even as the Israeli government pushes Palestinians out of large portions of the West Bank, Joe Biden seeks to normalize Netanyahu. He is sure to meet with him later this month at the U.N. Lauding Israeli “democracy” is the Democratic Party line in defiance of its own base. And liberal Zionists go along.

Gaza soccer players with amputations, photo by Mohammed Asad. 2018

There’s a battle inside American institutions over the truth about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. The left is now fully aware that it’s apartheid and that the issue demands attention. But the establishment is fighting to keep that truth at bay.