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View the Frontline Documentary on Gaza that PBS pulled

By Alison Weir PBS stations around the U.S. were scheduled to show a riveting new Frontline documentary, “One Day in Gaza,” but at the last…

May 23 2019 / Read More » /

Israel’s Fifth Column

Exercising control from inside the government By Philip Giraldi Referring to Israel during an interview in August 1983, U.S. Navy Admiral and former head of…

Sep 4 2018 / Read More » /

Why Confronting Israel Is Important

The Jewish state is no friend By Philip Giraldi I am often asked why I have this “thing” about Israel, with friends suggesting that I…

Aug 15 2018 / Read More » /

The True Cost of Israel: U.S. support goes far beyond the official numbers

…In 1992, the AIPAC President bragged how he “got almost a billion dollars in other goodies [for Israel] that people don’t even know about.” In 2012,…

Apr 14 2017 / Read More » /

The Basics: re-examining our policies

The US has a unique relationship with Israel:

• More US tax money has been given to Israel than to any other nation – $10 million per day (per capita, more than 7,000 times the average to others around the world). Large disbursements are also given to other Mideast nations, largely on behalf of Israel.

• The US regularly vetoes initiatives regarding Israel that are endorsed by numerous other nations.

Such policies are causing escalating harm to Americans: they have entangled us in tragic wars, damaged our economy, undermined our democratic processes, and placed our citizens in danger. Yet this is rarely discussed.

It is critical for our nation and others that these policies be thoroughly examined, openly debated, and honestly evaluated. Read more

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