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ISRAEL’S RULE OF LAW
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ISRAEL’S RULE OF LAW

Does anyone in Israel in a position of power truly understand what the expressions “human rights” and “rule of law” really mean?

DAWN STATEMENT ON THE ISRAELI ATTACK ON LEBANON
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DAWN STATEMENT ON THE ISRAELI ATTACK ON LEBANON

“In the days after October 7, President Biden had a message for Hezbollah: ‘Don’t.’ Now it’s time for Biden to send the same message to Israel: Don’t launch a new war in Lebanon, don’t keep evading a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, don’t assume American support if you start a regional war,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, DAWN’s Executive Director.

ON NETANYAHU VISIT
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ON NETANYAHU VISIT

At this moment, the war in Gaza has already destroyed or disrupted millions of lives. Precise numbers are hard to confirm, but hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis have been internally displaced, wounded or killed.

SUPPORTING ISRAEL IS BIG BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES
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SUPPORTING ISRAEL IS BIG BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES

In a recent article discussing how U.S. Treasury Department tax breaks are exploited by groups that raise money in America in support of the Israeli so-called Defense Forces (IDF), I concluded that it does not require any particular brilliance on the part of even a casual observer to realize that both politically and economically Israel and Israelis are not treated like everyone else by governments at various levels in the United States, quite the contrary in many cases.

ISRAEL LOBBY CASH DOMINATES AND PERVERTS AMERICAN ELECTIONS
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ISRAEL LOBBY CASH DOMINATES AND PERVERTS AMERICAN ELECTIONS

Once upon a time the United States of America was a constitutional republic that was by design constructed with checks and balances to limit corruption and constrain the ability of any branch of government to initiate certain potentially harmful actions, like going to war, which required approval by both Congress and the Executive Branch.

WHAT HAS ISRAEL DONE FOR AMERICANS IN THE PAST WEEK?
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WHAT HAS ISRAEL DONE FOR AMERICANS IN THE PAST WEEK?

The Jewish Virtual Library asserts that “The U.S.-Israel relationship is based on the twin pillars of shared values and shared interests. Given this commonality of interests and beliefs, it should not be surprising that support for Israel is one of the most pronounced and consistent foreign policy values of the American people.”