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Posted by: John Phoenix ICS announcement of "Free Professional Development Opportunity for Educators in Broward, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties." ICS works to inculcate students & teachers with pro-Israel talking points. (photo) The Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS) claims to advocate for accuracy of K-12 instruction on US Jewish history – but backed by the Israel lobby it whitewashes the history of indigenous Palestinians and Israeli theft of their land, and even attempts to delete the word “Palestine” from textbooks. ICS also discourages students from researching the issue on their own. ICS boasts that it has ‘improved public education’ in all 50 states and impacted 11 million students across the country. ICS operates as a nonprofit under the 501(c)(3)...

Posted by: John Phoenix  CONTACT@IFAMERICANSKNEW.ORG   Presidential candidate, Robert F Kennedy, Jr. joins Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at the “Celebrate Israel 75” parade in New York City, June 4th, 2023. Boteach, "one of the leading defenders of Israel," is an adherent of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who taught "two contrary types of soul exist, a non-Jewish soul comes from three satanic spheres, while the Jewish soul stems from holiness" (see bit.ly/RebbeFacts). (photo) RFK, Jr. is challenging Joe Biden to become the Democratic nominee for President. Biden, despite an extraordinarily low approval rate, is once again the establishment pick. ABC quoted a source saying there is “zero doubt” Biden will again be his party’s nominee. Neverthel...

Posted by: John Phoenix Fake antisemitism epidemic: activists for Palestinian rights are being framed as antisemites, and their activism as hate crimes. The Israel lobby needs to turn our attention away from the slaughter in Gaza. Its strategy: deceptively edited videos and dubious allegations of “antisemitism” against Palestine solidarity activists. Thanks to dubious ADL claims and unquestioning media coverage, Jewish Americans supplant Gazan children as victims. by Max Blumenthal, reposted from the Grayzone, May 24, 2021 Following an 11-day assault on the Gaza Strip in which the Israeli army killed over 220 people, including more than 65 children, and days of videotaped rampages of Jewish extremist mobs against Palestinian people and property ins...

Posted by: John Phoenix   Pictures of the US and Israeli flags side-by-side are a common backdrop for speakers at Israel lobby events like AIPAC. The Israel lobby is the most powerful and the most pernicious lobby representing the interest of a foreign nation in all of American history. Israel and its lobby have been primarily responsible for the failure to achieve a comprehensive Middle East peace. reposted from Washington Report on Middle East Affairs  [If Americans Knew and the Council for the National Interest helped launch these conferences in 2014. For videos of the first one go here.] This is part of WRMEA’s annual Israel Lobby conference for 2021. The full speaker list – with links to video and transcripts – is available here. https://...

Posted by: John Phoenix In full view of the world, the US is facilitating “some of the worst crimes of our age,” an action that could ultimately cause America’s downfall… Why is this happening and what can be done about it? By Alison Weir British journalist and author Owen Jones recently made a video describing in excruciating detail Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. Many others have also reported on this. Medical Aid CEO Melanie Ward says that “children are being starved at the fastest rate the world has ever seen.” Jones concludes that Israel’s ruthless actions – publicly supported by Western governments at a time when the world is seeing  them in real time – could prove the do...

Posted by: John Phoenix Nina Rosenwald, center, heir to the Sears Roebuck fortune, funder of right-wing “pro-Israel” and anti-Islamic organizations. "There is hardly a single major pro-Israel organization that does not provide Rosenwald with a seat on its board of directors," including the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, AIPAC; formerly the vice president of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. (photo) The Israeli complex of control over US Military, US Congress, US policy, US debt, US allies and enemies is in full spectrum hegemony. They drive what America does militarily, societally, within the media landscape of propaganda, censorship, and Congressional action and opinion… by Helena Glass, reposted from LewRockwell.com, April 29, 20...

Posted by: John Phoenix Protesters, including rabbis and descendants of Holocaust survivors, called upon elected officials to reject AIPAC and support a ceasefire in Gaza (photo) The most complete, up-to-date view of AIPAC PAC donations to congressional candidates. (More information below under “Related”) by Donald Shaw, reposted from Sludge, May 2, 2024 As Israel continues its war in Gaza and Congress debates military aid and other measures related to the conflict, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is dramatically ramping up its contributions to political campaigns in the U.S. during the 2023-2024 election cycle. Many candidates — incumbents and new candidates alike — are receiving far more campaign money from AIPAC than from an...

Posted by: John Phoenix Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) speaks during a news conference on the situation in the Palestinian city of Rafah outside the U.S. Capitol on February 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. (photo) This year AIPAC is planning to spend a $100 million to support pro-Israel candidates and defeat those who’ve questioned Israel’s killing of over 35,000 people in Gaza. Here are the tech industry founders, Republican megadonors, and others funding AIPAC and its closely-tied allies this election cycle. by Donald Shaw, David Moore, reposted from Sludge, Mar 4, 2024 For decades after its founding in the 1950s, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, declined to spend money directly on elections. But that has changed dr...

Posted by: John Phoenix The campaign focused on more than a dozen members of Congress, including Representative Ritchie Torres, left, and Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader. (source) By Sheera Frenkel, reposted from The New York Times, June 5, 2024 Reporting from Tel Aviv, updated June 6, 2024 Israel organized and paid for an influence campaign last year targeting U.S. lawmakers and the American public with pro-Israel messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in the war in Gaza, according to officials involved in the effort and documents related to the operation. The covert campaign was commissioned by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, a government body that connects Jews around the world with the State of Israe...