@PCU_68@TrackAIPAC@mehdirhasan That’s the clever part, they’re Americans but funding a lobbying group that works entirely on behalf of the interests of another country. The point (which i’m sure you know) is that it’s legal, but shouldn’t be.
Zero.
Israeli law requires Knesset members and ministers to renounce any foreign citizenship (including American) before serving. Germany, China, Russia, and India apply similar rules: government positions are reserved for their own citizens under strict citizenship and loyalty requirements. No Americans serve in those governments.
There are growing calls for a criminal case against Morgan McSweeney for failing to declare £739,000 in donations to his “Labour Together” outfit.
But many journalists are missing a bigger question: who MADE the donations?
I’ll give you the names they won’t… 🧵
Cuz they throw money at either politicians who let them, or the opponents of the politicians who don’t. If they have blackmail on a politician, they save money and use that instead. if someone’s powerful enough and they can’t be bribed or blackmailed, they kill them and bribe law enforcement to get away with it.
@afrochuuya That’s basically Tiger Woods.
His dad: “Born to African-American parents and was also described as having European, Chinese, and Native American (Cherokee) ancestry.”
His mom: “She was of mixed Thai, Chinese, and Dutch descent.”
It’s all talk. Just withhold foreign aid to Israel for a month and they’ll stop bombing their neighbors - instant peace, the Strait of Hormuz can be opened, and gas drops $2 a gallon. Israel has been, and continues to be, the biggest welfare recipient from American tax payers.
“What the fuck are you doing?!” Trump lit into Netanyahu over the Lebanon bombing:
“You're fucking crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."
@BarakRavid & I
https://t.co/b1lEZEmN6p
This is Amir Ohana, Speaker of Israeli Knesset (Congress)
Ohana praised Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Gazans and redevelop Gaza, calling it a "bold, new vision for Gaza" and a "fresh perspective."
"If you want a Palestinian state, build it in London or Paris."
Signed petition for annexation of West Bank.
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This is Ariel Kellner.
"Whoever remains in the north, we will truly starve them"
"One goal: Nakba! A Nakba will overshadow the Nakba of '48. A Nakba in Gaza and a Nakba for anyone who dares to join!"
He was one of eight officials who signed a letter demanding the elimination of all food and power sources in Gaza.
https://t.co/IwPBuvCtOl
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This is Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
He said “it may be just and moral” to starve 2 million Gaza residents, but "no one in the world would let us."
He also defined victory after Oct 7 as Gaza "fully destroyed".
He is a supporter of "greater Israel", annexing the West Bank, and beyond into other nations like Jordan and believes Palestinians aren't real.
Speaking of parades, in Israel he organized the anti-LGBTQ parade called "Beast March", claiming the farm animals they forced to march had less sin than queer people.
https://t.co/7lDedIKUuY
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@ireallyhateyou This is Cabinet Minister Amihai Ben-Eliyahu.
He called on bombing humanitarian aid to Gaza.
He called on starving Gazans.
And he called on nuking Gaza.
https://t.co/0SLJq5SouY
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This is Itzhak Wasserlauf.
Here he is coaching IDF entering Gaza offering "a blessing on the one who seizers babies and dashes them against the rocks" (video @ireallyhateyou )
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@mattyglesias Only thing worse than Midcentury urban planning is midcentury office building and skyscraper architecture. Just gray and brown rectangles as far as the eye can see.