BREAKING: U.S Democratic Representative Ro Khanna has become the first American congressman in history to be detained by Israeli settlers while on a visit to the West Bank.
thank you esther solomon of haaretz for asking rahm emanuel what he meant when he said he would sanction "illegal settlements" - illegal under international law? or just settlements that are illegal under israeli law? turns out the answer is neither, but rather a secret third thing..... proving once again how reliably this issue functions as an x-ray into a politician's integrity
More footage from this incident: Moshe Bialistoki is seen whipping a Palestinian woman with a metal dog chain.
This happened in the presence of soldiers, and in my opinion, is a stark example of settlers and the army acting in tandem to drive Palestinians off their private land.
WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL?
A Palestinian farmer tending his land in the occupied West Bank refused to leave for an armed Israeli settler.
So the settler took him hostage, blindfolded and humiliated him while IDF soldiers stood by, guarding and protecting the abuser.
“A consulting firm said something that aged badly, so maybe he’s a predator” is the kind of rigorous analysis that made the Center for American Progress what it is today
I remember back in the early days of the war when hasbara heads were trying to whitewash this practice as "bargaining chips" vis-à-vis Hamas holding the hostages, as if
1. It's not a long-standing Israeli practice,
and
2. It makes it any better.
DMFI praises a speech calling for an end of US funding to Israel and sanctions to stop settlements while spending millions in Dem primaries against candidates who say that in favor of candidates who don’t. A very muddled and confused interest group
"A los prisioneros palestinos les quité la mermelada, el chocolate, la carne, el ping pong, la TV, la radio... les quité todo. Salían de prisión demasiado gordos, tienen que salir mucho más delgados. Deberíamos haber bombardeado Gaza mucho antes".
El genocida Itamar Ben Gvir, ministro de Seguridad Nacional de "Israel", se vanagloria de usar el hambre como arma contra los palestinos secuestrados en sus prisiones.
Por algo no quiere que la Cruz Roja visite sus prisiones, para que la gente no vea un nuevo Auschwitz con prisioneros famélicos.
Luckily there’s no player in Democratic primaries with the money or incentives to steer 600 party functionaries toward a candidate that will bow to their one particular issue