Monday, December 11, 2023

What is Israel up to now? War crimes in Lebanon

Amy Goodman (DemocracyNow.orgMR; Ashley Wells, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The US-Israel relationship explained | Start Here
(Al Jazeera English) 12/3/23: The US has always been Israel’s most important ally. What’s behind their military relationship? What keeps it going? And why are some people questioning how it works?

#AJStartHere with @SandraGathmann explains.
  • 00:59 - The US has supported Israel from the beginning
  • 01:44 - Why the US supported Zionism
  • 02:29 - The US and Israel’s “shared values”
  • 03:27 - The US and Israel are strategic partners
  • 04:07 - How the US and Israel’s strategic partnership developed during the Cold War
  • 05:29 - The US gives Israel a lot of money for its military
  • 07:25 - Being pro-Israel pays off politically in the US
  • 07:51 - Why evangelical Christians in the US support Israel
  • 08:34 - The influence of pro-Israel lobby groups like AIPAC
  • 09:46 - Is the US the guarantor of Israeli impunity?
  • 10:56 - Is the US-Israel alliance under pressure?
This episode features: David Tal - Israel Studies at the University of Sussex Khaled Elgindy - Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute Steven Simon - Senior Research Analyst at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Alex Gatopoulos - Al Jazeera Defence Editor Daniel Levy - President of the US/Middle East Project.

Check out our other Start Here episodes bit.ly/3o0BEIW. Al Jazeera is funded in whole or in part by the Qatari government. #AJStartHere #IsraelWar #IsraelArmy


Top U.S. and World Headlines — Dec. 11, 2023
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IDF Jewish militant spokesman (Lt. Col. Johnathan) brags about the absolutely indefensible on CNN
(The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder) Dec. 10, 2023: This isn't something to brag about. It's something of which to be ashamed.

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  • White House 'concerned' at reports Israel's potential war crime of using US-supplied white phosphorus in Lebanon attack | Reuters
  • US gives Israel $110 billion to keep killing and creating a Western style spear point in the side of the Middle East to inject US, UK, and EU influence
  • Bernie Sanders considers putting conditions on US money
  • Schumer and other US politicians, fearing being called "antisemitic," give Israel everything it wants, without conditions, and apologize for not giving it sooner
  • Israel-supporters hang American university official out to dry for allowing pro-Palestinian student sentiments to be spoken out loud without immediate condemnation, sanctions, blacklisting, and expulsion during proxy-war time

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