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https://electronicintifada.net/content/watch-film-israel-lobby-didnt-want-you-see/25876   The Electronic Intifada has obtained a complete copy of The Lobby – USA , a four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel's covert influence campaign in the United States.We are releasing the leaked film simultaneously with France's Orient XXI and Lebanon's Al-Akhbar , which have respectively subtitled the episodes in French and Arabic .   The film was made by Al Jazeera during 2016 and was completed in October 2017.But it was censored after Qatar, the gas-rich Gulf emirate that funds Al Jazeera, came under intense Israel lobby pressure not to air the film…. watch episodes three and four here . Update: On 6 November, The Electronic Intifada published the final two episodes of The Lobby – USA . You can watch episodes three and four here ... Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://therealnews.com/stories/finally-released-censored-al-jazeera-documentary-exposes-israel-backed-attacks-on-us-activists Al Jazeera's undercover film The Lobby – USA, censored by Qatar, has finally been published by The Electronic Intifada. Editor Ali Abunimah discusses the documentary's explosive revelations, exposing Israel-backed attacks on US activists…   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8ORe6FPutw Interview with Gazan writer and activist Muhammad Shehada   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://972mag.com/hamas-start-gaza-escalation-israel/138590/ If Hamas allows Israel to drag it into another lopsided fight, it will not only cost the lives of countless innocent civilians in Gaza, it will also distract from ongoing mass resistance to the siege… As we hold our breaths during this latest "escalation" — between an Israeli government recently put on notice by the International Criminal Court and a Palestinian faction that routinely uses torture to silence dissent — let us remember that, though they may beat their chests and claim their mantles, there are no heroes among them. The truth is that [Hamas commander Nour] Baraka's killing has not changed the stakes for Gaza's two million Palestinians, who, like their compatriots in the West Bank and Israel, will continue to find ways to resist the daily injustices of occupation. Ultimately, neither Netanyahu nor Hamas can eclipse them.     Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member 7

https://youtu.be/j1cIm2C1DWo   An [old but excellent] analysis of the history, size, scope and activities of Israel affinity organizations and their increasingly negative—but little known—impact on all Americans.   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://972mag.com/al-jazeera-film-us-israel-lobby/138412/ A new Al Jazeera documentary provides a sobering look at a lobby that continues to defend Israel's control of Palestinian lives, despite the many Americans turning against it…. This…documentary deserves a wide audience because it exposes the motivations and methods of individuals and groups that will spend the next 50 or 100 years defending Israeli control of Palestinian lives. Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://972mag.com/rise-global-far-right-energize-anti-occupation-movement/138470/ The warm relations between Israel and a new crop of anti-democratic leaders are tragic, but they also expose the true nature of Israel's relationship to the Palestinians.  [E.g.,] Only hours after Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil last Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to phone the extreme-right candidate. Netanyahu accepted Bolsonaro's invitation to Brazil, inviting the president-elect to Jerusalem, after the latter declared his intention to move the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem…   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-the-tree-of-life-shooter-was-fixated-on-the-hebrew-immigrant-aid-society   Another [of the shooter's]posts that most likely referred to HIAS read, "Open you Eyes! It's the filthy EVIL jews Bringing the Filthy EVIL Muslims into the Country!!" Bowers isn't the only person apparently obsessed with HIAS . The extreme right has been vilifying the organization for some time. The anti-Semitic right has accused HIAS of bringing immigrants to the United States in a scheme that is somehow designed to benefit Jews. On the Jewish far right, the Zionist Organization of America has attacked HIAS and other Jewish organizations for lobbying to admit Syrian refugees to the U.S. and has accused HIAS of doing so for profit...   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/article220896635.html   Two Israeli volunteer police officers have filed a civil discrimination lawsuit against the city of Durham and its police chief, dragging the debate over the City Council's recent action on international police exchanges into Superior Court.   The action — which the lawsuit describes as a policy but city officials refer to as a statement — discriminates against the men on the basis of national origin, the lawsuit states.   "The city of Durham has two standards when it comes to international police exchanges: One for the Israelis and one for the rest of the world," the lawsuit states. The plaintiffs are Moshe Eyal and Itay Livneh.   The lawsuit claims the city's actions violate a section of the North Carolina Constitution that says no one shall be discriminated against because of race, color, religion or national origin… Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member