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11-2-2018 Watch the film the Israel lobby didn’t want you to see – Electronic Intifada 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.

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

11-13-2018 Finally Released: Censored Al Jazeera Documentary Exposes Israel-Backed Attacks on US Activists – Ben Norton The Real News Network

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

11-13-2018 Gaza Is Already Unlivable: A Response to Israel’s Deadly Airstrikes Targeting TV Station & Homes –Democracy Now

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

11-13-2018 Hamas didn't start this fight, but it won't win it either - Samer Badawi +972

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 ...

7-25-2016“Ten ways the Israel lobby ‘moves’ America” Grant F. Smith [video of speech at Washington Report Conference Israel's Influence: Good or Bad for America?]

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

11-1-2018 New Al Jazeera film uncovers 'rotting foundation' of U.S. Israel lobby - Antony Loewenstein +972

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

11-4-2018 The rise of the global far-right could energize the anti-occupation movement - Eli Bitan +972

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