The Israel lobby built its strength on the fact that its opposition was politically weak. Kamala Harris’s choice of Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro and the massive cost it took to defeat Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush show this is no longer the case.
Promising signs that Palestine advocacy is building political power in Washington
While Congress cheered Netanyahu, grassroots mobilizations of the Democratic base marked a sharp break from the party’s support for Israel.
By Ahmed Moor
Israel’s world support is distinctly dead and dependent on a minority of shamed nations like the US, UK, and Australia
“The village of Huwwara needs to be wiped out. I think that the State of Israel needs to do that – not, God forbid, private individuals,” Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Wednesday.
This genocidal call came just days after hordes of Israeli settlers, protected by the army, attacked the occupied West Bank village, burning Palestinian homes and cars and ransacking businesses.
Source: Israeli calls for genocide met with shrugs in Washington and Brussels | The Electronic Intifada
THE TRUMP RALLY FLOPPED AND WAS A NO SHOW
As a protest, it was a flop. Turnout was at best half of the 700 predicted by organisers, which in itself fell well short of the many thousands who stormed Congress in January. The event organiser, Matt Braynard, a former Trump campaign operative, blamed the poor attendance on government intimidation and press scaremongering.
Meanwhile, thousands languish in jails across America for the possession of weed which is legal in 18 states
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Monday to more than five months in prison for burning a Black Lives Matter banner stolen from a church in Washington, D.C., and for carrying two high-capacity firearm magazines when he was arrested weeks later, the Department of Justice said. Tarrio pled guilty to one count of destruction of property and one count of attempted possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device in July. Tarrio said Monday that there was “no excuse” for his actions, adding that he made “a grave mistake” that day. “I’d like to profusely apologize,” he said, adding, “What I did was wrong.”
Source: Proud Boys leader sentenced to 5 months in prison on weapons and vandalism charges – CBS News
For sixty years the US punishment policy has been inflicted on Cuba, a small Caribbean island some 90 miles from Florida which has been malevolently victimised by successive administrations — bar one — in Washington.
Source: Why Does Washington Keep Punishing Cuba? | The Smirking Chimp
The interview and the implications of Republican lawmakers and Trump insiders mingling with shady figures at the hotel caused #TrumpHotel to trend on Twitter, especially after MSNBC analyst David Corn compared it to the cantina at Mos Eisley from the first “Star Wars” movie:
Bernie Sanders secures a big victory in Hawaii’s Democratic nominating contest after winning in Alaska and Washington.
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