"This is Qais, 14, from Aboud near Ramallah. A 9th grader. Active in his church. A child who should be in school today. Instead, Israeli soldiers kidnapped him from his home this morning. Family traumatized. Pray for his release." Rev. Munther Isaac منذر اسحق

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Munther Isaac منذر اسحق

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This is Qais, 14, from Aboud near Ramallah. A 9th grader. Active in his church. A child who should be in school today. Instead, Israeli soldiers kidnapped him from his home this morning. Family traumatized. Pray for his release.

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Alison Weir of IF AMERICANS KNEW on America's Bias and Distorted Media Coverage

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The U.S. media presents a distorted picture of the Israel-Palestine issue, creating an illusion of balance where there is none, and reporting on periods of “calm” that are shattered only by Palestinian violence, with Israeli violence rarely meriting reporting. 

This has been the case for decades, misinforming the people whose tax money funds the cycle of violence. I remember when the LA Times described a period of “relative calm” when Israelis hadn’t suffered attacks – during this “calm,” Palestinians had been killed, imprisoned, injured, abused, & maimed. 

I called the paper to complain. I spoke to someone who – before he hung up on me - claimed their phrase was justified because they called the supposed calm “relative.” I guess to him and other media gatekeepers, Palestinian deaths are insignificant, relativeto Israeli deaths. I guess to them, Palestinian grief is basically unmentionable relative to Israeli grief. I guess to them, the weeping of Palestinian mothers and fathers – multitudes more of them – is negligible, relativeto the weeping of Israeli mothers and fathers. 

That report and my call were in 2005. This is the history that’s hidden by narratives that begin with Oct.7. It also helps explain why US citizens have allowed our government to fund and provide cover for dispossession of Palestinians all this time. Will people wake up at last? Read what I wrote about this misleading reporting at the time. https://ifamericansknew.org/media/relativity.html

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world's major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation.

It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a resolution.

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Alison Weir of IF AMERICANS KNEW: Paul Findley, longtime advocate for Palestinian human rights, dies at 98 #Palestine #Israel #Politics #Religon #HumanRights #Educate #America

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Paul Findley, longtime advocate for Palestinian human rights, dies at 98

The Republican Congressman from Illinois worked for human rights for Palestinians for almost half a century, penning the first exposé on the Israel lobby. A documentary about his life is below…

By Alison Weir of IF AMERICANS KNEW

Former Congressman Paul Findley, a longtime advocate for Palestinian human rights, has passed away at the age of 98. Findley was a forefather of the movement for justice in Palestine, speaking and writing on the issue for almost half a century.

Findley was a Republican Congressman from Illinois when he began speaking out about Palestine in the 1970s. Before long, the Israel lobby targeted him, and after serving 22 years in Congress, he was pushed out in 1982.

Findley then wrote a groundbreaking book: They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel’s Lobby. He described in riveting detail how Israel partisans had similarly worked to push out other Americans who had spoken out about Palestine, from positions in Congress, the media, academia, and elsewhere. (A PDF is available here.)

In the introduction to They Dare to Speak Out, Findley wrote:

“Much of the information provided here is volunteered by career government officials who want the public to be aware of how the lobby functions but insist that their own names be withheld. These requirements tell a lot about the sensitivity of the subject matter.”

 Findley revealed that It had been extremely difficult to get the book published:

“Declining to represent me, New York literary agent Alexander Wylie forecast with prophetic vision that no major U.S. publisher would accept my book. He wrote, ‘It’s a sad state of affairs.’  Bruce Lee of William Morrow and Company called my manuscript ‘outstanding,’ but his company concluded that publishing it ‘would cause trouble in the house and outside’ and decided against ‘taking the heat.’ Robert Loomis of Random House called it an ‘important book’ but reported that the firm’s leadership decided the theme was ‘too sensitive.’ Twenty other publishers also said no.”

Eventually, a small company published the book, and for a brief time it was a Washington Post bestseller. Soon, however, the explosive book was largely buried. Today, even many Palestine activists haven’t heard of Paul Findley or his book – a testament to the degree to which information about the Israel lobby continues to be obscured from Americans’ knowledge.... READ MORE or WATCH SOME VIDEOS

 

https://israelpalestinenews.org/paul-findley-longtime-advocate-for-palestinian-human-rights-dies-at-98/?fbclid=IwAR38MtxiU9f-Wup_iUlfinddbAE4OheeE_yrBMhRzqs3gaucO54_biluK2E

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