You an see the full page ad in PDF form HERE. US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and Jewish Voice for Peace have paid for a full page ad in Roll Call newspaper which is read by the 20,000 Capital Hill staffers and elected officials who work in Congress on a daily basis.  Up till now – [...]

Pardon the very straightforward headline – some things need to be said.  For those who follow IACWE – you’ll know that we view the Israeli government’s actions on par with an apartheid state.  We continuously denounce the actions of the Israeli government … over and over and over; you can see a sample or our [...]

Since American politicians are completely beholden to the Israeli lobby and the interests of Israel before America’s interests – it is my hope and dream that the whole of Europe will boycott and divest from Israel made products.  I can’t believe that America funds this behavior to the tune of $3 billion a year.  But [...]

If a picture says 1,000 words, what does 100 pictures say?  Beautiful accompanying music to the pictures. My conscience forbids me to watch the Palestinian people being the victims of a brutal occupation.  The reality is that this is all the responsibility of the Jewish people now.  They’re electing this government and if they want [...]

One of the realities of the internet is that it really is a battlefield for public opinion.  Trying to identify truth is such a difficult thing.  What I can absolutely guarantee you and what I think we all know to be true is that there are a lot of paid propagandists.  These people provide talking [...]

It’s no secret that Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu don’t like each other; Netanyahu is famous for saying “I speak Republican” (source) and has surrounded himself over the years with American Republican operatives.  Over the past few years there has been an increased tension between Netanyahu and Obama as Netanyahu pushes for war [...]

We have recommended Senator Chuck Hagel for Obama’s nomination to Secretary of Defense HERE; one of the things that I like about Hagel was his willingness to criticize his own party on their foreign policy once it became clear the Iraq war was a debacle.  It’s a sad state of affairs when it becomes controversial to point [...]

“Soldiers forced the cameramen to leave their vehicle, punched them, striking them with the butts of their guns, as well as forcing them to strip.” ~Haaretz  This tweet comes from Paul Danahar - BBC Middle East Bureau Chief upon the news that two Reuters cameramen were assaulted violently by Israeli Defense Forces. Foreign Press Association (I’m [...]

“About five to six rockets hit our building.  I am really surprised to see that we journalists are being attacked. What do they want? Do they want to silence us and stop us telling the truth? No, we will continue our work unabated and will not fear their strikes.” ~Hussein al-Madhoun, journalist for Al-Quds in Gaza  [...]

It’s frightening to see what’s happening in Palestine and the absolute silence and lack of concern for a fair, peaceful solution between the Palestinians and Israelis.  As an advocate of the 2 state solution – it is precisely my commitment to 2 states that makes me so angry with the Israelis.  They are in a [...]