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YouTube video by Zeteo Who Matters More to Congress: Americans or Israel?

A series of events:

—We ask Senators how many Americans had been killed by Israeli violence. None know. One replies “I am pro-Israel”

—Settlers kill American

—We ask Senators who took photo with Netanyahu about it. No reply

—Senate approves more weapons to Israel

—Settlers kill another American

“We do not accept lessons in democracy from those who kill civilians. Athens, the capital of a democratic country, fully respects its visitors and upholds the right of its citizens to free expression. As the city’s municipal authority, we have proven our active opposition to violence and racism,” Doukas said. “We do not accept lessons in democracy from those who kill civilians and children waiting in line for food aid, from those who lead dozens of people to death every day in Gaza, through bombs, hunger, and thirst,” he added. Furthermore, the mayor criticized the ambassador’s focus on graffiti. “It is appalling that the Ambassador focuses solely on graffiti (which, obviously, is being removed) at a time when an unprecedented genocide is taking place in Gaza,” he said, adding that Golden Visas granted to Israeli citizens have increased by over 90%. Ambassador Katz had criticized Athens municipal authorities in an interview published in Kathimerini’s Sunday edition, accusing them of failing to respond effectively to antisemitic graffiti that makes Israelis in Athens uncomfortable.

Israel's Greek Ambassador accused Athens of allowing antisemitic graffiti.

Mayor's reply:

"We do not accept lessons in democracy from those who kill civilians…the Amb. focuses solely on graffiti (which, obviously, is being removed) at a time when an unprecedented genocide is taking place in Gaza."

‘Clearly Emaciated’: Former Green Beret Recounts Horrors at ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ Aid Sites Anthony Aguilar, a retired US special forces officer, says the US-funded project involves unqualified US contractors serving as an “appendage” of the Israeli military’s genocidal campaign.

“I said to him, 'you're not forgotten'"
"He says, ‘Thank you’ in English.”

“Palestinians start dropping to the ground, and Amir was amongst them. So this young boy that traveled 8 kilometers, 8 or 9 kilometers, from his home to get aid…ends up dead.”

US Vet on the Gaza "Humanitarian" Foundation:

YouTube video by Zeteo Who Matters More to Congress: Americans or Israel?

We have a new inside look showing you how committed the US is to Israel — even at the expense of Americans, including one killed weeks ago.

Now, almost too aptly, right after that (and after Congress responded by giving more weapons to Israel), Israeli settlers have just killed *another* American:

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Centrist Democrats are now scrambling to act as if they've always been against Israel's genocide in Gaza, despite several of them recently posing for a photo with Benjamin Netanyahu.

Zeteo's Frank Cappello returns as our (fake) centrist Democrat to imagine the deflections they would use.

Cory Booker (D-NJ) voted against Bernie’s resolution to block sales of assault rifles to Israel.

This year, Israeli soldiers killed a 14-year-old from New Jersey.

Votes are not done, and more than half the Senate Democratic caucus has voted to block weapons sales to Israel.

Such an idea was nearly unimaginable before.

The politics of Israel-Palestine are changing in the US.

“That settler that Trump emboldened killed the man that Trump deported.”

@premthakker.bsky.social unpacks how a violent —and previously sanctioned — Israeli Settler killed Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian teacher and crew member of the Oscar-winning film ‘No Other land.’

Ocasio-Cortez Statement on Senator Sanders’ Resolutions to Block Weapons Transfers to the Israeli Government Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) released a statement urging the Senate to pass Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) resolutions, which would block the Trump Administration’s proposed sale of 1,000-pound bombs, joint direct attack munitions, fully automatic rifles, and other offensive weapons to the Israeli government. “The Israeli government’s blockade of food, water, and medicine is a war crime. It is unthinkable that at this moment, when a third of Gaza has not eaten in days, the Senate would greenlight the bombs, guns, and munitions that have already been used to kill 60,000 Palestinians. Today, every Senator has a choice to make: they can uphold U.S. law by preventing the transfer of these weapons, or they can cower to Netanyahu and hand over the arms being used to perpetuate a genocide. “Every day, more of our constituents and allies on the international stage are calling for Congress to end this war and save lives. The Senate must stop this transfer of weapons, and members of Congress in both chambers must increase pressure on Israel to surge aid into Gaza, hold Netanyahu accountable, and stop sending bombs.”

@aoc.bsky.social on vote to stop arm transfers to Israel:

"It is unthinkable," she says, that as "a third of Gaza has not eaten in days," Senate would greenlight weapons already used to kill 60,000 Palestinians.

Every Senator has a choice to make: uphold law, or cower to Netanyahu & arm genocide.

Tomorrow, Senator Bernie Sanders will force the Senate to vote on two resolutions to block weapons sales to Israel:

— Bombs; weapons guidance kits; and other technical tools

— Tens of thousands of fully automatic assault rifles

New: Gaza aid ship volunteers detained in Israeli prison report being confined in small, overcrowded rooms with no ventilation, despite very hot temperatures.

Also report rooms infested with bedbugs & being denied hygiene supplies and showers.

Per Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

Look at these numbers and think of how often the Democratic party claims to love and want these voters.

…And then think of how hard the Democratic party has worked to stop Zohran Mamdani.

Public Progress Solutions and Zenith Research polling breakdown between Zohran Mamdani, Curtis Sliwa, Eric Adams, Jim Walden, and Andrew Cuomo

85% of young men support Zohran Mamdani.
79% of young women support Zohran Mamdani.
67% of Jewish people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani.
65% of Black people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani.

Would you have guessed *any* of that with how the media has covered all this?

The ten members of Congress calling Israel's genocide in Gaza a "genocide":

Who Says Israel Is Committing a Genocide in Gaza? Everyone on This List After almost two years, more and more politicians, experts, and human rights groups are finally using the G-word to describe Israel's violence in Gaza, but the list is still relatively short.

NEW — 10 members of Congress are now calling it “genocide.”

Here is a list of the politicians, nations, human rights organizations, and experts calling Israel’s genocide a “genocide.”

You’ll want to bookmark this one, as we will keep updating it.

New: After Gaza aid flotilla volunteer & US citizen Christian Smalls was taken into Israeli custody, seven uniformed individuals beat him, choking him & kicking him in the legs, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

Smalls is co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union.

American peace activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi would've turned 27 today. But Israeli forces killed her 11 months ago.

Both Biden & Trump did nothing to seek accountability.

Instead the US sent Israel $12 billion in weapons & another $4 billion in aid.

And then Israeli settlers killed another American.

Inside the TV Network Pumping 'Genocide' Into Israeli Homes A special Zeteo report examines the racist and genocidal statements broadcast on Channel 14 – and hears from the coalition of Israeli groups hoping to hold the popular right-wing network accountable.

Read @premthakker.bsky.social's report about the TV network that gets special financial benefits from the Israeli government as it pumps "genocide" into homes all across Israel: zeteo.com/p/inside-the...

“There is a campaign in the Israeli media about Israel starving Gazans. From the pictures I see I think they need to lose some weight.”
Right-wing Israeli network Channel 14 hosts mock the mother of four-year-old Razan Abu Zaher, who died last week of starvation.
Read: zeteo.com?utm_source=n...

“Privilege”??? 🧐

Zohran Mamdani tweet, 11/19/22 After at least 2,251 Palestinians were killed over the course of July 2014, Hakeem Jeffries got on stage at a rally in NYC and paraphrased George Wallace. "Israel today, Israel tomorrow, Israel forever." If Jeffries is considered a progressive, the term has lost all meaning.

November 2022:

Family of American Killed by Israeli Forces: Blinken 'Left Us With No Optimism That He's Going to Help' Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi’s husband and sister sat down with Prem to talk about their frustrating meeting with the secretary of state and to reflect on the 26-year-old’s memory.

Full interview with Ayşenur’s sister and husband, where they told me how they travelled all the way to DC, just to learn how the Biden administration was doing nothing in response to the Israeli military’s killing of Ayşenur.

This was a very beautiful, painful conversation:

American peace activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi would've turned 27 today. But Israeli forces killed her 11 months ago.

Both Biden & Trump did nothing to seek accountability.

Instead the US sent Israel $12 billion in weapons & another $4 billion in aid.

And then Israeli settlers killed another American.

Have been covering this genocidal war since day one, with deep respect for my sources.

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November 2023 — Israel had already killed 11,000+ Palestinians. Hand in hand, leaders of both parties declared they stood with Israel. “No ceasefire” chants roared.

Hours later, Israel rounded up journalists and invaded a hospital with thousands of patients & refugees they created.

Don’t let the hardness of our world make you just as much. We fight each day not just to scream into the wind, but to bring our neighbors to feel as compelled as we do to scream and to embrace them when they do. As Michael Brooks said: be ruthless with systems, be kind to people.

People changing their mind and speaking out on the horrors of Gaza is a good thing. But if a person “changing their mind” is in power, and they do not subsequently use that power in accordance with the seriousness of the new conclusion they have arrived at, then that’s a problem.