As we pointed out yesterday, Congressional leaders are falling all over themselves to back Israel’s ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. The Associated Press noticed it too, tweeting out “As much of world watches Gaza war in horror, members of Congress fall over each other to support Israel.”
Which like any true statement even tangentially related to Israel sparked a furious backlash of people accusing the AP of being “pro-Hamas,” and led the AP to tweet a revision, saying only that “Many U.S. lawmakers strongly back Israel in Gaza war.”
The AP also revised their article on the story, removing “While much of the rest of the world watches the Gaza war in horror and scrambles for a ceasefire…” with simply “As the war in Gaza escalates.”
As the humanitarian calamity of the Israeli war in Gaza grows, Israel and its supporters are increasingly aggressive about any perceived criticism of the large numbers of civilians they’re killing, and are openly trying to convince the European Union to regulate the content of antiwar protests across Europe.
The Zionist learnt well from Hitler who is turning out to be a boy scout.
Does Israel have some kind of magic dust it spreads around the U.S.? I really do not understand the butt-kissing from the government and the mainstream press. I know that some people's palms are getting greased, but what does the U.S. as a whole get out of its "relationship" with Israel? They are not an ally, they are a burden. All the benefit flows one way, towards Israel. They spy on us, sank a Navy ship, always want more money, and expect unconditional support for every rampage they embark upon. And people in this country shrug their shoulders and support them anyways. Well, good luck tying yourself to a country like that. I really do not see this relationship as being sustainable in the long run.
The relationship is not morally sustainable now.
Morally now, politically in the long run.
Yes, they do have magic dust – MONEY
Yes, I understand the money being spread around part, but what about the average American who isn't getting any money out of the deal. Why would they support Israel? They get nothing out of it.
What a bunch of slaves. Morally reprehensible, Israeli-kissing slaves. Like trained seals. No wonder they act like they are above any criticism. For some reason everyone pretends they are perfect.
The propaganda is amazing. Listen to some idiots talk – they p!ss on the US and furiously react to any condemnation, right or wrong, of Israel – a foreign country. And NO ONE has to pay them one red cent to be so Israel Uber Alles. They don't even know WHY they are this way – it's like something their mothers taught them when they were youngsters – they don't know the WHY, they just feel it as something right.
This meisterstroke of propaganda could never have taken root with the mass of mouth-breathing morons had they not been so consistently dumbed down for decades.
Israeli grip on the US Congress is stronger than its grip on Jerusalem. I hope the American people rise to demand that their representatives represent them not AIPAC.
it is not a war! It is a bully action! by a mini super power Israel that is backed and supported by a major Superpower , that is the USA! Palestine is not even a 3ed World but a 4th! and has no military but a bunch of crazed guerrilla fighters if one even can call them that , more terrorist then worrier guerrilla fighters .
The first time I experienced this was when Israel was bulldozing Jenin. I called "my" representatives and that's when I learned about the weird upside world of unquestioning support for Israel.
These many years later I am again outraged than not even a modest proposal can be put on the table, such as taking the cost of supporting the newest refugees by withholding an equal amount from Israel's US funding.
Could we retire Lindsay Graham from politics?
When people say those who don't support Israel unconditionally are anti-semitic, I think they utterly miss the outrage that results from seeing that our government works for a foreign power. Our country is in dire need, which both parties completely ignore. Our voices have been silenced for decades. Our country, our voice, our conscience completely excluded from political power.
Elections? What a joke. We already voted for "change." What's left? "Stay the course." No, did that with GWB. Left or right, liberal or conservative, the only constant is the subordination of our welfare to Israel's, and that is the source of the anger being mischaracterized as anti-semitism.
Best comment in long time I've seen anywhere!
What is most sinister about this news story is not the craven behavior of the bought and paid for congress, but the cowardly and unethical retreat by the allegedly neutral/factual AP. Who gets to report the kinds and means of pressure exerted to force such an unwarranted edit of their original tweet? Just how is that accomplished?
Of course the genocidal attacks on the Gazan populace are backfiring, as all such rabid emotional revenge seeking behavior is want to do. The entire area is a free fire zone with no UN or other safe havens. Israeli military (unnamed of course) liars will not be able to disguise who is responsible and the clear intent of mass civilian attacks. Carefully created and paid for sympathy for Israeli is being quickly undone by the undeniable horrors of current slaughter. Can the Israeli electorate be that bloodthirsty? Or will it be another version of the ill fated Beruit attacks of the 80s?
Israel will lose by "winning" this.
The AP is neither neutral nor factual and haven't been for a very long time. They not only carried Dubya's water, they pumped it and when he drooled and it dribbled down his chin, they wiped it off. The AP has been blatantly part and parcel with the Zionist neocons since at least 2002 – probably longer.