At 88 years old, I have lived through a myriad of examples of what human beings are capable of doing to other human beings but I never imagined that those I once admired and considered, civilized and highly respected like Israel, could engage in the horrors of what they are doing to the Gazans. Is this who the Israelis were all these years and I just never saw it? It is out in the open now and yet there are still supporters of Israel who refuse to ackowledge what they see on tv every night and read about in Drop Site. Those are the ones whom I just dont understand.
I was born a month before Israel became a state. I feel the same way as you do. About Israel, about supporters of Israel, about whether or not anything I thought I knew about history & geopolitics is true, and about journalists being objective.
Hard to read all this and still believe any of this suffering is accidental. From Gaza’s storms to Sudan’s displacement to West Bank raids, every line shows how little protection civilians actually have
+Thanks DSN for the Betar update. It's exhilarating to hear Ali Abunimah track down Betar; maybe this will help overturn Betar vs. CodePink granny.
"Whoever is operating the @Betar_USA Twitter/X account is claiming to be doing so from Israel and working out of offices located in the headquarters of the ruling Likud Party."
"The betar.org website lists the organization’s address in Israel as 38 King George Street, Tel Aviv, a building noted for housing organizations associated with Israel’s Likud movement"
"If Betar USA is indeed operating out of Likud offices in Tel Aviv, and directly serves the Israeli government, then its US branch may be an unregistered agent of a foreign government – potentially in breach of US federal laws as well as its charitable status."
+And then it's even more exhilarating to watch the little pro-terrorists lawfare NJAC whine about CodePink. Maybe, just maybe, we Westerners are waking up to the horror of Betar Worldwide--->>>'Unregistered chaos agents of the Israeli government'
+Betar vs. CodePink: (Betar represented by NJAC/Atlanta lawfare)
73-Year-Old Palestinian-American Grandmother Targeted in Politically Motivated Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Janine Ali, a 73-year-old visibly Muslim Palestinian-American and grandmother of eleven, is once again facing legal harassment—this time through a federal lawsuit filed by Kim Sumrall, director of Betar D.C., a pro-Zionist organization that describes itself as “loud, proud and aggressive.” This marks the third attempt to prosecute Ali, despite her being acquitted in criminal court.
The allegations stem from November 13, 2024, when Ali was joining CODEPINK and other groups to advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza. As she was making her way to the cafeteria of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to meet up with the group, Sumrall accused her of grabbing an Israeli flag tied around Sumrall’s neck. A criminal court judge, after reviewing evidence and testimony, found Ali not guilty. Nevertheless, her accuser is now attempting to re-litigate the same facts in federal court, where the burden of proof is lower.
TimesofIsrael: Legal group hails breakthrough as US judge equates Israeli flag with Jewish identity 8/14/25
Federal court says attacking Star of David is ‘racial discrimination,’ not political protest, setting legal standard for future cases involving anti-Zionist targeting of Jews
At 88 years old, I have lived through a myriad of examples of what human beings are capable of doing to other human beings but I never imagined that those I once admired and considered, civilized and highly respected like Israel, could engage in the horrors of what they are doing to the Gazans. Is this who the Israelis were all these years and I just never saw it? It is out in the open now and yet there are still supporters of Israel who refuse to ackowledge what they see on tv every night and read about in Drop Site. Those are the ones whom I just dont understand.
I was born a month before Israel became a state. I feel the same way as you do. About Israel, about supporters of Israel, about whether or not anything I thought I knew about history & geopolitics is true, and about journalists being objective.
Hard to read all this and still believe any of this suffering is accidental. From Gaza’s storms to Sudan’s displacement to West Bank raids, every line shows how little protection civilians actually have
Israel has entered the darkness..
+Thanks DSN for the Betar update. It's exhilarating to hear Ali Abunimah track down Betar; maybe this will help overturn Betar vs. CodePink granny.
"Whoever is operating the @Betar_USA Twitter/X account is claiming to be doing so from Israel and working out of offices located in the headquarters of the ruling Likud Party."
"The betar.org website lists the organization’s address in Israel as 38 King George Street, Tel Aviv, a building noted for housing organizations associated with Israel’s Likud movement"
"If Betar USA is indeed operating out of Likud offices in Tel Aviv, and directly serves the Israeli government, then its US branch may be an unregistered agent of a foreign government – potentially in breach of US federal laws as well as its charitable status."
+And then it's even more exhilarating to watch the little pro-terrorists lawfare NJAC whine about CodePink. Maybe, just maybe, we Westerners are waking up to the horror of Betar Worldwide--->>>'Unregistered chaos agents of the Israeli government'
+Betar vs. CodePink: (Betar represented by NJAC/Atlanta lawfare)
+Melissa Garriga | melissa@codepink.org
73-Year-Old Palestinian-American Grandmother Targeted in Politically Motivated Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Janine Ali, a 73-year-old visibly Muslim Palestinian-American and grandmother of eleven, is once again facing legal harassment—this time through a federal lawsuit filed by Kim Sumrall, director of Betar D.C., a pro-Zionist organization that describes itself as “loud, proud and aggressive.” This marks the third attempt to prosecute Ali, despite her being acquitted in criminal court.
The allegations stem from November 13, 2024, when Ali was joining CODEPINK and other groups to advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza. As she was making her way to the cafeteria of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to meet up with the group, Sumrall accused her of grabbing an Israeli flag tied around Sumrall’s neck. A criminal court judge, after reviewing evidence and testimony, found Ali not guilty. Nevertheless, her accuser is now attempting to re-litigate the same facts in federal court, where the burden of proof is lower.
TimesofIsrael: Legal group hails breakthrough as US judge equates Israeli flag with Jewish identity 8/14/25
Federal court says attacking Star of David is ‘racial discrimination,’ not political protest, setting legal standard for future cases involving anti-Zionist targeting of Jews
https://www.timesofisrael.com/legal-group-hails-breakthrough-as-us-judge-equates-israeli-flag-with-jewish-identity/
@CBS...2-cut Tony makes a comeback!
“We live in a time in which many people have lost trust in the media. Tony Dokoupil is the person to win it back,” B.Weiss
Tom Cibrowski, president of CBS News, said Dokoupil “is what everyone wants in an evening-news anchor – authentic, compassionate, unafraid”.