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Julie's avatar

This is such excellent, detailed reporting. Thank you for digging into this important story.

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Nancy's avatar

Congress people are not known for their intelligence…they will believe anything that they want to believe…or that they are “paid” to believe.

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Safir Ahmed's avatar

Thanks for reporting on this ISGAP fraud -- that's the precise term for such activities.

But here's the question: Members of Congress have a heap of staff members (lawyers, researchers, etc.) -- how is it that they do not know the facts reported here?

Lastly, let's send this piece to every member of the House and Senate committees to shame such fraudulent witnesses so they are not invited again.

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Harry's avatar

There's really no excuse for anybody to be ignorant anymore, and as you say, politicians have ample access to information resources, and staff to do their research. The problem isn't that they don't know. It's that they prefer convenient modern Alternative Facts™ that confirm their preconceptions, and line their pockets. Faux academics like Small somehow provide such drivel with a veneer of intellectual respectability. It's remarkable, if no longer surprising, that a 'scholar' as slovenly as Small can attract funding and influence policy.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

Protest opportunity!

For those in the UK. Donald Trump is set to come to Britain for a second state visit. Trump has provided the weapons, funding and diplomatic support that has been crucial to Israel’s continuing genocide against the Palestinian people. This Wednesday 17 September we will be assembling at Portland Place from 2pm and marching to Parliament Square to tell the government he's not welcome. 

Will you join us? 

https://palestinecampaign.org/events/national-demonstration-against-trumps-state-visit-17-september/

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

Call on Pope Leo XIV to do whatever it takes to save Gaza and stop the bombing, and end the starvation. Let him go to Gaza and stand with the suffering people who are being massacred by Israel and the Western posers. He can go to Gaza right now, and insist aid be allowed in.

Is there anything more important in today's world than this?

https://chng.it/gkvBfY44rq

Please sign the petition and share widely.

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Momin's avatar

Well done Murtaza!! No matter how hard the evil ones try, the truth will prevail at the end.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

Gaza is starving. We must do all we can to get the US to act.

The Feed Gaza Coalition has a single, clear and achievable demand:

To call on President Trump to ensure Israel immediately lifts all restrictions preventing food and medicine from entering Gaza.

Our goal is to mobilize one million calls and emails to the White House during the month of September to make this urgent action impossible to ignore.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-president-trump-feed-gaza?source=direct_link&referrer=group-rc-action&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fcivicshout.com%2Fp%2Ftell-trump-and-rubio-make-sure-baby-formula-reaches-gaza%3Fref%3DmTVFUTc%26src%3Dja

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Beej's avatar

Small is definitely an appropriate name for him! Have you heard that Qatar is funding card companies to write antisemitic get well cards?

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Bonnie's avatar

when will the average or even above average professor, pundit or people be informed or inform themselves that conflating Antisemitism with Anti-Zonism. Unless they are politically motivated.

Ya think!

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Ingrid Hahn's avatar

As President Jimmy Carter once said, "The American people don't want to know. Israelis don't want to know."

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Richard Halford's avatar

Why don't you send Israel some Hitler style swastikas to put on their planes and uniforms ?

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

Put a stop to GHF

There’s a campaign to have the Delaware Attorney General, Kathy Jennings, dissolve the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) which is incorporated in Delaware. The group DELPHR has launched an effort to put pressure on the Deleware Attorney general, with a letter-writing effort. You can do your part and sign on here:

national letter-writing tool which was created by the Center for Constitutional Rights.

More details can be found in this article:

https://passblue.com/2025/08/29/a-us-group-demands-probe-into-gaza-humanitarian-foundation-alleging-war-crimes/

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Karin's avatar

Great reporting.

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Harry's avatar

Small has been attempting to apply an academic gloss to antisemitism 'statistics' for a long time, but can't help betraying his own prejudices and misinterpreting the data. (https://bureauofcounterpropaganda.blogspot.com/2007/03/certain-irrationality.html)

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peta's avatar

Excellent, timely and well sourced article. What a shameful and shoddy organization. Yes this needs to be forwarded.

Canary mission is equally shoddy. And their website got a fancy uplift recently so they can ruin the lives of more students and young professionals.

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