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Alison Weir is an American freelance journalist and founder and Executive Director of If Americans Knew and president of The Council for National Interest. Ms. Weir writes and speaks on issues covering the situation in Palestine/Israel, addresses the historical context and provides critique of how the media covers issues which challenges U.S. foreign policy and well-funded lobby interests.
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American media distortion on Palestine
"exposing and overcoming pro-Israel power over information in the US about Israel-Palestine may, I believe, be the most important activity that those seeking justice and peace in the Middle East can undertake"
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Media reports on the mysterious Berezovsky death
You would think it would be hot news when wanted men being hunted by European police suddenly pop up in the US particularly on Capitol Hill and at events attended by the US president
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New resource to counter Israeli propaganda
U.S. taxpayers give money outright to Israel: more than $8 million per day
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Israel Lobby has narrowed its sights on three pieces of legislation
Please tell your Representative that Americans are shouldering too much in the tax-and-spend adjustments; making an exception for aid to Israel is adding insult to injury
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The Empire Behind World’s Largest History Magazine Chain: How American History Magazine Censored Palestine
The only way to counter the manipulation of powerful media owners is to expose their actions widely and to demand better
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Jane Harman being considered to head CIA despite connection to Israel-AIPAC spy scandal
It's astounding to see reports by CNN, Politico, and others that former California Democratic Congresswoman Jane Harman is being considered as a possible new head of the CIA, given the fact that she was
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Israeli regime fabricated via cover-up: Alison Weir
“The true author of the Balfour Declaration was not Mr. Balfour. It was actually a man name Leopold Amery who was in fact a Zionist and a British man of Jewish background.” — Alison
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How infiltrated is the movement for justice?
Infiltrators are there to do two things: to monitor what is going on, and to interfere with its effectiveness. Such interference can take several routes
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US taxpayers paid more to Israeli defense budget than Israelis
General Ashkenazi’s statements are extremely significant, since this is the first time that an Israeli leader has pointed out that American taxpayers pay more to Israel’s defense budget than do Israelis
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Not often is a political fix so public — Alison Weir
Is the Democratic convention debacle completely bad news? While the media, both liberal and conservative, consistently give us Israel-centric coverage...…
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Justice for All: Alexander Cockburn, Palestine, and U.S. media
When Cockburn received a $10,000 research grant from the Massachusetts-based Institute for Arab Studies to investigate Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, Israel partisans saw this as a way to get rid of him. (He had
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U.S. college heads visit Israel, seek collaboration opportunities
Targeting academics for pro-Israel propaganda began in the 1040s, if not earlier
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History of the US-Israel Relationship, Part I
Like many American policies, U.S. Middle East policies are driven by a special interest lobby. However, the Israel Lobby, as it is called today in the U.S.[1], consists of vastly more than what most
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“Hate Studies” Ignores Certain Types of Hate
The One-Sided View of Hate in Hate Studies -- Jay Knott
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Israeli Journalist reports that Israel Is Pushing US into War with Iran
The U.S. has turned Clausewitz’s famous saying on its head – this is not a case of war being diplomacy by other means, but of diplomacy being war by other means
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