Politics

The US Is Criminalizing Criticism of Israeli Human Rights Violations

One wonders how much the Israel Lobby pays two-bit punk US governors and US Senators.

https://www.opednews.com/articles/Pandering-to-Israel-Has-Go-by-Philip-Giraldi-Israel_Israel-And-Us-Relations_Israel-Firsters_Israel-On-The-Potomac-171102-226.html

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