The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world's major
sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly
imperiled by its devastation.
It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and
accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a
resolution.
On April 24, 2024, legislation was signed into law giving $10.7 million
per day in military aid to Israel and $0.73 million per
day in foreign aid to the Palestinians. (For information on expenditures
on behalf of both populations, go here.)
A 2018
study of the Associated Press found that Israeli deaths were reported on at a
rate of nearly four
times greater than on Palestinian deaths. Earlier
studies found similar or even
larger distortion.
WATCH: Did PBS's
Censorship Lead to the October 7th attack on Israel?
The state of Israel, established in 1948 by its founding war, has
appropriated approximately 91 percent of the land
in what originally was called Palestine.
The growing panic about antisemitism
isn’t a reflection of reality – The Forward
The most obvious explanation for the current “antisemitism” is not a grand
meta-narrative of American or European history, but rage at an ongoing war in which
Israel’s conduct has received widespread international condemnation... Read
more
WATCH: OCTOBER 7: The Lies
WATCH: Alison Weir, 2017: How to stop the killing of Palestinian & Israeli children
Expanded land seizures, military restrictions, mass displacement, and over 100 new Jewish settlements have transformed an already fragmented territory — and the very fabric of Palestinian life. Read more
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said that the West Bank operation had completed its goals, but the prime minister and defense minister refused to allow the more than 2,000 displaced residents to return to their homes Read more
Mayor Mamdani's NYPD is poised to sign the contract with Israeli surveillance firm Cognyte for FalcoNet, an AI-driven device that mimics a cell tower to track phones and can be mounted on police cars and drones or hidden in a backpack Read more
Israelis are voting Tuesday in the first national election since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack and the war in Gaza. Polls close at 4 pm Eastern Standard Time. A winner is unlikely to be clear Tuesday night, and coalition talks will likely take weeks… A... Read more
In full view of the world, the US is facilitating “some of the worst
crimes of our age,” an action that could ultimately cause America’s downfall… Why is
this happening and what can be done about it?
Save The Children's report on Israel's widespread abuse of
Palestinian children. Each year, 500-700 face prosecution in a military court system
that lacks basic safeguards for a fair trial…
For two decades, some Israeli officials and Israel partisans have
worked to embed a new, Israel-focused definition of antisemitism in institutions
around the world, from international bodies and national governments to small
college campuses in heartland America. This effort is now snowballing rapidly....
Please give whatever you can to support our ongoing efforts
to raise awareness and put an end to the attrocities of the Israeli occupation of
Palestine.
AP claims a Gazan rocket broke a weeks-long “cross border calm,”
even though Israeli forces had fired missiles into Gaza, shot at Gazans, and invaded
Gaza numerous times...
In this short clip Alison talks about how she came to be aware of
the Israel/Palestine conflict, America's role in it all, and about our ability and
responsibility as U.S. citizens, to put an end to Israeli aggressions in the region.
Full interview
here
In 2018 If Americans Knew made a 15 minute video exposing Israel’s
projects to censor the Internet. YouTube removed our video. We tried again. This
time YouTube restricted it. Now we’re trying yet again. Watch it now
