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
Why it matters: After vowing last month to "help build a third party," Carlson fueled further speculation this weekend by hosting MAGA dissidents at his home in Maine, where they urged him to run for president in 2028 Read more
This amounts to an average of one child every day, despite an agreement for the suspension of military operations and the full entry of humanitarian aid and relief almost 10 months ago. Read more
Dov Newmark built his career making immigration to Israel easy for British Jews. Now his ties to organisations promoting settler communities in the occupied West Bank are under scrutiny Read more
When Israel rejected the deal, Trump's BOP did a complete about-face, adopting the Israeli position wholesale, jeopardizing one of his few foreign policy achievements & causing the horrific conditions in Gaza to continue 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
