Zionist Militant Group Responsible for ICE Arrest of Pro-Palestine Former Student

A Massachusetts court found that the ICE detention of a former UMass student was likely politically motivated, after a complaint from the Zionist organization Betar appeared to trigger his arrest.

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh
A rally attended by Betar members in Paris, February 9, 2025: Cesar Vilette | Ola News | Sipa via AP Images

A Massachusetts court ruled that the detention of a former student who expressed pro-Palestine views was unconstitutional and that it was a punitive measure triggered almost solely by a complaint from the Zionist militant group Betar. Late last week, a judge ruled that a former student at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), detained

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Rare Right-Wing Revolt Sinks Bill Punishing Boycotts of Israel With Prison

AIPAC-backed legislation threatening Americans with prison for supporting boycotts of Israel collapsed after GOP lawmakers revolted over free speech concerns.

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh
Greene and Massie walk through Capitol surrounded by reporters, April 30, 2024

A sweeping pro-Israel bill backed by Republican leadership and AIPAC collapsed this week after a rare revolt by right-wing lawmakers who argued it posed a direct threat to Americans’ First Amendment rights. The bill, H.R. 867 — known as the IGO Anti-Boycott Act — would have imposed up to $1 million in fines and prison terms of up to 20 years on

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Meet The Think Tanks Behind MAGA’s New Free Speech Crackdown

The right once championed free speech. Now it’s building blacklists—fueled by a foreign-aligned donor machine.

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh
Elon Musk speaks during a live interview with Ben Shapiro at an antisemitism symposium hosted by the European Jewish Association in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 22, 2024.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump—and many of his most prominent right-wing supporters—are directly linked to some of the most radically pro-war, pro-Israel organizations in the country. These connections form a sprawling web of lobbying groups, tech billionaires, and media figures who consistently promote Israeli interests above

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From the United States to Europe, Criticizing Israel Is Becoming a Crime

Accelerated after October 7, a growing network of laws across the Western world threatens free expression by conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism — a trend years in the making.

Kit Klarenberg
By Kit Klarenberg
NYPD officers arrest a woman as pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters clash outside Baruch College in New York, June 5, 2024. Melissa Bender | AP

Across the United States and much of the West, criticism of Israel and solidarity with Palestine are increasingly being criminalized—a project long championed by Israel’s government and its powerful lobbying networks. In February 2020, Israeli leader and internationally wanted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu proudly declared that Tel Aviv had

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How Private Israeli Security Firms Are Killing Free Speech on College Campuses

Amid unprecedented anti-war protests, universities like CUNY and Concordia are turning to private security firms with Israeli military backgrounds to monitor and suppress dissent.

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh
Israel protests feature photo

Following the unprecedented proliferation of student-led protests against Israel's war on Gaza across U.S. and international college campuses, educational institutions have found themselves under immense pressure to crush the movement from private Israeli security firms. Following a surge of demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience in

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John Pilger: Silencing the Lambs. How Propaganda Works

Having soaked for 82 years in a deep bath of righteousness that is the official version of the last world war, isn’t it time those who are meant to keep the record straight declared their independence and decoded the propaganda? The urgency is greater than ever.

John Pilger
By John Pilger

In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler’s leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having escaped the fate of other friends of the Fuhrer. She told me that the ‘patriotic messages’ of her films were dependent not on

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