Category Archives: Writings

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruebner/us-complicity-in-israels-_b_2326617.html On November 18, an Israeli air force pilot flying a U.S.-made F-16 fighter jet fired a missile at the four-story home of the al-Dalu family in Gaza City, killing ten members of the family and two from the al-Muzannar family … Continue reading →

When it comes to shielding Israeli human rights violations and squelching Palestinian freedom and self-determination, Congress never misses an opportunity to reward Israeli intransigence and punish peaceful Palestinian initiatives. 

The Senate defines a “non-germane amendment” as one “that would add … Continue reading →

http://aidtoisrael.org/section.php?id=400 Executive Summary From 1949 to 2008, the U.S. government provided Israel more than $103.6 billion of total official aid, making it the largest recipient of U.S. foreign assistance in the post-World War II era.  In 2007, the two countries … Continue reading →

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/21-4 by Josh Ruebner Speaking before students at Northern Virginia Community College on February 13, President Obama unveiled his 2013 budget request, in which he proposed “some difficult cuts that, frankly, I wouldn’t normally make if they weren’t absolutely necessary.  But … Continue reading →

http://electronicintifada.net/content/phony-war-over-which-us-party-loves-israel-most/10794 OPINION/EDITORIAL The phony war over which US party loves Israel most Josh Ruebner The Electronic Intifada 10 January 2012 (Issam Rimawi/APA images) “No Aid to Israel?” wonders a recent Facebook ad sponsored by US President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. “Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and … Continue reading →

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruebner/israel-us-aid_b_1158170.html The Israel lobby can breathe a sigh of relief now that Congress has agreed to fund the government through next fall, including a record-breaking $3.075 billion in military aid to Israel. This earmark may have emerged unscathed in this … Continue reading →

http://original.antiwar.com/josh-ruebner/2011/11/23/support-todays-freedom-riders/ Support Today’s Freedom Riders End U.S. support for Israeli apartheid by Josh Ruebner, November 24, 2011 Fifty years ago, Freedom Riders braved beatings and arson by supremacists intent on maintaining apartheid in the Jim Crow South. By challenging segregated transportation … Continue reading →

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruebner/us-israel-peace-_b_1082234.html Josh Ruebner National Advocacy Director, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Posted: 11/ 9/11 01:29 PM ET Now that Palestine has become a full member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after an exuberant … Continue reading →

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/190631-sen-wyden-should-hold-israel-to-same-standard-as-bahrain By Josh Ruebner, National Advocacy Director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation – 10/30/11 05:39 PM ET Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is admirably legislating against U.S. arms sales to Bahrain, the autocratic Gulf kingdom which has killed … Continue reading →