I started blogging several years ago to express my political and religious concern for justice, especially justice for the Palestinians.

Friends

When I thought I had heard it all, I was jolted to read that there were nearly 700 "Friends of…" organizations operating in the United States raising billions of dollars every year for Israel.[1].  Their influence is not limited to fund raising. They bribe politicians, intimidate the media and threaten academia.  They  exaggerate  the pain of Palestinian resistance and insist that Israel is the innocent victim. No matter what happens, the Palestinians are to blame.

One such organization calling itself  "Friends of the Israel Defense Forces"  states that their job is to look after the (Israeli Defense Forces) IDF:

True to that motto, the money this 'charity' raises benefits exclusively the soldiers of a foreign country that has not fought a war longer than 33 days in 40 years and whose primary duties have been to protect Israel's illegal settlements, demolish Palestinian homes, make the lives of ordinary Palestinians miserable, and suppress Palestinian resistance to its ongoing ethnic cleansing by whatever means necessary.[2]