I find the training exchanges with Israeli police (beginning in 1999) is particularly disturbing. Much of the training in Israel actually takes place in the OPT, not in Israel. The Palestinians in OPT are subjected to Israeli military law, which means they have few, if any rights. The Israeli forces can use any form of abuse, violence, even murder, torture, and rape, with little or no chance of any repercussions. When a Palestinian has attempted to have an Israeli police or military personnel held accountable their success rate is minuscule. I believe even the MSM gave some coverage to the rape of a Palestinian detainee and the citizens’ “riot” demanding that soldiers not be prosecuted for any actions against Palestinians. There’s a statute in the Knesset that would formalize a soldier’s right to use any amount of force, including execution, on Palestinians. This would include Palestinians who are being held under administrative detention (no charge, no judicial review, no conviction- all based on “secret evidence” which neither the detainee nor their attorney can see). It’s one more example of the extreme prejudice, the apartheid, that the Israeli Zionist regime has imposed on the Palestinian people since 1947. These are the forces that the US chooses to train with. These are our “shared values” which simply reinforce the institutionalized racism already present. Additionally, we the people are now the occupied “others” who can be treated as if we also have no civil rights. The violence perpetrated against the unarmed protestors is just one example of this.

The Zionists have control over our foreign policy and, to a lesser degree, our domestic policy, having bought and paid for by the Israeli lobby. To cement that control they have taken over our domestic police forces, ensuring that anyone who opposes Israel is met with the full force of “law” enforcement. It was particularly noticeable during the BLM protests. The US police response was indistinguishable from the IOF response to protests in the OPT. On a split screen they could only be distinguished by the clothing. We’ve been completely occupied by the Zionist regime, without any awareness by the American people.