Representative Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., chairwoman of the House GOP, has asserted: 

“Israel is, indeed, a miracle, an outpost of freedom, of Western values, of civilization, a striking example of human potential.”

Yet, human rights organizations Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and Israel’s B’Tselem consider Israel to be an apartheid regime.

According to Human Rights Watch: 

“We reached this determination based on our documentation of an overarching government policy to maintain the domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians, coupled with grave abuses committed against Palestinians living in the occupied territory, including East Jerusalem.”

There is little discussion of this in the halls of Congress — or in the mainstream media.

As philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche observed:

 “All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Daily Planet received the following letter on June 21, regarding a possible vote up until June 30, for its July 3-16 edition, but is running it anyway because of its relevance. 

Reader fears possible massive shutdown of childcare providers 

If the N.C. General Assembly doesn’t fund early childhood education by June 30th, nearly one-third of childcare providers (an estimated 1,800 facilities) may have to shut down, leaving 100,000 kids without care and families without options. 

Right now, we are witnessing a massive movement of people from across the state, and across political ideologies who are united in their call for childcare funding. 

As a North Carolina parent and small-business employee, losing childcare would mean both a loss of necessary education and growth for my child, a loss of job security for myself, and would put significant strain on my employer to successfully run their business. 

Last week (mid-June), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation released a report citing the economic impact of the lack of access to childcare in North Carolina. 

The report estimates that breakdowns in the childcare system are costing North Carolina $5.65 billion in lost economic activity every year. 

The state House and Senate proposed budgets have included only a fraction of the funding needed to avoid this crisis, and yet both chambers agree that the state should spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on private school vouchers for families who can already afford private schools. This is an outrage. 

(State Senator Phil) Berger and (Speaker of the House Tim) Moore, if you really care about North Carolina families and businesses, you need to come together to get this done. 

If they fail to act, there will be catastrophic consequences for North Carolina businesses and families.

Proposed U.S. military draft should be only for ‘Yankees’

I’ve been hearing about a new draft...

To our little Southern boys: the Yankee government tears down the monuments of your heritage and tells you that you are racist and backward, so you don’t owe them your sacrifice in their military.

Glory, glory hallelujah!