Eli Clifton
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Investigative Journalist at Large at ResponsibleStatecraft.org.
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· Oct 3
Oracle execs: Love Israel or maybe this isn't the job for you
Employees who disagreed were reportedly referred to company mental health services
responsiblestatecraft.org
Execs at Oracle, the likely new owner of TikTok, are VERY outspoken in Israeli media about the company's "mission to support the State of Israel" & "unequivocal support for Israel."
Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the lobby group ostensibly responsible for maintaining U.S.-taxpayer funded aid to Israel as it wages a genocide in Gaza, is now lecturing about what “good and moral Americans” should do.
October 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the lobby group ostensibly responsible for maintaining U.S.-taxpayer funded aid to Israel as it wages a genocide in Gaza, is now lecturing about what “good and moral Americans” should do.
Van Jones brought his A-game to audition for the anchor seat at the new Bari Weiss approved CBS Evening News 🔥🔥🔥
Van Jones repeats “dead Gaza baby” as a punch line. New York Times columnistThomas Friedman laughs along.
October 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Van Jones brought his A-game to audition for the anchor seat at the new Bari Weiss approved CBS Evening News 🔥🔥🔥
“Babies are dying every day in Gaza.”
Who is killing them?
Who is killing them?
October 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
“Babies are dying every day in Gaza.”
Who is killing them?
Who is killing them?
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman laughing at Van Jones’ “dead Gaza baby” joke.
October 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman laughing at Van Jones’ “dead Gaza baby” joke.
Van Jones repeats “dead Gaza baby” as a punch line. New York Times columnistThomas Friedman laughs along.
October 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Van Jones repeats “dead Gaza baby” as a punch line. New York Times columnistThomas Friedman laughs along.
Execs at Oracle, the likely new owner of TikTok, are VERY outspoken in Israeli media about the company's "mission to support the State of Israel" & "unequivocal support for Israel."
Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
Oracle execs: Love Israel or maybe this isn't the job for you
Employees who disagreed were reportedly referred to company mental health services
responsiblestatecraft.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Execs at Oracle, the likely new owner of TikTok, are VERY outspoken in Israeli media about the company's "mission to support the State of Israel" & "unequivocal support for Israel."
Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
New TikTok coming soon.
October 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
New TikTok coming soon.
Leaked email reveals communication between company leading the TikTok purchase and former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak.
“We believe that we have to embed the love and respect for Israel in the American culture,” wrote then-Oracle CEO Safra Catz. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
“We believe that we have to embed the love and respect for Israel in the American culture,” wrote then-Oracle CEO Safra Catz. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
TikTok investor: 'Embed the love and respect for Israel' in the US
In a 2015 email, Oracle CEO Safra Catz said 'we have to fight the battle' before kids get to college. She might get her wish now.
responsiblestatecraft.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Leaked email reveals communication between company leading the TikTok purchase and former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak.
“We believe that we have to embed the love and respect for Israel in the American culture,” wrote then-Oracle CEO Safra Catz. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
“We believe that we have to embed the love and respect for Israel in the American culture,” wrote then-Oracle CEO Safra Catz. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
How much are social media influencers being paid by Israel?
@nickclevelandstout.bsky.social found receipts showing influencers receiving between $6,143 to $7,372 per post to promote Israel's preferred talking points to U.S. audiences. responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-influ...
@nickclevelandstout.bsky.social found receipts showing influencers receiving between $6,143 to $7,372 per post to promote Israel's preferred talking points to U.S. audiences. responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-influ...
Israel is paying influencers $7,000 per post
Netanyahu referred this week to a 'community' pushing out preferred messaging in US media — and boy are they making a princely sum
responsiblestatecraft.org
September 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
How much are social media influencers being paid by Israel?
@nickclevelandstout.bsky.social found receipts showing influencers receiving between $6,143 to $7,372 per post to promote Israel's preferred talking points to U.S. audiences. responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-influ...
@nickclevelandstout.bsky.social found receipts showing influencers receiving between $6,143 to $7,372 per post to promote Israel's preferred talking points to U.S. audiences. responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-influ...
“Four US citizens, including three children, were among five people killed Sunday by an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese government.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/m...
Four US citizens killed, including three children, in Israeli strike on Lebanon, says Lebanese government | CNN
Four US citizens, including three children, were among five people killed Sunday by an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese government.
www.cnn.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“Four US citizens, including three children, were among five people killed Sunday by an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese government.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/m...
UN: Israel is committing genocide. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds
GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...
www.ohchr.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
UN: Israel is committing genocide. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
New CBS News ombudsman Kenneth Weinstein formerly ran a think tank that took massive funding from foreign governments and weapons firms.
The think tank then produced reports that were beneficial to those countries/companies and didn't disclose the potential conflict of interest.
The think tank then produced reports that were beneficial to those countries/companies and didn't disclose the potential conflict of interest.
CBS's new ethics chief led arms industry, foreign gov't funded think tank
Under Kenneth Weinstein's leadership, the Hudson Institute published reports calling for more military spending without disclosing potential conflicts of interest
responsiblestatecraft.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
New CBS News ombudsman Kenneth Weinstein formerly ran a think tank that took massive funding from foreign governments and weapons firms.
The think tank then produced reports that were beneficial to those countries/companies and didn't disclose the potential conflict of interest.
The think tank then produced reports that were beneficial to those countries/companies and didn't disclose the potential conflict of interest.
When the International Association of Genocide Scholars says Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, maybe Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leading scholars’ association says
Israel’s foreign ministry called the resolution “disgraceful,” but it added to a growing chorus from rights groups concluding that Israel is committing genocide.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
When the International Association of Genocide Scholars says Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, maybe Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, the USSR, and Iran have all undergone regime change.
Why not Israel too? foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/i...
Why not Israel too? foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/i...
The Question of Israel’s Right to Exist is a Red Herring
Israel’s critics should be talking instead about regime change.
foreignpolicy.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, the USSR, and Iran have all undergone regime change.
Why not Israel too? foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/i...
Why not Israel too? foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/i...
The Center for American Progress, which previously received funding from foreign govts and major weapons firms, is no longer disclosing their funders.
CAP joins the ranks of dark-money think tanks like American Enterprise Institute and Foundation for Defense of Democracies
CAP joins the ranks of dark-money think tanks like American Enterprise Institute and Foundation for Defense of Democracies
August 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The Center for American Progress, which previously received funding from foreign govts and major weapons firms, is no longer disclosing their funders.
CAP joins the ranks of dark-money think tanks like American Enterprise Institute and Foundation for Defense of Democracies
CAP joins the ranks of dark-money think tanks like American Enterprise Institute and Foundation for Defense of Democracies
August 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
GHF's anonymous "sworn statements" by other contractors denouncing whistleblower Anthony Aguilar contain two different misspellings of "Israel."
Do GHF contractors really have no idea how to write the name of the country they are based in?
Do GHF contractors really have no idea how to write the name of the country they are based in?
July 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
GHF's anonymous "sworn statements" by other contractors denouncing whistleblower Anthony Aguilar contain two different misspellings of "Israel."
Do GHF contractors really have no idea how to write the name of the country they are based in?
Do GHF contractors really have no idea how to write the name of the country they are based in?
If you just came to the conclusion that Israel is intentionally creating a famine in Gaza, why didn’t you take the words of Israeli political leaders seriously for the past 20 months?
They literally said this is what they were going to do.
They literally said this is what they were going to do.
July 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
If you just came to the conclusion that Israel is intentionally creating a famine in Gaza, why didn’t you take the words of Israeli political leaders seriously for the past 20 months?
They literally said this is what they were going to do.
They literally said this is what they were going to do.
Logic leading to a dangerously large carveout for “Never Again.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
July 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Logic leading to a dangerously large carveout for “Never Again.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
He said the quiet part out loud.
John Podhoretz is either antisemitic or simply doesn’t care about antisemitism.
John Podhoretz is either antisemitic or simply doesn’t care about antisemitism.
July 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
He said the quiet part out loud.
John Podhoretz is either antisemitic or simply doesn’t care about antisemitism.
John Podhoretz is either antisemitic or simply doesn’t care about antisemitism.
I was one of the last analysts from a US thinktank to visit Iran and speak with Foreign Ministry officials and nuclear negotiators.
They were flexible on key issues and eager to reach a deal with Trump, if Trump could just take "yes" as an answer. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They were flexible on key issues and eager to reach a deal with Trump, if Trump could just take "yes" as an answer. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
America is sleepwalking into another unnecessary war | Eli Clifton and Eldar Mamedov
Here we are, on the brink of another Middle East conflict with Iran – one that was entirely preventable
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I was one of the last analysts from a US thinktank to visit Iran and speak with Foreign Ministry officials and nuclear negotiators.
They were flexible on key issues and eager to reach a deal with Trump, if Trump could just take "yes" as an answer. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They were flexible on key issues and eager to reach a deal with Trump, if Trump could just take "yes" as an answer. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Iran has prepared missiles and other military equipment for strikes on U.S. bases in the Middle East should the United States join Israel’s war against the country, according to American officials who have reviewed intelligence reports.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
Iran Is Preparing Missiles for Possible Retaliatory Strikes on U.S. Bases, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
“Iran has prepared missiles and other military equipment for strikes on U.S. bases in the Middle East should the United States join Israel’s war against the country, according to American officials who have reviewed intelligence reports.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
The last public assessment by the U.S. intelligence community is that:
“Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme leader Khomeini has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003.”
“Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme leader Khomeini has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003.”
June 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The last public assessment by the U.S. intelligence community is that:
“Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme leader Khomeini has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003.”
“Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme leader Khomeini has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003.”