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Category Archives: Israel
JEWISH PROFESSOR HOUNDED AT CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE CAMPUS FOR HOLDING PRO-ISRAEL VIEWS
Phyllis Chesler wrote in 2015: Dr. Denise Dalaimo Nussbaum, Chair of the Sociology Department, distinguished author and professor, is suing the Governing Board of Mount San Jacinto Community College for 9.5 million dollars for “assault, battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction … Continue reading
Israelis Finger Ari Shavit For Groping Danielle Berrin
A few years ago, I took a silent pledge to stop writing about Danielle Berrin because it felt like picking wings off a fly. Yeah, such writing was fun, but I hated myself for doing it. Critiquing her articles was … Continue reading
Can America Buy Israel Another 40 Years?
Remember that time a global superpower sacrificed its empire so that it could buy a tiny, strategically useless ethnostate 40 extra years — Walēd (@thelateempire) October 21, 2016
Are U.S. Jewish Organizations Hypocrites on Immigration?
I tackled this topic here. Allison Kaplan Sommer wrote for Haaretz in 2012: While the violence was condemned, organizations have stayed away from the hot button of Israel’s immigration policies, even as it has moved into active mass deportation of … Continue reading
White Man’s Burden
Comment: “Haaretz ran this interesting story back in 2003 about the genesis of the Iraq War. Suffice it to say no respectable journalist in the US could have run this without ruining their career.” Haaretz: The war in Iraq was … Continue reading
WP: ‘Could Clinton’s and Netanyahu’s common love of ‘Hamilton’ aid the cause of Mideast peace?’
No. Different groups have different interests. Shared love of a Broadway musical won’t bring Arabs and Jews together. As long as there is a Jewish state in their midst, Arabs will hate it because its prosperity shows them up. Washington … Continue reading
Was Benjamin Netanyahu’s Meeting With Donald Trump Another Case of Electoral Meddling?
J.J. Goldberg writes: The prime minister regards handling Israel’s international relations as one of his strong suits. And indeed, after meeting Donald Trump Sunday morning and Hillary Clinton that afternoon, he was able to assure Israeli citizens, as he told … Continue reading
In full page NYT ad, liberal Zionist group calls for ethnic segregation to retain Jewish majority within Israel
From Mondoweiss: The Daniel S. Abraham Center for Peace, a prominent liberal Zionist Israel lobbying group, purchased a full-page newspaper advertisement in Friday’s edition of the New York Times, calling for the immediate separation of Israelis and Palestinians into separate … Continue reading
In Israel, racial profiling doesn’t warrant debate or apologies
I wish more First World countries were like this. Haaretz January 8, 2010: While other democracies hesitate to resort to racial profiling, Israel takes the practice for granted. A couple of months ago, I toured the IDF Ground Forces Command’s … Continue reading
What Forms Of Protest Are Allowed ToThe Palestinians?
Obviously violence is not permitted. And BDS is not permitted. Encouraging boycotts of Israel is not permitted. It is a hate crime (even though it is a normal process in democracies, such as the boycott of apartheid South Africa, but … Continue reading