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No Friend to Israel
In my latest piece for Souciant, I look at the potential for change that Mitt Romney, Sheldon Adelson and Benjamin Netanyahu have created by trying to break the bipartisan consensus in the US on...
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Christie’s Gaffe: Stating the Obvious
This article originally appeared at LobeLog, one of the very best sites for foreign policy analysis, and of which I am proud to be a part. Please check it out. Chris Christie addressing the 2014 CPAC...
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Israeli Democracy Evaporates While Gaza Burns
This article originally appeared in an edited form at LobeLog. At what point is it legitimate and even necessary to dismiss the will of the people in the interest of peace and justice? This is a...
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The Cold Realities of US Policy in Israel-Palestine
During the summertime war in Gaza, the two most progressive members of the US Senate stirred up controversy among their backers with expressions of uncritical support for Israel. At a town hall...
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The Sunday Show
For those of you who don’t follow my social media postings, I was on the KPFA Sunday Show this past Sunday, along with Joel Beinin, discussing the Bibi-Boehner Brouhaha, the Israeli elections and the...
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U.S. Opinion On Israel Doesn’t Match The Politics
The new report from the Chicago Council on Public Affairs on U.S. public opinion toward the Israel-Palestine conflict rings a familiar tone. It tells us that Americans support a two-state solution, see...
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Ilhan Omar, AIPAC, And Denial
Discussing the role of the pro-Israel lobby in forming US Middle East policy is perilous. I’ve heard hundreds of stories from fellow advocates, colleagues on Capitol Hill, and journalists who have...
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Ilhan Omar: Anatomy Of A Smear
Attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) are escalating. The big splash over the weekend came when a poster appeared in a display case at the West Virginia state capitol during Republican Party Day. It was an...
View ArticlePompeo Lies About Arab States Recognizing Israel as Jews’“Rightful Homeland”
While touting the economic benefits he expects to emerge from the “Abraham Accords” and similar agreements for normalization that Israel has signed with several Arab states, Secretary of State Mike...
View ArticleThere Are No Lines: Antisemitism and Criticism of Israel and Zionism are Two...
For many Jews on the left, particularly the moderate or liberal left, there is a preoccupation—some might even say an obsession—with finding the so-called “line” between anti-Zionism and antisemitism,...
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