Neera Tanden’s Democratic Party Is Still the Problem
Advertisements Tanden is right to try to heal the rift in the party, but to do so, she needs to acknowledge that her appeal to centrism cannot succeed anymore and that bold action needs to be taken to win elections. Read more at Cutting Through Continue Reading
Own Goal? The Greens, Zionism and By-election Defeat
Advertisements Did the Zionism is racism motion sink Zack Polanski in London? William Noah Glucroft, Mitchell Plitnick and Josh White weigh the Greens’ by-election defeat, the party’s split over anti-Zionism, and the right-wing media’s culture-war framing. This week, on The Battleground’s Globalists podcast. Watch on YouTube Listen at The BattlegroundContinue Reading
Locking In Military Support and Unconditional Intel Sharing With Israel, Interview with Paul R. Pillar
Advertisements In this episode of Cutting Through, I speak with former US intelligence analyst Paul R. Pillar about the dangerous provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act and Intelligence Authorization Act that would give Israel almost unfettered access to American intelligence and would lock in defense coordination that will beContinue Reading
CIA Warns Israel Could Be Near Collapse
Advertisements The report seems to be alarmist and overstated, but it does describe some real and growing crises in Israel that could eventually cause severe social disruption. Read more at Cutting Through Continue Reading
The New Israeli Security Conception: Racist, Nationalistic, Warmongering, and Antisemitic
Advertisements A new paper from a major Israeli security think tank outlines Israel’s security thinking and how it has been altered by October 7. The result is a truly chilling and foreboding image of a country which pursues war, aggression, extreme nationalism, and doesn’t care about the effects on anyoneContinue Reading