Advertisements The so-called Abraham Accords were always on shaky ground. Such is to be expected of a deal that is struck between an apartheid state and a collection of some of the most authoritarian dictatorships in the world. The Accords are already starting to crack under the weight of theirContinue Reading
Advertisements Mahmoud Abbas completed a trip to China last week, just before Antony Blinken came in. Abbas’ visit showed that the PA is finally recognizing the futility of looking to the U.S. for support in obtaining Palestinian rights, although this realization has come far too late. Even that was taintedContinue Reading
Advertisements The increasing gap between Israel and its liberal defenders and supporters in the US did not come about accidentally. Nor was it due to any great ethical awakening by Americans, Jewish or otherwise. Rather, it was created and is being greatly exacerbated by Israel and Israeli officials. This isn’tContinue Reading
Advertisements The strawmen came out in force in a piece by Alexis Grenell in, of all places, The Nation. Using the recent flap over a commencement speech at CUNY, Grenell attacks anti-Zionists, employing the classic and tiresome nonsense about opposition to a political ideology being, by definition, antisemitism. In the latestContinue Reading
Advertisements The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism has been deployed all over the world to stifle and even make illegal any support for Palestinian rights. Yet its proponents continue to say it is just a non-binding guideline, a suggestion. This is disingenuous, to put it kindly,Continue Reading
