Advertisements I did two radio spots this week which my readers might find interesting. Both were devoted largely, but not entirely, to discussion of Ilhan Omar’s tweets and the outrageous backlash to them. My piece on the matter is at LobeLog, at this link. Yesterday, I spoke with Ian MastersContinue Reading
Ilhan Omar may have been careless with her words. But acknowledging that one of the most influential lobbies in Washington is good at its job and that it matters is not anti-Semitism. And until Americans can discuss that aspect of pro-Israel activism without either exaggerating or minimizing its role, the United States can never play a positive role in the Middle East.Continue Reading
The times are changing for liberals and progressives in the United States. Support for the rights and protection of Jews will need to be reconciled with the inalienable rights of Palestinians. And if the Palestinian cause can be connected to the cause of civil rights in the United States, there might finally be enough pressure to change U.S. policy—and ultimately Israeli policy as well.Continue Reading
As real anti-Semitism rises, egged on by the President of the United States, who is shielded in this matter by the Israeli leadership and the Jewish right in the US, we cannot afford to ignore the very dangerous conflation of opposition to Israeli policies with anti-Semitism. And that, consciously or not, is what is happening with Linda Sarsour.Continue Reading
Trump and Netanyahu have demonstrated in Pittsburgh that their worldview is a good deal closer to that of Robert Bowers than it is to that of most U.S. Jews or, indeed, most Americans. In the long run, that will matter.Continue Reading
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