Advertisements Mike Pompeo – the Secretary of State who is trying to become the world leader in subverting democracy – went to Israel to put some finishing touches on his disastrous term in office. He visited a settlement, a first for a US Secretary of State. He said settlement productsContinue Reading
Advertisements You knew it had to happen, didn’t you? Israel’s absence from most of the 2020 election campaign couldn’t last. In Georgia, we see the ugly face of Israel-Palestine politics from both sides. Republican Kelly Loeffler launched a disingenuous attack on Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock calling him anti-Israel and implyingContinue Reading
Advertisements There is a long-standing tradition in Israel and in many pro-Israel circles around the world to identify critics of Israel as anti-Semitic or, at the very least, irretrievably biased against Israel. This rhetorical device has become increasingly weaponized, in and outside of Israel. Human Rights Watch’s Israel-Palestine Director, OmarContinue Reading
Advertisements In the latest episode of the ReThinking Foreign Policy Podcast, Mitchell Plitnick examines the effect of the hastily-convened press conference where Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe accused Iran of interference in the United States’ election. He examines the implications for how Iran is perceived in the United States,Continue Reading
Advertisements Last week, a Biden campaign staffer launched an attack on Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour. Linda’s crime, apparently, was to do everything she could to defeat Donald Trump. The attack against her was triggered when she said, “The Democratic Party is not perfect, but it is absolutely our party inContinue Reading
