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Jewlicious is presenting Norman Finkelstein, God knows why
March 22, 2010As the protest against Jewlicious allowing Norman Finkelstein to advertise on our site (a decision taken independently of anybody here save for one person) continues, I thought it would be nice to see Norman predict the demise of American Zionism. He is thrilled to announce that on campuses everywhere, the only remaining supporters of Israel [...]
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The Problem with the AIPAC Conference
March 21, 2010If you’re trying to figure out why J Street, the left-wing pro-Israel group, came into existence, just take a look at the schedule for this week’s AIPAC conference, at the Washington Convention Center. The list of speakers, apart from the usual suspects (Bibi, Hillary, and the like) includes analysts and advocates from such organizations as [...]
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“An island of rich Israelis set in a sea of Palestinian serfs”
March 20, 2010Fareed Zakaria describes the future image of Israel, while Ambassador Oren rejects the notion of an American peace plan Israel opposes the idea of an American Peace settlement that will lead to the creation of a Palestinian state. According to Ambassador Michael Oren, who was interviewed on PBS, trying to force a solution from [...]
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Swiss Public Radio Interview on American Jews and Israel, Aipac, and the Lobby
March 20, 2010Max Akermann, U.S. correspondent for Swiss public radio, interviewed me for a report he was preparing on the state of the American Jewish relationship with Israel in the run-up to the Aipac national policy conference. The segment talks also talks about J Street and other progressive developments in the American Jewish community. If you understand [...]
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DEMOCRATS SUPPORT ISRAEL MUCH LESS
February 25, 2010A recent Gallup poll finds a substantial rise in the American people’s support for Israel. Indeed, it is very close to the high it reached during the first Gulf War when Israel was subjected to Iraqi Scuds. Clearly, you cannot fool the American people all the time. Americans also know who their allies are [...]
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What Was That Again, Mr. President?
February 19, 2010Yesterday, the president touted the now-$862 billion economic “stimulus” on its one-year anniversary. He sung its praises to high heaven: “We have rescued this economy from the worst of this crisis. The American people are rebuilding a better future.” With no help from him or his ludicrous, counterproductive “stimulus.” Today we get word of two [...]
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How the Likuds Agenda Alienates Americans
February 11, 2010A very smart bit of analysis from Blake Hounshell:Sullivan’s criticism of Israel ought to worry defenders of the Jewish state, then, because he is a bellwether for a broader shift in American media and society that has happened over the last few years. Israel is using up a lot of the goodwill it had built [...]
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The Taboo That Just Wont Shut Up, Chapter 43
January 27, 2010Andrew Sullivan, in a post on the root causes of jihadism, praises a writer for the American Conservative, Daniel Larison, for his bravery in addressing what he sees as a strong connection between terrorism and America’s support for Israel. Larison, Andrew writes, “as often, treads where angels fear to.” How true! How brave it is [...]
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Some more thoughts on the split personality of America’s liberal Jews
January 14, 2010I had some interesting responses to my post on the “split personality” of American liberal Jews. One of them was from Rabbi Jason Miller from Detroit, Michigan, who posted on his blog some of his thoughts regarding this issue. Among other things, he refers to “the seemingly ironic position that so many liberal American Jews [...]
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Liberal Jews and Israel / a case of split personality disorder
January 6, 2010Last Saturday I met an Israeli-American friend who came for a short visit from his studies in Europe. We talked some politics, and finally came to an issue which always puzzles me: the fact that American Jews are unwilling ‘