From the monthly archives:

February 2008

When Invoking the American Interest, Better Not Spell ‘Harbors’ ‘Harbours’

by Philip Weiss24 February 2008

With appropriate scorn, Dan Fleshler has picked up a memo in which the Obama campaign distances itself from any critical statement ever made about Israel by anyone who ever shook hands with Obama or sent him his resume. Obsequious and…

In Philadelphia, the Crisis of the Jewish Soul

by Philip Weiss24 February 2008

As you might know, an exhibit of horrifying photographs of the Occupation taken by Israeli soldiers (and sponsored by a host of progs including Brit Tzedek, APN, Jewschool) is touring the U.S. The Ivies anyway–Penn and on to Harvard. One…

(At Last!) Hillary’s People Make Obama’s Israel Policy the Issue

by Philip Weiss24 February 2008

Just as I said they should do, Hillary’s people have attacked Obama’s position re Israel, reports Newsweek. Alas it is a whispering campaign, with sly hints about the fact that Brzezinski, who is on Obama’s team, endorsed the Walt-Mearsheimer paper…

Finkelstein, a Victim of the Israel Lobby, Denies That It Has Power

by Philip Weiss23 February 2008

Last fall, Norman Finkelstein lost his job at DePaul because of the Israel lobby. As he put it in his only statement on the matter: [M]y department voted overwhelmingly to tenure me as did the college-level tenure committee, which voted…

Yes, There Is a Guerrilla War Against Zionism in the U.S. What Should Jewish Institutions Do?

by Philip Weiss22 February 2008

I just looked at the comment section of the youtube speech by Congressman Howard Berman the other night in Sherman Oaks. It’s stunning how much rage there is toward Berman: Portrait of a hypnotized zionist tool. He can’t even see…

Further Evidence that the Natives Are Getting Restless Over U.S. Israel Policy

by Philip Weiss22 February 2008

The Harvard Independent has a fine piece in on two Palestinian freshmen, titled “Citizens of Nowhere.” One of the students grew up in a refugee camp in Tyre, Lebanon. The other lives on the West Bank. His village is bisected…

Brilliant Obama Will Get Us Past the Affirmative Action Era

by Philip Weiss22 February 2008

All I ever needed to know about how smart Obama is comes from a friend of my wife’s who was in law school with him. The friend didn’t read the books for administrative law, didn’t go to class. He borrowed…

Berman, Congressional Foreign Affairs Boss, Cites Israel as a Prime Motivator in His Politics, Then Calls Israel Lobby a ‘Total Canard’

by Philip Weiss22 February 2008

This is an astonishing video. Two nights ago, on February 20, Congressman Howard Berman, the soon-to-be-chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, visited the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association in his Los Angeles district. During the Q-and-A, a couple of audience…

Hillary’s Costly Braintrust, the New Jewish Establishment

by Philip Weiss22 February 2008

Did you see the Times article about the staggering fees commanded by Hillary’s genius strategists as the campaign lost its way? The three are pollster Mark Penn, whose team collected over $10 million in January, ad maven Mandy Grunwald, who…

Lindsay Lohan Defines Privacy

by Philip Weiss21 February 2008

Here’s something about celebrity. In the latest New York Magazine, there’s a good piece about Heath Ledger’s last several months. Depending on the narrative you believe–official or subversive–he was either a rudderless wreck indulging himself in drugs, women and song,…

The Only Two Questions Now in The Hillary Story

by Philip Weiss21 February 2008

Will she–can she–exit graciously? How long before she leaves Bill?

When We Talk About an ‘American’ Interest That Distances Us From Israel, Are We Channeling Lindbergh and Coughlin? (No, We’re Looking Forward)

by Philip Weiss20 February 2008

Here is a horrifying portrait of Gaza as an animal pen, in the Middle East Report. Cargo at [Gazan entry points] Kerem Shalom and Sufa is offloaded from trucks and then left on pallets in the open for Palestinians to…

I’m on the Left and I Approved Hillary’s Message

by Philip Weiss20 February 2008

Chelsea Clinton works for a hedge fund, but her mother has been attacking investment banks in her newly-populist speechifying, as not being real “work.” And good for her: “We also have to reward work more,” Clinton told a small group…

Israeli Newspaper Prints Racist Obama Cartoon

by Philip Weiss20 February 2008

Leon Hadar has pointed me to a racist cartoon of Barack Obama that appeared in Ma’ariv, an Israeli newspaper, showing Obama painting the White House black. Hadar writes that the cartoon is a further effort by Israelis to question whether…

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