From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Why the Zionist Org of America Needs Rev. Wright

by Philip Weiss28 April 2008

Rev. Wright isn’t crawling under a rock, he’s standing up for himself, good for him, today reminding the media that he served six years in the Marine Corps, somewhat longer than Dick Cheney served. And two nights back, he gave…

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In New Guinea, I Hear a Conspiracy Theory About Jews

by Philip Weiss27 April 2008

I had a few responses to comments on my post about Jewish superiority. I agree Richard that the narrative has happened before, of Jews having court power and being expelled or worse. But I feel like this history is too…

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Nakba Commemoration at Columbia U. This Week

by Philip Weiss27 April 2008

Arab students at Columbia University in New York will be staging a number of Nakba-related events this week, beginning with a faculty panel tomorrow night at 7 p.m. (Details below) “These will really be the biggest Palestine events in Columbia…

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My Jewish Problem: We’re Not Superior

by Philip Weiss27 April 2008

I’m still caught up in Ambassador Gillerman’s statement that Israel is a “far better” country than most others because it produces scientific and artistic talent. My friend Richard Witty acknowledges that this attitude is unfortunate when he hears it from…

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Non-Arab Nakba Awareness Hits New High: the Associated Press!

by Philip Weiss27 April 2008

The world is changing. The Associated Press has a wonderful story on the Nakba. Israel’s joy over independence after two millennia of Jewish exile has been the Palestinians’ “naqba” — their catastrophe. The state they were to have in a…

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Israelis & State Dept. Fume Over ‘Bigot’ Statement Made at Skadden, Arps

by Philip Weiss27 April 2008

From Haaretz: [T]he U.S. State Department is planning to issue a public statement condemning comments made by [Ambassador Dan] Gillerman at a press conference in New York on Thursday, where he called [Jimmy] Carter a “bigot.” …Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni…

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Brando, Native American Activist, Gave Money to Irgun Out of Gratitude to Jews Who Helped Him in the Arts

by Philip Weiss26 April 2008

More on artists and Israel. Here is a story my mom sent me, written by a Louie Kemp, a Minnesotan, speaking of his friendship with the late Marlon Brando. Kemp says that in ‘46 Brando gave tons of money to…

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Nadine Gordimer Under Pressure to Boycott Israeli Writers’ Festival

by Philip Weiss26 April 2008

Nadine Gordimer–South African, Jewish, Nobelist–is under pressure to boycott a writers’ conference in Israel that she had signed up to appear at next month. (Thus spake Haaretz, no it’s not in the American press.) Looks like she’ll boycott. On Thursday,…

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Obama: Elitist, or Just Elite?

by Philip Weiss26 April 2008

Last Tuesday night on Charlie Rose, Jacob Weisberg offered grim insight re Obama. He said that Hillary had just done to Obama what Republicans do to Democratic presidential candidates in the general election: portrayed him as elitist and out of…

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Skadden, Arps Hosts a Foreign Ambassador Smearing Our Former President as a Bigot

by Philip Weiss25 April 2008

I’m still a little stunned from hearing Israeli Ambassador Gillerman’s “bigot” comments about former President Carter yesterday. Such chutzpah, and condescension. And keep in mind that he didn’t do this at the U.N. or the Israeli consulate. No, he was…

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Don’t Get Down, Obama-ites!

by Philip Weiss25 April 2008

–Kos says Obama outperformed Hillary in small Pennsylvania towns, improving on his performance in Ohio. These are the “clinging” towns that are supposed to be angry at him; –The press turns. It’s the nature of the beast. Now all the…

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Once ‘Daniel in the Lion’s Den’, Finkelstein Comes Into the Mainstream on Israel/Palestine!

by Philip Weiss25 April 2008

In this wonderful interview on Znet, Norman Finkelstein says that his next book will be called, A Farewell to Israel: The Coming Breakup of American Zionism. Finkelstein is a brilliant historian, and has led the process that he describes: I…

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Saying He Can’t Win Because He’s Black Is a Racist, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

by Philip Weiss25 April 2008

Barack Obama is black. He had a white mother and was raised by his white grandparents, and the white world continually reached out to include him, but he was more comfortable in the black world. It’s where he needed to…

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Carter Is Marginalized by Israel, by U.S., and by ‘Times’

by Philip Weiss24 April 2008

In his speech today at the Israel Project, Ambassador Dan Gillerman said that Jimmy Carter was a “bigot” who had gone to the Middle East with “soiled hands and came back with bloody hands,” because he had shaken hands with…

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