Allison Hoffman, left, who states without any basis that Max Blumenthal's views of Israel might hurt his father's career, used to work for the Jerusalem Post before going to the new Jewish online publication, Tablet.
The other night a friend wrote, "Per your efforts to keep track of journos
with connections to Israel, Fox business news anchor Liz
Claman's sister apparently lives there. Here's her twitter from earlier tonight:"
just had the BEST Israeli cab driver. My sister Holly translated. He came here from Russia 35 yrs ago, loves it
(Wikipedia says Claman is Jewish but doesn't confirm that sis lives in Is. Maybe just Hebrew school)
It's true, I keep a list of all the American journalists who have worked for Israel, or Israeli publications, or are connected to Israel. Because many of them are influential. Jeffrey Goldberg was in the Israeli Defense Forces. Wolf Blitzer used to work for the Jerusalem Post, and for AIPAC too. Ron Kampeas, a Washington correspondent for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency who regularly attacks John Mearsheimer, is a settler: he owns property in East Jerusalem. I wonder what his coverage of the settlements is gonna be? Ethan Bronner and Isabel Kershner of the Times are both married to Israelis. Bronner is said to have a son in the IDF! Holey moley. [Correction: I hear that this is inaccurate; apologies to Bronner!]
A couple years ago I did a post on a prominent liberal Jewish journalist who has relatives who are settlers in the West Bank; the journalist declined to allow me to publish his name. I said that the relatives had power over him. And they do. My mother's best friend made aliyah in 1968. She has power over me. Some day I need to talk to her.
