Author Archives: Philip Weiss

First the Israeli government drank the Koolaid on a rightwing conspiracist theory of how young Muhammad al-Dura died in Gaza 13 years ago. Then the New York Times got in line….

Wolf Blitzer is a redneck, in exchange with Oklahoma victim who rebuffs his question, Did she pray to the lord, by saying she’s an atheist

There are a lot of racist comments about Palestinians in a Forward comment section following a great piece on the destruction of the Mughrabi quarter in 1967

How will Americans regard Bradley Manning 50 years from now? As a hero, says Nathan Fuller

The United States in the past decade has now killed at least 225,000 people in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. How could one argue against a Muslim who once admired the United States but has been convinced, by the actions of the country under Bush and Obama, that we are bent on his destruction? — David Bromwich in Huffpo

Joseph Massad’s fiery piece equating Zionism with anti-Semitism was censored by Al Jazeera, then reposted after criticism

From Dylan to Friedan to Einstein, Jews have had an “immense” influence on American cultural politics, Joe Biden says. Yes, and what about the Israel lobby?

In a sweet video, a diverse group of Princeton students support the end of the occupation and blockade, the right of return, and human rights for Palestinians

The New York Times published a credulous account of Israel’s government report on the al-Dura death of 2000, hurting the paper’s credibility

The New York Times plays stenographer to an Israeli government report suggesting that Muhammad al-Dura killing in 2000 was “staged” by Palestinians

Haaretz: Under increasing pressure from Kennedy to accept 100s of 1000s of Palestinian refugees, Ben-Gurion convened a special meeting. He was convinced that the refugee problem was primarily one of public image (hasbara), convincing the world that the refugees fled “of their own free will”

Yair Lapid Israel’s finance minister has not talked to John Kerry, savior of the two-state solution, since March, reports the New York Times, and he hasn’t talked to any Palestinian since taking office

On a Birthright tour of Israel, two Dartmouth students find that their guide has nothing to say about the occupation and tries to turn their view away from settlements and refugee camps

Novelist Susan Abulhawa’s refusal to go on Al Jazeera to discuss the Nakba with Israelis, lest Israelis appropriate Palestinian history, has been getting a lot of attention

Speakers Discuss Will Israel Survive as a Jewish Democracy?” at a historic Washington synagogue, May 28. The inescapable Jeffrey Goldberg

In the morning was the computer technician and in the afternoon was the dentist, and it was Islamophobia a.m. and p.m.

The American charity, the Kingjay Foundation, says it only gives to charity organizations. One recipient, of $10,000, is Im Tirtzu, a rightwing group in Israel that supports settlers and denies the Nakba

In the long history of donkey fellation, Larry Abramson’s piece on NPR celebrating the Israeli army as a rite of passage for minorities should win a prize

‘Wendy Gruel is a steadfast supporter of Israel’ is the first line of a campaign flyer going out in her race to be… Los Angeles mayor!

Nina Saah is star of Huffpo video conference on the Nakba, and host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin shows her touching respect. “My grandmother told me it was temporary…”

Arab countries are rife with racism, but Israel doesn’t even count, in Washington Post graphic on whether people would want another race as a neighbor

Another change: AP reporter Bob Egelko interviews Sandra Tamari, the Palestinian-American deported by Israel last year, and Tamari says that Sen. Boxer’s bill would create second-class citizenship for Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans

The Newseum struck two dead Gaza journalists from its list of 90 journalists killed in 2012. NBC’s Richard Engel seemed to bless the decision in his speech at the memorial