Author Archives: Philip Weiss

About Philip Weiss

Philip Weiss is Founder and Co-Editor of Mondoweiss.net.

Halper vows to rebuild Palestinian home destroyed five times by Israeli soldiers

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Sharamwehs’ house was demolished in middle of the night in Occupied West Bank, by Israeli soldiers

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation | Tagged | Leave a comment

Bad career move by Tilda Swinton

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Was Oscar snub of Tilda Swinton motivated by her wearing a Palestine scarf last fall?

Posted in Israel Lobby, Media | 13 Comments

Good career move by Susan Rice

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Susan Rice, ambassador to UN, has cultivated Jewish groups in presumed effort to become Sec’y of State

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 3 Comments

‘Occupy AIPAC’ now has 100 orgs behind it (and neocons try to block its appeal to ‘Jewish liberals’)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Neocons try to stymie anti-Israel lobby movement by appealing to Jewish liberals

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Neocons | 4 Comments

‘NYT’ gives big platform to Israeli journalist to espouse Israeli attack on Iran with OK from Uncle Sam

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Why is the New York Times giving a megaphone to an Israeli journalist writing that Israel will attack Iran in 2012?

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Media, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 39 Comments

Seeing Rawan Yaghi on Skype

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Philip Weiss

A young Palestinian writer living in the open-air prison that is Gaza makes a connection to the States via Skype

Posted in American Jewish Community, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 16 Comments

Some elephants aren’t fit to print: ‘NYT’ front-pages Adelson gift to Gingrich PAC without a word about Israel!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Philip Weiss

This is so shocking it’s funny. LOL funny. ROTFLMAO funny. The New York Times has a long front-page story by Nicholas Confessore about Sheldon Adelson’s wife Miriam donating another $5 million to the Gingrich campaign and there is no mention … Continue reading →

Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 25 Comments

Breaking: Israeli bulldozer, soldiers destroy entire Bedouin community near Anata in West Bank

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Israel destroys a Bedouin community

Posted in Israel/Palestine | Tagged | 17 Comments

Assassination has been a trusty tool in Zionism’s rightwing movement

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Rabin’s murder destroyed the peace process, so it’s no wonder that a rightwing American publisher fantasizes about killing Obama

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel/Palestine | 28 Comments

Israel is at the heart of Jewish identity, Gorenberg says

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Israeli political leader says no majority exists in Israel for giving up the West Bank

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine | 134 Comments

‘Peace Now’ and Rob’t Wright stand up for CAP bloggers

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Critics of Israel at Democratic Party-linked Center for American Progress gain support from two strong mainstream voices

Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 1 Comment

‘Israel Firster’ gets at an inconvenient truth

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Some of those supporting an attack on Iran really are more concerned with Israel’s interest than Americans’ –and that’s a legitimate argument

Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 120 Comments

Zbig says Israelis ‘buy influence’ in Congress and play Obama

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Blunt comment by Brzezinski — Israel ‘buys influence’ in the Congress and plays Obama– signals shift toward open discussion of Israel lobby

Posted in Israel Lobby, Media, Neocons, One state/Two states, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 19 Comments

Following weeks of smears, Zaid Jilani resigns from Center for American Progress to take new job

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Philip Weiss

The pro-Israel faction is using the “anti-Semite” smear to try and shut down criticism of plans to attack Iran. Today Zaid Jilani leaves the Center for American Progress

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East | Tagged | 29 Comments

NY labor leader says Netanyahu’s bad-faith negotiating tactics foster Arab ‘contempt’ for Israel (and Israeli official talks w/ his feet)

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Netanyahu’s shameless bargaining tactics with Palestinians are fostering Arab contempt for Israel, says NY labor leader Appelbaum

Posted in American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US Politics | 16 Comments

RNC resolution calls for one state (on God-given lands)

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Republican Committee adopts resolution echoing Gingrich/Santorum: there are no Palestinians, no occupation, it’s all Israel’s land

Posted in Israel Lobby, One state/Two states, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 31 Comments

‘NYT’ and ‘Haaretz’ and world opinion are now greatest threat to Israel, Netanyahu reportedly said

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Philip Weiss

And you thought it was Iran! Netanyahu says that two important newspapers are the greatest threat to Israel, per an editor’s speech

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media | Tagged | 56 Comments

‘Washington Post’ piece mocks lefties who criticize Israel

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Supporters of Israel are now bitterly resigned to alienation from left-liberal circles

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics | 17 Comments

Cantor–who promised Netanyahu Congress has your back– is named 3rd most powerful man in D.C. by GQ

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Philip Weiss

GQ has published a list of the 50 most powerful people in Washington, excluding Obama and Biden, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is at the top of it. Cantor’s pledge from November 2010: Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told Israeli … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 21 Comments

‘Forward’ says many Jewish university presidents feel ‘loyalty’ to Israel

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Philip Weiss

At a time when the term “Israel firster” has become controversial, the Forward says that many Jewish academic leaders feel “loyalty” to Israel

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media | 12 Comments

US Congress stomps on Palestinian ‘Sesame Street’ but funds Israeli version

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen leads Congress to defund Palestinian Sesame Street to punish Mahmoud Abbas for daring to seek statehood

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 16 Comments

‘Tablet’ calls ‘The Israel Lobby’ ‘an intellectual landmark’

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Big pieces on the Israel lobby by the Atlantic and Tablet– but the New York Review of Books has ignored this ‘intellectual landmark’

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 16 Comments

Gingrich says his backer’s ‘central value’ is Israel (and NBC drops the subject)

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Susie Kneedler and Phil Weiss

NBC website coverage of Koppel interview of Gingrich omits his statement that Adelson is backing him out of concern for Israel

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 31 Comments

Was the Palestine question on ‘Jeopardy’ last night for real??

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Jeopardy says that Palestine is the “still-current” name for what many call Israel

Posted in Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 14 Comments

A message of anti-Islamic hatred on the streets of Jerusalem

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Israeli wears sweatshirt promoting the destruction of the Muslim Dome of the Rock in the Holy Basin

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation | Tagged | 37 Comments