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Joseph Glatzer

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• The new landscape: big media cover former Palestinian P.M.'s obit for two-state solution
  • Joseph Glatzer April 25, 2012 at 11:32 am with 1 replies

    OK. Where are the other examples of the mainstream media about the death of the 2 state solution? I'm not talking about the "possible" or "potential" death of it "IF" Israel doesn't stop settlement building. I'm talking about the ones who say it IS too late and the 2 state solution is over and there are now discussions about what will come next. Where are those articles? If they are there I will be the first one to admit I'm wrong.

    Here is the quote from the salon.com story, "Israel’s new parliamentary opposition leader said Tuesday that the Jewish state faces the danger of being replaced by a binational Jewish-Arab entity if it fails to separate itself from the Palestinians." Notice the key word "if". Then, the article continues as a garden variety article saying the two sides HAVE to get back to talks to SAVE the 2 state solution. This is not the same thing as writing the obit for the 2 state solution. In fact it is saying, "Let's PLEASE save the 2 state solution so we dont have to write the obit for the 2 state solution".

    Here's what Qureia said, “If this is the policy, I think it is a big lie to talk about the two-state solution,” said Qureia. Notice the key word "IF" here again. You see? It is all a continuation of business as usual dressed up as a sea change.

    The last line of the article is somewhat relevant and important I think. But, what I said is true. If there are examples of the obit for the 2 state solution without the "if" I will recant. But, please show me if they exist. And by the way, I am just wondering if you did know PA leaders and Israeli Prime Ministers and "peace" groups have been making these same statements for years if not decades? That Qureia made this statement back in 2004, and he still sits on the native administration of the colonial master 8 years later?

  • Joseph Glatzer April 25, 2012 at 12:23 am with 4 replies

    He said the same thing in 2004 link to news.bbc.co.uk
    Did the author bother doing elementary research before getting worked up over this AP piece proclaiming it as a sign of a shifting paradigm?

    Honestly, what's wrong with our movement that we view corrupt bantustan managers who make the same hollow threats year after year to be big news? How many times has Abu Mazen made this exact same hollow threat? What about Saeb Erekat? Dwelling on these stories is a waste of time which is meant to distract the Palestinians and their supporters from calling for an end to the PA.

    So, the guy makes this statement from his bantustan office? So he's still a part of this indirect colonial system, yet we take this stupid threat seriously? I really wish we would wake up and stop spinning our wheels here. I'm getting really frustrated with how slow and far behind the discourse of our movement can be on these issues.

• Northwest pinkwashing events cancelled, StandWithUs’s record of queer exploitation exposed
  • Joseph Glatzer March 19, 2012 at 8:21 pm

    Phan, I really like your writing, and this is a very well done article.

• Remnick ignores the Nakba's role in Israeli 'democracy'
  • Joseph Glatzer March 13, 2012 at 6:49 pm with 1 replies

    Agree 100% with Mr. Barghouti. We must note, in RELATIVE terms, the advances in the discourse within the mainstream American media. However, we must also always underline, in ABSOLUTE terms, how woefully insufficient (and indeed racist and ignorant) the discourse remains to be.

    I believe this solves the problem of not knowing how to feel/what to say when articles such as Remmick's, or those by Peter Beinart come out.

• Barghouthi and Erakat can reach young Americans
  • Joseph Glatzer February 29, 2012 at 8:48 pm with 2 replies

    maybe Natalie Portman?

  • Joseph Glatzer February 29, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    I think Barghouti and Erakat are the Oliver Tambo of this movement.

• The battle between the US/EU and China/India to control world energy resources is being fought in Iran
  • Joseph Glatzer January 31, 2012 at 12:24 am

    Excellent article. Thanks Phil and Adam for bringing such a talented and accomplished voice to the site

• New additions to the Mondoweiss comments policy
  • Joseph Glatzer January 28, 2012 at 12:30 am

    Good idea. This isn't a truther site nor is it a david duke anti-semite hiding behind pro palestine movement site. Those people can go elsewhere to discuss their theories and beliefs.

• Ron Paul's antiwar position is simpleminded
  • Joseph Glatzer January 8, 2012 at 11:08 am

    Schwartz is her maiden name. "Bash" comes from her first husband Jeremy Bash, who used to work for the Dept. of War and the CIA, who is also Jewish. So, Bash is also a Jewish name, but less recognizably so apparently. She then married John King, I thought King was a Jewish name, but apparently he was Catholic and converted for the marriage.

  • Joseph Glatzer January 7, 2012 at 5:10 pm

    Just war is "just" because it is "Us" who is doing it.

  • Joseph Glatzer January 7, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    Thank you for your response.

    Everything follows from #3, so there is no need to debate points 1 and 2 anymore.

    "3. It is true that I don’t think that most American military interventions are motivated by bad-intentioned imperialism. Bush, yes; Obama, no way."

    This is all anyone needs to know about you to understand where you are coming from in what you write. 99% of the readers on this site disagree with your view of America's foreign policy intentions and goals. Do you believe that America is an Empire, but it is a "benevolent hegemon" or do you not see America as an Empire at all?

  • Joseph Glatzer January 7, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    Excellent response.

  • Joseph Glatzer January 6, 2012 at 11:31 pm with 12 replies

    Jerome Slater is a liberal hawk. He sounds very similar to Michael Walzer in his "just war" philosophizing. Clearly, he doesn't believe America is an Empire with bad intentions. He thinks America has good intentions, but sometimes makes unfortunate mistakes.

• Two critiques of Norman Finkelstein
  • Joseph Glatzer December 24, 2011 at 7:28 pm

    Are you going to send him the recipe or the actual maftoul?

  • Joseph Glatzer December 24, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    Thanks Cliff and John H. I appreciate your comments

  • Joseph Glatzer December 24, 2011 at 7:15 pm

    Assertive and sharp is good. 'mean' for the sake of being mean and nasty is wrong. I like sharp, intelligent, well thought out criticism, whether it is for or against my point of view. Stakes are too high to beat around the bush these days

  • Joseph Glatzer December 24, 2011 at 7:05 pm

    'On the other hand, perhaps like a true Zionist you simply imagined you had established “title” over the first comment slot by dint of settling there for several years."

    LOL!!!!! love that

  • Joseph Glatzer December 24, 2011 at 12:25 am with 25 replies

    Finkelstein has done amazing work and has a lot to be proud of and the Palestine Solidarity Movement has a lot to be grateful for to him. I know less about Rabbani. But, I have to be honest in saying they are both part of the problem. When you talk about "two states" instead of colonialism and "international consensus" rather than an anti-colonial struggle for equal rights and democracy, you are part of the problem.

    Palestinians have suffered too long and come too far in their worldwide movement to make such concessions to racism and genocidal ideologies such as Zionism. Just as with the KKK and other such movements, there can be no accommodation nor compromise with Zionism in any way shape or form. I honestly cannot believe these words of rebuttal to Finkelstein even need to be said in 2011. I am not Palestinian, but in my opinion people like Finkelstein who lecture the Palestinians on why it's "realistic" and necessary for them to give up their rights should have no prominent place in the movement.

• A Warsaw Ghetto with guns (my recent trip to Israel/Palestine)
  • Joseph Glatzer December 2, 2011 at 9:42 pm

    This is a great and vivid article. I can really see right now the pretty Israeli woman barking at the Palestinian mother...When I read this, I felt like I was back in the West Bank, I can feel it and remember it so clearly when I read articles like this...I relate so much to the frustration at wishing I could somehow convey everything I saw to Americans, the right picture, the right interview, the right story, what will it take to show Americans what it's like here!?

• Mondo... Beyondo
  • Joseph Glatzer December 2, 2011 at 12:29 am

    I love BeyondoWeiss. Notes on my racism is one of my all time faves, although it seems most of the readers like the mushroom story the most!

• NPR story on Dead Sea Scrolls makes listener feel like a goose being force-fed Israel propaganda
  • Joseph Glatzer November 20, 2011 at 5:41 pm with 1 replies

    I felt like the goose when in my History class, during a class presentation on the accuracy of the Moses story, a girl said she went to the Israel Museum last summer and saw the Dead Sea Scrolls, so this proves the Bible is true. i felt like my head was LITERALLY going to explode

• Dubious Charlie Rose asks Ehud Barak why not one state?
  • Joseph Glatzer November 16, 2011 at 5:44 pm with 1 replies

    Phil: I think you may be wrong about your assessment of Rose's discomfort. If you turn the volume up and listen closely, after Barak says his thing about Bosnia and Belfast Rose clearly says "Exactly". It seems like that means he is in agreement with Barak as to why the partition along ethnic lines is crucial.

• ESPN and NYT should be ashamed for tiptoeing around rape at heart of Penn State outrage
  • Joseph Glatzer November 11, 2011 at 11:26 pm

    Right on Phil. My mom is an alumni of Penn State, and Paterno is a semi-God in her eyes, and the eyes of many natives of Pittsburgh. I also have always had warm feelings for the team, but I tend to agree with you on this. A child's innocence is sacred, Paterno is a bum...

• Americans who support Palestinian cause must be willing to lose friends
  • Joseph Glatzer October 25, 2011 at 12:31 am

    Same for me. This girl in the video is really strong and brave for what she does. The truth is I've sometimes felt as though when you defend Palestinians, you become Palestinian in the way you are treated. Like in the movie "Focus" with William H Macy. I think it's exactly the same. People become disgusted with you. So, it really is hard to imagine Palestinians feel this rejection so much worse, on a daily basis.

• In Cairo, we consecrate the freedom of religion
  • Joseph Glatzer October 11, 2011 at 1:26 am

    You are my hero Phil, good job!

• In memoriam: Hanan Porat, an extremist by any other name
  • Joseph Glatzer October 9, 2011 at 3:32 am

    You kick ass Lizzy. Great article. I hope the NYT goes bankrupt soon and Bronner can go hang out with his settler buddies in Eretz Israel

• 'Forward's ad director says he's chosen not to visit Israel because it's gone 'so far afield'
  • Joseph Glatzer September 14, 2011 at 4:09 am

    This man thrives on everyone's attention. He says outrageous things he knows we'll all hate so he can get attention. Why do we give in and give him what he wants? I wish people would just ignore him from now on...

• Benny Morris says he was pursued by 'bearded, caftaned Muslims' in London-- like Brownshirts in Berlin
  • Joseph Glatzer August 16, 2011 at 1:03 am

    Absolutely amazing video. I loved it. It reminds me of when I lived in London and walked down that same street and went to speeches at LSE. the protestors and makers of this film did a great job

• Hen of the woods?
  • Joseph Glatzer August 15, 2011 at 1:01 am with 1 replies

    Unless you're foraging for empty crack vials or used syringes in downtown

• Code Pink confronts Howard Berman on boycott (and makes Hava Nagila anti-Zionist)
  • Joseph Glatzer August 5, 2011 at 6:37 pm

    Was one of the ladies wearing a pink yamalke? lol I love it that they are so crazy but they really have courage and are very creative, and I respect what they do to push the envelope. Berman used to be my congressman so this is nice to see!

• Iran, Hamas, and the Holocaust = justification for apartheid
  • Joseph Glatzer November 16, 2011 at 5:45 pm

    Use "movie maker" sorry I didn't see your comment sooner!

• The Larry David peace plan
  • Joseph Glatzer August 2, 2011 at 12:26 am with 1 replies

    This isnt presented as something righteous or true, it's presented as a delusional anti semitic sex crazy Arab slut. This is disgusting!!! And the accent is so stereotypical and disgusting. The actress is an Armenian woman! This is like hollywood with black face and coon shows. this is acceptable against Palestinians in 2011, that's the sad part...

  • Joseph Glatzer August 2, 2011 at 12:23 am with 3 replies

    I honestly do not know how anyone can not consider this episode utterly racist against Palestinians and Arabs in general. The ethnic stereotypes...The only good thing about Palestinians is their women and their food and they are anti semites. We want to fuck Palestinian women and eat their food, and then call them anti semites. It reminds me so much of the same racist tendencies in the movie "You Don't Mess with the Zohan". This shows how well Zionism has worked, you have some middle aged privelaged Jews in Hollywood who think their right to exist is being endangered...He says, "I know we have problems with these people..." These people? This is disgusting. Watching this episode honestly made me want to cry, it's so hurtful to watch. It feels so dehumanizing. Shame on anyone who defends this humiliation as "comedy" which challenges the norms of discourse. That is truly delusional

• My response to 'DailyKos' smear
  • Joseph Glatzer July 28, 2011 at 12:10 pm with 17 replies

    This is a great article Phil, and I am really sorry that you are getting smeared in this way. You are a person of truth and conscience and you do not deserve to be smeared as a hate monger. Before I read Mondoweiss, I never heard anyone else speak the truth about these issues of Jewish power in the American establishment. This is the pink elephant everyone wants to ignore because it's uncomfortable to deal with, due to the history of anti semitism. But you are brave enough to talk about it and for that you're my hero

• Boiling the frog: 'every week' another Israeli annexation bill
  • Joseph Glatzer July 24, 2011 at 12:49 am with 1 replies

    This push to recognize an Indian Reservation at the UN has next to zero support among Palestinians. Code pink and US Committee... are grossly misled in their support of this destructive initiative. Annie: read up on this issue and take another look. This initiative if successful will neuter the Palestinian issue. It will negate the right of return as well as the right of Palestinian-Israelis. It is a pathetic version of the two state solution without any sovereignty and at worst the rest of the world can look and say, 'Shut up palestinians, you have your state, now let us do our business with israel'.

• I have no doubt that Palestinians will be victorious, sooner than later
  • Joseph Glatzer July 22, 2011 at 2:17 am

    I totally agree with this statement as well as the message of the article. That moment when the Palestinian man is not afraid to be shot tells you everything you need to know about the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and why they will win

• Annex hasbara on steroids
  • Joseph Glatzer July 24, 2011 at 2:17 am

    It will be news to people in Kashmir and Western Sahara that they are not under occupation!!! Did anyone else notice this strange thing in the video?

• Richard Witty's 10,000th comment
  • Joseph Glatzer July 15, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    This is the only story in recent memory that Witty doesn't have the first comment which is a smart ass one at that!

• Retired sexist offers advice to Zionists
  • Joseph Glatzer April 24, 2011 at 6:55 pm with 1 replies

    How is that you always manage to be the first commentor? Great article Phil. Gotta love that honesty.

• Say what now? 2-state/1-state debate morphs into neckware/cardigan question at Harvard Law
  • Joseph Glatzer April 15, 2011 at 9:00 pm

    I think the article was interesting and thought-provoking, but I believe the philosophy type talk should be toned down for the next one. But I do think the writer has a lot of potential.

• The education of Samantha Power
  • Joseph Glatzer April 12, 2011 at 7:23 am

    This is also the same Rabbi who was a "confidant" of Michael Jackson. I think more than anything he's a media hungry attention craver

• Yorba Linda: My city of hate
  • Joseph Glatzer March 6, 2011 at 5:52 am

    Thanks for the link. I too immediately was reminded of the video I saw of the Little Rock 9.

  • Joseph Glatzer March 6, 2011 at 5:50 am

    Yeah, these are good points. On the first one, I think so. The husband has a Palestinian accent but I guess because he's Christian he doesn't catch flack, and I think the fact that they live in a nice gated community helped the boy fly under the radar so to speak.

    I've seen both America and Europe now. I moved to London for my masters, and I've also been to Sweden and Denmark. They are much more academic about it, but the discrimination in Europe is far worse than America. There's laws in most of Europe against building mosques. They're illegal to build in Denmark for example. Switzerland made them illegal. And you're right, the academics are much more nuanced with their rhetoric until you realize they're fascists.

• The unstoppable revolutionary power of al Jazeera
  • Joseph Glatzer February 23, 2011 at 3:13 am

    I second that emotion Phil.

• But we don't live in an ideal world
  • Joseph Glatzer February 15, 2011 at 7:00 pm with 1 replies

    Enough with this tired lie of "safe haven"! If anything, Israel is a fact which drives anti-Semitism in the world today.

    I'll take some Haitian flood victims and find them a safe haven in your living room. Are you crazy with this stuff? Maybe we should have released the Japanese from the internment camps in California and sent them to colonize another country so it could be their "safe haven". This is really offensive and racist actually, because you are ignoring the real safe haven needed for 5 million + Palestinian refugees! Why do the lives of prosperous European lifestyle living Israelis come before the safe haven needed for Palestinians?

• Al Jazeera funeral for two-state-solution stirs fear and denial
  • Joseph Glatzer January 27, 2011 at 7:38 am

    Too little too late establishment people. It's over. The time for American Jews to support he boycott of settlements was 20 years ago. 1 democratic state with Christians, Muslims, and Jews living together from the river to the sea with equal rights for all.

    Great piece Phil, and thanks for the comment Nancy.

• Brown vs Board of Education
  • Joseph Glatzer December 14, 2010 at 5:02 am

    a miracle!

• A jolt? More on Brazil's decision to recognize Palestine
  • Joseph Glatzer December 6, 2010 at 5:30 pm with 5 replies

    Why do people think this recognition is a good thing? It really means nothing. It's 20 or 30 years too late. Giving recognition when the 2 state solution is already impossible? It's like a horrible tease

• Sedek review: The concrete steps needed to implement a vision
  • Joseph Glatzer November 29, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    Thanks Ahmed. This is a really good piece and very well thought out. I share your feeling that this is the most hopeful thing I've read in a long time. I think we are moving in the right direction with proposals such as this one. A new day can come, if we want it to. Just like John Lennon said: War is Over (If you want it to be)

  • Joseph Glatzer November 29, 2010 at 7:11 pm with 1 replies

    Don't forget also Israel would have to return the Golan Heights to Syria losing 15% of its water supply. Maybe this could be offset by eliminating private pools (public only) and shutting down golf courses? Just a thought

• When hope is lawful
  • Joseph Glatzer November 26, 2010 at 5:08 pm

    Compromise will surely be an integral part in helping craft Israel's new Post-Zionism constitution. Perhaps a compromise will be on the name of the state. Perhaps a compromise will be for currently all Palestinian cities to have street signs written in Hebrew as well. Maybe a compromise will be government funding of Hebrew language private schools.

    But, fundamental rights are another thing entirely and they cannot ever be compromised. Things like refugees returning, tearing down the wall, ending colonization of the West Bank, lifting the siege of Gaza, and equal rights for all written into the constitution are fundamental rights.

    I think you misunderstand the concept of compromise "eee"

  • Joseph Glatzer November 25, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Sara, this article is really good and as you can see the only people who disagree with you are zionists and one marxist.

  • Joseph Glatzer November 25, 2010 at 7:06 pm

    "The only way to settle this argument over who gets the pizza is to negotiate...(shoves pizza into my face as quickly as possible)"

    "Hey, you're eating the pizza we're supposed to be negotiating over, this is bullshit!"

    "Shut up and take the crumbs left in the box"

• Unfair to Chomsky
  • Joseph Glatzer November 21, 2010 at 5:10 am

    Thank you! Everyone should read this comment and digest it fully. I used to absolutely adore Chomsky, I drove 8 hours to see him speak in Berkeley last year. But, eventually the truth wore me down. I couldn't ignore the detachment from reality he held in this issue. He is a traitor and I can't believe I ever trusted him. He is a disgusting person who lies and uses his influence to hurt Palestinians and sow divisions among activists, because he is a closet Zionist. This is obvious if you read his work closely. I hope people in the movement turn their backs on him. We don't need people like him influencing us or telling us that "Palestinians should just give up and be realistic because of international concensus"

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