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Neocon fantasy: Palestine has nothing to do with Arab uprisings

As mass uprisings in Arab states continue, the Israeli government and its neoconservative supporters in the U.S. have tried to convince the world that Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians has nothing to do with the revolts. While it would be … Continue reading

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Israel and its American friends want to stop the Egyptian ‘earthquake’

The Israeli government and its many friends in the U.S. media are rushing to support the brutal Mubarak dictatorship as it copes with the most serious challenge to its rule. As I noted yesterday, Israel is worried about a reliable … Continue reading

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Israel’s damage to ‘American interests is incalculable’ — Shlaim in ‘The Hill’ of all places

Oh my, The Hill is getting religion. Avi Shlaim on the Israel lobby. He doesn’t even live here, but he understands what’s going on. Notice the arguments that realists Chas Freeman and Mearsheimer & Walt and Desch and McConnell have … Continue reading

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Realist GHW Bush dealt with the shock of his son’s neoconservatism by joking

Did you read Michael Kinsley’s review of Bush’s memoir in the Sunday Times yesterday? I thought this part– Speaking of a sense of humor and the Middle East, when Bush called for a new Palestinian leadership, Barbara Bush the elder … Continue reading

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Former Israel ambassador Lubrani says using force against Iran would be giant mistake

I’m a sucker for the wisdom of old diplomats –  an establishment orientation I can never entirely  shake. So from one of the  Washington  centers of the neocon power yesterday morning—the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies conference on tightening … Continue reading

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Why is the White House sending its Iran negotiator to a neocon conference in D.C.?

Well because that’s where the power is. The permanent Establishment in D.C. has a neoconservative flavor right now, Obama has to truckle to those folks. (Ask me why later.) The Foundation for Defense of Democracies is a neoconservative shop. It … Continue reading

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Amazing that this guy worked in the White House

Why is the VOA interviewing this guy? “The U.S. should give Israel what it needs, but it should not be linked to a 90 day extension of the freeze.” Elliott Abrams, in the Voice of America, U.S. Pushes to Keep … Continue reading

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Why did Saban and other Jewish donors give a man charged with espionage $670,000?

Wow I missed this angle on the AIPAC scandal. Jeff Stein at the Washington Post didn’t. Neither did Justin Elliott who picked him up, calling it “a story that shows just how committed the nationwide network of pro-Israel donors are … Continue reading

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J Street is shunned by Reform synagogue in Newton (amid talk of ‘donors’)

Astonishing. A J Street event is cancelled by a Reform Newton synagogue due to fierce opposition by a small group inside the congregation. And they have money. This is why Barney Frank has said that he can’t come out against … Continue reading

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You’d have to give Chris Matthews sodium pentathol to find out why we invaded Iraq

This is mind-numbing. Last night on Hardball, Chris Matthews interviewed Joseph Wilson, Michael Isikoff, David Corn and Thomas DeFrank about Bush’s memoir. They harped on a lie in the book: Bush’s claim that he was upset when he learned that … Continue reading

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