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Alterman says BDS shares Ahmadinejad’s agenda, and Hezbollah’s too
Progressives Avishai and Alterman adopt conservative theories to rationalize the status quo in Israel and Palestine
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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Resume builders: Be a broken record on Iran, cheer authoritarians in Gulf
Jeffrey Feltman has supported Israel across the board and faulted Iran; he gets big job at the U.N.
Posted in Arab Spring, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Middle East
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UN Committee: Israeli system ‘tantamount to apartheid’
Ethnic Cleansing / Land Theft & Destruction / Occupation & Apartheid / Exile & Restriction of Movement / Refugees Report: Israel issued 13,000 demolition orders against Palestinian real estate Haaretz newspaper said the Israeli civil administration issued 13,000 demolition warnings … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
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Slater on Beinart
Peter Beinart’s call for religious segregation in the Jewish community would empower the most intolerant political elements of that community
US official — we went to Israel first
US gov’t negotiators on Iran issue briefed Israel on recent talks before they briefed their own government
Israel lobby’s favorite senator tries to erase Palestinian refugee status for millions
Senator Mark Kirk (above) of Illinois is leading an effort that would redefine who a Palestinian refugee is. Critics say the move is one step in a larger strategy to take refugee rights for Palestinians off the negotiating table.
Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Nakba, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
Tagged Danny Ayalon, featured, Mark Kirk, right of return, UNRWA
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Aaron David Miller: After a short ‘peace process,’ look for war with Iran in 2013
Aaron David Miller predicts that there will be neither an agreement nor an attack on Iran in 2012. Instead he sees a “peace process” which will create an illusion of progress then end badly. In 2013, with the failure of negotiations, we could see a war, unless there is an “unexpected breakthrough.”
Iranian talks fail after neocon ‘blitz’ — as Obama dispatches aide to reassure Tel Aviv
Neocons drove Obama hardline on Iranian sanctions, as Wendy Sherman, former moderate at State, rushes to Israel to assure them of our commitment
Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, US Politics
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Saving Illinois from Senator Kirk
There is no P in Arabic, Israel lobbyist says to justify ethnic cleansing of Palestine
Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics
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Human rights activists will hardnose the highway from Woodstock to Catskill
This weekend activists Laurie Arbeiter and Sarah Wellington, an iconic figures in the Palestine solidarity movement best known for selling their “we will not be silent” t-shirts, are heading upstate to take part in a 22-mile fundraiser trek from Woodstock to Catskill.
American Zionist responses to Tel Aviv riots– largely indifferent, but some outrage
AIPAC, AJC and Conference of Presidents have nothing to say about anti-African riots in South Tel Aviv
Division: Romney supporter puts kibosh on Wasserman Schultz appearance at Miami temple
Romney supporter puts kibosh on Wasserman Schultz appearance at Miami synagogue
Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Media, US Politics
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US to differentiate between ‘personally displaced’ Palestinian refugees and their descendants
Today the U.S. government approved the “Kirk amendment,” a resolution to differentiate between Palestinians “personally displaced” in 1948 and their millions of descendants.
Bob Simon misses the story on Tel Aviv
People who are still fuming over Bob Simon’s 60 Minutes piece from last month, which was critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinian Christians and called Michael Oren to task for attempting to kill the story before it aired, received a gift last Sunday – a fluffy superficial ode to the city of Tel Aviv’s undeniable awesomeness.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Nakba
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Senate fight today over the number of Palestinian refugees
Senate fight today over Palestinian ‘refugees’ Thirty U.S. senators will vote today over whether there really are 5 million Palestinian “refugees” or just around 30,000 — a hot-button issue that has already become the subject of a vigorous international debate involving … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Munayyer in the ‘NYT’: ‘For all the talk about shared values between Israel and the United States, democracy is sadly not one of them’
The New York Times has published a succinct and devastating Op-Ed from Yousef Munayyer on the systemic inequality at the root of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, One state/Two states, US Politics
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‘Obama will only go as far on Iran as AIPAC permits him to go’
Israel lobby ratchets pressure on Iran, preempting global talks and threatening world peace
Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Media, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Aaron Sorkin’s anachronism
Writer of The Social Network imposed a victimized narrative on Mark Zuckerberg, who’s anything but
Honest broker? Israeli consulate sponsors Obama’s former Middle East peace adviser at Stanford talk!
Dennis Ross worked for Obama for several years on Middle East peace. And before that he worked for Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush too. But he was always accused of bias toward Israel. Aaron David Miller called him Israel’s … Continue reading
Why ‘Brand Israel’ is failing
Ambassador Michael Oren’s recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal is timely – and appropriate. Israel is less popular among young Americans than ever before. And it will only grow more unpopular as more facts about the occupation make their way into the American mainstream.
Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, US Politics
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Philip Roth on the Israel lobby
Philip Roth wrote that Israel was dependent on the Israel lobby in the U.S. for its existence, in 1986
If Obama really has things under control, then why the loose talk from CentCom’s Mattis?
Obama’s strategy on Iran: keep ratcheting up pressure on Iran with the Israelis, put off military action till after November
U.S. and Israel coordinate– and signal hard line in Iran talks
Hard line against Iran is reminiscent of the hard lines leading up to the invasion of Iraq
Affirming a Judaism and Jewish identity without Zionism
Rabbi Brian Walt reflects on his journey from being a progressive Zionist to holding a belief in a Judaism and American Jewish identity that rejects Zionism as its core belief.
Bill Clinton’s $80 million swagbag includes some dough from ‘Israel First’ interests
MJ Rosenberg left Media Matters partly because of his use of the term Israel Firster. Well Matt Stoller says Israel Firsters gave Bill Clinton money
Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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