On Google earth, Palestinians labelled a town north of Haifa, Kiryat Yam, as being the site of an Arab village whose residents were forced to leave in ’48. The Israeli town is threatening all sorts of action, saying there were…
The Holocaust survivor used his own experience in some bad ways (the Iraq war and rationalizing the Israeli occupation) but in some great ways too. From the AP report of Lantos’s death: In October 2007, as Foreign Affairs chairman, Lantos…
March 2010. New York. Hillary Clinton filed for divorce yesterday in Westchester County, N.Y., her Senate office announced yesterday. The Clintons reportedly separated soon apart after her presidential campaign foundered in spring of 2008. The divorce suit was widely expected….
There are more and more Jews serving in high positions in Ohio government than ever, per the Cleveland Jewish News. “I cannot ever remember this many Jews serving at this high a level” in state government, notes Joyce Garver Keller,…
Remember when liberalism was the l-word? The left was in the doghouse. Things are changing fast. Through the tireless efforts of the n-worders (neoconservatives), conservatism has a bad name. dailykos reports money is flowing like lava to Democrats, not the…
More on Freedom’s Watch, the pro-war group with an unspoken Israel agenda that mouthpiece Ari Fleischer warns may spend $250 million this election cycle so as to be the moveon.org of the right: –From mediatransparency: “The idea for Freedom’s Watch…
I admit that I’ve ignored the Ron Paul campaign. I love the fact that he talks about Israel and Palestine, but his economic libertarianism makes this big-government type leery. Then today I learned that Paul has hired as his foreign…
In the Washington Post this Sunday, Jacob Heilbrunn tries to run away from his book on the neocons with an irresponsible piece called Five Myths about the Neocons… Three of the alleged myths are: The Neocons are Israeli Lackeys, The…
I just quoted Tony Judt’s piece on the uses of the Holocaust in the NYRB, let me do it again: Students today do not need to be reminded of the genocide of the Jews, the historical consequences of anti-Semitism, or…