I’ve been meaning to get this post up for a couple weeks: on Israel lobbyist David Harris’s testimony about the Holocaust before the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on immigration. Harris is the executive director of the American Jewish Committee and…
Good headline, huh? And I believe it. Give me a minute, I’ll start up about the Israel lobby too! But let’s be clear, this link, to Alex Stein, who I believe is a Zionist who emigrated to Israel from England,…
I did a clubfooted post yesterday trying to connect the journalistic exposure of Larry Summers to the exposure of the Israel lobby. Here’s what I was trying to say: One of the reasons I’ve felt orphaned in the last few…
asks Jeff Blankfort… this being a JTA article saying the Pentagon is studying the 2006 Lebanon war for lessons about how to fight non-state actors…
Where is Secretary of State Clinton? 150 armed settlers are reported to have attacked Palestinians in several Hebron neighborhoods and nearby villages yesterday, crying “Death to Arabs!” The scene, as Benny Morris reminds us in his new book, and as…
In a dream this morning I was leaving a fancy hotel with my wife; and they didn’t want us there. There were all these beautiful white flowers in a giant vase and my wife said, Oh this one’s broken and…
In weeks and months to come I hope to publish more and more from my wife’s young friend who is now in Gaza. She is a Harvard student and works with an NGO. I will be able to give you…
Bruce Wolman writes: Larry Summers is not the only one raking it in from business interests while temporarily out of public service. Tony Blair is also doing well in the ka-ching-ka-ching department. Mind you Blair is not just a retired…
Real smart post by David Goldman/Spengler on what Larry Summers got that $5 million from a hedge fund for. Goldman’s speculation: What were they? For bringing in assets under management? The industry standard would be a point or so for…