From the Jewish Week’s story: “Bibi’s Allies on the Hill are Gearing Up to Blunt Obama Moves”, which typically lays the power of the Israel lobby off on to Christians, but concludes: “Anybody who believes this administration will focus on…
Last night I went to hear Rashid Khalidi speak at the Brooklyn Reform synagogue, Beth Elohim. A gorgeous temple, and before giving Khalidi the microphone at the altar, Rabbi Andy Bachman went down the list of groups that had sponsored…
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…
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…
Wonderful, yes, that today the Times ran George Bisharat’s op-ed piece saying Israel committed war crimes in Gaza. But Bisharat is a Palestinian-American. And do you notice the pattern? Jeff Blankfort does: I have noticed that, almost without exception, the…
A friend sent along these thoughts on how to frame the millions that Larry Summers, Obama’s economic adviser, got from a hedge fund in the last year. He and others in the Obama economic council have profound conflicts of interest…
John Mearsheimer writes: I saw your posting titled: “AJC’s David Harris sure seems to be running away from debate with Mearsheimer and Walt.” I am pleased to say that I do not think that is the case. Ben Cohen, who…