Obama, talk to Hamas, says this group of 10 muckety-mucks including Brent Scowcroft, Zbig Brzezinski, Paul A. Volcker, Ted Sorensen, and the great Henry Siegman. Two former senators, both Republicans: Chuck Hagel, Nancy Kassebaum Baker. Nebraska and Kansas–so much for…
One of the best things to come out of the Chas Freeman affair is the combination of non-Zionist leftwing Jews and realist gentiles. The two groups have gotten over political/cultural differences and are beginning to feel real loyalty to one…
The other day the Washington Post editorial page–which I am harping on because it has been on the pro-neocon track at least since declaring that the Iraq war was “essential to American security”– ran an editorial urging the Justice Department…
Here’s a fabulous column on the Freeman affair by Ron Smith in my hometown newspaper, the Baltimore Sun, demonstrating 1, Chas Freeman did us all a huge favor, 2, that you can no longer call critics of Israel antisemites because…
Here is a perfect example of the trend I was talking about earlier, which makes it impossible for Israel lobbyists to use the term “antisemite” to stop their critics: good Mark Shields criticizing Israel on the News Hour last night….
A week ago I talked to Chas Freeman and he said that if he went down, he wouldn’t go down without a yelp. I said, “Ambassador, it sort of makes me want to pull against you!” Well he did go…
In 2006 Dershowitz accused Walt and Mearsheimer of being antisemites. He wrote that their landmark paper on the Israel lobby, which could only be printed in England, recycled the “blood libel” and other canards and was giving an imprimatur to…
John Mearsheimer on Philadelphia radio: The idea that [Charles Freeman] is some kind of lone ranger wandering around making irresponsible statements is the typical smear campaign that the lobby makes of anyone who is critical of Israel… Barack Obama pandered…
zealot extremist beholden heavy thumbs of the powerful ideologue bought and paid for playing the tunes selected for him paid ideological zealot over the top irrational hatred of Israel deeply and emotionally committed extremist ideologue with such heavy financial baggage…