Moved by Roger Cohen’s great piece in the Times today to reflect on the horrors of Gaza, Andrew Sullivan has now been utterly converted to the theory of the corruption of our discourse by the Israel lobby. He says, and…
This is exciting. It’s a video from a jammed event on Gaza at the Capitol last Thursday sponsored by the New America Foundation and featuring Congressmen Brian Baird, Rush Holt (pictured above), and Keith Ellison, all of whom have visited…
The Vermont senator is on the floor of the Senate now, debating the Kyl amendments on the omnibus appropriations bill. One of them bars Palestinian refugees of Gaza from resettling here, because they come from a “terrorist” land, as Leahy…
I think it’s over. The Israel lobby as a monolithic conspiracy dominating the discourse–over. The issue is now captivating the imagination of the left, including Jews; and looking more and more like South Africa redux. Look at these protesters outside…
Chas Freeman’s appointment is important in sociological terms. Freeman is the latest heir to a realist tradition in foreign policy that–while Jews have been adherents of it–has a gentile cast because it is associated with opposition to the recognition of…
Here’s Charles Freeman, a foreign policy guy himself, defending his father Chas Freeman, Obama’s pick to head the National Intelligence Council, from the attacks of the Israel-firsters, in a guest appearance at the Washington Note. Notable for a few points:…
Andrew Sullivan, the preeminent blogger in the msm, comes out firmly against the “hysterical bullying” of Chas Freeman by the Israel-first crowd before savaging the Israel lobby: This is Freeman’s cardinal sin among his critics: to blame Israel, even in…
Michael Walzer is a hugely-influential voice in the Jewish community. He can bring a lot of the New Republic crowd and the liberal interventionists and even leftleaning intellectuals along with him wherever he goes. Well, here is an important new…
The FY2009 omnibus appropriations bill hasn’t gotten too much attention on this site. Until now. This is because Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is attempting to tie passage of this essential bill to a congressional endorsement of anti-Palestinian bigotry. The wonderful…