Throw a bone, a big one, to the Israel lobby. It looks like Dennis Ross is going to be handling the Iran portfolio under Hillary Clinton. This picture is his other portfolio: it shows Ross presenting the report of the…
Fresh on the heels of the Gaza visits by Congressmen John Kerry, Brian Baird, and Keith Ellison, another sign that President Obama is telling officials to change our policy visavis Israel/Palestine. Obama plans to name an Arabist, Chas Freeman, former…
Ellison and Baird, take photos of the rubble of the American International school in Beit Lahiya in the northern of Gaza Strip. Photo: Adel Hana, Associated Press Brian Baird(D-WA-03), and Keith Ellison, (D-MN-05) have issued their first statement since visiting…
Joel Kovel, author of Overcoming Zionism, holds the Alger Hiss chair in social studies at Bard College and serves at the pleasure of the school’s president. He has lately been informed that his contract will not be extended beyond July…
The greatest threat to the Israel lobby is on this excerpt of the Laura Flanders Showat 2:00 or so. You will see a Jewish academic couple participating in the Jews Say No demonstration that happened last Thursday outside the World…
You didn’t like Jimmy Carter’s book. You challenged him to a debate. But he was afraid of you, and ran, and at Brandeis referred to you as a “Harvard professor.” As if you were a pischer! But you got back…
Dan Drezner at Foreign Policy says I twisted his words when I said that he is “deceiving the public about the power of the Israel lobby.” He dares me to back up my accusation, also to follow thru on my…
Alan Dershowitz has responded angrily to the Hampshire College divestment initative for singling out Israel: The divestment campaign applies to Israel and Israel alone. Hampshire will continue to deal with companies that supply Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, Cuba, North Korea,…
In Haaretz. I guess this is real progress since 1948… He was talking to the rightwing Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. What will Obama do?