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Peter Unterweger is retired and living in Beacon, NY and Vienna, Austria. He previously was the Secretariat of the International Metalworkers Federation (Geneva, Switzerland) and worked as an economist for the UAW Research Department (Detroit). He was born in Vienna during WWII and attended university in the U.S.
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I quite agree with you about "israeli exceptionalism" - everything is unique, the shoah, the fact that they can thumb their nose at international law, that they are the only people in history who've able to assert a questionable 2000 year old claim, etc. But of course all that wouldn't work if it didn't fit the claim of our exceptional colonial empire.
On Ilhan Omar is wrong: Anti-Palestinian racism, not money, makes the special relationship special
Donald Johnson makes a good point. Frankly though, I don't like a headline that says "Ilhan Omar was wrong. I think she was certainly more right than wrong. First of all, Twitter certainly isn't the right medium to explore all the nuances of an argument. Secondly, the argument was really about politicians, and I think there the money is probably more important than the racism, and as many polls show the politicians are much more anti-Palestinian than the general public. And lastly, the Zionist lobby spends huge amounts of money to stoke racism by defaming Palestinians. Certainly, the anti-Palestinian racism in the USA is largely the result of the Israel lobby' propaganda efforts and its faithful repetition by the MSM. Finally, Leonhardt is rapidly losing me. I think his economic analysis is very good, but in the last two weeks he has struck out twice. First by repeating all the anti-Semitism slanders against Corbyn, and now with his attack on Omar. It's one thing to point out that she did not tell the whole truth (how many tweets do?), and quite another to call her action anti-semitic. The latter puts him squarely in the camp of the Zionist slanderers.
On Ilhan Omar is wrong: Anti-Palestinian racism, not money, makes the special relationship special
Fine article! This is just the ammo we needed against those arguing that the Israel lobby is not responsible for the Republican support of the Apartheid state.
On Don’t blame the Israel lobby on Christians and Republicans
I totally agree with Annie. The most important thing we can do as the anti-Semitism slanders rain down increasingly is to support the targets, point out the ludicrousness of using the Protocols of Zion to silence critics in the 21st Century and to contradict the liberal Zionist nonsense spread about by Beinart (Omar is wrong and irresponsible) and M. Goldberg (Protocols). We do not need to research the history of anti-Semitic defamation before speaking out against the corruption and apartheid evil that Zionist lobbies or their state propagate.
On Don’t blame the Israel lobby on Christians and Republicans
As an admirer of Norman Finkelstein and Jeremy Corbyn, I find your intemperate and misplaced response to this very thoughtful article symptomatic of a left that would rather berate each other over imputed sins than join hands in the struggle to beat back a resurgent right.
On The 2019 Women’s March: privileging victimhood and the power of class
I'm quite familiar with the background of Encounter; it was part of the cultural side of the CIA's Cold War anti-Communist campaign. I also share your characterisation of the people mentioned in these stories, but I am puzzled when you write: "... Lipset was stone cold dead in the grave by the time this story came out,,," According to Wikipedia, Lipset died in 2006.
On The ‘arc of the moral universe’ bends towards justice for Palestine
Nada Elia: "By 1967, Dr. King was questioning his admiration for Israel, to the point of turning down an invitation to that country, because of his criticism of its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Also shortly before his assassination, Dr. King was pointing out that revolutionary movements in Africa as well as Asia, meaning the decolonial movements he embraced, were siding with the Palestinian people." Excellent piece, but It would be very useful to have the references on which this statement is based.
On The ‘arc of the moral universe’ bends towards justice for Palestine
Bravo! We need more of this.
On Palestinian professor sues SF State for breach of contract, discrimination
@Misterioso - I love your posts - packed with essential information. But never underestimate the craven submission of American politicians to the Lobby. Here is a my ecent FB post on this subject: "Although Senators Feinstein and Sanders recently spoke out against the anti-Israel Boycott Act and Sen. Gillibrand withdrew her sponsorship early on, the 2019 Senate will still have 10 Democratic co-sponsors of this unconstitutional, anti-free-speech legislation Here is the list of shame: Cory Booker, Chris Coons, US Senator Ron Wyden, Senator Joe Manchin III, Senator Maggie Hassan, Senator Chuck Schumer, Senator Maria Cantwell, Senator Gary Peters, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Bob Menendez for NJ Most of them have long been co-sponsor, but special mention should go to Cory Booker who signed on after the 2018 mid-term elections. If he thinks it will help his presidential ambitions he should consider the fates of Heidi Heitkamp, Claire McCaskill, Joe Donelly, and Bill Nelson all of whom supported this bad bill and lost their Senate seats anyway."
On Maryland has no business chilling free speech to support foreign governments’ human rights violations
Israel is not even for everyone who is Jewish. Under its anti-BDS law numerous Jews have been refused entry.
On Don’t talk about Israel with the black community, former diplomat advises US Jewish groups
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