I have been keeping fairly close track on the Senate confirmation hearings but never came across any mention of these exchanges. The New York Times, e.g., has nothing to say about them in its article “4 Takeaways from Tulsi Gabbard’s Confirmation Hearing.” Nor is there any mention of these exchanges in a second Times article on […]
The Holocaust industry has always been about promoting immigration, diversity, etc. From the Preface to Culture of Critique: The Holocaust framework allowed one to put aside as irrelevant any legitimate ground for criticizing Israel, to avoid even considering the possibility that the rights and wrongs were complex” (Novick 1999, 155). As the threat to Israel subsided, […]
Trump has ordered that all the files related to the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK be released by a little more than a month. I very much doubt this will happen. The problem is that even if the CIA was willing to own up to their (almost certain) involvement—still doubtful because if all this […]
“Jewish families — past and present, here and elsewhere — know what it is to live in fear for the immediate and long-term safety of our families,” the letter says. “We have been forced to flee, denied access to safety, scapegoated, detained, and exploited. This history and our Jewish values [notoriously absent in Israel] make […]
The Israeli right has often advocated resettling the Palestinians elsewhere. If it happens, it would be permanent. And Trump is supplying 2000-lb. bombs that the Biden administration was delaying. From JTA: Trump says he is pressing leaders of Arab nations to take in Gaza Palestinians Trump said he had already pressed Jordan to accept Gazans […]
