Israel’s Future Holds Its Own ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ if This Group Gets Its Way A right-wing group with supporters at the highest levels of power is systematically advancing a plan for a halakhic, Gilead-like Israel rooted in Jewish supremacy and a harsh religious vision. The sequel to the ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ – ‘The Testaments’ – offers […]
Mark Wauck: Kagan’s Game: Setting Up Nuclear War? Thinking more about Robert Kagan’s article in The Atlantic (Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout It), I come back to Kagan’s solution for remedying the crushing defeat the Anglo-Zionists have suffered—so far—in the war on Iran. Arnaud Bertrand quotes Kagan: He writes that what’s to be done is “engage in […]
Revenge, as opposed to reprisal or punitive measures, is not supposed to balance out the preceding sin, said another expert at the conference, Dr. Ariel Handel from the Bezalel Academy of Arts. It doesn’t suffice with an eye for an eye, but demands many eyes for one eye. The revenge song that’s become almost an […]
Haaretz analysis by Yossi Verter: Ben-Gvir’s Birthday Bash Marked Another Dark Day for Israeli Democracy In Israel’s atmosphere of far-right anarchy, the gatekeepers are submissive and fearful ■ One of Netanyahu’s court cases involving favors for positive news coverage shows us how far he’ll go to stay in power ■ Smotrich badmouths Bennett more than he […]
These “teen takeovers” are clearly mainly a Black phenomenon. But this is all The New York Times has to say about race: Some of the panic over teen takeovers has echoes in worries over “wilding” in the late 1980s and “superpredators” in the 1990s. “There was a lot of dog whistling there about the fact that these are Black kids who are […]
Mark Wauck: FBI Breaks Big Insider Trading Case Sadly, no—the FBI hasn’t been turned loose on the White House and Congress. But maybe there are connections. FBI Boston @FBIBoston #BREAKING: An #FBI Boston investigation has resulted in charges against 30 individuals for their roles in a global insider trading scheme that netted tens of millions in […]
Haaretz email: Israel’s defense establishment unanimously opposes U.S.-Iran deal, source says With Iran set to respond on Thursday to a U.S. proposal to end hostilities in the region, according to CNN, a security source told Haaretz that Israel’s security establishment unanimously opposes a deal between D.C. and Tehran, believing it would be “a disaster for […]
