Over the past few years, I've watched with growing alarm as the far-right Likud government develops ever newer threats promoting fear among its voters. Bibi Netanyahu has played the Iran menace like a Stradivarius in order to serve as a pressure valve, releasing air from the international campaign on behalf of Israel-Palestine. He's raised billions to … [Read more...]
Steve Bannon’s Romance with Hollywood Islamophobia
In the past few days, stories about two different Steve Bannon film projects, one of which was never produced and the second, which was screened at this summer's Republican convention. The Washington Post reported on the first film, which Bannon was shopping around Hollywood in 2007. It was to be titled (somewhat awkwardly): Destroying the Great Satan: The … [Read more...]
Real Estate Developer and Convicted Felon, Adam Milstein’s History of Pro-Israel Fraud
A lot of ink has been spilled covering the misdeeds of Adam Milstein (aka Tuvia Milsztein), the convicted felon, millionaire Los Angeles real estate developer and donor to far-right Israel advocacy. He was born and raised in Israel, graduated from the Technion in 1978 and arrived in America in 1981. He founded a real estate partnership, Hager Pacific … [Read more...]
Clarion Project’s New Islamophobic Film, “Honor Diaries”
The Clarion Fund (now the "Clarion Project--#1 news site on the threat of Islamic extremism") rides again. After producing three classic Islamophobic films, Obsession, Third Jihad and Iranium, T-H-E-Y'R-E B-A-C-K with a new one, Honor Diaries. The new project focuses on honor killings and Islam's supposed hatred of women. One has to ask why a film about … [Read more...]