In his latest Twitter assault, Pres. Trump again targeted 'The Squad' (two of whose members are Muslim-American and two of whom are Black), the progressive Congressional women of color. His comments have taken an even more ugly twist in the past few hours, as he's targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar claiming that she is anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and that she supports … [Read more...]
Labour’s Anti-Semitism “Crisis” is Bollocks
The current so-called anti-Semitism crisis in the British Labour Party is founded on a complete misunderstanding of what anti-Semitism really is. It is based on a complete misunderstanding of Jewish history and the real suffering of the Jewish people over the centuries. Today, anti-Semitism poses nowhere near the danger it once did to the Jewish people. And … [Read more...]
Jews Without Mercy in Seattle and Washington DC
Earl Schorris wrote a wonderful book a few decades ago called Jews Without Mercy. It was a savage, incantatory attack in the era of Reagan on the Jews who first advanced neoconservatism and brought it to a wider audience. I thought of his evocative title when conceiving this blog post about the response of some Jews both in America and Israel to the moral, … [Read more...]
Labour Party’s Alleged Anti-Semitism Crisis
Earlier today, Middle East Eye published my latest piece about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's private briefing with American Jewish leaders. In response to a suitably hysterical questioner who implied that UK Jews faced massive pogroms if Jeremy Corbyn were elected premier, he intimated that the Trump administration was prepared to sabotage Jeremy Corbyn's … [Read more...]
