This could be a watershed moment in the Israel-Palestine conflict. That moment when one side comes to the end of the road and realizes the assumptions it made were wrong and that a new path must be charted. Until now, the Israeli, U.S. and Palestinian policy elites have chanted the two-state mantra. They did so long after there was any real hope that this … [Read more...]
DeVos Nominates Islamophobe Hoaxster to Senior ‘Civil Rights’ Position
The Forward reports that Trump education secretary, Betsy DeVos will nominate "civil rights" lawyer, Kenneth Marcus, as assistant secretary of education for civil rights. Oh the many delicious ironies! Just as his EPA director seeks to destroy the environment and his secretary of the interior seeks to dismantle the national park system, so DeVos is … [Read more...]
Adam Milstein’s Romance with Nazi-Style Anti-Semitism
Ben Lorber, a Jewish Voice for Peace staff member, noted in a Jewish Forward op-ed, a disturbing tweet posted by Israeli-American Likud leader, Adam Milstein. It featured an octopus with the face of George Soros surrounding the entire globe (see image displayed here). The image, which possibly originated in conspiratorial pro-Russian websites, is a classic … [Read more...]
Israeli Foreign Ministry Censors Telecom CEO’s Facebook Post Attacking UN Blacklist
The UN Human Rights Council announced last year that it planned to compile a list of Israeli and foreign companies which participated in Israel's Occupation and did business in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. Israel has taken to calling this a "blacklist," while in essence its a list of companies which have blackened their reputations by reaping … [Read more...]