The latest polls show Bernie Sanders doing extraordinarily well in the first two Democratic primary states, New Hampshire and Iowa. In New Hampshire, he's first with 27% (Biden second with 25%) and in Iowa, he's in a three-way tie for first-place with Biden and Buttigieg (23% each). UPDATE: the latest poll just came out and Sanders now leads with 20%, with … [Read more...]
J Street, Bernie Sanders, and the Two-State Dead End
This is an expanded version of an article recently published in Middle East Eye: In 2008, in the midst of a historic presidential campaign that would bring Barack Obama to the White House, a group of liberal Zionists disenchanted with the stranglehold Aipac had on Israel-related discourse in the U.S., founded an alternative Lobby. The co-founders were … [Read more...]
Trump “King of Israel”…and White Supremacy
This week, Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar held a press conference to offer their views on Israel's ban against them entering Palestine. Perhaps the most important news coming out of the event was Omar's demand that the U.S. withhold part or all of the $30-billion offered to Israel by the Obama administration as it sought to bribe Israel to soft-pedal … [Read more...]
Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Raise Israeli Aid Cut in Response to West Bank Annexation
Congressional Democrats have begun responding to Bibi Netanyahu's election promise to annex major settlements in the West Bank. Four pro-Israel House members offered a milquetoast warning to Netanyahu not to take any measures which would preclude a two-state solution. This statement is ludicrous because not only does Bibi oppose two-states, there isn't a … [Read more...]
