Ever since Jeremy Corbyn became a serious contender for Labour Party leader and later when he ran a surprisingly competitive national election campaign, the UK Israel Lobby has been sharpening the knives against him. He is insufficiently pliant to Israeli interests. He is not subservient to the Lobby in the way previous Labour Party leaders have been. In … [Read more...]
Pew Poll: Democrats, Youth Increasingly Alienated from Israel
A new Pew poll contains ominous findings regarding support for Israel among Americans. While support within the Republican Party has risen dramatically, Democrats feel increasingly antagonistic toward Israel and its leadership. Correspondingly, support among Democrats for the Palestinians has risen significantly. Today, nearly 80% of Republicans … [Read more...]
Bernie, Reinstate Simone Zimmerman
Bernie Sanders just made a bone-headed move. Two days ago, he hired Simone Zimmerman, past national student president of J Street U, a liberal Zionist lobbying group closely affiliated with the Democratic Party. Apparently, Zimmerman over a year ago posted a few feisty things about Bibi Netanyahu (oh my gosh, she even said "Fuck you, Bibi!") and some of … [Read more...]
Bernie Finally Addresses Israel-Palestine
Bernie Sanders offered to address Aipac's national conference via live video feed as almost every Israeli prime minister has done and many presidential candidates as well (Romney was the last in 2012). He chose not to speak live because there are a series of extremely important western primaries which may make or break his candidacy. He needed to be … [Read more...]
