Donald Trump has done it again. And done it as only he can. I'm referring to his promotion to his 44-million Twitter followers of anti-Muslim videos published by one of Britain's most vile, hateful, and homicidal neo-Nazi groups, Britain First. Since it's clear that Trump's mental faculties are attenuated at best, it's not even clear he understands fully … [Read more...]
The Toxic Legacy of Balfour and British Colonialism in Israel-Palestine
What do Banksy and Arthur Balfour have in common? Read on. When I first started hearing about the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, I thought: "Ugh, not another minefield to navigate!" It's a Rorschach test for Israelis and Palestinians. One sees triumph and the other defeat, from the same document. I really didn't want to write about … [Read more...]
Labor Party Election Win Means Israel Lobby “Anti-Semitism” Smear Falls Flat
For the past several years, the UK Israel Lobby has conducted a concerted campaign to destroy the Labor Party. After Jeremy Corbyn's leadership victory two years ago, the effort went into an even higher gear. The Israeli embassy and Jewish groups affiliated with it like Jewish Labor Movement and Labour Friends of Israel regularly and repeatedly dredged up … [Read more...]
Shin Bet Detains New Israel Fund Official as Security Threat at Ben Gurion Airport
Israel is rapidly turning into a police state. One in which even liberal civil society NGOs are no longer tolerated. A state like Russia or China or North Korea in which strongmen rule and dissenting voices are suppressed through legalism, violence or even murder. The first two have happened in Israel, but not yet the third (but it will … [Read more...]
