NEWS: Thanks to Shir Hever for interviewing me at Real News Network about my writings on the Israeli medical scandal concerning Yemenite children. I'd be grateful if you'd watch (below) and pass it on to others via social media and e-mail. Thanks as well to Dr. Alice Rothschild, who wrote an excellent post on the same subject, adding her important … [Read more...]
The Yawning Chasm Between Zionism and Women’s Rights
For the past few weeks, a storm has been brewing between women who call themselves "Zionist feminists" and the organizers of the U.S.-affiliate of the International Women's Strike. It began with a NY Times op-ed by Emily Shire, described as the political editor of a women's website, Bustle. She decried the supposed lack of inclusivity in the platform for … [Read more...]
1919 Red Scare Mirrors Trump Anti-Immigrant Hysteria
In all the media coverage of Donald Trump's Muslim travel ban and the accompanying cacophony of Islamophobic conspiracy theories wafting from his administration, an important historical precedent has been overlooked. In 1919, the Bolsheviks overthrew the Czar and instituted a revolutionary government led by Lenin. In the aftermath of World War I, nations … [Read more...]
Israeli Foreign Ministry Subsidizes Seattle Mayor’s Arab Middle East Vacation
This is an expanded version of the op-ed I published in the Seattle Times several days ago, criticizing Mayor Ed Murray's pinkwashing Israel junket (he arrives in Tel Aviv tomorrow). In addition, I've added new material based on research concerning Murray's trip and the New Israel Fund op-ed run in the Times (to which my op-ed responded). Mayor … [Read more...]