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American Jews’ Love-Hate Relationship With Black Lives Matter
The historically ambivalent relationship between American Jews and the Black community continues with the ascendancy of Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement over the past five years. As long as BLM “stays in its lane” and restricts itself to domestic civil rights issues, Jewish groups are happy to go along. 600 such organizations even signed a […]
Trump Begins Iranian ‘Internment’
We aren’t quite at the stage of internment…yet. But we’re headed there. I mean for you to think of the Japanese internment of 120,000 U.S. citizens and legal residents in remote internment camps in the far West. It was the worst anti-constitutional blemish on the U.S. in the 20th century. We must never go back, […]
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 sympathize more with Israel (than the Palestinians). That number […]
