This week, thirty world leaders are converging on Jerusalem to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. I wrote about it in my new piece for Middle East Eye. All appearances to the contrary, this is not an official "Israeli" commemoration. Despite the fact that the country's president is welcoming the dignitaries and Yad VaShem is serving as … [Read more...]
Rudy “Better Jew than You” Giuliani
If we've learned anything, it's never to be shocked at the depths to which Giuliani and his 'client' can sink. When you think they've hit rock bottom, they'll sink even lower into the miasma the next day. Giuliani's world consists of conspiracies cobbled together like plaque in the brain of an Alzheimer's patient. His latest ones tie together Ukraine, … [Read more...]
Zionism and the Exploitation of Jewish Catastrophe
Though I have always had sympathy for the general goals of creating a Jewish homeland for victims of persecution and genocide, I am critical of the ways in which Zionism pursued that objective. From the very beginning, even in Herzl's writings, there are the seeds of ethnic-nationalism, racism and even anti-Semitism, which permeate Israel today. … [Read more...]
Ready for Your Close-Up, Mr. Sondland?
UPDATE: The State Department prevented Sondland from testifying before the House Intelligence Committee today, even though he'd traveled from Europe to DC to do so. He would have likely refused to answer most questions put to him even if he had testified. Trump also indicated today that he would refuse to cooperate with the House impeachment investigations … [Read more...]
