Imagine this: American Christian denominations are battling tooth and nail over defining who is a Christian, including whether conversion performed by one may be recognized by the other. Imagine a country in which Southern Baptists refuse to marry Roman Catholics, and Unitarians refuse to marry Episcopalians. All because they refuse to recognize the other denominations […]
Israeli Anti-Netanyahu Protests Heat Up, But Real Change is Unlikely
UPCOMING: I’ve organized a Zoom webinar on increasing tensions between Iran, Israel and the U.S. Paul Pillar, Gareth Porter, Muhammad Sahimi and I will discuss the trajectory of U.S.-Iran relations with looming U.S. presidential elections. The program will be this Thursday, August 6th 7pm UK time, 11am Pacific and 2pm Eastern. Visit the Facebook Event […]
Trump “King of Israel”…and White Supremacy
This week, Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar held a press conference to offer their views on Israel’s ban against them entering Palestine. Perhaps the most important news coming out of the event was Omar’s demand that the U.S. withhold part or all of the $30-billion offered to Israel by the Obama administration as it […]
Haaretz Launches Arabic Opinion Supplement to Spur Palestinian Voters, Censors Launch Announcement
Haaretz has just announced a new Arabic language supplement that launched today. The statement did not name the specific contributors would be. But it did reveal some typically condescending attitudes toward the Israel Palestinian minority. Curiously, the statement originally published has been edited and precisely those portions I wanted to discuss, were removed. Here is […]
