הרוצחים בינינו: ברוך בן יוסף וישראל פוקס, שני החשודים ברצח הפעיל הפלסטיני-אמריקני אלכס עודה, חיים בגלוי בישראל Today, I read an article that brought up very bad, sad memories for me. In 1986, I had just left a PhD program at UC Berkeley to work for one of the first grassroots national Jewish progressive organizations, New Jewish Agenda. In many ways, the gro … [Read more...]
Aipac Conference Ends Amid Dissension and Democratic Presidential No-Shows
NOTE: What follows is an expanded version of a piece Middle East Eye published earlier this week. It's also been updated to reflect news developments which happened after it was published by MEE, towards the end of the Conference. I also did an hour interview on Ray Hanania's Middle East podcast this week. We're old hands at this, and have known each ot … [Read more...]
U.S. Federal Court Indicts JDL Leaders for Hate Crimes at Washington Aipac Conference
Now Toronto published a condensed version of this piece earlier this week. A U.S. federal district court in Washington DC has indicted two leaders of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), one Canadian and another American. They are accused of committing hate crimes against a Palestinian-American professor and an American Jewish progressive activist during last … [Read more...]
Jewish Defense League Allies with Alt-Right
To some of you this may seem obvious. But to the rest of us, who still retain a sense of outrage, this still shocks. Obviously, the American Alt-Right is in triumphalist mode with its man in the White House. White supremacists are in hog heaven. You can almost picture Richard Spencer giving a sieg heil in the Oval Office (though that hasn't hap … [Read more...]
