Thanks to Real News Network for inviting me to do an interview, How Pro-Israel Politics and Anti-Semitism Coexist in the Alt-Right. It deals with the Trump presidency and the ascendancy of the alt-right as a major factor in the rise of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in the U.S. Here in Seattle, a Sikh man was shot and wounded Friday night by a masked … [Read more...]
Deborah Lipstadt: Holocaust as Hasabara
Deborah Lipstadt, who's been bequeathed the mantle of Holocaust sainthood from Elie Wiesel, penned a strong denunciation of the Trump administration's erasure of Jews from the Holocaust in its recent statement honoring Holocaust Remembrance Day. In a piece in which she manages to promote the new movie based on her libel trial against David Irving, she … [Read more...]
Who’s Afraid of Keith Ellison? The Israel Lobby
While Keith Ellison is odds on favorite to win the race as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, we've only just begun to hear from the Israel Lobby on the subject. You might ask: why would the Lobby weigh in at all? To answer this question, you have to return to the FBI wiretap of the Israeli embassy in Washington, which Shamai … [Read more...]
Islamophobe Frank Gaffney Honors Israeli Ambassador Dermer
Israel is bedding down with the American loony-Islamophobe right as Ambassador Ron Dermer will accept the "Freedom Flame" Award next month from Frank Gaffney's Center for Security Policy (CSP). After starting his political career as a low-level bureaucrat in the Reagan administration, Gaffney has cornered the market in anti-Muslim nativism. As the Carly … [Read more...]