Itamar Ben Gvir spoke earlier this week, as he does every year, at the annual memorial for Meir Kahane. The latter is the pioneering spirit of Judeo-fascism, who was assassinated in New York in 1991. Every year his disciples gather to commemorate him. Normally, one would say this is nothing new and there is hardly […]
Former IDF General, Would-Be Leader of “Zionist Left,” Complains “Leftist” is Equivalent to N-Word Astonishing racist comment from MK who seeks to lead Israel's "Left Zionist" Party
After former IDF Gen. Yair Golan failed to be named army chief of staff, he decided to enter politics, as almost all generals and spy chiefs do in Israel. A natonal security state raises all these figures on a gold pedestal. They tend to see their heroes as defenders of the state. The more Arabs […]
Manzanar to Palestine: Legacy of Internment and Ethnic-Cleansing
Last night, I watched a fascinating PBS documentary, Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust. We all know, or think we know about Manzanar. It was the “flagship” incarceration camp for interned Japanese Americans during World War II (there were others in Arizona and Idaho). The World War II iInternment decreed by Pres. Rooselvelt, was the […]
Aipac Astroturf Groups Plow $30-Million into Defeating Progressive Democrats Democratic Majority for Israel and United Democracy Project sow division in Democratic Party
America’s most powerful lobby, Aipac, had a problem. While it prided itself on being a bipartisan group, whose ardent support for Israel transcended Party, it really wasn’t that at all. Its major donors and most of its members were Republican. In fact, those donors overwhelmingly supported Republican Senate and House candidates. Forty of the GOP […]
