When I read that Eli Valley had been named Anti-Semite of the Week by an obscure group called StopAntiSemitism, I started to do some digging. First, I discovered that the group barely exists. Its website lists no board and no staff. It does find itself often mentioned alongside another group called Zachor Legal Institute, which […]
A Love Affair: The Zionist and the Nazi
Many years ago, I was researching the history of political assassinations within the Zionist movement for an essay which the London Review of Books commissioned (and then refused to publish). One of the intriguing murders was that of Chaim Arlosoroff in Tel Aviv in 1933. But it wasn’t just the circumstances of his killing and […]
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 […]
Trump’s Attack on Congressional Women of Color Weaponizes Hate, Anti-Semitism and Israel
In his latest Twitter assault, Pres. Trump again targeted ‘The Squad’ (two of whose members are Muslim-American and two of whom are Black), the progressive Congressional women of color. His comments have taken an even more ugly twist in the past few hours, as he’s targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar claiming that she is anti-Semitic, anti-Israel […]
