Both Jeffrey Goldberg, elevated a little over a year ago to managing editor of The Atlantic, and his predecessor and mentor, James Bennet, now the NY Times op-ed page editor, have embarked on a process of normalizing the alt-right, via hiring its devotés to grace their respective pages. The latest instance is Goldberg's hiring of the deeply misogynist, … [Read more...]
Chuck Schumer: Bowing and Scraping to Aipac
Insightful geopolitical analysis here: "Of course, we say it's our land, the Torah says it, but they (Palestinians & Arabs) don't believe in the Torah. So that's the reason there is not peace." - Senator Chuck Schumer's speech at AIPAC. pic.twitter.com/g2q38YGuwN — Sacha Saeen (@_Saeen_) March 7, 2018 Sen. Chuck Schumer should join the ranks of U.S. … [Read more...]
Israel’s Zionist Left “in the Toilet”
And no, that memorable phrase was not mine. Rather, it was an appraisal that outgoing Party chair, Zehava Gal-On offered after the incoming Party chair, Tamar Zandberg, said in a TV interview that she would be willing to enter a future governing coalition with Avigdor Lieberman's Israel Beitenu Party. This, of course shocked many members of Meretz, who … [Read more...]
Israel: Price of Dissidence
When Israeli poet and lyricist, Yonatan Geffen wrote his poem comparing Ahed al Tamimi to Joan of Arc, Hannah Senesch and Anne Frank, I predicted what the impact would be: Really, it’s a fairly innocuous song. But it raises the hackles of Israeli patriot-enforcers, who attempt to extract their pound of flesh from the poor victim. You cannot stray from the … [Read more...]
