Posts Tagged ‘Anti-Zionism’

Will the Israel lobby nominate the next US Secretary of Defense?

Posted in US-Israel Lobby, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 4, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


Many of you may have seen my piece for Jewish Voice for Peace’s Muzzlewatch blog last week, analyzing the hateful campaign against the potential nomination of Chuck jvplogo (2)Hagel. Well, today, JVP put out an action alert on this issue. Please take a moment to take this action and send a message to President Obama that you are tired of AIPAC and its fellow travelers having such undue and disproportionate influence over US political and diplomatic appointments and, indeed, over our policy in general. Here is the alert:

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Israel’s Worst Nightmare

Posted in Naftali Bennett, Peace Plans, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 4, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


Happy New Year, everyone. I begin 2013 by reaffirming my point that the right-wing, one-state forces in Israel are taking leadership to frame the conversation in a post-Oslo world. Now it is Naftali Bennett and his HaBayit HaYehudi party leading the way. Bennett, though a zealous nationalist and an orthodox Jew, presents a much more reasonable face which he puts on his outrageous plan for endless occupation and permanent apartheid. And, while we can critique his ideas, we need also to recognize that this sort of thinking is making its way into the political arena–it’s in Israel now, which means it will soon be in Congress and parts of the European right. An alternative needs to be developed and politicized; peace activists need to stop wasting time in the misguided effort to raise Oslo from the dead.

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Chuck Hagel And Israel: The Wrong Question

Posted in US-Israel Lobby, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »


I weigh in on the controversy over Barack Obama’s possible nomination of Chuck Hagel to the post of Secretary of Defense in a guest post at Muzzlewatch, Jewish Voice for

Senator Chuck Hagel

Senator Chuck Hagel

Peace’s blog. On the issue of Israel and the Middle East, rarely has there been a more important moment for US policy. This is a moment where the Israel Lobby could well suffer a significant defeat, and that matters.

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How Israeli Militarism Is Driving a Wedge Between American Progressives and the Jewish State

Posted in Barack Obama, US-Israel Lobby, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »


At Alternet, I argue that Israel’s own behavior is finally breaking down the walls for liberals all over the world, even in the US. The long-held epithet “PEP” (Progressive Except for  Palestine) tried to shine a light on the difficult tension between liberal values and support for Israel’s excuses as to why it expands settlements and tightens its occupation. But now, Israel has stretched that to such a point that it is becoming impossible for liberals to ignore the reality of Israeli human rights abuses, rejectionism and land grabs. This wave overtook Europe some time ago, but now even US liberals, even Jewish ones, are moving away from their support for Israeli actions. AIPAC’s influence will become even more expensive as a result.

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Jewish, Christian Groups Clash Over U.S. Aid to Israel

Posted in Christians, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »


My report for Inter Press Service on the letter from 15 church leaders calling for a review of whether Israel has used US arms in violation of US law and policy.

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