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Top Ways MAGA and Right Wing Zionism Converge, and Why Smotrich is Embracing Trump

Top Ways MAGA and Right Wing Zionism Converge, and Why Smotrich is Embracing Trump

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Going back to the late nineteenth century, Zionism has had a complex and storied history, and there have been many strains of the ideology. Some early Zionists did not insist on colonizing Palestine, while others did (and colonizing it was the word they used). All agreed that the Jewish religion […]

Ukraine, Israel, and the Incoherence of U.S. Foreign Policy

Ukraine, Israel, and the Incoherence of U.S. Foreign Policy

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The process of crafting congressional legislation is often likened to sausage-making. Best not to look behind the scenes at the mechanics of the process, which is a bloody mess. But the analogy is not apt. Sure, sausage-making can be ugly. The end product, however, is presentable and usually […]

The Right is weaponizing Antisemitism to Distract from Israel’s Atrocities and Smear Campus Protests

The Right is weaponizing Antisemitism to Distract from Israel’s Atrocities and Smear Campus Protests

By Helen Benedict ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Helicopters have been throbbing overhead for days now. Nights, too. Police are swarming the streets of Broadway, many in riot gear. Police vans, some as big as a city bus, are lined up along side streets and Broadway.  Outside the gates of the Columbia University campus, a penned-in […]

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Birding in Gaza amid a Nightmare of War

“Intifada” in Arabic just means Uprising or Mass Protest; it is used for the Jewish Warsaw Uprising

Israeli Violence against Palestinian Children is rooted in Viewing them all as Dangerous Adults

What Causes Famines? In Gaza and Elsewhere, Outside Pressure and Vulnerability can lead to Hunger and Death

Hubert Humphrey Redux? Biden is Risking Election and Country with his Embrace of Netanyahu’s War

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