Anti-Israel Voices at AIPAC’s Conference
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The low point of the AIPAC policy conference came when Nancy Pelosi read a letter from J Street. The letter, officially authored by David Price and Gerry Connolly, urged opposing “unilateral actions by either of the two parties that would push the prospects for peace further out of reach.” That’s a euphemism for Jews living […] Read More |
Wall Street Journal: There is No Occupation
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At a recent conference at the United Nations on strategies to defeat the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, J Street—a Jewish, progressive advocacy group that claims to reject BDS—sent some of its constituents to stir up controversy. J Street members wore T-shirts reading “anti-BDS & anti-occupation” and when invited to ask questions, referred to Israel […] Read More |
Boston Globe: Settlements Don’t Impede Peace
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The world’s restless fixation with where Jews live has flared up again. On Monday evening, Israel’s parliament passed a law authorizing the government to legalize thousands of homes built in the West Bank, in many cases on land against which there are claims of prior ownership. The measure allows the homes to remain, while compensating […] Read More |
Leading Canadian Paper: “Settlements” are Legal
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Canada’s current position on Israeli “settlements” is that they are illegal because they violate Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, specifically Paragraph 6 which states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” The time has come for Canada to change our position to […] Read More |
JPost’s Glick: The PLO’s Zero Sum Game
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The opportunity now upon us may be lost forever as the PLO comes back to win its zero-sum game against Israel. Since its inception in the late 1970s, the Israeli peace movement has been based on one thing: hope. Members of the peace movement hoped the PLO’s war with Israel could be resolved through compromise. […] Read More |
I’m a South African Activist Who Used to Fight Against Israel—Until I Went There – The Tower
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As a black South African and member of the African National Congress (ANC), I have often heard the accusation that Israel is an apartheid state—and therefore a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has to be based on a single state of Palestine between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. I recently made a […] Read More |
Emerson: DNC Chair Hopeful Ellison Blasts Israel Influence, Praises/Supports Radical Islamists, Opposes Undivided Jerusalem and More
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U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s announced earlier this month that he wants to be the Democratic National Committee Chair.. A 2010 audio of Ellison speaking at a private fundraiser obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism calls such praise into question. In a fairly intimate setting, Ellison lashed out at what he sees as Israel’s disproportionate […] Read More |
ZOA Applauds ADL for Retracting Falsehood that Trump Chief Strategist Bannon is Anti-Semitic
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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has backed away from its earlier accusations against Stephen K. Bannon, stating on its website: “We are not aware of any anti-Semitic statements from Bannon.” The statement appears at the end of an article on the ADL, “Stephen Bannon: Five Things to Know.” The “five things” are: Bannon has embraced the alt […] Read More |
JPost’s Glick: AIPAC’s Moment of Decision
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Later this month the Republicans and Democrats will hold their respective conventions. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will officially become the presidential nominees. Ahead of the conventions, both parties selected delegates to draft their platforms. The Democratic platform committee convened late last month. As soon as the delegates to the Democratic platform committee were named, […] Read More |
Jpost Leibler’s Article Criticizing ADL Greenblatt’s Mideast Policies and More
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Jonathan Greenblatt’s response (click here for link) to my criticism of his embrace of J Street, alleging that I distorted his message, is disingenuous and reaffirms my assessment. (click here for link)Invoking clichés “that there are steps Israel can take to ensure the viability of a two-state solution” are ill-becoming the head of a major Jewish […] Read More |