In New York City, the battle has been joined between Democratic Party elites and the voters they are increasingly committed to suppressing, between money and democratic process, between power and the forces for change.
Far-right Betar U.S. does not shy away from the fascism label, writes Alan MacLeod, and it proudly notes that it frequently carried out terror operations against Arab civilians in Palestine.
Jewish businessmen, entertainers, journalists and religious figures signed a full-page ad in The New York Times saying, “Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing!”
Abba Solomon commends Peter Beinart’s radical re-conception of Jewish life in Palestine in his new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning.
The Council on American–Islamic Relations said the question was “reckless and biased” and “sounded like it could have been written by AIPAC, not CBS.”
Biden’s unwillingness to clearly head off such a visit reflects the insidious style of his own confrontational approach to China, writes Norman Solomon.
Secretary of State John Kerry balances his bellicosity on Syria with his diplomatic appeals for reviving Israeli-Palestinian talks on a “two-state solution.” But the prospects for two viable states may be long since past and the negotiations just another excuse…