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Chuck Hagel And Israel: The Wrong Question

From On December 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Chuck Hagel is not exactly my kind of guy. Hagel is an old-school Conservative Republican and his voting record in the Senate lines up pretty well with that image. He was poor on civil rights, favored the rich in economic matters, generally opposed abortion, voted against campaign finance reform, and, despite [...]

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Q&A: “The Israeli Boycott Movement Is Not Anti-Semitic”

From On December 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Rabbi Brant Rosen leads a congregation in Evanston, Illinois and is author of the new book, Wrestling in the Daylight: A Rabbi’s Path to Palestinian Solidarity.

Speaking with Mitchell Plitnick, Rosen, co-chair of the Rabbinical Council of Jewish Voice for Peace, stressed that the views both in his book and [...]

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What’s next for Palestine?

From On December 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Only 1% of the world stood by US-Israeli rejection of President Mahmoud Abbas’ request for non-member state status, which puts Palestine on par with the Vatican and allows Palestinian claims to be filed in the International Criminal Court. Lobe Log’s Mitchell Plitnick reported at the time on the politics [...]

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AIPAC Directs Congressional Punishment of Palestinians After UN Vote

From On November 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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The US government has swept into action in the aftermath of the Palestinians’ overwhelming victory at the United Nations on Thursday. No less than three amendments were brought in the Senate, to be attached to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — a bill which has nothing to do [...]

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Continued US Support for Israeli Bombing of Gaza Bodes Ill for Obama’s Second Term

From On November 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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It’s a most unwelcome feeling of déjà vu which must settle over any observer of the Israel-Palestine conflict and the US role in it. An escalation is seen in the woefully asymmetric exchange of fire between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Israel claims the escalation was entirely initiated by Hamas, when [...]

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Netanyahu’s call for early elections seen as sign of Likud consolidation

From On October 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Mitchell Plitnick discusses the implications of Netanyahu’s decision to repeat his call for early elections in Israel after his decision earlier this year to first call for, and then call off, such elections:

Early elections are appealing to Netanyahu in other ways. If his position is secure upon the re-election of [...]

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