This time Mother Jones is calling out NYC Mayor Eric Adams (see story here). Days after city cops stormed the Columbia University campus, Hizzoner held a press conference. He used it to condemn “outside agitators,” naming a retired teacher Mother Jones says “was not on Columbia’s[...]
Archive for the ‘Israel/Palestine’ Category
May 2nd, 2024 - 2:58 pm § in Israel/Palestine
Is Palestinian boy’s death a war crime?
Innocent people get killed in wars. Examples are countless. But the West Bank isn’t at war. There, the Israeli army is policing an occupied zone, where violent incidents have increased since the war in Gaza began. On November 29, 2023, several Palestinian boys were playing in the street near t[...]
May 2nd, 2024 - 12:54 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Schools & Colleges
PHOTOGRAPHY: Peaceful protest
Although the UCLA protest on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, turned violent when pro-Israel counter-demonstrators attacked the protesters (see story here), while police waited more than two hours to intervene (see story here), this photo has nothing to do with that. It’s what the police did to the st[...]
December 29th, 2022 - 8:11 pm § in Israel/Palestine
Is Israel’s Netanyahu an imperialist?
Controversial Israeli politician Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to power as leader of the most rightwing government in Israel’s history. Israel is governed by a multiparty parliamentary system, and Netanyahu stitched together a coalition of ultranationalist and religious parties. The Associat[...]
A rabbi explains why Orthodox Jews are rightwingers
In an article here, Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer (profile here), writing in the Times of Israel (profile here), explains “the connection between Orthodox Jews and right-wing politics in America.” I’ll let him speak (“fair use” and brevity requires some editing): “Why ar[...]
October 5th, 2021 - 1:45 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Archaeologists find toilet
Archaeologists digging in Jerusalem have found a 2,700-year-old toilet. ABC News reported on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 (read story here, if you’re so inclined). “A private toilet cubicle was very rare in antiquity,” and only the rich could afford them, the director of the excavation sai[...]
August 18th, 2021 - 9:55 pm § in Health, Israel/Palestine
Where the push for booster shots is coming from
Israel has high vaccination (78% of population over 12) and infection rates. “More than half are in fully vaccinated people, underscoring the extraordinary transmissibility of the Delta variant and stoking concerns that the benefits of vaccination ebb over time,” Science magazine says (a[...]
July 13th, 2021 - 12:14 pm § in Israel/Palestine
Your signs or your peace talks
The U.S., under new management, is trying to restart peace talks between Israel, also under new management, and the Palestine Authority, still under the same old management. “The PA’s list of demands to do so likely will include returning to an earlier status quo that limited Jews from visit[...]
May 24th, 2021 - 12:38 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Israel/Palestine
What aid does the U.S. give Israel?
Currently, about $3.8 billion a year, nearly all of it military assistance. Read story here. Did you know Israel’s “Iron Dome” defense system against Palestinian rocket attacks is largely financed by the U.S. under Obama-era aid policies? For an in-depth look at Biden’s break[...]
May 15th, 2021 - 1:19 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Israel/Palestine
Where is Jared’s peace plan now?
Dead on arrival, it seems. It was never a real peace plan anyway. Jared is a citizen of Israel. His “plan” was heavily skewed in favor of Israel (read details here). The Palestinians couldn’t be expected to accept it, nor did they. Nor did Israel’s rightwing leader, Netanyahu[...]