My thoughts on politics.
Oberlin College has cleared Professor of Religion Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, Iran’s representative to the UN from 1987-1989, of lying about Iran’s mass political executions during the 80s, and of making antisemitic statements. Mahallati was accused of concealing the facts about the murder of thousands of dissidents in an open letter of October 2020 penned by …
On June 10, the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Professional Staff Congress (PSC) passed a resolution condemning Israel. The resolution called Israel an “apartheid,” “settler colonial state” responsible for the “massacre” of “Palestinians” during the conflagration in May, when Hamas shot over 4,000 missiles into Israeli city centers, unprovoked. This has resulted in what …
Arizona, in a reaction to the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company boycott of Israel, has sold off $93 million worth of Unilever bonds with plans to sell the remaining $50 million. That makes it the first state to actually act on its anti-boycott laws—laws that make the boycotting of the Jewish State of Israel …
President Biden promised to get every American out of Afghanistan in an August 18th interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos: “If there’s American citizens left, we’re gonna stay to get them all out.” On August 30th, however, Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. announced that the remaining US troops, stationed at the Kabul airport, …
Commissioner Saul was asked to resign; when he refused, Biden fired him instead. “Since taking office, Commissioner Saul has undermined and politicized Social Security disability benefits, terminated the agency’s telework policy that was utilized by up to 25 percent of the agency’s workforce, not repaired SSA’s relationships with relevant Federal employee unions including in the …
The Palestinian Authority has submitted a long list of demands to the United States as preconditions for renewing peace negotiations with Israel. Number one on the list is that Orient House be reopened, closed since 2001, and prevented from operating by the Israeli police and the Shin Bet. Other demands relate to Jerusalem: limiting the …
A political cartoon published in the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, shows a map of “Palestine” superimposed over the entirety of the State of Israel. The cartoon expresses the ideology of the PA that Israel has no right to exist within any borders. The State of Israel is draped over with a Palestinian …
As rescue efforts continue, hope remains that more survivors might still be found in the rubble of collapsed Florida condominium, Champlain Towers South. But while relatives nervously await the final death tally, neighbors worry the same thing could happen to them. Cracks have appeared in Champlain Towers East. We now know that there were signs …
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) shared a news item from the official Palestinian Authority TV news of June 9, 2021, depicting scouts in Lebanon giving the Nazi salute. The Palestinian Scout Association (PSA), in conjunction with the Fatah movement, organized the event, at which attendees cried, “We will sacrifice our blood for Palestine.” The event took …
Benjamin Netanyahu spilled the beans about a private conversation with US President Joe Biden in his final speech before leaving his role as prime minister to assume a new role as head of the opposition: “The administration in Washington asked me not to discuss our disagreement on Iran publicly, but with all due respect, I …