Monthly Archives: November 2010

Comment on: “What’s Wrong with a Jewish State”

Posted on November 19, 2010 by irishmoses

Jerome Slater posted a long and thoughtful article on this topic on his blog which generated a great number of responses and debate. A key subtopic was a discussion of whether the demand for a Jewish state, or Zionism, is racist by its very nature. He concluded that it is not. A qualifier: my responses or comments do not do justice to or include the entirety of Professor Slater’s article and full argument. My main initial focus was on the issue of whether Zionism is racism, which I concluded it was. I later concluded that this issue was not the critical one to focus on. The following are some of my comments on this topic:
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A Long Line of Annoying Jewish College Kids

Posted on November 17, 2010 by irishmoses

By Gil Maguire  Five annoying Jewish college kids disrupted a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the recent General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America (GAJFA) held this year in New Orleans. The five are all … Continue reading →

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LOSING TURKEY: How Israel and its U.S. Lobby Undermined our Relationship with Turkey and Reduced U.S. Influence in the Middle East

Posted on November 5, 2010 by irishmoses

Cross-posted on Mondoweiss.net as Alienated affection: Israel relationship is costing the U.S. its alliance with Turkey Israel and its U.S. lobby’s insistence on unquestioning U.S. support for Israel in its brutal and illegal conduct toward Palestinian and Turkish civilians has … Continue reading →

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