Obama at AIPAC- For Once He Doesn’t Cave to Pressure

President Obama made the yearly pilgrimage to the AIPAC conference today. This is an event where it is actually considered acceptable for the President of the United States and members of Congress to swear fealty to a smaller, belligerent client state/foreign power. Despite almost non-stop pressure from the Israel Lobby, the Israeli government and political […]

Israel’s Claim That Terrorist Attacks Came From Gaza Called Into Question

I’ll admit to feeling sort of vindicated by this story in the independent Israeli mag +972 after being verbally taken to the woodshed by a liberal American Rabbi on Twitter yesterday who felt the need to school me about how Hamas was responsible for the terror attacks in Southern Israel last week. All I was […]

The Israeli Right Has Totally Lost It

At least J-Post lets their racism hang right out there in the open. I’m not even going to excerpt it. Basically, they want to draw attention away from the fact that the Norway killer, Anders Breivik, was a far, far right Islamophobe and Zionist and to the importance of his message- that, in their view, […]

*updated* Neocons & Islamophobic Right Not So Interested in Oslo Bombing Now That It’s Clear It Was Not Perpetrated by Islamofascists

Honestly, you can’t make this stuff up. I have been crazy busy at work and at home and was barely able to watch/listen to/read that much about the tragic terror attack in Oslo. But one of the things I did initially hear is that it must be the result of a Jihadi movement. Now that […]

M.J. Rosenberg: Enough with the “Delegitimization” Distraction

I’ve said it many times- nonviolent protest against the Occupation is not delegitimization, it’s simply a disagreement/criticism of Israeli politics and policies visa vi the Palestinians. To claim that nonviolent protest is an existential threat to the very existence of Israel is a lazy, fear-mongering tactic that actually serves, ironically, to minimize some of Israel’s […]

Rep. Gary Ackerman Wants You To Know That All Disagreement with Israel is Antisemitism

Yup, that’s the low bar that’s been set by our government when it comes to debate about the policies of our closest ally. From J-Post: …Our gathering is focused on the twin challenges of delegitimization and regional change. Despite the rhetoric, I don’t believe that increasing attacks on Israel’s right to exist and efforts to […]

Israel’s Tilt Towards Fascism

Check out the independent Israeli media blog +972 for coverage of the Israeli governments’ repression of free speech and thuggish tactics with respect to the activists flying in to Ben Gurion airport to enter the West Bank. The type of rationales for keeping out anyone with whom the right-wing Israeli government (and increasingly, the right […]

Israel’s New Bizarre Anti-Flotilla Propaganda Video

Honestly, whoever was in charge of creating this video should be fired for about 10 different reasons. Once again, Max Blumenthal is tracking down the source of the video and it seems it was commissioned by the Israeli government.

I Hope the US Government Stands Firm Against This New Threat to Israel’s Existence!

Now that Israel, Greece and the U.S. have bullied the Flotilla activists to such a degree that some have been arrested and it appears the Freedom Flotilla will simply not happen this year, Israel is on to the next big threat to its existence- pro-Palestinian activists flying into Ben Gurion airport and announcing they want […]

Official IDF Website Says Alice Walker Poses Grave Threat to Israel

Ok, not just Alice Walker, but they are particularly focused on the big names who signed up to sail to Gaza. Somebody really needs to help these guys with their propaganda. This is a screenshot of the IDF webpage: Now, I don’t know about you, but even if I totally disagreed with the methods used […]

Shut Up Already, You WON

This J-Post editorial is the perfect example of the peace rejectionist, perpetual victim mindset. The faux hysteria over the Flotilla is long past tedious. The U.S. and Israeli response to the Flotilla shows how Israel is incapable of dealing with anything without blowing it totally out of proportion. Every act, no matter how minor and […]

Former Israeli Air Force Pilot on Flotilla Responds to Israeli Propaganda

This is an interesting interview by Democracy Now, which is one of the few media outlets providing the other side of the story. Of course, Democracy Now isn’t part of the MSM. Today, Bibi Netanyahu came up with some clever new names for the Flotilla, while making totally un-subtantiated charged against the Flotilla participants. Yesterday […]

Max Blumenthal Does What the MSM Won’t…Actual Investigating

Last year Max Blumenthal (yes, son of Sydney) was the one who knocked down and exposed most of the Israeli governments’ ridiculous propaganda. This year, the Flotilla hasn’t even set sail yet (and it’s increasingly looking like it may not, unfortunately) and already Israel has two major PR blunders, both of which I already wrote […]

Israeli Cabinet Members Slam Netanyahu & IDF’s Flotilla Propaganda Campaign

As I’ve said over and over, the IDF’s propaganda is sloppy and transparent and it ends up making them look worse. At least some people in the Israeli government “get” that: Several Israeli ministers have accused the army of “spin” over its claims that activists on board a Gaza-bound flotilla plan to harm Israeli soldiers, […]

Swedish Ship in Flotilla Sabotaged

More high drama on the high seas. From ei: A ship due to join the Gaza Freedom Flotilla was sabotaged in the Greek port of Piraeus today according to organizers. A Swedish-language statement issued by Ship to Gaza described damage to the ship’s propeller shaft. Here is a rapid translation of the statement by The […]

Hasbarapocolypse Now

Israel continues it’s propaganda (hasbara) campaign but the IDF need to get on the same page in order for it to be effective. First thing this morning, they admitted that they have information on all the passengers and cargo and alas, there were no terrorists on board, just a bunch of peace activists: Security officials […]

US & Israel Pressuring Greece to Stop US Boat to Gaza From Leaving Port?

Will somebody please tell me what right the State Dept. has to try to prevent human rights activists from sailing in international waters? This does not impact the U.S. The ships are not sailing from US shores, they are not government-authorized ships and they are a humanitarian group engaging in civil disobedience! To treat this […]

And the Group Behind the Frivolous Lawsuits Against the Flotilla Is…..

Ding, Ding, Ding….The Israel Law Center! Bankrupting our legal system one lawsuit at a time! They have just admitted to being the anonymous group behind the most recent attempt to stop the US Boat to Gaza, Audacity of Hope. They also file lots of other lawsuits that are meant to silence free speech and association. […]

Israeli Government Promotes Fraudulent Flotilla Video: Let the Propaganda Begin!

If you watched the events unfold during last year’s Flotilla, then you know that the IDF engaged in an unbelievable propaganda campaign which included using doctored/edited/manufactured audio and video tapes and of course, they jammed all communications and afterwards confiscated all the cameras, phones, etc. of the participants. The most obnoxious propaganda was the claim […]

What I’ve Learned on Twitter Today

What I’ve learned on Twitter today is that by far the most hateful, rude, obnoxious people on Twitter are the hard-core Zionists. The language and values they espouse are right down there with Pinochet and a certain German circa 1935. On the other hand, the Palestinians, Jordanians, and Palestinian rights supporters of all backgrounds are […]