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‘I cannot support Israel as long as Netanyahu is in office’– many American Jews are saying

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Ronald Feldman, NY gallery owner, says he supports Israel “no matter what,” but that when it worked against Obama on the Iran deal, it alienated many American Jews who now say they cannot support Israel under Netanyahu

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Cultural Zionism good, political Zionism bad

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Bernard Avishai is right to extol the rebirth of Hebrew culture in Israel, but that does not justify political Zionism’s unending practices of ethnic cleansing and discrimination

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After ‘tepid’ welcome at Israeli Embassy, Obama’s pro-Israel speech brought down the house

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After Obama gave pro-Israel speech at Israeli Embassy, Wednesday, there was “a scene I’ve never seen before,” says Chemi Shalev of Haaretz. 300 people in suits were shouting out, “Thank you, thank you…it was an outpouring of noise toward him.”

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In his war on Sanders supporters, Krugman forgets about Iraq

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Drumming support for Hillary Clinton, NYT columnist Paul Krugman name-calls Sanders supporters as “Bernie Bros” and forgets that Clinton supported the Iraq war, which really ought to have resulted in war crimes trials for our political class

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Iraq war hangover is fueling anti-establishment candidates

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Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are surging as anti-establishment candidates in their parties partly because they both opposed the Iraq War and there has never been any accountability for that horrible decision.

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Obama kisses up to foreign leaders who lobbied against his signature achievement

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Israeli ambassador Ron Dermer lobbied on Capitol Hill against President Obama’s signature foreign policy achievement. Yesterday Obama kissed up to him at the Israel embassy. The Israel lobby is alive and well

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How many more orgasms will be had for Zionism?

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At a Zionist summer camp in Michigan in the 1980s, author Liz Rose and other young Jews felt comfortable exploring their sexuality together and looked forward to taking that experience to Israel. It took her years to understand that her community was eroticizing the land of Israel and leaving out the Palestinian story.

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Dennis Ross says Clinton was the only president to stamp down anti-Israel forces inside the White House

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Even George Bush kowtowed to anti-Israel forces in the executive branch when he claimed that the Palestinian issue was a real problem for the U.S., says Israel’s lawyer Dennis Ross. And only Bill Clinton stamped down those forces

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Jewish organizations look to co-opt ‘intersectionality’ in the fight against BDS

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A new strategy has emerged among pro-Israel advocates to situate support for Israel among various liberal or progressive causes by recognizing the idea of intersecting oppressions. It is a cynical attempt to capitalize off the struggles of others.

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George Jonas, author who wrote brilliantly about Zionist madness, dies at age 80

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George Jonas died at the age of 80 in Toronto on January 10. He wrote Vengeance which was the basis for the film Munich. Jonas brilliantly described the madness of the Mossad and in doing so reflected the true nature of the Zionist military mindset.

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Michael Bloomberg has been a fervent supporter of Israel, to a point

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Former NY mayor Bloomberg, who is considering throwing his hat in the presidential race, has sided with Israel in its assaults on Gaza and aided Islamophobic efforts in New York; but he also said those who don’t want to allow a BDS panel at Brooklyn College should go live in North Korea.

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Kerry and Shapiro bring the one-state news the NYT failed to deliver

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The New York Times Jerusalem bureau chiefs Ethan Bronner and Jodi Rudoren failed to convey a true grim picture of one-state Israel/Palestine out of Zionist attachment. Similar adherences have kept the US mainstream press from telling a truth that John Kerry and US ambassador Daniel Shapiro have conveyed in recent weeks.

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Clinton baits Sanders over ‘destruction of Israel’

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The Israel question has become an explicit issue in the Democratic battle between Clinton and Sanders, with a Clinton aide saying that Sanders’s idea to normalize Iran is naive about a country that “seeks the destruction of Israel.”

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Activists deliver petition demanding Securities and Exchange Commission enforce disclosure laws regarding Israel bonds

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