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Is America Occupied?
"America is known, all throughout the world, as 'Occupied America.'”Totally needless clarification, but as someone living in Jerusalem who has been fighting an occupation for years, this...
View ArticlePraying My Vote is Worthless
Yeah. That’s right. I hope it’s as irrelevant as this sticker thrown on the ground.I live in Jerusalem and my absentee vote counts in...MICHIGAN! Israel post sucks. Apparently, we can reach people ten...
View ArticleTrump was never in danger...but we are...
Some technical info on the latest Trxmp assassination attempt.Unlike the last time, he was never in any danger.The details released by the FBI/Secret Service are as follows:An AK47 (Kalashnikov) type...
View ArticleThe Cheneys Aren't Enough
The punditosphere is atwitter, as is the twittersphere, with the question of what impact the Cheneys’ endorsements of Harris will have, or, more precisely, whether they will have any impact. The term...
View ArticleYouGov Poll: Support for an arms embargo to Israel would HELP Harris in swing...
First, lest anyone think I am cavalier about the security of Israelis, I am a dual Israeli-American citizen writing from West Jerusalem. Most importantly, my three children live here. One of the...
View ArticleIt's not over (enthusiasm > arrogance)
I’m feeling good. I got the vibes. I’m very very vibey. And much of it is rational. But then I come here and...well...I see lots of people seemingly spiking a football WAY too early. And I think of a...
View ArticleBreaking: JD Vance Endorses Kamala
In the weirdest turn in the weirdest presidential election cycle in modern American history, Senator JD Vance, the Republican candidate for vice president, has endorsed the Democratic presidential...
View ArticlePulling for Kelly
I don’t think I’d be disappointed with any of the frontrunners. So, I’m not going to get into comparatives that highlight their potential negatives. But...I want Kelly. The case for Kelly is a fairly...
View ArticleLet's help each other go on the record...
The Harris campaign is doing a great job of reintroducing her to the electorate thus far. I’m actually surprised given that I was extremely frustrated with the same team working for Biden. They are...
View ArticleA Better Response on Court Expansion Isn't Difficult
I’m not a campaign professional. No one has ever paid me to write a speech for them. So, I’m baffled at the callowness and lack of precision in how Biden and Harris are responding to court expansion....
View ArticleBiden and Trumka's Excellent Labor Day Op-Ed
Progressives everywhere must broadcast/share/amplify this so that it becomes a pledge we can use to hold a Biden-Harris administration accountable on labor issues. They open with a quote from MLK,...
View ArticleMinority President Trump
We are all looking for ways to resist the normalization of President Trump and, more importantly, the hateful trumpism he has unleashed in civil society and which threatens the fabric of the republic....
View ArticleHASBARA!!!
I'd like to clarify something about this term. Hasbara (הסברה, which really should be appropriately transliterated as hasbarah) is a common Hebrew word that translates as 'explanation'. In the...
View ArticleClimate Science is NOT Apocalypticism
I've never really considered myself an environmentalist. I don't live a particularly "green" life, though I recycle, don't litter, and don't leave lights on or other electronic devices running. But I...
View ArticleAnti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
One of the most debilitating and divisive aspects of the discourse surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the way constituencies engage the question of how anti-Zionism relates to...
View ArticleRight Wing Israeli Government Moves to End Jewish State
Bibi Netanyahu's response to the UN vote is nothing less than the manufacturing of an unmistakable Pyrrhic victory: Israel plans to build some 3,000 new housing units in East Jerusalem and West Bank...
View ArticleSome Views From Jerusalem
This past Friday evening, as I finished mopping the floors and removed the food I had prepared for our guests from the oven, I heard the siren that announces the approach of the Sabbath in Jerusalem...
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