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Unfortunately, this general problem has been with us since at least the Tonkin Gulf Resolution of 1964.  Two US Navy destroyers, USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy, were allegedly attacked off the coast of North Vietnam. We learned later that President Johnson was aware that the destroyers weren’t attacks, but he used the “attack” as …

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Mondoweiss: Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s declaration that six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups are “terrorist” organizations aimed at the “destruction” of the country has unleashed fury. “It’s a storm that won’t die down,” Owen Alterman of the Israeli broadcaster i24 News said yesterday. The 6 targeted organisations are: Addameer for Prisoner Support …

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The real problem in examining the column written by the NY Times writer Bret Stephens is whether he is honestly confused or whether he’s deliberately conflating honest critiques of the policies of the Israeli state or of antisemitism. It’s unfortunately very easy to demagogue the issue and to charge all criticism of Israel as being …

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The PLO officially recognized Israel in 1993. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President in the West Bank (Hamas runs Gaza), has now given Israel one year to withdraw or he’ll withdraw that recognition and go to the “International Criminal Court, seeking a ruling on the legality of the occupation of the territory of the state of …

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Bidding ends October 3rd. Please see and bid on amazing artwork by Palestinian artists! Proceeds will be donated to InHisSteps Pathways of Peace Breast Cancer Program in Palestine! Your bidding and purchase of artwork will also go towards supporting Palestinian artists and the Palestine Museum US. For more information about the auction please contact: info@PalestineMuseum.US. …

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Will progressives succeed in keeping the Israeli “Iron Dome” anti-missile system de-funded? Reading about all of the political opposition they’ve inspired, ehh, hard to say. But good on them for trying! Back in the 80s, I did a paper on missile defense and found it to be utterly worthless. Pretty much just a money pit. …

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