Israel/Palestine
Tlaib/Omar: It’s only politics
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Paul Scham calls the recent Tlaib/Omar debacle “a tawdry political drama” serving the political interests and goals of Trump and Netanyahu.
Articles
Very Much Present at the Creation: John Judis’s Book on American Jews and the Establishment of Israel
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Judis’s Genesis, which stresses the importance of American Jewish/Zionist activism and lobbying in persuading President Harry Truman to support the establishment of a Jewish state, is not that different from the received narrative. What is different is that Judis makes explicit that he doesn’t understand how American Jewish liberals could so completely forsake their liberal ideas in opposing Palestinian efforts to retain their homeland.