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This will definitely make Iran surrender. Didn't work before. Hasn't worked since. Why wouldn't it work this time?
This is great news because it further affitms the break between the Lobby including Aipac, and the Democratic Party --that is, 80% of American Jews. It weakens AIPAC's claims to represent anyone other than the billionaire Pro Israel oligarchs who are the backbone of its support.
After taking this picture, a stern disembodied voice from an invisible speaker commanded: "No Pictures!" I wanted to give it/him the finger, but my son didn't want to have to bail me out 2/2
Little Marco's come up in the wild. Now he's licking Trump's tuchus with lunacy like this. What country would actually send representatives to this?
He has well & truly lost his mind. We're going to do precisely what Trump attacked Iran for doing: Charging tolls and blocking the Strait. This shoolyard taunting
There is no divide. Massive numbers of American Jews reject the Lobby. It's Israel Lobby vs the rest of the Democratic Party.
According to a Jewish federation poll, half of young American Jews (under 35) believe in a one state solution. Only 37% of all Jews Consider themselves Zionist. Zionism in America is dying a slow death.
What a load of shit: the IDF investigating itself?? You must be joking.
Jewish federation poll found only 37% of Jews identify as Zionist. Yet its executive claims most agree with "the tenets of Zionism" and that the term has undergone "definition creep." Ridiculous. 1/2
Aipac shill PAC Democratic Majority for Israel plans to spend $30 million to shove Haley Stevens down our throats. Support el-Sayed.
Trump bombed 90 Iranian targets yesterday: 14 dead, 78 injured. Result? Nothing. He tried beating his head against the wall the first time. That didn't work, so he figures he'll try it again in the expectation it will work the 2nd time around. There's a word for this.
These progressive anti genocide Democratic challengers and incumbents won primary victories and ard headed to Congress to battle the Lobby and protect democracy. AIPAC's claims of election victories elide the progressive tide sweeping the Party. We are legion. They are the past.
I'm about to embark on the trip of a lifetime: three weeks exploring my family heritage in Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, with my wife and son. Led by an amazing Jewish musicologist specializing in eastern European arts, culture and history--Yale Strom. 1/2
Nemo to Scott Wiener and any other pro Israel candidate on the campaign trail: you are a political candidate. Voters are perfectly entitled to make their strong feelings known about your Zionist allegiance. This is not "harassment " this is protected political speech 1/2
Lebanon cedes its sovereignty to Israel as part of Israel-Lebanon "framework agreement" www.richardsilverste...
Hey Hakeem: the PaIestinian ppl don't aspire to "autonomy." Statehood. National rights. Justice. Words you seem unable to say. We need new leadership.
Israel-Lebanon peace "framework" offers no timetable for implementation. Calls for respect for territorial sovereignty, while Israel proclaims it will continue occupying Lebanese territory indefinitely. A deal for the ages. It makes Lebanon look pathetic. 1/2
Israel Lobby-Billionaire Alliance Faces Democratic Socialists–and Loses www.richardsilverste...
With Chris Van Hollen breaking with the Establishment Party to endorse Abdul el Sayed for MI Senate, it's marvelous to anticipate 2 possible presidential candidates (the other being Pritzker) who can say the G-word out loud w/o embarrassment & call out Israel 4 its crimes.
In a typical liberal Zionist NYT article quoting "Jewish leaders," all invariably Pro-Israel and anti-Mamdani, the reporter saves the Jewish anti Zionist view Of the NYC election till the last paragraph.
If you use Facebook or Instagram spend time in the ad/privacy settings and turn off everything that permits them to gather data on you and your Internet use. There are a ton. I found the default permissions incredibly intrusive.
The Lobby's reaction to Mamdani's triple crown victory last night is: 1. Look what WE won. Nothing to see over there. 2. Maybe you won, but U sure have some explaining to do, you anti Semite. Oh and Lander doesn't count. He's not one of "us." 3. We're not monsters u anti Semite!
From WeissNews: Dan Goldman, who lost his primary election to anti-genocide, Israel critic, Brad Lander, was denied service for his pro-Israel pro-Aipac support. WeissNews claims someone, somewhere is "lashing out" for this grave betrayal of NYC customer service standards. 1/2
Mamdani to victory! Lander's winning strategy was denouncing Aipac. Goldman lost in part because of his wholehearted embrace of the Lobby and pro-Israel politics.
Pharaoh ordered the drowning of Israelite newborn to control their population. IDF suppresses PaIestinian.population much more efficiently--by killing newborns in their cribs.
UN: Israel murdered 400 newborn PaIestinian babies in Gaza Since 10/7. Monsters
Buy "Regime Change," NY Times expose of Trump's presidency. One nugget: Trump reportedly told Netanyahu ‘all the Jews are sick of you’ https://amzn.to/3StFtYA
My wife and son are beginning a central European heritage tour to the homes of my European ancestors in POland, Slovakia, Hungary and Austria. Fitzgerald's ending for The Great Gatsby captures it well.