Month: November 2022

As the tacit acceptance of the Israeli electorate’s embrace of open fascism by some American Jewish leaders embarrasses Biden and many Jews … Biden Officials Were ‘Very Upset’ with U.S. Jewish Leaders for Silence on Ben-Gvir (Mondoweiss) Israel: Ben-Gvir ‘to Demand Harsh Conditions for Jailed Palestinians’ in Coalition Talks (Middle East Eye) Israel’s Ascendant Far…

“Pakistan will lead a bloc of more than 100 developing nations insisting on compensation for the irreversible harms of climate change” at COP27 … At COP27, Flood-battered Pakistan Leads Push to Make Polluting Countries Pay (Washington Post) … while the Egyptian government hopes the prestige of hosting the conference will distract international public opinion unjust…

Caricature, “misrepresentation and absence of research” used to deny AIPAC’s work to ensure that “no one in a position of power deviates from the Israel line”: Mead Book Illustrates Lobby’s Clout While Striving to Deny It (Washington Report on Middle East Affairs) The scholars find the IHRA definition of antisemitism is “problematic. Vague and incoherent”…