Saturday, December 14, 2019

Trump and anti-Semitism

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Trump's no anti-Semite. He's merely an exemplar of the historical intersection of Zionism and anti-Semitism. That's why people i...
Friday, December 13, 2019

TGIF: But Mr. Trump, Is Israel Lovable?

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Speaking before Sheldon Adelson's Israeli-American Council the other day, Trump took a shot at Jewish Americans who he says don't ...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

No US-Israel Defense Pact!

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One of the most harebrained ideas to come down the pike in recent years is the proposed U.S.-Israel defense pact. The  Jerusalem Post repor...

Jewishness Is Not a Nationality

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On Wednesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order that implicity defines Jewishness as a racial or national catetory and not as just a r...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

No Comment Necessary

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Tuesday, November 05, 2019

Scott Horton & Me

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Scott Horton and I discuss the roots of violence in Palestine/Israel. Listen here .
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Lions of Liberty Interview

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I was a guest on the Lions of Liberty podcast to talk about Coming to Palestine . You can listen to the interview here .
Friday, October 25, 2019

TGIF: To Be or Not to Be a Jewish State: That Is the Question

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Israel’s champions owe us an explanation. First, they insist that Israel is and always must be a Jewish state, by which most of them mea...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Word Order Matters

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What people of good will seek for Israel and Palestine is not just a peace, but a just peace.

The Double Essentialism of Zionism

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Zionism, the Jewish nationalist philosophy that underlies the state of Israel, entails two kinds of essentialism : Jewishness for Jews and a...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Rights of Return Compared

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Israel's defenders often ask how third-generation Palestinians can possibly be recognized as refugees with a right of return to the prop...
Friday, October 18, 2019

TGIF: Let's Make Sure the Nazis Killed in Vain

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I don’t know how many times I've heard that if we don’t stand by Israel, the victims of the Nazi Judeocide will have died in vain. I ...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Palestinians' Living Standard? Don't Change the Subject!

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Opposing Palestinian self-determination because West Bank Arabs have a higher living standard than other Arabs is like opposing the aboliti...
Thursday, October 10, 2019

Thought for the Day

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What Israel badly needs is for-Prophet Judaism.
Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Take That, Sartre

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When someone solves an algebra problem for you and you understand why x=2, your believing  that x=2 requires no extra step. That is, to ...
Thursday, October 03, 2019

Another Interview

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Scott Horton and I did another -- shorter (half-hour) -- interview about my new book, Coming to Palestine . Listen here .
Sunday, September 29, 2019

Coming to Palestine Featured on Scott Horton Show

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Scott Horton interviewed me about Coming to Palestine . Listen here .
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

What Is Judaism?

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From Rabbi Elmer Berger's A Partisan History of Judaism: The Jewish Case against Zionism  (1951): Judaism evolved from a primitive tri...

Is the Bible a Title Deed?

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I was asked on Facebook, "What is your response to many Jews and Christians who believe the Bible makes it clear that the land belongs ...

New Interview: Spinoza, the Constitution, and Palestine

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