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Donald Trump: “I’ve been a Christian, and I love Christianity and the evangelicals have been so incredibly supportive.” | AP Photo
POLITICS
The Religious Lunacy Behind Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
By Philip Rotner, Contributor
@PhilipRotner, Attorney and Columnist
The move is a payback for the evangelicals who helped elect him.
POLITICS
The US Should Stop Taking Idiotic Actions It Knows Will Provoke Terrorism
By MJ Rosenberg, Contributor
Worked on Capitol Hill for Democratic Senators and House membe...
The aborted terrorist attack in Manhattan makes me wonder why the United States goes out of its way to inflame crazies into
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Why Americans Must Speak Out On Israel's Human Rights Abuses
By MJ Rosenberg, Contributor
Worked on Capitol Hill for Democratic Senators and House membe...
The most common response to those who actively oppose Israel’s violations of human rights was encapsulated in a column in
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 03: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) delivers remarks during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's Policy Conference at the Walter Washington Convention Center March 3, 2014 in Washington, DC. Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to address AIPAC and then leave directly from the conference to travel to Kiev to meet with members of Ukraine's new government. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Sorry, Democrats: Your NRA Is Spelled AIPAC
By MJ Rosenberg, Contributor
Worked on Capitol Hill for Democratic Senators and House membe...
Bought is bought.
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) (L) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) participate in a news conference July 24, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The senators held a news conference to discuss the conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Democrats Join Republicans In Bill Criminalizing Speech Critical Of Israel
By MJ Rosenberg, Contributor
Worked on Capitol Hill for Democratic Senators and House membe...
I cannot imagine any reason for this egregious offense against the First Amendment except to please AIPAC and their AIPAC associated donors.
US President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Israeli president's official residency in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Palestinian Prisoners On Hunger Strike As Trump Visits Israel
By Marjorie Cohn, Contributor
Professor Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law
There has been a painful silence from the international community about the hunger strike.
POLITICS
Time For AIPAC To Abide By U.S. Law
By MJ Rosenberg, Contributor
Worked on Capitol Hill for Democratic Senators and House membe...
As its participants like to say: there is nothing like an AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) conference. They
AIPAC protest 2017
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POLITICS
Protesters Take On Settlements In ‘Biggest Ever Jewish-Led Protest’ Of AIPAC
By Kim Bellware
Some organizers are using the hashtag #JewishResistance.
POLITICS
Junketeers, Two-Timers, Clients or Naifs?
By Paula Gordon, Contributor
Producer and Host, 'The Paula Gordon Show'
22 Democratic and 36 Republican members of Congress spent a full week of the August recess in Israel rather than among the constituents they were elected to serve.
POLITICS
AIPAC Drops Pretense Of Supporting Iran Deal, Urges Congress To Vote It Down
By Jessica Schulberg
POLITICS
The Self-Promoting Iran Hawk Too Extreme For AIPAC, And His Campaign To Kill The Nuclear Deal
By Jessica Schulberg
POLITICS
The Flute at the Checkpoint
By Sandy Tolan, Contributor
Author of "The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of th...
American politicians frequently declare that "Israel has a right to defend itself." Seldom does anyone ask if Palestinians have that same right, or even the right to enjoy freedom of movement in their own homeland.
POLITICS
Controversial Israeli Bill Met With Weak Opposition From American Jewish Groups
By Samantha Lachman
POLITICS
Netanyahu Is Mostly Right About BDS -- But BDS Is Not the Issue
By MJ Rosenberg, Contributor
Worked on Capitol Hill for Democratic Senators and House membe...
As one who supports the continued existence of a secure Jewish state, I have no choice but to oppose the BDS movement. So I wasn't offended by anything Netanyahu said about it in his AIPAC speech. What did offend me was Netanyahu's use of BDS as a diversion.
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Israel Lobby AIPAC Down, But Not Out -- Yet
By Medea Benjamin, Contributor
Co-founder, CODEPINK: Women for Peace
The bottom line is that AIPAC, which is a de facto agent for a foreign government, has influence on U.S. policy out of all proportion to the number of Americans who support its policies.
POLITICS
WATCH: Is De Blasio Making A Misstep With His AIPAC Alliance?
By Christopher Mathias
WORLDPOST
The Iran Negotiations Must Not Fail
By MJ Rosenberg, Contributor
Worked on Capitol Hill for Democratic Senators and House membe...
This development -- the possibility of ending any Iranian nuclear threat and ultimately normalizing relations with Iran after a four decade freeze -- was made possible by an event few anticipated.
POLITICS
Iran Hawks Keep Up Push For Sanctions, Despite Progress In Talks
By Joshua Hersh
POLITICS
Obama's Sudden Syria Crisis, With Putin Solution: What the Heck Was That?
By William Bradley, Contributor
Political Analyst
The truth is that Putin is as much messing with Obama with this New York Times piece as he is trying to sell himself to the American public. Putin showed he knows how to reach the American people. But how believable is he?
WORLDPOST
Joe Biden Not Up For 'One Murderous Gang Replacing Another'
By Joshua Hersh
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