ME AND MONDOWEISS
Preparing for a conversation with MondoWeiss founder Phil Weiss this week (see just below) I had a look at what I had published there over the years. Some of my articles have already been posted in this occasional blog, but I thought it might be useful to collect all of them in one place. So here, below the webinar announcement, are all of them.
Ruger is getting unwelcome publicity because its gun was used in Colorado massacre last week. A new campaign calls on the company to stop selling weapons to Israel, which has used them to kill or injure hundreds in Palestine, including the killing of Ali Abu Alia, 15, in December, when he was protesting settlers taking his village lands in the occupied West Bank.
AIPAC’s promotion of a recent New England leadership dinner in Boston at $300 a head shows that the leading Israel lobby group raised nearly $5 million from just one region of the country. So when pro-Israel voices say that Ilhan Omar is wrong, AIPAC doesn’t work by raising money, they’re trying to deceive you.
Jeff Klein remembers South African fighter Jabulani Jali, a former member of the ANC’s armed wing the uMkhonto we Sizwe, after his passing earlier this year.
Proponents of law targeting BDS in Massachusetts argue that Israeli companies would leave the state if the legislature fails to pass anti-BDS act. That’s frankly absurd. Israel needs Massachusetts much more than Massachusetts needs Israel.
Ron Fox, a 77-year-old Jewish Democrat in Mass., urges the party’s state committee to condemn Israeli settlements: “For 45 years, not a day has gone by that I have not thought about human rights violations caused by settlements.”
Jeff Klein reports on the horrific devastation left in the wake of the ISIS occupation of the world-famous ancient city of Palmyra and the neighboring Syrian town of Tadmor. He traveled there with a delegation that was the very first group of international civilians to view the site in the aftermath of the battle that took place there.
Regulations on seat belts and smoking for Palestinians in the West Bank may be good for their health, but they were imposed by a government they didn’t get to vote for. Another reminder of oppression of occupation.
In Palestine, as in the rest of the Arab world, many are turning to religion in response to the failure of the various liberation and nationalist or socialist projects. Some practice a religious-inspired political quietism or wait for an apocalyptic solution for the existing impasse.
In mid-November, people will gather in Cambridge, Mass, to examine the lessons of the anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa in an effort to build more effective political campaign to influence Congress today. A conference organized by Peace Action will examine the current state of US politics and policy regarding Israel-Palestine, assess the growing partisan divide on the issue and take concrete steps to organize on-going efforts based in each Massachusetts Congressional district.
When Senator Elizabeth Warren began spouting Likud talking points– that Hamas welcomed civilian deaths and the US should not sanction Israeli settlement construction — her progressive base was shocked. That’s why they confronted her at a talk at Tufts earlier this week.
Over the years I have been an occasional op-ed contributor to a Boston African-American owned…
One of the advantages of return visits to Palestine over a period of years is…
I met Mr. Palestine today in Nablus. Really. ‘Imad AbdulAziz won the title Mr. Palestine…
Commenters on the conflict often speak of the grave of Baruch Goldstein, the Jewish extremist…
Last week the Senate passed Resolution 65, mandating a new round of sanctions against Iran…
Hanna Swaid (right) with constituents I had a late dinner in Jerusalem last week with…
Hezbollah fighters celebrating their return from al-Qusayr (photo, Nehme Hamie) The civil war in Syria…
Live fire “crowd control” rounds attributed to .22 caliber sniper rifles, made by Sturm, Ruger Co. in Newport, NH, have been responsible for at least six – and possibly more — deaths and scores of injuries during the past couple of years.
In Palestine, not all the killing takes place in the West Bank and Gaza –…
You know, Lebanon – that small Middle East country wracked by a generation of bloody…
The theme of posts here the other day was attitudes of “denial” regarding the Palestine…
Last month, in the Old City Jerusalem, I visited a Palestinian friend who belonged to…
Sometimes a food is more than just something you eat. The herbal condiment za’atar, a…
Over the weekend Mitt Romney launched his electoral swing to Jerusalem – with a coordinated…
Jeff Klein and a tear gas grenade in Bil’in. Correction: The tear gas used in…
Steve Grossman, one of the candidates in next Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Treasurer, is…
Yesterday CAMERA’s Dexter van Zile responded to a post by Jeff Klein critiquing the Israel…
Haven’t we seen this movie before? Yes, in Boston, and with nearly the same cast…
