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Posted in: Best take so far on Blumen-journalism
So what if it has a million views. What does that prove? They are American kids. That is how fratboy yahoos talk. I guess one has to buy into the "chosen people" concept to find this surprising. I don't. Actually, I dont even believe in the concept of American Jews. We are Jewish Americans and so we act like our fellow Americans. Some good. Some bad. It is not about Israel. They have their own racists. These kids weren't them.
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Posted in: Liberal bloggers criticize liberal hero for embracing AIPAC, Israeli officials
12/03/09 04:01 AM
I don't know about Max but I do not consider supporting AIPAC's positions to be pro-Israel. AIPAC's support for the status quo will lead either to an apartheid state or the "one state solution" (that state won't be Israel). And, no, I do not consider Grayson's support for AIPAC motivated by anything other than expediency. He opposes the Iraq war, the Afghanistan war and has carved out a leftisy positions on domestic issues. But, suddenly, he's a Netanyahu supporter without even a word of criticism for the Gaza horrors. Come on. He'll criticize US policies and US Presidents with cheerful abandon but defers to the Israeli prime minister and the lobby that supports him. I credit him with hypocrisy. Any alternative explanation (i.e., he thinks its okay to criticize US policies but not Israel's) is much worse. If he really cared about Israel, rather than about pleasing AIPAC, he would support J Street and a diplomatic solution not AIPAC's devotion to preserving a status quo that is killing Israel.