How Israel influences US elections – and gets away with it
Israel also weighs on US elections Aug 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi While Russia continues to dominate the news within and outside the US about its alleged […]
Senate passes ‘dumb and dangerous’ bill
Dec 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby This week, without debate or an actual vote, the US Senate stealthily passed a disturbing and dangerous piece of legislation introduced by senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Bob Casey (D-PA). Called “The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016” (AAA), the Scott-Casey bill requires […]
Hillary Clinton has openly courted the US Jewish vote – but the consequences could be severe
Whilst Clinton has been decidedly pro-Israeli and anti-boycott throughout her campaign, Sanders has paid a price for saying that US policy in the Middle East should be even-handed Robert Fisk @indyvoices First to Israel, which – unlike the sea-to-shining-sea hinterland of the American media – really can be a “land […]
Lobby versus Hagel (NYT goes after his ‘record on gays’)
A friend writes: The Times today puts a short article about Hagel’s short history of anti-gay comments on p. 19, and highlights it up front. ‘Possible Defense Nominee Faulted for Record on Gays’ The hit is by Mark Landler, not famous for his independence, a reliable gauge of the paper’s […]
Editorial, Jordan Times: Misleading (Obama on ‘peace process’)
US President Barack Obama has recently admitted that his efforts to solve the Palestinian problem have failed. That much everybody knows already and is disappointed about, especially after the initial promises to the contrary. Yet this statement is not complete, nor accurate, since he blames the two sides to the […]
The Dilemmas of Jewish Power
Peter Beinart’s “The Crisis of Zionism” is an important new book that rejects the manipulation of Jewish victimhood in the name of Israel’s domination of the Palestinians and asserts that […]