Tag: Peter Beinart
This is who they have always been
As the world reels from accounts of Hamas’s obscene slaughter of Jews in southern Israel on Oct. 7, some who have in the past criticized Israel’s conduct of prior military operations in the Gaza...
Ex-Ben & Jerry’s employee says company spoke to anti-Israel activist pre-boycott
A former employee of Ben & Jerry’s said the company’s board consulted with anti-Israel activist and Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) Israel-Palestine director Omar Shakir before the ice-cream maker announced its decision last month to boycott the...
The BDS ice-cream war has created a political taste test
It’s the kind of a controversy that leaves a lot of Israelis cold. Citizens of the Jewish state may not have been pleased about the news that the Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream company had bowed...
Why are Tucker Carlson and Peter Beinart trying to help Iran?
As the administration of President Joe Biden tries to find a way to revive Barack Obama’s dangerous 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, we are heading towards a debate about the virtues of a policy...
Sharansky responds to anti-Semitism panel: ‘Progressives’ portray Jews as ‘oppressors’
Human-rights icon Natan Sharansky told a special event on anti-Semitism on Wednesday that too many progressive voices regard Jews as “oppressors,” and are not protecting individual freedoms and human rights. He was speaking at an event...
Anti-Semitism webinar features pro-Palestinian activists railing against Jews and Israel
Anti-Semitism watchdog groups called out “disingenuous efforts” to address hatred against Jews displayed this week by anti-Israel panelists on a webinar.
A virtual event on Tuesday night—titled “Dismantling Anti-Semitism: Winning Justice” and hosted by the...
Anti-Semites combating anti-Semitism: An Orwellian farce
If George Orwell is spinning in his grave these days, he’s likely rolling so hard with laughter that it’s bringing him and the rest of us to tears. An upcoming webinar on Jew-hatred is...
Tlaib and others peddling anti-Jewish rhetoric to speak on panel about anti-Semitism
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is scheduled to be on a panel about anti-Semitism with other figures who have themselves engaged in anti-Semitism.
The Dec. 15 webinar, “Dismantling Anti-Semitism, Winning Justice: A Panel Discussion,” also features others...
Injecting race into the debate about Israel empowers anti-Semites
It’s a contradiction that many liberal American Jews struggle with. How can a political party that they despise be such a stronghold of support for the Jewish state that they love?
The answer is that...