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Philip Weiss is a longtime writer and journalist in New York. He co-edits a website on Israel/Palestine, Mondoweiss.net, founded in order to foster the movement for greater fairness and ustice for Palestinians in American foreign policy. He is currently working on a novel about the US in Australia during WW2.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, November 11, 2013 Netanyahu calls on American Jews to stand "together with us" to stop Iran deal
The largest American Jewish organization, the Jewish Federations, is having its annual conference in Israel this year. Netanyahu addressed the group tonight and said they had a responsibility to stop the deal that global leaders are trying to reach with Iran.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 31, 2013 Obama meets with "small coterie" of Jewish leaders, after Kerry appears to criticize Netanyahu for "fear tactics"
It doesn't matter that the men who came to the White House are rightwing hawks, Obama must conciliate them. He is feeling the heat from Abe Foxman, and apparently too from rightwing funder Sheldon Adelson, who is urging Obama to nuke Iran -- which NPR says is part of a campaign by conservative critics to scuttle the Iran opening.
SHARE Sunday, September 15, 2013 Young Israeli Jews want an attack on Syria, but older ones say Obama missed his chance
The only Israelis who want the U.S. to attack Syria are young Jews. They are militant. But their parents say Obama missed his chance and nothing will be gained by attacking Syria. They are angry with Obama for confusing the matter of red lines when it comes to Iran's nuclear program, but they are also upset with the Israel lobby for pushing a war when they are the ones who have to get gasmasks.
(8 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 24, 2013 Terry Gross doesn't care about Edward Snowden
Leftwingers and libertarians have had to work together. Snowden himself once supported Ron Paul. And the mainstream is afraid to bring the issue up. Gross would probably write off Amash as a Tea Party Republican and Snowden as a Ron Paul libertarian, when the actual narrowness is hers.
(13 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 10, 2013 The Power Of Edward Snowden
Six weeks after Obama declared, "I'm not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker," he's canceled a summit because of him. Obama won't be meeting with Vladimir Putin because Putin extended temporary asylum to Edward Snowden. Some news accounts say it's a new Cold War.
SHARE Friday, August 9, 2013 McCain and Graham flipflop on aid to Egypt -- after AIPAC speaks up
McCain and Graham may be Republicans, but they have a lot of clout. Why do they have such clout? One reason is that they are extremely responsive to the Israel lobby. In fact, both men lately flipflopped on a principled statement -- cutting off aid to Egypt -- evidently at the urging of AIPAC, the leading Israel lobby organization.