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Abba Solomon
Abba A. Solomon is the author of “The Speech, and Its Context: Jacob Blaustein’s Speech ‘The Meaning of Palestine Partition to American Jews,’ Given to the Baltimore Chapter American Jewish Committee, February 15, 1948.”
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Views Saturday, April 02, 2016 The Occupation of the American Mind, Documented Harriet Beecher Stowe is reputed — in Stowe family legend at least — to have been greeted by President Lincoln with, “Is this the little woman who made this great war?” Uncle Tom’s Cabin , Stowe’s novel that dramatized government-sanctioned human bondage, is credited, somewhat fancifully, with... Read more |
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Views Monday, July 21, 2014 Editorial Position of the New York Times: Thumbs Up for Gaza Slaughter Over the weekend, the New York Times sent out a clear signal: the mass slaughter of civilians is acceptable when the Israeli military is doing the killing. Under the headline “Israel’s War in Gaza,” the most powerful newspaper in the United States editorialized that such carnage is necessary. The... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, January 22, 2014 The Blind Alley of J Street and Liberal American Zionism Since its founding six years ago, J Street has emerged as a major Jewish organization under the banner “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace.” By now J Street is able to be a partial counterweight to AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The contrast between the two U.S. groups is sometimes stark. J Street applauds diplomacy with Iran, while AIPAC works to undermine it. J Street encourages U.S. support for “the peace process” between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, while AIPAC opposes any meaningful Israeli concessions. Read more |
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Views Monday, November 25, 2013 Overplaying Its Hand, Israel Still Holds Plenty of US Cards More than ever, Israel is isolated from world opinion and the squishy entity known as “the international community.” The Israeli government keeps condemning the Iran nuclear deal, by any rational standard a positive step away from the threat of catastrophic war. Read more |