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Uplifting Sunday thoughts from @rbreich and #ThomasFriedman. A lesson from the Winter People of Minneapolis or how to fight fascism effectively.
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/sunday-thought-2-the-legacy-of-these -
Uplifting Sunday thoughts from @rbreich and #ThomasFriedman. A lesson from the Winter People of Minneapolis or how to fight fascism effectively.
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/sunday-thought-2-the-legacy-of-these -
Uplifting Sunday thoughts from @rbreich and #ThomasFriedman. A lesson from the Winter People of Minneapolis or how to fight fascism effectively.
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/sunday-thought-2-the-legacy-of-these -
Uplifting Sunday thoughts from @rbreich and #ThomasFriedman. A lesson from the Winter People of Minneapolis or how to fight fascism effectively.
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/sunday-thought-2-the-legacy-of-these -
Did Israel drag Trump and the US to war with Iran?
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Did Israel drag Trump and the US to war with Iran?
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US president has destroyed trust of NATO alliances https://www.byteseu.com/1764269/ #Atlantic #China #company #content #Europe #Friedman #NATO #Negative #new #NewYorkTimesCompany #north #NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization #Opinion #OpinionContent #organization #Overall #OverallNegative #political #PoliticalScience #Politics #Russia #Science #thomas #ThomasFriedman #times #treaty #york
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CW: Thomas Friedman
Putting myself out a limb here but I don’t think either #randaabdelfattah or #thomasfriedman should be silenced. They both bring prospective on a complex issue. Friedman may be less passionate than Abdel-Fattah but that could be put down to personal experience. I think they both have said things that I don’t agree with but like most people, who aren’t evil, they have said many good/important things. I would have liked to have seen both at the #adelaidewritersweek
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CW: Thomas Friedman
Putting myself out a limb here but I don’t think either #randaabdelfattah or #thomasfriedman should be silenced. They both bring prospective on a complex issue. Friedman may be less passionate than Abdel-Fattah but that could be put down to personal experience. I think they both have said things that I don’t agree with but like most people, who aren’t evil, they have said many good/important things. I would have liked to have seen both at the #adelaidewritersweek
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CW: Thomas Friedman
Putting myself out a limb here but I don’t think either #randaabdelfattah or #thomasfriedman should be silenced. They both bring prospective on a complex issue. Friedman may be less passionate than Abdel-Fattah but that could be put down to personal experience. I think they both have said things that I don’t agree with but like most people, who aren’t evil, they have said many good/important things. I would have liked to have seen both at the #adelaidewritersweek
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CW: Thomas Friedman
Putting myself out a limb here but I don’t think either #randaabdelfattah or #thomasfriedman should be silenced. They both bring prospective on a complex issue. Friedman may be less passionate than Abdel-Fattah but that could be put down to personal experience. I think they both have said things that I don’t agree with but like most people, who aren’t evil, they have said many good/important things. I would have liked to have seen both at the #adelaidewritersweek
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NYTimes: On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice
On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/israel-hamas-antisemitism-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice
On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/israel-hamas-antisemitism-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice
On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/israel-hamas-antisemitism-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice
On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/israel-hamas-antisemitism-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice
On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/israel-hamas-antisemitism-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are Fighting to Save Theirs
If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are Fighting to Save Theirs https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/opinion/ukraine-israel-russia-gaza-trump-america.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are Fighting to Save Theirs
If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are Fighting to Save Theirs https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/opinion/ukraine-israel-russia-gaza-trump-america.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are Fighting to Save Theirs
If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are Fighting to Save Theirs https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/opinion/ukraine-israel-russia-gaza-trump-america.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are Fighting to Save Theirs
If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are Fighting to Save Theirs https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/opinion/ukraine-israel-russia-gaza-trump-america.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are Fighting to Save Theirs
If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are Fighting to Save Theirs https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/opinion/ukraine-israel-russia-gaza-trump-america.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People
Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/opinion/venezuela-trump-oil-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People
Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/opinion/venezuela-trump-oil-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People
Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/opinion/venezuela-trump-oil-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People
Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/opinion/venezuela-trump-oil-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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NYTimes: Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People
Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/opinion/venezuela-trump-oil-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Thomas Pain | Belén Fernández
https://thebaffler.com/latest/thomas-pain-fernandez
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Thomas Pain | Belén Fernández
https://thebaffler.com/latest/thomas-pain-fernandez
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Thomas Pain | Belén Fernández
https://thebaffler.com/latest/thomas-pain-fernandez
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Thomas Pain | Belén Fernández
https://thebaffler.com/latest/thomas-pain-fernandez
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Thomas Pain | Belén Fernández
https://thebaffler.com/latest/thomas-pain-fernandez
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PATRICK LAWRENCE: What? Peace in Our Time?
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/24/patrick-lawrence-what-peace-in-our-time/
The Trump regime’s 28–point Ukraine peace plan accepts Moscow’s core concerns as legitimate. That’s essential for any possible settlement of the war, or the broader crisis between Russia and the West. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News There are any…
#Politics #Column #Commentary #Germany #Media #Militarism #Nato #Russia #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #Ukraine #AustriaStateTreaty #ChasFreeman #Crimea #Donbas #Donetsk #Kherson #KirillDmitriev #Luhansk #PatrickLawrence #PresidentVladimirPutin #SteveWitkoff #ThomasFriedman #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio #Zaporizhzhia -
PATRICK LAWRENCE: What? Peace in Our Time?
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/24/patrick-lawrence-what-peace-in-our-time/
The Trump regime’s 28–point Ukraine peace plan accepts Moscow’s core concerns as legitimate. That’s essential for any possible settlement of the war, or the broader crisis between Russia and the West. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News There are any…
#Politics #Column #Commentary #Germany #Media #Militarism #Nato #Russia #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #Ukraine #AustriaStateTreaty #ChasFreeman #Crimea #Donbas #Donetsk #Kherson #KirillDmitriev #Luhansk #PatrickLawrence #PresidentVladimirPutin #SteveWitkoff #ThomasFriedman #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio #Zaporizhzhia -
PATRICK LAWRENCE: What? Peace in Our Time?
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/24/patrick-lawrence-what-peace-in-our-time/
The Trump regime’s 28–point Ukraine peace plan accepts Moscow’s core concerns as legitimate. That’s essential for any possible settlement of the war, or the broader crisis between Russia and the West. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News There are any…
#Politics #Column #Commentary #Germany #Media #Militarism #Nato #Russia #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #Ukraine #AustriaStateTreaty #ChasFreeman #Crimea #Donbas #Donetsk #Kherson #KirillDmitriev #Luhansk #PatrickLawrence #PresidentVladimirPutin #SteveWitkoff #ThomasFriedman #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio #Zaporizhzhia -
PATRICK LAWRENCE: What? Peace in Our Time?
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/24/patrick-lawrence-what-peace-in-our-time/
The Trump regime’s 28–point Ukraine peace plan accepts Moscow’s core concerns as legitimate. That’s essential for any possible settlement of the war, or the broader crisis between Russia and the West. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News There are any…
#Politics #Column #Commentary #Germany #Media #Militarism #Nato #Russia #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #Ukraine #AustriaStateTreaty #ChasFreeman #Crimea #Donbas #Donetsk #Kherson #KirillDmitriev #Luhansk #PatrickLawrence #PresidentVladimirPutin #SteveWitkoff #ThomasFriedman #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio #Zaporizhzhia -
PATRICK LAWRENCE: What? Peace in Our Time?
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/24/patrick-lawrence-what-peace-in-our-time/
The Trump regime’s 28–point Ukraine peace plan accepts Moscow’s core concerns as legitimate. That’s essential for any possible settlement of the war, or the broader crisis between Russia and the West. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News There are any…
#Politics #Column #Commentary #Germany #Media #Militarism #Nato #Russia #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #Ukraine #AustriaStateTreaty #ChasFreeman #Crimea #Donbas #Donetsk #Kherson #KirillDmitriev #Luhansk #PatrickLawrence #PresidentVladimirPutin #SteveWitkoff #ThomasFriedman #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio #Zaporizhzhia -
Chris Hedges: War Deja Vu
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/24/chris-hedges-war-deja-vu/
We heard these canards leading up to the 2003 war in Iraq. Twenty-two years later they have been resurrected. Anyone who advocates for negotiations, for diplomacy and peace, is a stooge for terrorists. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Commentary #History #Intelligence #Iran #Iraq #Israel #MiddleEast #NuclearWeapons #Wmd #AlQaeda #AmericanEnterpriseInstitute #AtlanticCouncil #AyatollahRuhollahKhomeini #BrookingsInstitution #CentralIntelligenceAgency(c.i.a.)) #ChrisHedges #DavidFrum #DonaldTrump #Gen.JackKeane #GeorgeW.Bush #Isis #JohnBolton #JointComprehensivePlanOfAction(jcpoa) #Mr.Fish #NewtGingrich #NuclearNonProliferationTreaty(npt) #ProjectForANewAmericanCentury #SaddamHussein #Savak #SeanHannity #ShahMohammadRezaPahlavi #StephenKinzer #ThomasFriedman -
Chris Hedges: War Deja Vu
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/24/chris-hedges-war-deja-vu/
We heard these canards leading up to the 2003 war in Iraq. Twenty-two years later they have been resurrected. Anyone who advocates for negotiations, for diplomacy and peace, is a stooge for terrorists. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Commentary #History #Intelligence #Iran #Iraq #Israel #MiddleEast #NuclearWeapons #Wmd #AlQaeda #AmericanEnterpriseInstitute #AtlanticCouncil #AyatollahRuhollahKhomeini #BrookingsInstitution #CentralIntelligenceAgency(c.i.a.)) #ChrisHedges #DavidFrum #DonaldTrump #Gen.JackKeane #GeorgeW.Bush #Isis #JohnBolton #JointComprehensivePlanOfAction(jcpoa) #Mr.Fish #NewtGingrich #NuclearNonProliferationTreaty(npt) #ProjectForANewAmericanCentury #SaddamHussein #Savak #SeanHannity #ShahMohammadRezaPahlavi #StephenKinzer #ThomasFriedman -
Chris Hedges: War Deja Vu
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/24/chris-hedges-war-deja-vu/
We heard these canards leading up to the 2003 war in Iraq. Twenty-two years later they have been resurrected. Anyone who advocates for negotiations, for diplomacy and peace, is a stooge for terrorists. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Commentary #History #Intelligence #Iran #Iraq #Israel #MiddleEast #NuclearWeapons #Wmd #AlQaeda #AmericanEnterpriseInstitute #AtlanticCouncil #AyatollahRuhollahKhomeini #BrookingsInstitution #CentralIntelligenceAgency(c.i.a.)) #ChrisHedges #DavidFrum #DonaldTrump #Gen.JackKeane #GeorgeW.Bush #Isis #JohnBolton #JointComprehensivePlanOfAction(jcpoa) #Mr.Fish #NewtGingrich #NuclearNonProliferationTreaty(npt) #ProjectForANewAmericanCentury #SaddamHussein #Savak #SeanHannity #ShahMohammadRezaPahlavi #StephenKinzer #ThomasFriedman -
Chris Hedges: War Deja Vu
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/24/chris-hedges-war-deja-vu/
We heard these canards leading up to the 2003 war in Iraq. Twenty-two years later they have been resurrected. Anyone who advocates for negotiations, for diplomacy and peace, is a stooge for terrorists. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Commentary #History #Intelligence #Iran #Iraq #Israel #MiddleEast #NuclearWeapons #Wmd #AlQaeda #AmericanEnterpriseInstitute #AtlanticCouncil #AyatollahRuhollahKhomeini #BrookingsInstitution #CentralIntelligenceAgency(c.i.a.)) #ChrisHedges #DavidFrum #DonaldTrump #Gen.JackKeane #GeorgeW.Bush #Isis #JohnBolton #JointComprehensivePlanOfAction(jcpoa) #Mr.Fish #NewtGingrich #NuclearNonProliferationTreaty(npt) #ProjectForANewAmericanCentury #SaddamHussein #Savak #SeanHannity #ShahMohammadRezaPahlavi #StephenKinzer #ThomasFriedman -
Chris Hedges: War Deja Vu
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/24/chris-hedges-war-deja-vu/
We heard these canards leading up to the 2003 war in Iraq. Twenty-two years later they have been resurrected. Anyone who advocates for negotiations, for diplomacy and peace, is a stooge for terrorists. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Commentary #History #Intelligence #Iran #Iraq #Israel #MiddleEast #NuclearWeapons #Wmd #AlQaeda #AmericanEnterpriseInstitute #AtlanticCouncil #AyatollahRuhollahKhomeini #BrookingsInstitution #CentralIntelligenceAgency(c.i.a.)) #ChrisHedges #DavidFrum #DonaldTrump #Gen.JackKeane #GeorgeW.Bush #Isis #JohnBolton #JointComprehensivePlanOfAction(jcpoa) #Mr.Fish #NewtGingrich #NuclearNonProliferationTreaty(npt) #ProjectForANewAmericanCentury #SaddamHussein #Savak #SeanHannity #ShahMohammadRezaPahlavi #StephenKinzer #ThomasFriedman -
#US / Thomas Friedman: "They are as indigenous to their biblical homeland as the Palestinians, no matter what ‘anticolonial’ nonsense they teach at elite universities"
There are so many silly things in Thomas Friedman’s column it’s difficult to choose a highlight. Maybe one indication he’s delusional in an old-fashioned colonial way would be this particular advice he dispenses to the #Trump administration, right after suggesting gifting Israel with even more bombs, now adding B-2s: “Recognize Palestinian right to self-determination while requiring them to develop credible, corruption-free leadership.” Thomas Friedman, clearly a genius, is asking the most corrupt regime in U.S. history to demand corruption-free leadership from the Palestinians.
Disregarding the colonial arrogance (the Palestinians’ right to self-determination is not dependent on Trump’s goodwill), but what about looking in the mirror first? When Friedman indulges in ideas like “coercive diplomacy,” he basically admits he’s an imperialist, or rather an imperialist wannabe. It’s a euphemism for imperialism, not a philosophy and not diplomacy. It’s the opposite of diplomacy, in fact. He says the U.S. has the right to dictate terms to sovereign nations, that American interests should drive regional solutions, and that military threats are legitimate diplomatic tools when used by the dominant power.
But the cherry on top is this:
[…] “But the Israeli Jews have no Belgium. They are as indigenous to their biblical homeland as the Palestinians, no matter what ‘anticolonial’ nonsense they teach at elite universities. Therefore, you will never out-crazy the Israeli Jews. If push comes to shove, they will out-crazy you.”
Never mind Friedman’s evangelical orientalism mixed with a familiar populist tone—I believe he was always an opportunistic coward—but maybe someone should remind him that Romania (where his grandfather was born) was never part of Palestine. Most of the Russian Jews who started exploring colonization in Palestine in the second half of the 19th century barely survived the first year, and most ran back home. So much for indigeneity, I guess.
But honestly, when I see him gushing over ideas Dennis Ross came up with, I’m thinking maybe it’s time the White House should hire fewer Jewish “special advisers,” negotiators, and envoys to the Middle East and add a couple of Palestinians to the mix? It’s becoming absurd.
Actually, I’m not sure why he’s using #Belgium and the #Congo as his reference point. Why not stick with #Britain? After all, they eventually left Palestine too. They also refused to implement the partition plan—or any plan, for that matter—that wasn’t acceptable to both communities: the Arab majority and the Jewish minority, which consisted mostly of non-indigenous people who had arrived in Palestine illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/trump-israel-iran-war.html or https://archive.is/mS8Wv
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#US / Thomas Friedman: "They are as indigenous to their biblical homeland as the Palestinians, no matter what ‘anticolonial’ nonsense they teach at elite universities"
There are so many silly things in Thomas Friedman’s column it’s difficult to choose a highlight. Maybe one indication he’s delusional in an old-fashioned colonial way would be this particular advice he dispenses to the #Trump administration, right after suggesting gifting Israel with even more bombs, now adding B-2s: “Recognize Palestinian right to self-determination while requiring them to develop credible, corruption-free leadership.” Thomas Friedman, clearly a genius, is asking the most corrupt regime in U.S. history to demand corruption-free leadership from the Palestinians.
Disregarding the colonial arrogance (the Palestinians’ right to self-determination is not dependent on Trump’s goodwill), but what about looking in the mirror first? When Friedman indulges in ideas like “coercive diplomacy,” he basically admits he’s an imperialist, or rather an imperialist wannabe. It’s a euphemism for imperialism, not a philosophy and not diplomacy. It’s the opposite of diplomacy, in fact. He says the U.S. has the right to dictate terms to sovereign nations, that American interests should drive regional solutions, and that military threats are legitimate diplomatic tools when used by the dominant power.
But the cherry on top is this:
[…] “But the Israeli Jews have no Belgium. They are as indigenous to their biblical homeland as the Palestinians, no matter what ‘anticolonial’ nonsense they teach at elite universities. Therefore, you will never out-crazy the Israeli Jews. If push comes to shove, they will out-crazy you.”
Never mind Friedman’s evangelical orientalism mixed with a familiar populist tone—I believe he was always an opportunistic coward—but maybe someone should remind him that Romania (where his grandfather was born) was never part of Palestine. Most of the Russian Jews who started exploring colonization in Palestine in the second half of the 19th century barely survived the first year, and most ran back home. So much for indigeneity, I guess.
But honestly, when I see him gushing over ideas Dennis Ross came up with, I’m thinking maybe it’s time the White House should hire fewer Jewish “special advisers,” negotiators, and envoys to the Middle East and add a couple of Palestinians to the mix? It’s becoming absurd.
Actually, I’m not sure why he’s using #Belgium and the #Congo as his reference point. Why not stick with #Britain? After all, they eventually left Palestine too. They also refused to implement the partition plan—or any plan, for that matter—that wasn’t acceptable to both communities: the Arab majority and the Jewish minority, which consisted mostly of non-indigenous people who had arrived in Palestine illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/trump-israel-iran-war.html or https://archive.is/mS8Wv
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#US / Thomas Friedman: "They are as indigenous to their biblical homeland as the Palestinians, no matter what ‘anticolonial’ nonsense they teach at elite universities"
There are so many silly things in Thomas Friedman’s column it’s difficult to choose a highlight. Maybe one indication he’s delusional in an old-fashioned colonial way would be this particular advice he dispenses to the #Trump administration, right after suggesting gifting Israel with even more bombs, now adding B-2s: “Recognize Palestinian right to self-determination while requiring them to develop credible, corruption-free leadership.” Thomas Friedman, clearly a genius, is asking the most corrupt regime in U.S. history to demand corruption-free leadership from the Palestinians.
Disregarding the colonial arrogance (the Palestinians’ right to self-determination is not dependent on Trump’s goodwill), but what about looking in the mirror first? When Friedman indulges in ideas like “coercive diplomacy,” he basically admits he’s an imperialist, or rather an imperialist wannabe. It’s a euphemism for imperialism, not a philosophy and not diplomacy. It’s the opposite of diplomacy, in fact. He says the U.S. has the right to dictate terms to sovereign nations, that American interests should drive regional solutions, and that military threats are legitimate diplomatic tools when used by the dominant power.
But the cherry on top is this:
[…] “But the Israeli Jews have no Belgium. They are as indigenous to their biblical homeland as the Palestinians, no matter what ‘anticolonial’ nonsense they teach at elite universities. Therefore, you will never out-crazy the Israeli Jews. If push comes to shove, they will out-crazy you.”
Never mind Friedman’s evangelical orientalism mixed with a familiar populist tone—I believe he was always an opportunistic coward—but maybe someone should remind him that Romania (where his grandfather was born) was never part of Palestine. Most of the Russian Jews who started exploring colonization in Palestine in the second half of the 19th century barely survived the first year, and most ran back home. So much for indigeneity, I guess.
But honestly, when I see him gushing over ideas Dennis Ross came up with, I’m thinking maybe it’s time the White House should hire fewer Jewish “special advisers,” negotiators, and envoys to the Middle East and add a couple of Palestinians to the mix? It’s becoming absurd.
Actually, I’m not sure why he’s using #Belgium and the #Congo as his reference point. Why not stick with #Britain? After all, they eventually left Palestine too. They also refused to implement the partition plan—or any plan, for that matter—that wasn’t acceptable to both communities: the Arab majority and the Jewish minority, which consisted mostly of non-indigenous people who had arrived in Palestine illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/trump-israel-iran-war.html or https://archive.is/mS8Wv
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#US / Thomas Friedman: "They are as indigenous to their biblical homeland as the Palestinians, no matter what ‘anticolonial’ nonsense they teach at elite universities"
There are so many silly things in Thomas Friedman’s column it’s difficult to choose a highlight. Maybe one indication he’s delusional in an old-fashioned colonial way would be this particular advice he dispenses to the #Trump administration, right after suggesting gifting Israel with even more bombs, now adding B-2s: “Recognize Palestinian right to self-determination while requiring them to develop credible, corruption-free leadership.” Thomas Friedman, clearly a genius, is asking the most corrupt regime in U.S. history to demand corruption-free leadership from the Palestinians.
Disregarding the colonial arrogance (the Palestinians’ right to self-determination is not dependent on Trump’s goodwill), but what about looking in the mirror first? When Friedman indulges in ideas like “coercive diplomacy,” he basically admits he’s an imperialist, or rather an imperialist wannabe. It’s a euphemism for imperialism, not a philosophy and not diplomacy. It’s the opposite of diplomacy, in fact. He says the U.S. has the right to dictate terms to sovereign nations, that American interests should drive regional solutions, and that military threats are legitimate diplomatic tools when used by the dominant power.
But the cherry on top is this:
[…] “But the Israeli Jews have no Belgium. They are as indigenous to their biblical homeland as the Palestinians, no matter what ‘anticolonial’ nonsense they teach at elite universities. Therefore, you will never out-crazy the Israeli Jews. If push comes to shove, they will out-crazy you.”
Never mind Friedman’s evangelical orientalism mixed with a familiar populist tone—I believe he was always an opportunistic coward—but maybe someone should remind him that Romania (where his grandfather was born) was never part of Palestine. Most of the Russian Jews who started exploring colonization in Palestine in the second half of the 19th century barely survived the first year, and most ran back home. So much for indigeneity, I guess.
But honestly, when I see him gushing over ideas Dennis Ross came up with, I’m thinking maybe it’s time the White House should hire fewer Jewish “special advisers,” negotiators, and envoys to the Middle East and add a couple of Palestinians to the mix? It’s becoming absurd.
Actually, I’m not sure why he’s using #Belgium and the #Congo as his reference point. Why not stick with #Britain? After all, they eventually left Palestine too. They also refused to implement the partition plan—or any plan, for that matter—that wasn’t acceptable to both communities: the Arab majority and the Jewish minority, which consisted mostly of non-indigenous people who had arrived in Palestine illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/trump-israel-iran-war.html or https://archive.is/mS8Wv
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#US / Thomas Friedman: "They are as indigenous to their biblical homeland as the Palestinians, no matter what ‘anticolonial’ nonsense they teach at elite universities"
There are so many silly things in Thomas Friedman’s column it’s difficult to choose a highlight. Maybe one indication he’s delusional in an old-fashioned colonial way would be this particular advice he dispenses to the #Trump administration, right after suggesting gifting Israel with even more bombs, now adding B-2s: “Recognize Palestinian right to self-determination while requiring them to develop credible, corruption-free leadership.” Thomas Friedman, clearly a genius, is asking the most corrupt regime in U.S. history to demand corruption-free leadership from the Palestinians.
Disregarding the colonial arrogance (the Palestinians’ right to self-determination is not dependent on Trump’s goodwill), but what about looking in the mirror first? When Friedman indulges in ideas like “coercive diplomacy,” he basically admits he’s an imperialist, or rather an imperialist wannabe. It’s a euphemism for imperialism, not a philosophy and not diplomacy. It’s the opposite of diplomacy, in fact. He says the U.S. has the right to dictate terms to sovereign nations, that American interests should drive regional solutions, and that military threats are legitimate diplomatic tools when used by the dominant power.
But the cherry on top is this:
[…] “But the Israeli Jews have no Belgium. They are as indigenous to their biblical homeland as the Palestinians, no matter what ‘anticolonial’ nonsense they teach at elite universities. Therefore, you will never out-crazy the Israeli Jews. If push comes to shove, they will out-crazy you.”
Never mind Friedman’s evangelical orientalism mixed with a familiar populist tone—I believe he was always an opportunistic coward—but maybe someone should remind him that Romania (where his grandfather was born) was never part of Palestine. Most of the Russian Jews who started exploring colonization in Palestine in the second half of the 19th century barely survived the first year, and most ran back home. So much for indigeneity, I guess.
But honestly, when I see him gushing over ideas Dennis Ross came up with, I’m thinking maybe it’s time the White House should hire fewer Jewish “special advisers,” negotiators, and envoys to the Middle East and add a couple of Palestinians to the mix? It’s becoming absurd.
Actually, I’m not sure why he’s using #Belgium and the #Congo as his reference point. Why not stick with #Britain? After all, they eventually left Palestine too. They also refused to implement the partition plan—or any plan, for that matter—that wasn’t acceptable to both communities: the Arab majority and the Jewish minority, which consisted mostly of non-indigenous people who had arrived in Palestine illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/trump-israel-iran-war.html or https://archive.is/mS8Wv
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Chris Hedges Report: The Shared Mythology of Israel & the US
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/02/chris-hedges-report-the-shared-mythology-of-israel-the-us/
In the face of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, Prof. Joan Scott discusses the relevance of the late Amy Kaplan’s Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost The narratives surrounding Israel and their genocidal campaign…
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Chris Hedges Report: The Shared Mythology of Israel & the US
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/02/chris-hedges-report-the-shared-mythology-of-israel-the-us/
In the face of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, Prof. Joan Scott discusses the relevance of the late Amy Kaplan’s Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost The narratives surrounding Israel and their genocidal campaign…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Gaza #Genocide #Israel #Media #Palestine #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #Amalekites #AmyKaplan #AntiDefamationLeague(adl) #AntonioGramsci #C.l.r.James #ChristianZionism #DavidShipler #EdwardSaid #ElieWiesel #FredaKirchwey #Haganah #Hamas #HannahArendt #Holocaust #I.f.Stone #JimmySwaggart #JoanPeters #JoanScott #JohnChancellor #LeonUris #MarekEdelman #MartinBuber #MenachemBegin #NormanFinkelstein #PaulNewman #PeterNovick #Puritans #RabbiDavidHartman #RashidKhalidi #RichardSlotkin #SabraMassacre #ShatilaMassacre #TheChrisHedgesReport #TheIrgun #TheNation #TheNewYorkTimes #ThomasFriedman #WarsawGhetto #YeshayahuLeibowitz -
Chris Hedges Report: The Shared Mythology of Israel & the US
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/02/chris-hedges-report-the-shared-mythology-of-israel-the-us/
In the face of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, Prof. Joan Scott discusses the relevance of the late Amy Kaplan’s Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost The narratives surrounding Israel and their genocidal campaign…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Gaza #Genocide #Israel #Media #Palestine #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #Amalekites #AmyKaplan #AntiDefamationLeague(adl) #AntonioGramsci #C.l.r.James #ChristianZionism #DavidShipler #EdwardSaid #ElieWiesel #FredaKirchwey #Haganah #Hamas #HannahArendt #Holocaust #I.f.Stone #JimmySwaggart #JoanPeters #JoanScott #JohnChancellor #LeonUris #MarekEdelman #MartinBuber #MenachemBegin #NormanFinkelstein #PaulNewman #PeterNovick #Puritans #RabbiDavidHartman #RashidKhalidi #RichardSlotkin #SabraMassacre #ShatilaMassacre #TheChrisHedgesReport #TheIrgun #TheNation #TheNewYorkTimes #ThomasFriedman #WarsawGhetto #YeshayahuLeibowitz -
Chris Hedges Report: The Shared Mythology of Israel & the US
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/02/chris-hedges-report-the-shared-mythology-of-israel-the-us/
In the face of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, Prof. Joan Scott discusses the relevance of the late Amy Kaplan’s Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost The narratives surrounding Israel and their genocidal campaign…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Gaza #Genocide #Israel #Media #Palestine #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #Amalekites #AmyKaplan #AntiDefamationLeague(adl) #AntonioGramsci #C.l.r.James #ChristianZionism #DavidShipler #EdwardSaid #ElieWiesel #FredaKirchwey #Haganah #Hamas #HannahArendt #Holocaust #I.f.Stone #JimmySwaggart #JoanPeters #JoanScott #JohnChancellor #LeonUris #MarekEdelman #MartinBuber #MenachemBegin #NormanFinkelstein #PaulNewman #PeterNovick #Puritans #RabbiDavidHartman #RashidKhalidi #RichardSlotkin #SabraMassacre #ShatilaMassacre #TheChrisHedgesReport #TheIrgun #TheNation #TheNewYorkTimes #ThomasFriedman #WarsawGhetto #YeshayahuLeibowitz