Articles by: Ira Glunts

Jewish pro-Israel group attacks local pro-Palestinian activists:  Progressives are silent

Jewish pro-Israel group attacks local pro-Palestinian activists:  Progressives are silent

The following is an email I wrote on February 20 to a group of progressive political activists from Syracuse, NY, a city less than one hour’s drive west from where I live.  For the last three years the Jewish Federation of Central New York (JFCNY) has sent a series of letters to the Syracuse Peace Council (SPC), a local progressive[Read More…]

by 28/02/2022 1 comment Palestine
Antisemitism’s Misdirection: Who Gets Hurt?

Antisemitism’s Misdirection: Who Gets Hurt?

Unfounded or unconfirmed charges of antisemitism made by US pro-Israel organizations which are then parroted by the pro-Zionist US mainstream press, always increase when Israeli actions become so hideous they shame even some of its most dedicated supporters. With the latest Israeli shelling of Gaza, its evictions of Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem, and the continuing Israeli[Read More…]

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The Brooklyn Yeshiva Anthem Protest And Why It Is Not Antisemitic

The Brooklyn Yeshiva Anthem Protest And Why It Is Not Antisemitic

“An anti-Semite used to be a person who disliked Jews. Now it is a person who Jews dislike.” – HajoMeyer, Jewish German-born Dutch physicist and Auschwitz survivor. “Antisemitism is a trick we always use.” – ShulamitAloni, Jewish Israeli, former Israeli Minister of Education, longtime member of the Israeli parliament. On Sunday, February 23 before a match at Yeshiva University, two[Read More…]

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