A State Department official condemned Israel on Friday in response to a Tel Aviv plan to add 4,000 new settlement homes. Palestinian groups responded favorably to the statement but expressed that mere words are insufficient. Deputy State Department spokesperson...
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1/7/21 Kalmen Barkin on Israeli Settlements and Netanyahu’s Political Future
by Scott Horton | Jan 11, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Kalmen Barkin discusses the deplorable situation of Palestinians in Israel today, a people whose lands and rights are being slowly taken away from them by the Israeli government, while the delusive promise of a two-state solution vanishes along with them. Barkin...
‘Steal Of The Century’: Trump’s Palestine-Israel Catastrophe
by Scott Horton | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog
Independent journalist Robert Inkalesh has made a great new documentary about the annexation of the West Bank and the end of the mirage of the two-state solution. It includes interviews with Ahed Tamimi, Jana Jihad, Issa Amro and others....
Boris Johnson: Israeli Annexation Against Law
by Scott Horton | Jun 17, 2020 | Blog
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that Israeli plans to annex parts of the West Bank would “amount to a breach of international law.” Asked in the House of Commons about possible sanctions on Israel over the West Bank settlements, Johnson said: “I...
Jordan’s Abdullah: Israel Imposing ‘Unthinkable Solution’ On Palestinians
by Steven Woskow | Jan 15, 2020 | Blog
Jordan’s King Abdullah II accuses Israel of trying to “impose an unthinkable solution” on Palestinians as hopes fade for a two-state solution backed by the international community. Speaking to lawmakers at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, he says...
Palestinians’ Living Standard? Don’t Change the Subject!
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 16, 2019 | Blog
Opposing Palestinian self-determination because West Bank Arabs have a higher living standard than other Arabs is like opposing the abolition of slavery because, unlike white factory workers, slaves have job security.
Gideon Levy: Please, Bibi, Let the Annexation Begin
by Steven Woskow | Sep 13, 2019 | Blog
Gideon Levy says it's time to end the charade. The time has come to put an end to the great masked ball that Israel and the world have been holding for 52 years already. All that’s left now is to say so officially. To admit to Israelis and to the world: Enough with...
Booker: ‘I got to the US Senate to stand up for the State of Israel’
by Scott Horton | Aug 13, 2019 | Blog
Asked if PM Netanyahu is a racist, U.S. Senator Cory Booker responded: “You know, what I think very strongly, sir, is that we have a crisis with Israel right now. Israel is less safe under this president than it was before. We literally have a president right now that...
Trump and Kushner’s Deal of the Century
by Scott Horton | Apr 15, 2019 | Blog
Is a joke, as detailed in today's Washington Post. It was important for Israeli PR to have the failed talks at Camp David in 2000, where they pretended that the Palestinians refused to accept a perfectly good deal, which was no such thing at all. But what's the point...
8/8/17 Ramzy Baroud on the Palestinian response to the Jerusalem Attack
by Damon Hatheway | Aug 8, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Editor-in-chief of the Palestine Chronicle Ramzy Baroud returns to the show to discuss his latest articles, "The Story Behind the Jerusalem Attack: How Trump and Netanyahu Pushed Palestinians into a Corner" and "Power to the People: Why Palestinian Victory in...
Top Israelis Have Warned of Apartheid, so Why the Outrage at a UN Report?
by Mehdi Hasan | Mar 23, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
IN HIS MEMOIR, the Israeli journalist Hirsh Goodman described how he returned home from the Six Day War in June 1967 to hear the country’s founding father and first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, speak on the radio. “Israel, he said, better rid itself of the...
Chinese President Throws Weight Behind Israel/Palestine Peace, Two-State Solution
by James Holbrooks | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Beijing — While hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Beijing on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for peace between Israel and Palestine and said an independent Palestinian state should...
1/20/17 Kelley Vlahos on the loss of civilian control of the military – and if it even matters
by Scott Horton | Jan 20, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Kelley B. Vlahos, a Washington, DC-based freelance reporter, discusses the unusual number of recently-retired generals in Donald Trump's administration and whether security and foreign policy will be negatively effected as a result; and how Trump's shift to the right...
1/16/17 Ramzy Baroud on the death of an Israel-Palestine two-state solution
by Scott Horton | Jan 16, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Ramzy Baroud, the editor of PalestineChronicle.com and author of My Father was A Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story, discusses why a two-state solution is not - and has never been - a viable solution to the Israel-Palestine problem; and why it's imperative to focus...
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A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
Free Book: An Anarchist Critique of the COVID Mandates
I’ve had the opportunity to write a short book offering what is essentially an anarchist critique of COVID mandates. This includes the accusation that states did most of the killing rather than the virus. The 123-page book, Measuring the Mandates: Questioning the...
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