Zionism
Lions of Liberty Interview
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog
I was a guest on the Lions of Liberty podcast to talk about Coming to Palestine. You can listen to the interview here.
TGIF: To Be or Not to Be a Jewish State: That Is the Question
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 25, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Israel’s champions owe us an explanation. First, they insist that Israel is and always must be a Jewish state, by which most of them mean not religiously Jewish but of the “Jewish People” everywhere, including Jews who are citizens of other states and not looking for...
Word Order Matters
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 24, 2019 | Blog
What people of good will seek for Israel and Palestine is not just a peace, but a just peace.
The Double Essentialism of Zionism
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 24, 2019 | Blog
Zionism, the Jewish nationalist philosophy that underlies the state of Israel, entails two kinds of essentialism: Jewishness for Jews and anti-Semitism for gentiles. In other words, no matter how hard they try, Jews cannot stop being Jewish and gentiles cannot stop...
Rights of Return Compared
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 22, 2019 | Blog
Israel's defenders often ask how third-generation Palestinians can possibly be recognized as refugees with a right of return to the properties from which the Zionists drove their grandparents in 1947-48. But didn't those Zionists, most of whom had arrived ony three...
TGIF: Let’s Make Sure the Nazis Killed in Vain
by Sheldon Richman | Oct 18, 2019 | Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
I don’t know how many times I've heard that if we don’t stand by Israel, the victims of the Nazi Judeocide will have died in vain. I knew something was wrong with that claim, but for the longest time I couldn’t put my finger on it. Now I think I can. The claim is...
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.
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Encourage Work and Abolish Welfare: AZ Sheriff Testifies to Congress
https://www.youtube.com/live/sEjWcefdE0g?si=KFL1XUQdwsRVe5Yg Sheriff Hathaway of Arizona explains the situation at America's border. As libertarians, we should be encouraging people to engage in mutually beneficial voluntary exchanges regardless of arbitrary...
Hollywood Isn’t Real: Precise Space Targeting is Fiction
A billion here and several billion there, pretty soon some technology works. Not. Please dismiss the idea of the all-seeing eye-in-the-sky providing real time weapons launch control. And even if they could provide the data, what system would coordinate and synchronize...
Anti-War Blog – The Powerful and the Powerless
There is an indecency in forcing someones home open, to be pillaged, then celebrating in such behaviour by showing of what was found. Personal items. Men, relishing in the intimate secrets of a woman. Lingerie and other personal apparel to be strewn and displayed for...
Storm Clouds Gathering: Is This It?
Secret Service Director Ron Rowe [9/16/24]: "There could be another geopolitical event that could put the United States into a kinetic conflict or some other... some other issue that may result in additional responsibilities and protectees of the United States Secret...
Fraud on Fraud: Compounding The LCS Follies
It only took the DoJ eight years to levy a fine for ripping off tax dollars. Imagine if journalists on the Pentagon beat actually went after the fraud and inefficiencies of the military industrial complex with investigative lenses and FOIA festivals that could shed...
Indefensible: Homeland Defense is Not Available at This Time
I have a challenge for my readers and listeners. The US DoD has spent trillions of dollars and still can't defend the homeland against the ICBM/IRBM threat. "U.S. defense officials have stated that both existing terrestrial- and space-based sensor architectures are...
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