Where is the outrage from #Democrats? Oh, wait, they save that for defending their own do-nothing, pro-genocide, corporate hacks. I forgot. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/n...
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Where is the outrage from #Democrats? Oh, wait, they save that for defending their own do-nothing, pro-genocide, corporate hacks. I forgot. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/n...
The month of #Elul is a time for reflection and repentance for #Jews. But how do we do that amid #Israel's genocide in #Gaza? Elul and Repenting for Gaza Watch on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mitchell... Or on YouTube: youtu.be/N_g8yVB8HWs
Wow. This just brings brown nosing to a ridiculous new level.
Our tax dollars at work. Again.
Was this boat trafficking drugs? No idea, since the US obliterated any potential evidence. But if it was, that's a crime, worthy of arrest and trial. Summary execution of those people is also a crime. It's called murder.
Unfortunately, Muriel Bowser is very much the typical #Democrat. No ethics, no backbone, just cynical careerism, more than willing to be a traitor to any and all for her own gain. We desperately need a better alternative to the fascist GOP. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The month of #Elul is a time for reflection and repentance for #Jews. But how do we do that amid #Israel's genocide in #Gaza? Elul and Repenting for Gaza Watch on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mitchell... Or on YouTube: youtu.be/N_g8yVB8HWs
A very powerful op-ed here from Michael Sfard. But I must offer one slight disagreement. Both in the fictional world of Michael Corleone and in the real world of the Mafia, the crime families operate with far more regard to ethics than Israel does especially in Gaza. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Some important information for folks who want to help protect migrants and asylum seekers. theintercept.com/2025/07/12/i...
This is what moral courage looks like. Every person in the West who is silent about #Israel's genocide in #Gaza because they're afraid of a loss of income, or being called antisemitic, or losing friends you should read this and be ashamed of yourselves. amwaj.media/en/article/d...
In other words, #Israel lied to two US senators, just as they lie every day to the media, which continues to report on Israel, #Palestine and #Gaza as if Israeli spokespeople are reliable sources. Why is this not a major scandal?
This week, the Trump administration invited Jared Kushner and Tony Blair to the White House to discuss the "day after" in Gaza. The meeting was an exercise in fantasy, and its only intended beneficiary was not even present - Benjamin Netanyahu. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/trum...
Gotta say, for more than four decades I have never stopped being amazed by how many people completely misunderstand the meaning of this song.
If you can't differentiate between Israel and Judaism, you can fuck off with the rest of the Judeophobes. Welcome to the block list.
Media outlets tell aggressive militaries where they are so they won't shoot or bomb them. But #Israel takes that info to know where to shoot! That's unprecedented. Reuters stopped sharing Gaza locations with Israel after IDF strikes killed 'so many journalists' share.google/yaB3HtYd7l0u...
Turns out Trump and Rubio know the value of hearing directly from Palestinians. US says it's denying visas to Palestinian officials ahead of next month's UN General Assembly www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Europe, the US, and Israel are all laying the groundwork for regime change in Iran. In its weakened condition and with no allies to turn to, Iran is particularly vulnerable. War On Iran: The Next Chapter Watch on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mitchell... Or on YouTube: youtu.be/9WVEaXbr5P0
Europe, the US, and Israel are all laying the groundwork for regime change in Iran. In its weakened condition and with no allies to turn to, Iran is particularly vulnerable. War On Iran: The Next Chapter Watch on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mitchell... Or on YouTube: youtu.be/9WVEaXbr5P0
Looks like someone came to their senses. That it even got this far is a shonde. ktla.com/news/local-n...
The denial of the Gaza genocide has been echoed from the mainstream media to the White House. While reminiscent of Holocaust denial, today's denials have deadly consequences as they are used to justify the very genocide deniers claim isn't happening. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/gaza...
This sentiment from Genocide Joe does not apply to those non-white and/or Catholic children and parents. It certainly did not apply to the more than 17,000 Palestinian children he is a full partner in slaughtering. May this racist genocidaire face the international justice he so bloodily earned.
Sorry, folks, but this is correct. DC residents are looking to their mayor for some support and she is in open collaboration with an invading, fascist force.
Decades of bipartisan policy failures have brought us to this point, where Russia is holding all the cards. Only a bold shift in policy provides hope for Ukraine and we don't have the leaders to do it Summits Will Not Bring An End To the War In Ukraine open.substack.com/pub/mitchell...
I can't begin to describe how horrifying this is. Not only is it completely unconstitutional for a public school district to do this, but it's a proud endorsement of one of the most horrific genocides in history. And to top it off I can't imagine a better way to foment far right, deadly antisemitism
Oh, Charlemagne nails @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social "AIPAC Shakur." Absolute perfection. 🤯
Decades of bipartisan policy failures have brought us to this point, where Russia is holding all the cards. Only a bold shift in policy provides hope for Ukraine and we don't have the leaders to do it Summits Will Not Bring An End To the War In Ukraine open.substack.com/pub/mitchell...
Lula rejects genocidal #Israel and rejects IHRA that shames all victims of real #antisemitism by using them to protect Israel. Bravo, Lula. The world needs more of you. Brazil said to refuse approval of new Israeli ambassador | The Times of Israel share.google/gDLDaLHECIZY...
Anyone who is buying this statement from top Judeonazi Netanyahu, please get in touch. I have a bridge connecting Brooklyn to Manhattan I'll sell you at a great price. More to the point, the fact that this was not issued in Hebrew says a lot about its purpose and intended audience. Shameful.
Keep telling me how Israel doesn't target civilians, doesn't bomb hospitals, would never do such a thing. The real shocker is that this is not just post-Oct 7 Israel. They've been targeting civilians in Palestine all along. They're just more brazen & frequent with it now. Statement from @msf.ca:
Ahmed Abu Aziz was one of five journalists murdered along with a rescue worker by #Israel when they went to the scene of an earlier Israeli attack. Just another example of the intentional slaughter of innocents that is rampant in #Gaza during this genocide. www.middleeasteye.net/news/ahmed-a...
This is a nightmare, and I'm afraid it is typical of how people who are living their lives here perfectly legally, have done it all right, are being treated. This was done to a legal resident, spouse of a US citizen, and mother to four more. The Nazis would be proud. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
If a Democrat did this, the entire MAGA movement would have a meltdown screaming about communism in the USA.
Again, the leading Judeonazi, Netanyahu screams "blood libel" at the truth. How many times, my fellow Jews, are we going to allow this genocidaire to spit on the graves of every Jew killed by real antisemitism, to pervert the tragedies of our ancestors to justify genocide and inhumanity? ENOUGH!!!
Again, the #Democratic party shows it is more committed to blocking popular and progressive change than beating Republicans. Thanks to @ilhanmn.bsky.social for standing against this corruption. Rep. Ilhan Omar condemns party's decision to throw out Fateh endorsement www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
A tradition as old as #Israel. They used to put the Jewish immigrants from the Arab world in what they called "border towns." Jews, then Palestinians, Israel loves to use its brown citizens as "buffers." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Trump says he will patrol D.C. streets with police, military www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
#Israel claims that the ratio of killing of civilians to combatants in #Gaza is 1:1 or sometimes they admit as much as 2:1. But here's what the IDF's OWN DATABASE says is the reality. Full story at www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
Ultimately, the current genocide stems from the same root as the entire issue of Palestine: a Zionist ideology that subordinates the rights of Palestinians to the aspirations of Israeli Jews Netanyahu is a Big Problem But He's Not THE Problem mitchellplitnick.substack.com/p/netanyahu-...
Ultimately, the current genocide stems from the same root as the entire issue of Palestine: a Zionist ideology that subordinates the rights of Palestinians to the aspirations of Israeli Jews Netanyahu is a Big Problem But He's Not THE Problem mitchellplitnick.substack.com/p/netanyahu-...
Ultimately, the current genocide stems from the same root as the entire issue of Palestine: a Zionist ideology that sublimates the rights of Palestinians to the aspirations of Israeli Jews Netanyahu is a Big Problem But He's Not THE Problem, open.substack.com/pub/mitchell...
That's right, "Iron Dome Coffee." Because genocide is so stimulating.
The presence of European leaders makes it much less likely that Trump will behave as atrociously as the last time Zelensky came to the White House. Pathetic that this is where we are. European leaders to join Trump-Zelensky meeting, presenting united front www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
#Israeli soccer hooligans for bringing shame on Jews everywhere as they spit on the memory of Jewish Holocaust victims with this sick display while their country commits a sickening genocide.
We may never find out what happened here but it sure looks like ESPN caved to the NFL and killed Spike Lee's documentary on Colin Kaepernick So much for the NFL's bullshit about "social justice." ESPN will not air Spike Lee's docuseries on Colin Kaepernick www.reuters.com/business/med...
I was on @ndtv last night talking about the #AlaskaSummit. This was while #Trump was in the air, so right after he left. Watch at YouTube. youtu.be/2lKlsxVfdrw
Little Marco is now doing the bidding of Laura Loomer. We starve #Palestinians in #Gaza, we bomb and shoot them through our #Israeli proxy and our mercenaries. We destroy everything around them. Then we won't even let a few in for the emergency treatment we made it impossible to find in Gaza.
Nobody, but NOBODY serves a nothingburger like Donald Trump.
Two men who have consistently advocated failed and myopic policies are the "experts" CNN turns to for current analysis. This is why Americans are so lost on foreign (or domestic) policy.
Finally, a report that doesn't use the phrase "Hamas-run" to try to cast doubt on reality. A baby step, but it's a start.
Look, the #Israeli - American Council is a Jewish nationalist, racist, pro-genocide, hate group. You want to protest them? You want to call out their hate? I'm good. You want to use their hate as an excuse to promote your own far right #antisemitism? Fuck off. www.haaretz.com/jewish/2025-...
This is the Kotel Hama'arivi, the Western (or Wailing) Wall. It is the holiest site for Jews. The words written on it: "There is a Holocaust in Gaza." The person who painted those words was sent to a psychiatric institute. Yet they made the Kotel even more holy by their action.
If you were reluctant or refused to vote for Harris in '24 in part or whole because of Palestine, then Pete Buttigieg makes it clear that any political aspirations he has must be blocked lest we be faced with the choice between fascists and genocide collaboration again. substack.com/@kenklippens...
Anas al-Sharif knew he was targeted by #Israel. Indeed, he knew it for many months, after Israel made up the ridiculous lie that this journalist who was constantly in the public eye was secretly a "terrorist." This was the message he asked be released when Israel finally murdered him.
Israel has barred foreign journalists from Gaza and systematically murdered the journalists already there. This is not the incidental, or accidental deaths of journalists that happens in war, as this graph shows. It is intentional and targeted. Today, Israel killed two more journos from Al Jazeera.
Yinon Levi claimed he didn't shoot Awdah Hathaleen. An #Israeli judge believed him and released him, but here's the video evidence of Levi's guilt. A week later, Levi was back in Umm Al-Kheir, with another armed settler, likely hoping to kill another innocent #Palestinian. youtu.be/eeK6iFZe1GU?...
Chicago was incorporated in 1837. The Erie Canal was completed in 1825. Andrew Cuomo is working overtime to prove he's even stupider than his brother. It's a tight race between two real champs.
Netanyahu borrows from his antisemitic role models, utilizing the "big lie" just as Hitler did and enhancing it with the threat of a lawsuit like Trump. He gives them both real competition for hate, corruption, and barbarity.
The parallel between the butcher Netanyahu saying this and the signs at Auschwitz or Dachau reading "Arbeit macht frei," meaning "work will set you free" are perfect and inescapable.
Calling out #Israel's genocide in #Gaza is less than meaningless if you not only continue to do business as usual with it, but even expand it. Looking at you, #Egypt. Egypt doubles down on Israeli natural gas imports in US$35 bn deal with 14% price increase www.madamasr.com/en/2025/08/0...
11 more #Palestinians starved to death in #Gaza in the past 24 hours. #Israel is committing this crime I full partnership with the Western countries. Fellow Americans, this is our tax dollars at work. aje.io/ankl4u
A transcript of a meeting in March, where Netanyahu refused any option other than full-scale genocide against Palestinians. Leaked Cabinet Transcript Proves Netanyahu Prefers Genocide To Freeing Hostages Watch on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mitchell... Or On YouTube: youtu.be/aoL3jHsx8o8
Jeremy Ben Ami's willingness to admit that he can't defend Israel against the charge of genocide is progress that must be encouraged, not criticized as insufficient or too late. Bring In the PEPs mitchellplitnick.substack.com/p/bring-in-t...
Donald Trump's new focus on starvation and aid in Gaza is solely driven by political convenience. Trump never expected that Israel’s actions would damage its standing so badly in the U.S. Now he’s rushing to support an ally he has bet his future on. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/trum...
Yep, @elivalley.bsky.social nailed it again.
Sadly, @krystalball.bsky.social did not end the odious wretch of a senator @corybooker.com's career. But she did a great job of showing Booker for the awful, corporate, dangerous phony that he is here. Too bad he wasn't there to get the full @slotkin.senate.gov treatment. youtu.be/qQKNjhq29qI?...
No more looking away. This is #Israel’s doing, but not only Israel. The US, Europe, and Arab states are absolutely complicit in this atrocity, this genocide in #Gaza.
A transcript of a meeting in March, where Netanyahu refused any option other than full-scale genocide against Palestinians. Leaked Cabinet Transcript Proves Netanyahu Prefers Genocide To Freeing Hostages Watch on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mitchell... Or On YouTube: youtu.be/aoL3jHsx8o8
Once again, Israel demonstrates that its definition of "ceasefire" is that the other side ceases while it fires at will. This is why we need real international institutions that enforce norms and laws. It's not a pipe dream, it's an absolute necessity, and Israel is the prime example of why.
Just another reminder of how deregulation works so well (yes, that's sarcasm).
Good for Lula. More world leaders need to do the same. This is how you deal with a small, petty bully like Trump. Exclusive: Lula rejects 'humiliation' of calling Trump over US-Brazil tariff - www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Wonder how it is that so many people have no clue about the reality in #Gaza despite what we can all see? Here's an example. This comes from Haaretz today, just throwaway line in a news piece by Ravit Hecht. Recall, this is supposed to be the liberal #Israeli news. It's a flat-out lie.
This perfectly sums up the competency of the US in the Middle East.
I speak with Joel Beinin, Professor Emeritus at Stanford, about Oct 7, the film Holding Liat, the future after the Gaza genocide, and much more in this interview. Interview with Prof. Joel Beinin Watch on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mitchell... Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/B3B2wN16ZUs
A special video for Tisha B'Av, the Jewish day of mourning. How do we think of Lamentations during the Gaza genocide? How will we think of it after? Watch on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mitchell... Or on YouTube: youtu.be/FQI2Mx_y9pw
In all fairness, Senator, spineless Republicans may be but your own Democratic colleagues give them a good run for their money for the most part.
Spot on.
As we predicted, there will be no consequences against Judeonazi Yinon Levi for his ruthless, cold blooded murder of Awdah Hathaleen. Because to #Israel, the blood of #Palestinians is not just cheap, it's worthless. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
The #Israeli court said the military must facilitate the return of the #Palestinians who were forced to flee their village by settlers. The villagers went back, were chased out again and the IDF did nothing. That's what the rule of law means in #Israel. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu has been pursuing hostage release by force from Day one. It's failed miserably, killing far more hostages than the handful it freed. This decision accelerates the genocide of #Palestinians and #Israel is consciously killing the remaining hostages to do it www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
It's an old pattern, much like refusing to hold accountable Bush and his cronies for lying their way into a disastrous invasion of Iraq. This is who the Democrats are.
No idea. You'd have to ask Joel.
A special video for Tisha B'Av, the Jewish day of mourning. How do we think of Lamentations during the Gaza genocide? How will we think of it after? Watch on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mitchell... Or on YouTube: youtu.be/FQI2Mx_y9pw
Within this piece of great news about The Battleground, you will find the first public mention of my own upcoming book, scheduled for release this fall. open.substack.com/pub/thebattl...
I speak with Joel Beinin, Professor Emeritus at Stanford, about Oct 7, the film Holding Liat, the future after the Gaza genocide, and much more in this interview. Interview with Prof. Joel Beinin Watch on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mitchell... Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/B3B2wN16ZUs
Trump just fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn't like the latest jobs report.
This is suicidal insanity. Trump's ego, stupidity, and childlike insecurity threatens to turn the world to ash. This is only one of the ways he's doing so. Trump orders nuclear submarines moved near Russia - www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
UNRWA had 400 food sites. GHF has 4. This is not aid, it's genocide. Israel is lying, and is the only reason Palestinians are starving in Gaza. Read the statement from UNRWA USA at www.unrwausa.org/unrwa-usa-pr... #LetUNRWAwork
If Israel could have released all the hostages without dealing with Hamas, it would have done so. It can't, even with more US help. 22 months prove that. This collaboration is not about hostages, it is about increasing the already appalling genocide in Gaza. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
While the sales went through with every #Republican and 17 #Democrats in favor, this was an important step forward, one that must be built on Breaking News: More Than Half of the #Senate #Democratic Caucus Votes to Oppose Arms Sales to #Israel open.substack.com/pub/mitchell...
ADL, AJC, COPJ and the rest of the old and crumbling Jewish establishment try to promote hate, racism, and Islamophobia in the name of a genocidal state of Israel. But Jews know better, more and more of us every day.
#Trump has raised tarrifs on #Brazil to 50% in order to protect his far right cohort, #JairBolsonaro from prosecution after Bolsinaro tried to overturn a legitimate election. Trump's not even trying to hide using US policy to protect his criminal friends. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
An entire industry has grown up to craft and maintain the conspiracy theory that billions of people and trillions of dollars are devoted to faking apartheid and genocide, just to make Israel look bad Covering for Genocide open.substack.com/pub/mitchell...
An entire industry has grown up to craft and maintain the conspiracy theory that billions of people and trillions of dollars are devoted to faking apartheid and genocide, just to make Israel look bad Covering for Genocide open.substack.com/pub/mitchell...
We’re joined by @mjplitnick.bsky.social looking into the two-faced rebuke of Netanyahu from Trump who acknowledged the reality that children are starving in Gaza along with the reward of approving Israel to annex parts of Gaza without any limits. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
He gunned down Adwah Hathaleen in cold blood as he and his fellow Brownshirts attacked Umm al-Kheir in the West Bank. These charges are a joke, as is house arrest. They're proof that, in #Israel, it's impossible to murder a #Palestinian. They are not seen as human. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
As the world finally starts to acknowledge the genocide that #Israel is carrying out in #Gaza it's necessary to understand how Israel is still able to get away with claiming it is not committing the genocide we can all see before our eyes. This tries to explain: youtu.be/zpAx5LXLT14?...
How dishonest do you have to be to be genuinely called out for lying by Donald Trump? That Netanyahu is a really remarkable genocidaire. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Some are responding to this video and report from B'Tselem by criticizing the group for only now saying Israel is committing genocide. That's not helpful. The important thing is they're saying it now. See their video and download the report at rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2025/07/28/b...
Incredibly, the denial of genocide in Gaza--the first genocide to be fully documented and played out in real time-is still thriving. The Gaza Genocide and the Machinery of Denial Watch on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/mitchell... Or on YouTube: youtu.be/zpAx5LXLT14