Tag: aipac

Ilhan Omar in a Context of a Changing Washington

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 7, 2019

Dayen has some interesting conclusions about the meaning of the left’s victory in rejecting the House leadership’s desire to rebuke Ilhan Omar: It is no more a trope that wealthy interests want to protect the pre-eminence of Israel in Middle East policy than it is to say that large corporations have an interest in protecting […]

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The Dishonest Hacks Who Attack Ilhan Omar

By Erik Loomis

On March 6, 2019

The Islamophobic attacks on Ilhan Omar for daring to question American support of Israel’s policy toward Palestine are just incredibly dishonest and hacky. Paul Waldman has a good essay on this:

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Islamophobia in Action

By Erik Loomis

On March 5, 2019

I am completely revolted by the treatment of Ilhan Omar by AIPAC and their hacks, by Democratic House leaders, and everyone who seeks to demonize the first Muslim woman in Congress. First, Omar hasn&#

Hillary at AIPAC

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 22, 2016

Not good. Not good at all. As Joe Biden acknowledged in his AIPAC speech on Sunday, Israel’s “steady and systematic process of expanding settlements, legalizing outposts, seizing land” is making a two-state solution impossible. The settlements are pushing Israel toward a one-state reality, in which Jews rule over the Arabs with whom they are geographically […]