10/15 Links: Top Law Firms Fund Anti-Semitic Campus Groups at Berkeley; White House ‘deeply disappointed’ after Abbas tells Putin he doesn’t trust US

From Ian: Nation’s Top Law Firms Fund Anti-Semitic Campus Groups at Berkeley A host of the nation’s premier law firms are financially supporting organizations at Berkeley Law School that are accused of fostering anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel, according to a campus watchdog group. Student groups at the elite law school, led by Law Students for Justice in Palestine, adopted...

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Mahmoud Abbas supports Russia's invasion of Ukraine: "Russia adheres to justice and international law"

Ever since the free world has been condemning Russia for invading Ukraine, modern Jew-haters have been trying to paint Israel as being like Russia.They tried to compare Ukraine to Gaza. They tried to compare Russia's occupation to Israel in the West Bank. Facts, of course, are not part of the conversation. Modern antisemites rely on emotion and analogy, as well as the...

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NYT op-ed says not to coddle an honor/shame society - but for Russia, not for Palestinians or Iranians

There's a very interesting op-ed by Peter Pomerantsev in the New York Times that says how the West should understand Vladimir Putin:To humiliate people is to exploit your power over them, making them feel worthless and dependent on you. It is clear, then, that the Russian military seems intent on humiliating Ukrainians, taking away their right to independence and their...

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Who Knew? Putin’s a Zionist! (Judean Rose)

In a bombshell interview with Megyn Kelly, Putin, set to handily win reelection as Russia’s president on March 18, declared that no Russians meddled in the American presidential election. And even if Russians did meddle in the American presidential election, those Russians don’t represent the state.  "So what if they're Russians?" said Putin. “There are 146 million...

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