Zionist articles
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Reply to a Zionist Troll
The following is a little piece of hate mail dropped like a psychological dumb bomb into my inbox the other day Dr. Block — When did you start becoming a self-hating Jew like Larry David, Joy Behar and decades before, Woody Allen? Your CounterPunch commentary reflects self-denial of facts, mostly one most liberal/progressives love to More
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The Zionist Politics of Joe Biden
When I voted for Joe Biden in the last election, I had yet to discover our American president’s uniquely potent commitment to the state of Israel nor his fanatical adherence to Zionism. I’ve seen him in a film clip smiling enthusiastically and saying. “If I were Jewish, I’d be a Zionist.” I watched a short More
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How ‘Zionist’ became a slur on the US left
For many Jews, Zionism signifies a connection to Israel. But a large number of student protesters see the violence in Gaza as a logical conclusion of the late 19th century ideologyFor decades, Joe Biden has proudly declared that he is a Zionist, and he has repeated that claim since Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel. But for the student anti-war protests gripping the US, the words “Zionist” and “Zionism” have become a watchword – pejorative and emblematic of the violent state policies driving...