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GAZA: Terrible Truths | Steve Berman

GAZA: Terrible Truths | Steve Berman

If you have never read Mark Twain’s “The War Prayer,” you should read it now. Twain never published the 897-word essay while he was alive; perhaps he couldn’t find a proper venue to print his scathing satire against America’s imperial wars that gave us possession of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. According to his …

GAZA: Not America’s Fight, So Hold Your Fire on Palestinians, Please | Steve Berman

GAZA: Not America’s Fight, So Hold Your Fire on Palestinians, Please | Steve Berman

Burlington, Vermont police arrested a man for shooting three Palestinian-Americans near the University of Vermont campus. Jason J. Eaton, 48, was arrested on Sunday for the shootings that took place Saturday around 6:25 p.m., according to the Boston Globe. Two of men were wearing black-and-white Palestinian keffiyeh scarves, Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad said in a …

HAMAS: There Will Be No Bomb Shelters for Gazans, Only Death | Steve Berman

HAMAS: There Will Be No Bomb Shelters for Gazans, Only Death | Steve Berman

The Luftschutzhäuser and Luftschutztürme were above-ground, massive structures designed to protect German citizens in World War II. They were truly a marvel of construction, and there were a lot of them, enough to protect five percent of the civilian population in 70 cities throughout Germany. These buildings were nearly indestructible, and in fact after the war, many were simply …

2014’s Message to 2023: Obama was Wrong, Wrong, Wrong | Steve Berman

2014’s Message to 2023: Obama was Wrong, Wrong, Wrong | Steve Berman

One of the trends on creator spaces like YouTube is “this is future me” segments commenting on content filmed in the past, or more likely, hawking a product sponsor. If “future me” 2023 had a message for us in 2014, it’s that the threats in Iran, Gaza, Taiwan and Ukraine were tests to see the …

ISRAEL: Why Young Americans Side With Hamas | Steve Berman

ISRAEL: Why Young Americans Side With Hamas | Steve Berman

A Gallup poll taken a few weeks ago asked “Thinking about the war between Israel and Hamas, should the U.S. government _____?” Overall, 65 percent of Americans agreed that the government should publicly support Israel, which later President Biden made abundantly clear by his speech and actions. But the breakdown of those numbers is troubling. Among Gen …

America must stand by Israel as it faces a grim war future | Steve Berman

America must stand by Israel as it faces a grim war future | Steve Berman

Let me start with a bit of a rant. I’m tired of arguing about the status of $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds released by the U.S. to gain the release of five U.S. citizens held by the Tehran government. The problem isn’t if the Iranians spent the money: They haven’t; it’s not if the Iranians could spent that money on …