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I have been asked to comment on allegations of a “relationship” between Professor Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein.  It is an incontrovertible fact that Professor Chomsky met and corresponded with everyone.  He didn’t discriminate; that was his modus operandi.  That disposes of the bulk of the accusations leveled against Professor Chomsky.  However, a portion of the […]

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Both my parents died 30 years ago in 1995, my Father on January 21, my Mother on October 19 (yesterday).  In my book, I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It, I included a brief remembrance of them.  Here’s what I wrote: “Traitors!” Except for my Mother and Father, every member of both my parents’ […]

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I devote a chapter of my forthcoming book, Gaza’s Gravediggers, to the point that describing the situation in Gaza as a “war” rather than a “genocide” egregiously distorts what is happening there. In a postscript to this chapter, reprinted below, I comment on the new UN report that found Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. […]

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Here’s the translation of the speech of one of the dockworker’s leaders in Genoa, before the departure of the ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla. “I want this to be clear to everyone — really to everyone: around mid-September these boats will arrive near the coast of Gaza, close to the critical zone. If we […]

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Several months ago I was supposed to debate Israeli ex-historian Benny Morris at the Oxford Union. At the last minute the ex-historian stipulated that he would only participate in the debate if former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was also invited. The Union then approached Mr. Olmert but, according to the Union, Olmert “firmly declined […]

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I recently debated Israeli ex-historian Benny Morris on Piers Morgan Uncensored. I noted that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation [GHF] was setting up distribution centers in southern Israel. The objective is obvious: forcing Gazans to relocate in the South in order to obtain food, water, and medicine. Once crammed in that tiny space, it would be […]

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I recently debated Israeli ex-historian Benny Morris on PIERS MORGAN UNCENSORED. A Palestinian doctor interviewed by Morgan before the debate stated that “I still have many of my colleagues from Nasser hospital who have been kidnapped since the beginning of the war. These doctors have never come back,” and referenced one doctor who “disappeared” and […]

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I recently debated Israeli ex-historian Benny Morris on Piers Morgan Uncensored. The ex-historian accused me of fabricating a poll that found that half of the Israeli Jewish population believed that Israel should conduct a genocide in Gaza. Vigorously shaking his head, the ex-historian kept repeating “That’s a lie, That’s a lie. There’s never been a […]

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The other day I suffered the ordeal of reading Senator Chuck Schumer’s awful little book, ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA: A WARNING.  Such an original subject!  Until Mr. Schumer came along, no Jew had published a book on alleged rising anti-Semitism in the US since the last … 48 hours.  At one point, Mr Schumer recalls meditating on his […]

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Me and three of my dear British friends, colleagues and comrades: Alex Nunns (Jeremy Corbyn’s press secretary), Deborah Maccoby (my editor and the greatest living authority on British literature), and Talal Hangari (my literary assistant just graduated from Cambridge).  If there are three more wonderful people in the world, I’ve not met them. Me and […]

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I was invited to participate in a debate at the Oxford Union on November 28, 2024 that included Israeli professor Benny Morris.  I was subsequently informed by the Union that, after agreeing to attend, Professor Morris stipulated that he would only participate in the debate if former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was also invited.  […]

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