Hamas

On Thursday, Rep. Michele Bachmann condemned the Goldstone report, a United Nations-commissioned report on possible war crimes during the Israel-Palestine conflict in the Gaza strip in 2008 and 2009. But it is clear from her press release that she either didn’t read the report or is willfully misleading the public.

Rep. Keith Ellison is urging members of Congress not to scrap the Goldstone report (pdf) on war crimes allegedly committed during the conflict culminating in December 2008 and January 2009 between Hamas and Israel. A resolution in Congress, backed by Republicans, would condemn the report, written by UN investigator Richard Goldstone, as unfriendly to Israel. [...]

Yesterday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice arguing that Israel is in violation of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (AECA), which says U.S. military exports may not be used to escalate violence. In a statement on his Web site, Kucinich says, the “disproportionate and collective punishment nature [...]

With Israel’s air strikes against Hamas in Gaza now claiming more than 370 lives (including at least 62 civilians) and extending into a fourth day, Jews around the world and in the Twin Cities are expressing outrage over the bloodshed. (Four Israelis have reportedly been killed from Hamas rocket attacks.) From 10 a.m. until 5 [...]

Who knew that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s classic turkey-slaughter TV interview would usher in a golden age of uncomfortable, Thanksgiving-themed television ads featuring conservatives? Two ads that surfaced in the past few days qualify in separate categories for Slaughtered Turkey Awards.

For more than a month now, John McCain has been blasting Barack Obama for his alleged “endorsement” by Hamas and for his willingness to, as future ex-President GWB phrased it the other day in his speech to the Israeli Knesset, “negotiate with terrorists.”

Today James P. Rubin, a journalist who interviewed McCain in 2006 shortly after [...]