The NY Times published this ad?

"Today the New York Times printed a full-page ad telling Hillary Clinton she has to reject her adviser Sidney Blumenthal and his allegedly anti-semitic son Max, because of Max Blumenthal’s tremendous book on Israel’s militant rightwing political culture, Goliath. The ad on page A7 was paid for by Shmuley Boteach, who has gotten tons of money from Sheldon Adelson. It concludes that Clinton is asking friends of Israel to count on her support for the always-vulnerable Jewish State. If she won’t dissociate herself from her discredited advisor Sid Blumenthal and his rabid, Israel-hating son Max how can we?"  Mondoweiss

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Here you have a perfect example of the efforts of Revisionist Zionist Jabotinskyites to suppress dissent from their extremist views and control the narrative of the larger world's discussion of Israeli policies and politics.

In the interest of full disclosure - I wrote a jacket blurb for "Goliath."  It is a fine book.  I recommend it highly.

Tell me, pilgrims, how is it that Sidney Blumenthal has been "discredited?"  He is discredited for having given his friend HC advice?  Was he responsible for the way she and her staff chose to disseminate that advice?  He did not work at the State Department.  They did.  pl 

http://mondoweiss.net/2016/03/nyt-finally-mentions-goliath-in-rightwing-ad-smearing-max-blumenthal/

http://www.amazon.com/Goliath-Life-Loathing-Greater-Israel/dp/1568589514

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revisionist_Zionism

Comments

[oofda]

Boteach is a piece of work indeed- this isn't the first time he has put an ad in the NYT criticizing those he deems unhelpful to Israel and the settlements- previously against Susan Rice. He once ran for Congress aas an R from NJ- and lost. He also was the 'spiritual adviser' to Michael Jackson- whatever that meant. He was given a lifetime ban by the Lubavitchers for his book "Kosher Jesus." A celebrity clergyman, so not sure what weight his ad will carry.
Again a sign of what the "newspaper of record" has become.

[Robert C]

Sheesh..I'd actually consider donating to HRC if I thought Max was an advisor. Sigh.
Robert C

[alba etie]

All
The Grey Lady has truly become Pravada on the Hudson . Adelsen with all of his Macau gambling money is a clear and present danger to the These Umited Styates and our Way of Life. A pox on all of those geniuses that say Corporations are people & that Citizen's United is a good decision from SCOTUS .

[alba etie]

alba etie
Probably ought get my bifocals checked meant "These United States "

[LeaNder]

alba etie,

if I may pick this apart:
"A pox on all of those geniuses that say Corporations are people ..."

Over here, to the extend I am familiar with law, it seems to make sense, at least in the larger legal structure framework. Someone has to be responsible? There are related paragraphs. Admittedly I have no idea about the history neither here in Germany or on a comparative level. But I would assume matters are related on that level.

The question is, to what extend the respective corporation's" ultimate deciders, considered legally, have to pay the price, is a different matter versus the ordinary employees.

I would like to disentangle this from "Citizen United" versus the US. Legally you take what you can, to make your political point. Citizen united is not a ordinary corporation, but a "conservative non-profit organization". A non-profit is only one item in the larger legal structure, no doubt not only over here.

But yes, as you know, I am only a curious nitwit. ;)

[William R. Cumming]

Just so you know in the United States itis the State governments that authoriz3e the creation of corporations, not the federal government. The real party at interest in forming the corporation never required to be disclosed. And the "citizens" have one accounting system for securities regulation and stock list and another for tax purposes. Never the Twain Shall Meet.

Disclosure: My Vacation Lane Group, Inc. created under a little known provision of Virginia law and a non-profit, but not exempt for any purposes from federal, state, or local taxes.

But a huge portion of the U.S. GDP protected from taxes by formal tax exempt status including political super-PACs.

[Will]

The add is a clever ploy to increase Hillary's support within the opposition to Israeli firsters circle of voters and the US population at large, who are less familiar with detailed MENA matters....

[turcopolier]

WRC
Yes, there few businesses as profitable to the managers as "not for profit" businesses. Ask the two men who were just fired as CEO and COO of Wounded Warrior. And in Virginia the officers of a non-profit can not be held liable unless malfeasance can be proved. pl

[turcopolier]

Will

I don't believe that for a minute. It is what it seems. pl

[Thomas]

"He was given a lifetime ban by the Lubavitchers for his book "Kosher Jesus.""

That is good to know. A Sephardi friend from Jerusalem said of all the chasidim he respected the Lubavitchers because they had day jobs.

Leander,

He is also a best buddy of Ihor Kolomoyskyi who happened to be the civil aviation authority when a commercial airliner was tragically lost over a country's conflict zone. Also threw a celebration dinner when Fawning Entourage Fangirl Sammy was coronated ... err confirmed to her UN post. Pieces to a dark puzzle seem to be coming together.

[Bob]

There is nothing more eye opening to westerners than reading an Israeli paper for the first time. I imagine it would be even more so for Americans considering how badly Israelis despise Americans.

[Bill Herschel]

Israel's problem these days is picking the right horse. And their inability to pick the right horse comes from their incredible stupidity in discovering their best interest. Why?

In part it may arise from the fact that Israel is a theocracy. There was an "extremely heart wrenching" story in the Times recently about a gay Iranian man who fled to Israel on account of his sexual orientation, an article that was undoubtedly written and published on account of its propaganda value. Well, this individual must also have been a stupid, gay Iranian man, because gays have essentially no rights whatsoever in Israel. They are openly condemned by the the leadership of Likud, and do not stand a chance of having equal protection under the law.

There is no separation of church and state in Israel, and that simply is not compatible with the traditions and laws of the United States, no matter what Cruz and Rubio say.

[David Habakkuk]

All,

If I may 'come out' with an old-fashioned British prejudice. Sometimes we were inclined to think that Americans took over from the Germans a propensity to be unduly impressed by PhDs – and also were excessively inclined to think that an ability to make money was normally correlated with other aptitudes.

(Almost all of this is in the past now – these days we are just as impressed by imbecile billionaires as you are.)

However, the sheer stupidity of American Zionists still baffles me.

The suggestion that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism has to entail one of two assertions.

It can be taken to mean that all or most of those who criticise Israel do so because they hate Jews. As applied to Britain, this is quite palpable nonsense. Actually, a lot of the people of regard Netanyahu as appalling are the children of those who were appalled by Kristallnacht. This is metaphorically so in some cases, literally so in mine.

The only possible alternative interpretation is that the statement is definitionally true. What this implies is that – as Michael Oren among so many others contends – that Jews are a 'people' having a common 'destiny' and 'story'.

But if this is the case, then some of the things said by old-fashioned British anti-Semites were right. Clearly, nobody who is a Jew in Oren's sense can expect to be seen as unequivocally loyal to any other country.

In this sense, of course, the true, authentic, Jews are the likes of Netanyahu, Sheldon Adelson, Haim Saban, Robert Kagan, Jeffrey Goldberg, David Brooks … or indeed Rabbi Boteach.

How can any rational 'goy' not think that such people have far too much power, and abuse it?

[rjj]

Fanatics all look alike. Hard to tell them apart.

[Bill Herschel]

There is a useful parallel with the Irish. When my grandfather was growing up, the Irish were referred to as "Turks" and actively discriminated against. When Al Smith lost to Herbert Hoover in 1928, the joke was that he sent a telegram to the Pope, "Unpack".

Of course, that changed. My grandfather voted for JFK. I believe it still helps to be Irish in many walks of life, walks of life in which the Irish may very well have too much power.

And the parallel runs deeper. American Irish took up the cause of the IRA. Collected money for them, etc. The twenty-six counties were Israel, and the six counties the Arab world. All on account of religion.

I don't begrudge the Irish their success in the United States, but supporting murderers and despots overseas on religious grounds is well beyond the pale. The difference between the Irish and the Jews is the extent to which Israel seems to believe that it should control American Foreign Policy.

[The Beaver]

There is an AIPAC Policy conference going on in DC at the Convention center this Sunday until Tuesday

All the usual suspects will be attending or speaking:
http://www.aipac.org/

I understand the presence of some canucks, especially John Baird who is more loyal to Israel than Canada , that of Tony Clement for Conservative leadership bid as well as Helen Lariviere who may want to replace Mulclair if he gets booted out in Edmonton in a few weeks, but I am surprised to see some Europeans, Australians even Africans . The Web is really expanding.

[Jack]

David

Until jews in America start repudiating the Likudniks they will continue to have the lock on the perception that they truly represent the Jewish cause whatever that may be.

For some time the Likudniks through AIPAC and other organizations as well as the big money from folks like Sheldon Adelson and others have controlled the narrative in our media and politics. The fact that Netanyahu could thumb his nose at the President and given a rapturous welcome by Congress says it all.

Now, we have Trump going to address the AIPAC conference. Let's see what he says. Would he reinforce what he said at the last debate or fawn all over them? We know what Rubio and Cruz and Hillary have said. You know its a given that any successful mainstream American politician must swear fealty to Israel to be considered a serious candidate. That shows how deep the capture is. To Bernie's credit he will not speak at the AIPAC conference. But....he will get a pass since he's not expected to win the Democrat nomination.

[turcopolier]

Jack

The Blumenthals have done everything they could to repudiate the Likudniks... pl

[robt willmann]

During the last few days, I have started to think that the Department of Justice will not seek a criminal charge against Hillary Clinton for her e-mail activity, regardless of whether some Zionists would like to stop her campaign. The main reason is that president Obama has recently been asking political donors to contribute to her race for the nomination of the Democratic Party--

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/03/obama-bernie-sanders-clinton-private-donors

Obama is a person who, with a somewhat murky background, was promoted and brought along by political operators and donors, and fairly quickly became the president. During the 2008 election campaign in the fall, when the financial system's problems blew up, Obama openly said about the awful TARP bailout legislation, "This bill must pass". Despite obvious criminal fraud all over the place, not one executive of a large bank or financial company has been charged with a crime by the Obama administration since it began in 2009. I expect that none will be. Financial companies are large contributors to Hillary's campaign.

It is my opinion that when it comes to Democratic Party politics, Obama will do what he is told to do. Since Bill Clinton signed into law the legal changes that allowed financial and media company mergers, and repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, the repeal of which allowed a lot of money-making misconduct to occur, the financial operators will want Hillary to remain in the presidential race. Obama has not disappointed the bank and financial frauders, and their desires will override those of any persons opposing Hillary because of her suspected attitudes about Israel--

http://wallstreetonparade.com/2014/08/dodd-frank-versus-glass-steagall-how-do-they-compare/

[Babak Makkinejad]

"A curious nit-wit..."

Seen so many times you make this statement.

My conclusion: You think that we are intellectually inferior to you.

[Babak Makkinejad]

Mussolini actually tried to create a parliamentary system in which "corporations could be heard. It failed miserably.

[Babak Makkinejad]

No.

Until Protestant Christians are truly and thoroughly are disabused of their funny notions about Ancient Israel and their own relationship with it nothing will change.

We are not, in my opinion, not even at the beginning of that beginning.

In the meantime, there is a multi-religious war that is being waged.

[Babak Makkinejad]

It is not just the Likdudniks - a new phenomenon in any case - but the bulk of Jews who intensely and emotionally identify with the State of Israel.

Alfred Lilienthal was opposing that crowd long before the Likud - starting in 1950.

But this - however new - religion of Shoah cannot be combatted by any rational or emotional argument.

Like the Jihadists of ISIS, its failure would have to be established on the field of battle; in my opinion.

[gemini33]

Max is at an AIPAC protest today and he put out a lot of info, videos, etc. on Twitter and also at the Real News website.
http://therealnews.com
https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal

[alba etie]

leaNder
Nit pick away from afar if you must - corporations are not people & campaign funding from unregulated sources for unlimited amount is a clear & present danger to our elections in These United States ..