New Voices on Al-Jazeera (for real this time) [Self-Promotion]

By Zach C. Cohen March 7, 2012

As promised, I was on Al Jazeera on Monday, where I joined: Pro-Palestine activist Max Blumenthal, Breitbart.com editor Ben Shapiro, Al Jazeera anchor Derrick Ashong, Al Jazeera online producer Malika Bilal, Stanford University Student Body President Michael Cruz and Occupy AIPAC organizer Sasha Gelzin for a discussion on AIPAC and college Jews with a focus…

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Does Max Blumenthal know who he’s talking to?

By Ben Sales October 21, 2010

Anyone who wants to make an intelligent contribution to the discourse on the proposed Israeli loyalty oath should know that drunk 18-year old Americans are not a representative sample of Israeli or Jewish society. Jenny Merkin knows that. I’m pretty sure Brandon Springer knows that too. I’m not sure that Max Blumenthal knows that. In…

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Israel, the Oath and the New Jewish Youth

By bspringer October 21, 2010

Yesterday, Jenny Merkin posted Max Blumenthal’s recent video of mostly young Jewish internationals in Jerusalem swearing allegiance to the State of Israel via a loyalty oath crafted by Blumenthal in the spirit of the Führereid, you know that oath the Nazi Wehrmacht swore to ze Führer. Astonishingly, most of Blumenthal’s subjects proudly swore the oath…

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Loyalty Oath Controversy, cont’d.

By jmerkin October 20, 2010

I think that what Mr. Blumenthal does here is pretty disingenuous and purposefully damning. What do you think? Check it out here: For more fun with American youth in Jerusalem and Israeli politics, click here.

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