Posts Tagged: Ben Rhodes
Palestinian Official Calls Drop Site News Founder an ‘Apologist’ for Hamas, Ex-Obama Aides Say They ‘Love’ the Site
A Palestinian diplomat accused a popular new anti-Israel website of running cover and acting as an apologist for Hamas. Abdal Karim Ewaida, the Palestinian ambassador to...
Sen. Bernie Sanders Calls on Democrats to Stop Accepting Money From AIPAC
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), took to X/Twitter on Monday to call on all Democrats to stop accepting political donations from the American Israel Public Affairs...
‘Pod Save America’ Hosts Accuse Israel of ‘Genocide’
On a recent episode of Pod Save America, hosts Ben Rhodes and Tommy Vietor, alumni of the former Obama administration, slammed Israel's ongoing military campaign...
‘Ridiculous Nonsense’: New York Times Scapegoats Israel for Kamala Harris Election Loss
The New York Times — in two opinion pieces, a news article, and a top-of-the-front-page Sunday headline — falsely blamed Israel and the Gaza war...
Has Ben Rhodes Made the Descent Into Antisemitism?
Ben Rhodes, the former national security aide to President Obama -- who once boasted that he used non-governmental groups and the media to create an...
American Who Was Political Prisoner in Iran Slams Possible Appointment of Robert Malley as Special Envoy
An American citizen who was held for over three years on false charges by Iran slammed the possible appointment of Robert Malley as a special...
Peter Beinart, the New York Times and the Coming Campaign to Eliminate Israel
The recent news that Peter Beinart has been hired as a contributing opinion writer to The New York Times was not shocking, but it is...
The Coronavirus Is No Reason to Let the Iranian Regime Off the Hook
JNS.org - The whole world is dealing with the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but among the countries that have suffered the worst is Iran....
There’s More Than One Way to Trick an American
JNS.org – Is anyone really surprised that foreign nations think Jared Kushner is an easy mark? The presidential son-in-law and senior adviser was stripped of his “top...
Israeli Ambassador to US: Obama Administration Created ‘Alternative Universe’ to Sell Iran Nuclear Deal to American Public
An “alternative universe” was created to sell the Iran nuclear deal to the American people, Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer said on Wednesday. “Two...
Playing Politics With the United States Holocaust Museum
Over the weekend, the Trump administration faced justified criticism over its statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which did not reference the centrality of Jewish mass...
Confronting the Politicization of the Holocaust
JNS.org - About a month ago, I wrote in this column about a group of British animal rights activists who employed Nazi imagery in a vicious...
‘This Man Is a Spite Machine’; Obama Blasted on Social Media for Appointment of Ben Rhodes to Holocaust Memorial Council
Outgoing President Barack Obama’s choice on Tuesday of top aide Ben Rhodes to serve on the US Holocaust Memorial Council drew a slew of online...
PBS Ombudsman Calls for ‘Clarification, Correction’ Over Ben Rhodes’ False Claim That ‘Tens of Thousands’ of New Israeli Settlements Are Under Construction
A PBS news program should issue a “clarifying or correcting” statement in the wake of a claim made by a top Obama administration official during...
