Stevenson’s army, April 24

-WaPo says US pressured Ukraine not to attack inside Russia

-Peter Beinart worries about another Nabka.

– Politico sees a “diploma divide” explaining US politics [see second story].

– Facebook has an ad library, Take a look.

My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I republish here, with occasional videos of my choice. To get Stevenson’s army by email, send a blank email (no subject or text in the body) to stevensons-army+subscribe@googlegroups.com. You’ll get an email confirming your join request. Click “Join This Group” and follow the instructions to join. Once you have joined, you can adjust your email delivery preferences (if you want every email or a digest of the emails).

Other than spelling “Nabka” incorrectly (sb “Nakba”), Prof Stevenson may also not realize the extreme views Beinart often reflects. In this case first of all, the establishment of the Jewish State is clearly not considered a Diaster (Nakba) by most Jews worldwide and certainly not by Israelis. That pretty much establishes Beinart’s Bias #1. Further, choosing select quotes from historically extreme Israeli positions — that do not reflect a strong plurality of Israeli Jews today — hardly establishes the potential of “another Nakba” (bias #2). That “Expulsion is deeply rooted in Zionist history” belies the truth of Jewish Palestine’s many pioneers who firmly believed in coexistence between Arab and Jew. Zionism simply reflects the belief that the historical and Biblical homeland of the Jews was/is to be established in the Holy Land. For most Jews it’s a basic tenet of their Judaism; so, as such, Beinart’s statement reeks of antisemtism (Bias #3), about which Prof Stevenson should be keenly aware.

There’s more, too much more. Perhaps the good Professor would next offer one of many counterpoints to Beinart’s extremist views.

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Jeremy says:

April 25, 2023 at 8:41 am

Other than spelling “Nabka” incorrectly (sb “Nakba”), Prof Stevenson may also not realize the extreme views Beinart often reflects. In this case first of all, the establishment of the Jewish State is clearly not considered a Diaster (Nakba) by most Jews worldwide and certainly not by Israelis. That pretty much establishes Beinart’s Bias #1. Further, choosing select quotes from historically extreme Israeli positions — that do not reflect a strong plurality of Israeli Jews today — hardly establishes the potential of “another Nakba” (bias #2). That “Expulsion is deeply rooted in Zionist history” belies the truth of Jewish Palestine’s many pioneers who firmly believed in coexistence between Arab and Jew. Zionism simply reflects the belief that the historical and Biblical homeland of the Jews was/is to be established in the Holy Land. For most Jews it’s a basic tenet of their Judaism; so, as such, Beinart’s statement reeks of antisemtism (Bias #3), about which Prof Stevenson should be keenly aware.

There’s more, too much more. Perhaps the good Professor would next offer one of many counterpoints to Beinart’s extremist views.

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