Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael

01:51:06

Two Jewish Perspectives on American Jewish Political...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/17

On this edition of Parallax Views, two Jewish American perspectives on the Jewish American community's response to 9/11, the issue of antisemitism, and Israel/Palestine. First up, Dov Waxman, director of UCLA’s Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Israel Studies, joins the show to discuss the American Jewish community's response to 9/11, defining antisemitism (and why he argues that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism; Waxman was

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01:33:44

Ariel Sharon’s Ghost Haunts Gaza w/ Geoffrey...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/17

On this edition of Parallax Views, this episode is a double feature featuring two experts on U.S. foreign policy, the Middle East, and the Israel/Palestine conflict: Geoffrey Aronson and Paul R. Pillar, both of whom have recent articles in Responsible Statecraft that should be of interest to anyone following the Gaza War. Geoffrey Aronson, the former director for Foundation for Middle East Peace and the editor of the bimonthly Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

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59:41

The Potential Coming War in the South Caucasus,...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/17

On this edition of Parallax Views, James W. Carden, former adviser to the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission at the U.S. Department of State, returns to the program to discuss his articles "The Coming War in the Caucasus" (The American Conservative), "Israel's Other War: Ethnic Cleansing in the South Caucasus" (Antiwar.com), and "Kurt Campbell: The Lobbyist As Diplomat". Fears are mounting that the Aliyev regime, with the ever-present hand of Erdogan's Turkey, could soon target southern

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38:01

Israel’s Strategic Culture and Its Failing + Israeli...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/15

On this edition of Parallax Views, Dr. Andreas Krieg, an associate professor in the School of Security Studies at King's College, London and author of Subversion: The Strategic Weaponization of Narratives, joins the show to discuss Israel's strategic culture and its failing. He argues that Israel has responded to the Oct. 7th Hamas attack with strategic ambiguity and is fighting the current war in an outmoded fashion. We also discuss his experience attending a workshop on Hasbara, the nature of

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01:26:09

Negotiating with Hamas, the Quest for Peace, & More...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/15

On this edition of Parallax Views, a double feature on Israel/Palestine, the Israel-Hamas War, the bombardment of Gaza, the Oct. 7th attack, and related subjects. First up, Israeli hostage negotiator and peace activist Gershon Baskin joins us to discuss his experiences negotiating with Hamas, his harsh criticisms of both Hamas and the Israeli government (especially under Benjamin Netanyahu), what he refers to as the "New Form of Apartheid" in Israel, what it will take to get the hostages back and

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01:17:00

The Longstanding Hostilities Between the United...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/14

On this edition of Parallax Views, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs' UN correspondent Ian Williams, author of UNtold: The Real Story of the United Nations in Peace and War, joins the program to discuss the longstanding bad blood between the UN and Israel going back to the assassination of UN official Count Bernadotte by the militant Zionist paramilitary group Lehi (also known as the Stern Gang) in 1948. We discuss this in light of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres making statements

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52:20

The Israeli Covert Op Project Butterfly and the...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/13

On this edition of Parallax Views, journalist James Bamford, known for his groundbreaking investigations into the NSA (The Puzzle Palace) and the Iraq War (A Pretext for War), returns to the program to discuss his recent The Nation piece entitled "Why Israel Slept" about the October 7th Israel intelligence failure and the Israel covert operation Project Butterfly back by the late billionaire Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson and involving a now defunct Israeli private intelligence firm known as

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01:03:41

The Postwar Future of Gaza Is Likely Dystopian w/...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/13

On this edition of Parallax Views, Prof. Nathan J. Brown, a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University and author of six well-received books on Arab politics, joins the show to discuss his grim analysis of postwar possibilities as covered in his Carnegie Endowment for International Peace piece "There Might Be No Day After in Gaza". We'll also discuss the concept of the one-state reality in Israel/Palestine and why it is different than talking about the

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01:29:16

Israel/Palestine and the Joint Arab League-OIC Summit...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/13

On this edition of Parallax Views, Prof. James M. Dorsey of The Turbulent World w/ James M. Dorsey blog returns to discuss the latest development in the Gaza War and the recent joint Arab League-OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) summit that brought together Arab and Muslim world leaders like Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Iran's Ebrahim Raisi, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud, and others together in an emergency meeting about the

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53:53

On Gaza, Israel/Palestine, and the Arab World w/ Eric...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/11

On this edition of Parallax Views, the outspoken and often controversial journalist Eric Margolis, who has long covered issues related to the Middle East, South Asia, and Islam, joins the show to discuss his views on the Israel/Palestine situation, the bombing of Gaza, the implications for the U.S. and the Arab world, and much, much more.

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42:23

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Worrying Use of ”Amalek” in His...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/10

On this edition of Parallax Views, we continue our series on Israel/Palestine, the fallout from the October 7th Hamas attack, and the Israeli bombing of Gaza with Ariel Gold, Executive Director of the Fellowship for Reconciliation. Ariel joins the show to discuss her article "Who’s Drinking Netanyahu’s Genocidal Amalek Kool-Aid?". She explains what's troubling abut Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's invocation of the biblical story of Amalek and what it entails. We also discuss the

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01:28:29

Uses & Abuses of the Settler Colonialist Paradigm,...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/10

On this edition of Parallax Views, Ralph Leonard, a contributor to publications like UnHerd, Sublation Magazine, and Aero Magazine, joins the show to discuss a potpourri of topics related to Israel/Palestine including the uses and abuses of antisemitism, Hamas and the misunderstanding of Frantz Fanon, the Nakba (or Catastrophe) of 1948), the Likud Party and Ze'ev Jabotinsky's Revisionist Zionism, Jabotinsky's Iron Wall essay, what Jabotinsky admits about the grievances of Palestinians that his

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55:54

How George HW Bush Checkmated the Israeli Right and...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/09

On this edition of Parallax Views, political blogger Ettingermentum joins the show to discuss his piece "The President Who Stood Up To Israel and Won". We discuss President George HW Bush's rocky relationship with then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of the Likud Party, the young Benjamin Netanyahu, Bush-era Secretary of State James Baker, AIPAC (American-Israel Public Affairs Commitee), Bush's "New World Order" and the Middle East, how Bush responded to pro-Israel lobbying that painted him

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01:19:31

Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Palestinian Identity, and...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/09

On this edition of Parallax Views, the coverage of the Gaza War and Israel/Palestine continues in this double feature. First up, Prof. Juan Cole, well-known commentator on the Middle East and South Asia from the Informed Comment blog, gives his commentary on conditions in Gaza, anti-Palestinian racism in America, the Palestinian identity, double standards, whether it is actually possible to eradicate Hamas, Netanyahu's "Annihilate Amalek" rhetoric, and why the cycle of violence will continue short

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01:01:04

How New York Aids the West Bank Occupation w/ Chris...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/08

On this edition of Parallax Views, journalist Chris Gelardi of New York Focus, the nonprofit publication that asks the questions "Who Runs New York?", joins us to discuss the investigation he co-wrote with Julia Rock entitled "New York’s Ties to Israel Bring the Gaza War Home". Chris and I delve into the network of nonprofits, major companies, and wealthy individuals in New York who are aiding the illegal settlements in the West Bank. Moreover, we delve into NY political figures like Mayor Eric

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55:08

Wall Street Eyeing Israel-Hamas War Profit-Making...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/07

On this edition of Parallax Views, the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Eli Clifton returns to discuss his latest piece of reporting, co-published by The Gurdian and Responsible Statecraft, entitled "Wall Street eyes big profits from Israel-Hamas war". We'll also discuss the issue of monopoly capitalism as it relates to the weapons/defense industry, Morgan Stanley and TD Bank, shareholders and the problem with stakeholder capitalism or so-called "ethical capitalism", how the current

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54:09

Israel/Palestine, the Gaza War, Intelligence...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/07

On this edition of Parallax views, Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski (Ret.) returns to discuss Israel/Palestine, the bombing of Gaza, U.S. foreign policy, the U.S.-Israel special relationship, blowback and terrorism, the self-perpetuating nature of government power, and her experiences in the Pentagon that led her to blow the whistle on the corruption of military intelligence and creation of a disinformation apparatus by ideological actors in the Office of Special Plans (OFS) in the early years of the

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40:53

Hezbollah and the War in Gaza w/ Ali Rizk, Beirut...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/06

On this edition of Parallax views, journalist Ali Rizk joins us from Beirut, Lebanon to discuss the speech given by Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah this past Friday and his Responsible Statecraft article "Why Hezbollah doesn't want a full-scale war. Yet.". We'll be discussing Hezbollah involvement in the Israel/Hamas War or Gaza War so far as well as the relationship between Hezbollah and Iran (and why Rizk think calling Hezbollah and Iranian proxy is an oversimplification),

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42:43

The Bombing of Gaza, the U.S.-Israel Special...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/05

On this edition of Parallax Views, Ambassador Chas Freeman, a retired diplomat with a stories career and a visiting scholar at the Watson Institute for International Relations and Public Affairs, returns to discuss the bombing of Gaza by Israel in retaliation for the October 7th Hamas attack. We also discuss his critique of the U.S.-Israel special relationship, which he argues is harmful towards to both the interests of the United States and Israel. In the final portion of the conversation Amb

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58:24

Israel-Palestine, the Oct. 7 Intelligence Failure,...

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael ·

2023/11/03

On this edition of Parallax Views, former CIA and State Department analyst Melvin A. Goodman, known for his book Whistleblower at the CIA: An Insider's Account of the Politics of Intelligence, returns to the program to discuss a number of issues related to the Middle East, Israel/Palestine, and U.S. foreign policy. We begin the conversation by discussing the nature and potential causes for the Israeli intelligence failure of October 7th, 2023, the day that the Hamas attack occurred. From there we

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