#OnThisDay - JANUARY 29 20 years...2006: @jta.org #Hamas set to take power in Gaza after Palestinian elections. (No Gaza elections since!)...2002: President Bush on "Axis of Evil" (North Korea, #Iran and Iraq)...2003: Ariel Sharon reelected Israeli PM ...Other #OTD open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

#OnThisDay - JANUARY 28 1986: Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster 1980: #ARGO - 6 US diplomats Escape from Iran ht Canada & CIA! 1976: Yitzhak Rabin became first Israeli PM to Addresses Joint Session of Congress... 1916: Louis Brandeis first Jew Supreme Court open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

#OnThisDay - JANUARY 27: Holocaust Remembrance or Memorial Day...1945: The Soviet Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau....1967: The terrible fire aboard the Apollo 1 (on the launch pad) killing astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffe open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #Holocaust #NASA

#OnThisDay - January 26 2021 Conference of Presidents Member Organizations Adopt #IHRA Definition conferenceofpresidents.org/press/confer... 1980 - Israel-Egypt: Israel completes withdrawal from much of Sinai; Israel-Egypt border opens; diplomatic relations. www.jta.org/archive/norm...

#OnThisDay - January 25....1949: #Israel's First National Elections to Constituent Assembly/First Knesset....1968: Israeli Submarine #Dakar sank; all 69 aboard died...1993: Mir Aimal Kansi kills 2 @CIA Employees outside CIA HQ & then flees to Afghanistan/Pakistan open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

With Denmark again back in the news; perhaps time to reread my father's (humorous) 1950 book, published under the pseudonym, Louis Bernard "Days in Denmark" See more about thttps://ebay.com/itm/306117266451 #Denmark #Danes

#OnThisDay - January 24….Including two events On This Day in 1965: "Our Man in Damascus" Eli Cohen, is arrested in Syria (Hanged in May 1965; his body never returned to Israel)...That same day in 1965: Winston Churchill Died at age 90 (Other January 24 events at open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

Washington Views: "Critics, Detractors and Other Views" (including mine!) + "On This Day” Highlights - January 23, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #Israel #Zionism #AntiZionism #IsraeliCritics

#OnThisDay - JANUARY 23: 2002: WSJ's DANIEL PEARL Kidnapped in Pakistan (subsequently murdered)...1950: Knesset Proclaims #Jerusalem as #Israel's Capital...1941: Charles #Lindbergh Urges US Stay out of WWII...1973: President Nixon announces end #Vietnam War open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

Israeli PM #Netanyahu "Greenland" quip at #AIPAC’s 2018 Conference has been found and has become one of those conspiratorial "Gotcha!" CLEARLY Netanyahu was pointing to map/noting Israel's lack of diplomatic relations with Greenland on the map (through Denmark!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Mt...

J Street's Jeremy Ben-Ami oped "responding" to #AIPAC's approach re in Tom Malinowski Congressional race- "Memo to AIPAC: Attacking Tom Malinowski Is No Way To Build American – or Democratic – Support for Israel" @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/memo-to-ai... #JStreet

"ON THIS DAY" - JANUARY 21 - 1981: Ex-Pres. Carter Visits with released-by-Iran US Hostages...2017: "Women's March"...1950: George Orwell Dies...1950: Alger Hiss Convicted...1957: Marian Anderson Sings at Eisenhower Inauguration open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #OnThisDay #Iran #GeorgeOrwell

@jewishinsider.com's Gabby Deutch J Street hopes to capitalize on growing Democratic frustration with Israel- ‘There’s going to be a new normal,’ the progressive Israel advocacy group told JI, as it endorses candidates who call Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide jewishinsider.com/2026/01/j-st...

From @ynetnews "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to the United States in late February to attend the pro-Israeli lobby AIPAC conference in Washington, which takes place between February 22-24..." (J Street's Conf week later) www.ynetnews.com/article/fafk... @aipac1.bsky.social

Flashback...One year ago today: #OnThisDay in 2025 : Hamas released THREE of their October 7th Israeli hostages from their Gaza captivity - NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/w... #Israel #Hamas #October7

#OnThisDay in 1974: 3+ months after the 1973 "Yom Kippur War: Israel and Egypt sign their first Disengagement Agreement ("Sinai I") - with the assistance of "Shuttle Diplomacy" Henry Kissinger www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBPb...

#OnThisDay in 1991: As the United States is engaged with "Desert Storm" - The Liberation of Kuwait; the first of Saddam Hussein's #Iraqi rockets hit #Israel with it not known if the missile were carrying chemical or biological warheads NYT www.nytimes.com/1991/01/18/w... youtu.be/7LbYWdk7SeA?...

“ON THIS DAY” in 1961: President Eisenhower’s famed "Farewell Address" with his reference to the influence of “The Military-Industrial Complex” Text & Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWiI... www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/dwi...

My weekly perspective from a former long-time AIPAC Staffer: "Washington Views: "Critics, Detractors and Other Views" (including mine!). + "On This Day” Highlights - January 16, 2026 - Shabbat Shalom! open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

The statement is available online on our website: www.progressiveisrael.org/statement-ja... 2/3

Our new statement. 1/3 While we're completely aware of the tremendous obstacles still ahead - this is just another step in the process - we applaud the creation of the technocratic "National Committee for the Administration of Gaza", and welcome the start of Phase 2 of the ceasefire.

#OnThisDay" JANUARY 16... 1979: The Shah of Iran goes into Exile 1991: Start of "Desert Storm" - Liberation of Kuwait (2 Days later Iraqi Scuds on Israel).. 2003: The Space Shuttle Columbia with Ilan Ramon among the Astronauts Blasts Off open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #Iran #DessertStorm #NASA

Not sure how @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social or @aipac1.bsky.social feel about this! Mondoweiss "J Street is the new AIPAC in the Democratic Party - AIPAC is suddenly unwelcome among Democrats, but there's a new sheriff in town to enforce the pro-Israel orthodoxy..." mondoweiss.net/2026/01/j-st...

Flashback exactly half-a-century..."ON THIS DAY" in 1976: An oped in the New York Times by former Israeli Prime Minister (1969-1974) GOLDA MEIR "Golda Meir, on the Palestinians" #Israel #GoldaMeir #Golda #OnThisDay #Palestinians

A few additions to J Street's announced "Main Stage speakers" at J Street's Feb 28-March 3 Convention being held in Washington DC + Various announced "Breakout Speakers" jstreet.org/convention/s...

#OnThisDay - January 12 including among this from over half-a-century... 1970 item in JTA - “Arab Propaganda Undermines Image of Jewish People As a Progressive Force” and 1991: Congress Authorizes Use of Force vs Iraq to Liberate Kuwait ("Desert Storm") open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

#OnThisDay in 1996: Jordan's King Hussein makes his first official visit to Tel Aviv www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWs0...

Washington Views: Critics, Detractors and Other Views - including my own! + "Key On This Day" Highlights - JANUARY 9, 2026 - The perspective of a former long-time AIPAC "Director of Policy Analysis!" open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #Israel #USIsrael #AntiZionism

"ON THIS DAY" January 9....2015: Post Charlie Hebdo Attack; attack on Kosher Supermart in Paris...2005: Mahmoud Abbas elected (one time) to a 4 Year Term....2008: President Bush Visiting Israel & the PA... open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #OnThisDay #History #Israel #Jews

Joint Amnesty International - Human Rights Watch Statement on #Iran "Iran: Deaths and injuries rise amid authorities’ renewed cycle of protest bloodshed (Presumably local Amnesty Internationals such as Amnesty UK and Amnesty USA will repost) www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne... @amnesty.org @hrw.org

Politico "The party has done an abysmal job’: Israel tensions threaten Dems’ midterm plans-From New York to Michigan, left-leaning challengers are taking on pro-Israel incumbents" (with final quote from Marshall Wittmann as #AIPAC spokesman) www.politico.com/news/2026/01... #Democrats #ProIsrael

Flashback 11 Years… #OnThisDay in 2015: 3 days of terror in Paris began with Islamic terrorists' slaughter at the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The Terror culminated in the killings at the Kosher store. ( www.bbc.com/news/world-e... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpvz... #Terrorism

Maybe somebody can point to the posts/reposts by Amnesty International USA regarding what's been going on in Iran for the past week+? I can't find a single on X or Threads or Bluesky #AmnestyInternationalUSA @amnesty-usa.bsky.social

#OnThisDay in 2021.... "January 6" - The House of Representatives meeting to certify the election of President Joe Biden over DonaldTrump - and the people outside trying to get inside C span youtube.com/watch?v=KzWS... #January6 #JoeBiden #DonaldTrump

At my old place of work... "AIPAC appoints Deryn Sousa as spokesperson - Sousa, who was previously AIPAC’s Southwest regional political director, replaces Marshall Wittmann after 13 years" Via @jewishinsider.com's Gaby Deutch jewishinsider.com/2026/01/aipa... #AIPAC @aipac1.bsky.social

It's not just what an organization says. It's also what it doesn't say. Or how long it takes before it does say something. So look for J Street's @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social comments on the US "action" in Venezuela. Or about the past few days on Iran "unrest." Or NY Mayor Mamdani & IHRA.

#OnThisDay - January 4 2006: 20 years ago today: Tragedy strikes Israel. Israeli Prime Minister ARIEL SHARON has a (second) stroke. Goes into a coma where he remained until his death in January 2014). Ehud Olmert takes over as PM www.nytimes.com/2006/01/05/w...

The BBC’s silence on Iran’s protests is a scandal www.thejc.com/opinion/the-...

Flashback half-a-century…50 years ago this month:The January 1976 issue of COMMENTARY Magazine included an article by Bernard Lewis "The Return of Islam" - Complete article at link. Bernard Lewis' final paragraph below www.commentary.org/articles/ber... @commentary.bsky.social #BernardLewis #Islam

Welcome to 2026...To repost my 2025 @timesofisrael.com Israel piece/compilation "Januaries Past for Israel and Jews" blogs.timesofisrael.com/januaries-pa... #Israel #Jews #OnThisDay

I posted a couple of years ago about this book which I have "Why I Am A Jew" by Edmond Fleg. First published in French in 1927. Translated into English. (*A 1933 English translation with a foreword by Stephen S. Wise can be read online ia803409.us.archive.org/30/items/in.... ) #Judaism #Jews #Israel

#OnThisDay - December 30, 1066: Almost a thousand years ago; Jews were being slaughtered in a pogrom Europe... in Granada, Spain: A pogrom with some 4,000 Jews slaughtered. www.haaretz.com/jewish/2012-... jewishcurrents.org/december-30-... www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant... #Pogroms #Jews #MuslimJewish

Lipstadt slams Starmer for welcoming activist who praised killing Zionists www.thejc.com/news/uk/lips...

The evil committed by Hamas on October 7th and subsequently is too-often denied, downplayed, mitigated, even praised. Two years ago today: @nytimes.com "‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7" (Dec 31 print edition) nytimes.com/2023/12/28/w... #Hamas #Israel #Gaza

Antisemitic incidents in Australia rose by 600% in days following the Chanukah massacre in Bondi Beach. Antisemitism only fuels more antisemitism. If we don’t act now, an entire generation will be radicalized, and it will be too late to stop it.

#OnThisDay Dec 27 1985: Palestinian terrorists open fire on travellers at Rome & Vienna airports killing 19 news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi... 2008: Start of Israel's 3 week long "Operation Cast Lead" v Hamas in Gaza www.idf.il/en/mini-site... 1968: Apollo 8 return www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfd0...

Flashback 35 Years... #OnThisDay in 1990: BBC "Iranian leader upholds Rushdie fatwa - Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said the death sentence on writer Salman Rushdie for alleged blasphemy will remain in force" news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi... #Iran #SalmanRushdie #Rushdie

ChatGPT's Assessment of My Views of AIPAC and J Street! open.substack.com/pub/michaell...? #AIPAC #JStreet

"In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth...and God said 'Let there be light.' And there was light..." #OnThisDay in 1968: The Apollo 8 crew, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, read opening sentences Book of Genesis as they circled the Moon www.youtube.com/watch?v=njpW...

King Charles makes donation to support Jewish charity’s relief efforts in Ukraine www.thejc.com/news/uk/king...