#OnThisDay - OCT 17 1994: Jordan's King Hussein & Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin initial peace deal 2000: Failed Sharm El-Sheikh summit 2001: PFLP assassinate Israeli Cabinet Minister 1933: Albert Einstein arrives in US/Institute for Advanced Study 1973: OPEC Oil Embargo +Price Surge

"AS A JEW" (Updated) - The “As A Jew” argument when it comes to “Critiquing” Israel open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #Israel #Jews #AntiZionism @timesofisrael.com

Zionism will not be deterred by Arab terrorism. Some things don't change very much...From almost 90 years ago (Oct 1938) "Massacres Will Not Halt Zionism, Arabs Told" @jta.org reporting the the comments of Jewish Agency's Moshe Shertok -later Israeli Foreign Minister & Prime Minister, Moshe Sharett

#OnThisDay in 1994: Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres win the Nobel Peace Prize www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ujf...

Flashback 5 Years today...AIPAC changes (modernizes) its logo @aipac1.bsky.social #AIPAC

J Street is relieved and overjoyed by the long-overdue release of Israeli hostages. We share in the profound joy of the hostages and their families after more than two years of unimaginable suffering. 🧵

President Donald Trump speaking at the Knesset in Jerusalem today www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh-N...

#OnThisDay (Oct 12)...1973: Operation Nickel Grass- The mass US air resupply of Israel - Pres. Nixon’s "Tell them to send everything that can fly"...2000: Attack on USS Cole killing 17 US servicemen...2000: Lynching of 2 IDF Reservists in Ramallah...2002: Bali Nightclub bombing

Decade Flashback....10 Years ago; a few weeks after overcoming a BDS effort at the Sunsplash Festival in Spain; Matisyahu performs "Jerusalem" in Jerusalem 🇮🇱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCo8... #Matisyahu #Jerusalem #OnThisDay

#OnThisDay in 1937... Less than a year after abdicating the British throne; Former King Edward VIII - the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson began a two-week visit to Nazi Germany meeting with various senior Nazis, including Adolf Hitler via British Pathe www.youtube.com/watch?v=atXR...

#OnThisDay OCT 6 -Happy Sukkot! 1943 - President Roosevelt refuses to meet the 400 Rabbis who came to Washington DC seeking FDR save European Jewry 1973 - Start of “Yom Kippur War” www.youtube.com/watch?v=118Q... 1981: Assassination Egyptian President Anwar Sadat www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Eb...

Marking Yom Kippur in England - In England, the country of my birth (which I left long, long ago): Attacking Jews on Yom Kippur - (And wishing all Jews Shabbat Shalom, Happy Sukkot. And living in safety without fear)

#OnThisDay September 30 1938: "Munich" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0v1... Chamberlain returning to England www.youtube.com/watch?v=SetN... 1946: Nuremberg War Crimes Trials - Verdicts and Sentences www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyFi... 2016: Funeral of Shimon Peres www.c-span.org/program/whit...

#OnThisDay - September 28 1995: White House signing ceremony of Israeli-PLO "Oslo II" agreement youtube.com/watch?v=yfrF... 2016: Death of Shimon Peres www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/w... 1970: Death of President Nasser nytimes.com/1970/09/29/a... 2000: Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount

As the expression goes: "Old wine in a new bottle." #OnThisDay in 1969: Haters of #Israel demonstrating outside the White House as Israeli PM #Golda Meir was meeting with President #Nixon TEXT: Departure Statements www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/re... VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYNS...

"Myths & Facts About AIPAC & Israel" - From @aipac1.bsky.social responding to some recent "critiques" about the organization (where I myself, until a year used to work) #AIPAC #Israel #USIsrael

#OnThisDay in 1969: New Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir is warmly-greeted at the White House by President Richard Nixon - Text & Video of #RichardNixon & #GoldaMeir arrival comments youtube.com/watch?v=s-0v... presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/re... #Golda #GoldaMeir 🇺🇸🇮🇱 #USIsrael #Israel

Wishing all Jews around the World a "Shanah Tovah"....1946 Flashback: 18 months before Jewish Statehood: Jews celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Jerusalem at the Western Wall (then British Mandate controlled) via British Pathe youtube.com/watch?v=-KvO... #RoshHashanah #Jerusalem #Kotel #Jews

The annual @thejerusalempost.bsky.social 50 Most Influential Jews" ... my former organization @aipac1.bsky.social ... At #43: #AIPAC's new heads: CEO Elliot Brandt, who succeeded Howard Kohr at the beginning of 2025 and President Bernard Kaminetsky jpost.com/influencers-... #JerusalemPost

"Marking One Year Post-AIPAC - What I've learned....What I've Done...What I've written" (Including a compilation of articles written over this past year) Feel free to follow me on Substack and Twitter! open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #AIPAC @aipac1.bsky.social #israel #AntiZionism

#OnThisDay in 1978: A truly-wonderful moment. #Egypt's Anwar #Sadat and #Israel's Menachem Begin, witnessed by President Carter sign the "Camp David Accords.” (6 months later, Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty). www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLEU... #CampDavidAccords @cartercenter.bsky.social

"Ah...J Street (Continued)! - The perspective of a former (long-time) AIPAC Staffer…Some current and past comments regarding J Street" open.substack.com/pub/michaell... @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social @aipac1.bsky.social #AmericanJews #Israel #JStreet #AIPAC

Flashback 5 Years: #OnThisDay in 2020 - The Signing of the Abraham Accords: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Israel at the White House with President Trump VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBPE... #AbrahamAccords #MiddleEastPeace #OnThisDay #Israel

#OnThisDay in 1993: PLO's Yasser Arafat & Israel's Yitzhak Rabin sign the "Declaration of Principles" at the White House. Not yet peace; but hopefully on the way to resolving the “Arab-Israel” - or “Palestinian-Israel” Conflict www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8CF... #Israel #Palestinians #PLO

This week's selective compilation..." Various Critiques about Israel - Posts by and Responses to them... + Selected "On This Day" Flashbacks - September 12, 2025 - The perspective of a former, (very) long-time, AIPAC Analyst!"

Flashback 20 Years... #OnThisDay in 2005: The last Israeli IDF soldier leaves Gaza (with the last Israeli settler having already been removed). Gaza is now governed by the Palestinians and from that point on...?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnXt... #Gaza #Israel #Palestinians #IDF

#OnThisDay - September 11 2001: 9/11... Unity www.youtube.com/watch?v=400F... 1941: Charles Lindbergh: The British, the Jews and Roosevelt Administration pushing for War. www.charleslindbergh.com/americanfirs... 2005: Israel completes Gaza Disengagement news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi...

#OnThisDay (September 9) in 1993: The Israeli-PLO Exchange of Letters re Mutual Recognition (4 days later Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat (and Shimon Peres) were at the White House signing ceremony hosted by President Clinton. @nytimes.com nytimes.com/1993/09/10/w... #Israel #PLO #Palestinians

#OnThisDay - September 8 2001: #UN Durban Conference (World Conference Against Racism") concludes with anti-Israel resolutions www.un.org/en/conferenc... 1947: Jewish refugees from "The Exodus" (Exodus 1947) forcibly disembarked in Germany www.jta.org/archive/jews... 1974: Ford Pardons Nixon

And for what it's worth: My response to @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social Jeremy Ben-Ami on Substack "No More Blank Checks" (to which Jeremy Ben-Ami in turn responded) jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/no-more-blan #JStreet

"ON THIS DAY" in 1964: The famed "Daisy" girl TV Ad (which ran just once): From the Democratic President Lyndon Johnson Campaign directed against Republican Presidential nominee, Barry Goldwater "We must either love each other, or we must die" www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTB... #LBJ #Goldwater

#OnThisDay (Sept 6) 1970: 4 Planes Hijacked by Palestinian Terrorists. El-Al hijacking thwarted. LEILA KHALED released by UK 1972: Aftermath of Munich Massacre 1982: Then #AIPAC head, Tom Dine differing with Israel re Reagan Plan 1986: Gunmen Synagogue in Istanbul killing 22 worshippers

The perspective of a former, very-long-time, AIPAC Analyst! Israel's Critics, Detractors and Others: Some of their actions...Some Responses to them... Some "On This Day" Flashbacks - Week Ending September 5, 2025

#OnThisDay - September 5 1972: The horrendous "Munich Massacre" of 11 Israeli Athletes at the Munich Olympics 1978: The two week-long Camp David Summit begins with Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and President Carter 1946: Ben Hecht's "A Flag is Born" opens on Broadway with a young Marlon Brando

Maybe it's just me and my posts; but I find "Interaction" on Bluesky much, much harder than on Threads or the (dreaded!) X (Twitter). Of course that means; also get less abuse as well! But it's like posting in a vacuum #Bluesky #Threads #Twitter #X

#OnThisDay (September 3) in 1944: Anne Frank and her family were sent to Auschwitz www.annefrank.org/en/about-us/... #AnneFrank #DiaryOfAnneFrank #Holocaust #FinalSolution

Flashback 90 Years..."ON THIS DAY" in 1935: The 19th Zionist Congress meeting in Lucerne. Resolutions adopted via @jta.org and VIDEO of the 19th Zionist Congress via @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social University's "Spielberg Jewish Film Archive” www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkqC... #Zionism #Jews #Palestine

Flashback 15 Years... #OnThisDay (September 1-2) in 2010: President #Obama, Egyptian President #Mubarak, Jordan's King #Abdullah, #Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu and PA’s Mahmoud #Abbas meeting at the White House. VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJlC... NYT www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/w...

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Banquet and Conference is being held in the Washington DC area, September 19-20. Announced speakers include: Mahmoud Khalil (Banquet keynote), Code Pink's Medea Benjamin; Linda Sasour; Cenk Uygur and Josh Paul #cair #israel @cairnational.bsky.social

September: The final month of my month-by-month "Flashback Highlights" in the @timesofisrael.com blog “War and Peace – Past September Highlights" blogs.timesofisrael.com/war-and-peac...

Ex-AIPAC-Jerusalem's Tom Sawicki @timesofisrael.com blog "The times they are a-changin’ –can AIPAC adapt? The age of 90% bipartisan pro-Israel votes is over. A new strategy is needed amid waning support from Democrats and Trump's MAGA base blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-times-th... #AIPAC

One Year ago today... #OnThisDay in 2024: Israel announces that the bodies of six murdered hostages taken October 7th by Hamas, had been recovered from a tunnel in Gaza. Among the six murdered hostages was American-Israeli, Hersh Goldberg-Polin www.cnn.com/2024/08/31/m... #Israel #Hamas #Gaza

#OnThisDay in 1897: The First Zionist Congress ends. Theodor Herzl in his diary "At Basel I founded the Jewish State. If I said this out loud today, l would be greeted by universal laughter. In five years perhaps, and certainly in fifty years, everyone will perceive it" www.gov.il/en/pages/189...

A few #OnThisDay (August 30) 1923: World Jewish Population figures 1966: The new Knesset Building Opens in Jerusalem 1981: Iran's President & Prime Minister Killed in MEK Bombing 1982: PLO's Yasser Arafat Exits Beirut (under Israeli siege) 1993: Responses & reactions to Israel-PLO breakthrough

Responding to Israel's Critics, Detractors and Others - Aug. 29, 2025 - My weekly compilation of (some of) my week’s comments - Shabbat Shalom/Happy Labor Day open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

#OnThisDay (August 29) 1897: First World Zionist Congress opens in Basel. 1929: Responses to a week of riots/killing in Palestine 1967: Arab Summit opens in Khartoum -"Three Nos of Khartoum" 1993: First reports of Israel-Palestinians negotiations in Oslo [Links at x.com/WashingtonVi...

"The American Jewish Community, "The Jewish Lobby" and Israel" - Flashback almost 50 Years: President Carter's Chief of Staff, Hamilton Jordan's June 1977 Memorandum to President Carter open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #USIsrael #AmericanJews #AIPAC #ADL #JimmyCarter

#Iran. Again..."Response to Iranian attacks" on #Australia -Today's Joint Statement from Australia's Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese; Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong and Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security, Tony Burke www.pm.gov.au/media/respon... #Terrorism #Antisemitism #IRGC

Ah Iran... "Australia accuses IRAN of directing antisemitic attacks on cafe and synagogue" - Iranian Ambassador to Australia being expelled BBC www.bbc.com/news/article... #Iran #IranianTerrorism #IranianAntisemitism

Flashback..."ON THIS DAY" in 1929: The start of a week of Arab riots across British Mandatory Palestine - which included (Aug 24) the infamous "Hebron Massacre" VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF6e... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Pa...