Mitchell Plitnick
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Co-Author: Except for Palestine; Pres of ReThinking Foreign Policy; writer; policy analyst for 25 years Views expressed are mine alone Follow my Substack π
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23 hours ago |
mitchellplitnick.substack.com | Mitchell Plitnick
While mainstream and even some more left=leaning media have criticized the Trump administration for their latest push to get Ukraine to surrender to Russia, most of that has been presented in the context of promoting the failed military option that got us to this point in the first place. Years of failed policy choices by the U.S. and Europe has, indeed, cut down on options for pushing back Russian aggression, but doubling down on those failures is not going to make them better.
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2 days ago |
open.substack.com | Mitchell Plitnick
Mainstream media has failed to rise to the moment of impending authoritarianism. Some of us are trying to supplement some of the work done by some of the better-funded alternative outlets to continue to bring you thoughtful and informative news that you arenβt getting in most outlets. But we can only do that with your help. If you can, please donate through CashAPP, using the button below.
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6 days ago |
mitchellplitnick.substack.com | Mitchell Plitnick
Israel and its defenders manipulating spurious accusations of antisemitism to deflect accusations of war crimes is nothing new. But it has become much more of an organized effort in the 21st century. More than that, it has been refined into a devastating strategy, as a long-term campaign to define all criticism of Israel as antisemitism has taken hold. This reached new heights as Israel had no other way to defend its genocidal behavior over the last 18 months.
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6 days ago |
mondoweiss.net | Mitchell Plitnick
Last week, without much fanfare, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his nominee for the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. The man he picked was Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, an ultra-orthodox member of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, a long-time friend of Miriam and the late Sheldon Adelson, and a leading Trump campaigner and fundraiser in the far-right sector of the American Jewish community.
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1 week ago |
nuclear-news.net | Mitchell Plitnick |Christina MacPherson
Trumpβs Iran talks can succeed if the administration embraces reality rather thanΒ myth What is routinely absent from the conversation is that one of the people who agrees, at least for the moment, that Iran must not have a nuclear weapon is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The fatwa (ruling under Islamic law) he issued dates back to at least 2003 and as much as a decade before that.
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Really? This is what we're focusing on? A few Chinese soldiers? Ukraine is, justly, being defended by a cornucopia of foreign fighters alongside its own and has been from the start. How about focusing on ending Russia's invasion?
Zelensky: We have captured two Chinese soldiers on Ukrainian territory. We have their documents, even credit cards. They are citizens of China. I believe the United States of America needs to pay more attention to what is happening today. 1/ https://t.co/Hd2orgt3Tj
This is a stunning example of the worst propaganda. #Israeli soldiers commit massive war crimes and are so proud of it, they film them and post them to social media. But they're somehow the victims and it's the decent people calling them out for it who are the bad guys. https://t.co/HUOhB7oguG
There's a pretty obvious way for Turkiye and #Israel to "avoid clashes in #Syria." That would be ending their entirely illegal presences there. https://t.co/aK2V5V6wYm
