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Election Jitters 2024 Part 2
Registration deadlines have passed in most states but California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming — have some form of same-day registration (in North Carolina, same-day registration is only available during early voting. -
Election Jitters 2024 Part 1
Voter registration check and more (polling place lookup, ID requirements, etc). Info for US citizens residing or posted abroad: for civilians; for military & families. -
Central Control Part 2
The Authors Guild say they want to hear from authors whose books have been challenged or banned. There's a detailed reporting form. -
Unanswered Questions XV
Their message for Jews is “We have already done October 7th and there is October 8th and October 9th and October 10th …” There are Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip who want the war to continue: We eat animal food - we have a message for Hamas: don't give up. All the (Palestinian) prisoners were released. No food, we will eat sand. Don't give up on anything. And we have a message for the… pic.twitter.com/JHai2Toswb -
World War J
1 Feb: StopAntisemitism shared a recording of a Palo Alto city council meeting in which audience members (including a child) were denying Hamas’s October 7 atrocities and claiming that Israel had done these to its own citizens. -
World War I—Why?
The statistics quoted are documented in Chapter 6 of BP and the Redline Agreement. The $180 billion is 1918 dollars, or about $3.6 trillion as of June 2023. Notes from Woodrow Wilson’s speech after the League of Nations treaty failed ratification. -
Kristallnacht 2.0: Part III
UN Watch have compiled a report that includes Telegram messages showing that “UNRWA teachers in a 3,000-member UNRWA staff Telegram group cheered and celebrated Hamas's October 7th massacre … The UNRWA staff in the group shared photos and video footage of those events and prayed for the terrorists’ success and for Israel’s destruction, in clear violation of UN rules.” -
Israel's 9/11: Gaza—Innocent Civilians or Complicit Population?
This graphic and disturbing video records atrocities committed by Hamas early in the course of their attack. We chose to display the video separately, rather than incorporating it into the edited version of the episode. Please exercise viewer discretion. This website documents Hamas atrocities since October 7. As with the video linked above, please exercise viewer discretion. -
Israel's 9/11: The Jewish State Fights Back; Swords of Iron Unleashed
This website documents Hamas atrocities since October 7. Please exercise viewer discretion. The Morning Rattle has ongoing coverage, as does Brothers In Arms - Protecting Israel Democracy. -
Immigration Crisis
“Why don’t they just get in line?” An answer from America’s Voice; an answer from the Cato Institute (Apr 2021 House testimony). -
Unanswered Questions XII
Gal Luft, co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security and author of Turning Oil into Salt, released this statement via the NY Post, detailing accusations about Hunter Biden and President Joe Biden. -
Equity vs. Equality
Measures intended to correct past inequities are still needed. When the US has gotten closer to a level playing field, the need for those measures can then be re-examined. -
Free Speech Under Fire
The Louis D. Brandeis center factsheet, “International Humanitarian Law in Asymmetric Warfare.” -
Crime Wave
Edwin introduces Max Wallace’s new book: After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller. -
Unanswered Questions X
In late January 2023, there were Nazi shouts and salutes on display outside Chabad of Orlando. There was a similar hate rally near an Orlando shopping center, following which three men were arrested. -
Reparations
Alan Dershowitz makes the case that the Allies struck the wrong balance of mercy vs punishment of Nazis after WWII. -
Unanswered Questions IX
11 Jan 2023Antisemitism at George Washington University: StandWithUs have filed a Title VI complaint “alleging a pervasive, hostile, and discriminatory environment for Jewish and Israeli students” in GWU’s Professional Psychology Program based on discriminatory and retaliatory actions by a professor in the Program’s mandatory diversity course. -
Yom HaGirush 2022: The Expulsion of Jews from Arab Lands
Edwin Black relates the “Inside Story of Yom HaGirush” for JNS, the Israeli Community of Uruguay (en Español) and the Israeli Consulate of Ecuador (en Español). -
The 2022 Midterms: America's Crisis Decision II
Before we get to the nuts and bolts of the midterms, Yael Lerman of StandWithUs will be spotlighting antisemitism in the legal profession and Ken Abramowitz will have a few words to say about the 2022 edition of The Multifront War. -
Kristallnacht 2.0
On Sep 28, 2022, The Wellesley News editorial board published an article calling for “the liberation of Palestine” and extending support for the BDS movement. The Wellesley News is Wellesley College's student newspaper. -
Iran’s Nukes: The Coming Showdown
Josh Block has prepared a detailed analysis of Iranian nuclear weapons development sites requiring IAEA inspections. -
Deadly Vision: When Ophthalmology Teamed Up With Eugenics in America
Today’s introductory topic concerns the July 14 joint US–Israel declaration that includes a commitment to ongoing cooperation and to "never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.” This episode is based on Chapter 8, "Blinded." -
American Concentration Camps … Yes, American
Today's special topic is the PA's detention—arguably torture—center in Jericho. While torture is illegal under Palestinian law, that has not stopped them from using torture techniques on prisoners, including on journalists. -
Israel's Occupation: The Making of a Myth
Avi Bell and his colleague Dov Shefi dissected the so-called “occupation” in depth in a 2010 article for Israel Affairs. -
Farhud Day: The Arab-Nazi Alliance in the Holocaust
Edwin Black detailed the history and fallout of the Farhud in his book The Farhud: Roots of the Arab-Nazi Alliance in the Holocaust. He was also the driving force behind the establishment of International Farhud Day, first observed on June 1, 2015. -
The Tulsa Race Massacre
In July 2023, another avenue for reparations was foreclosed by the dismissal of a survivors’ lawsuit. -
Identity Theft: How Arabs Appropriated Jewish Palestinian Identity
Images from the 1939 Petit Larousse Illustré (encyclopedia) showing the flags of the world, including that of Mandatory Palestine. -
WWIII—What Would It Mean?
Since the development of the Bomb, this terror weapon has been deployed in warheads of varying sizes. On the smaller side, while a nuclear hand grenade remains in the realm of speculative fiction, the US did develop the human-portable SADM (Special Atomic Demolition Munition), 12" x 18" (305mm x 457mm) and weighing in at 70 lb (32 kg), with an estimated yield of up to 1 kT. -
The Very Big Lawsuit Against Ben & Jerry's
Ben & Jerry's announcement that they were discontinuing selling ice cream in Judea and Samaria—driving this lawsuit—was discussed in "Ben & Jerry’s Excellent Boycott Backlash," S2 E28, aired on Jul 29, 2021. -
Ukraine Invasion—What it Would Mean
1994 Budapest agreement: https://treaties.un.org/Pages/showDetails.aspx?objid=0800000280401fbb Explainer: https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Ukraine-Nuclear-Weapons -
The UN Lie of Israeli Apartheid
The UN Human Rights Council has mandated a "United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel" following Resolution S-30/1, adopted by the Human Rights Council on 27 May 2021. If one wishes to anonymously respond to this resolution, one may upload documents to the COI Cloud. -
Watkins Elementary School Holocaust Outrage
The Edwin Black Show is seeking more information on the Watkins Elementary School Holocaust incident. All messages, including those from police officers, parents, students, and school staff, will be treated with assured journalistic confidentiality. Contact watkins@theedwinblackshow.com to provide information in confidence on this incident to Edwin Black. -
Antisemitism at Duke University ... Again
11 Nov 2021 Duke's student newspaper, The Chronicle, reported that SSI's charter had been approved and that updated rules had been read. -
Yom HaGirush—850,000 Jews Expelled from Arab States
Edwin Black relates the “Inside Story of Yom HaGirush” for JNS and others. Iraq in particular discovered the consequences of kicking out its Jewish citizens. Read more at the Yom HaGirush resource page. Watch “The Untold Exodus of Jews from Arab Lands.” -
The Jerusalem Consulate Crisis
See the budding protest movement at Stop the Consulate and its petition. -
The Durham Investigation—Beneath the Headlines
28 Aug 2023 This discussion, from October 21, 2021, revolves around the John Durham investigation. US Attorney Durham secured a conviction of Kevin Clinesmith. Durham also indicted and tried Attorney Michael Sussmann and analyst Igor Danchenko. Subsequent to this report, both Sussmann and Danchenko were found not guilty by juries. There were no other indictments or trials of any other individuals, named or unnamed. -
The Burlington Affliction—Pressuring Jews on Holy Days
A boycott of Vermont goods and destinations has been called for in response to the Burlington City Council's action. -
The China Threat
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry appears prepared to accept China’s genocidal actions toward the Uyghurs and other minorities in exchange for cooperation on climate issues. -
Ford and the Nazis
Henry Ford received the Nazis’ highest honor that could be awarded to a non-German, The Grand Cross of the German Eagle,in Detroit on July, 30, 1938 from Karl Kapp, German consul in Cleveland and Fritz Heiler, left, German consul in Detroit. -
Values That Shape the World Launch
Values That Shape the World is available now in hardcover and paperback from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. *** CNN reports on the progress of the evacuation of Afghani civilians. (video) -
Barnes & Noble Launch Event for Values That Shape the World
Available now in paperback and hardcover from Barnes & Noble. -
Amazon Launch Event for Values That Shape the World
Available now from Amazon-US, Amazon-CA, Amazon-UK, Amazon-DE, Amazon-ES, Amazon-FR, and Amazon-IT. -
Israel War Update: Iran & Lebanon—What's Next
How Iran Developed the Bomb, read it here. The Shape and Design of Iran's Nuclear Warhead, read it here. Times of Israel: "The face of Iran’s new terror government" explained here. -
Ben & Jerry’s Excellent Boycott Backlash
Ben & Jerry's sources much of its sugar from Belize. The US Department of Labor currently states: "Children in Belize engage in the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking. Children also perform dangerous tasks in agriculture and construction. (1-3) Table 1 provides key indicators on children's work and education in Belize." See it here. -
General Motors and the Nazis
Edwin Black's Nazi Nexus provides abundant detail on GM’s assistance to the Third Reich (as well as that of IBM, Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller). -
Is Israel Ethnic Cleansing?
The village of Kfar HaShiloach at it was in 1891. It was built on an empty hillside on Jewish purchased and registered property to provide housing for Yemeni Jews; it was seized in 1948 by Jordanians and is now known as Silwan. ZOA demanded president of Yale University condemn resolution falsely accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Read it here. -
Unanswered Questions II
A letter signed by 73 The Democrats in the US House Floor calls on Joe Biden to "reverse" the Trump administration's pro-Israel policies, including his peace plan to resolve the Israeli Palestinian conflict. -
Special Event: Edwin Black on the 80th Anniversary of the Farhud at Congregation Ohav Zedek
Autographed copies of The Farhud: Roots of The Arab-Nazi Alliance in the Holocaust are available from Edwin Black; paperbacks and ebooks are available from Amazon and B&N. -
The War Against the Jews … in America
Guerilla video maker Ami Horowitz went to Portland State University to openly ask for student contributions to finance Hamas efforts to kill Jewish children. See the video here. The No Fear rally in Washington DC can be seen here. The key remarks by Alyza Lewin can be seen here. -
International Farhud Day—Can It Happen Again?
International Farhud Day was first recognized at a special event held at UN HQ and streamed across the world on 1 June 2015. -
Gaza and Jerusalem Explode ... again
View Film Clip of a typical Hamas Rocket Barrage Against Israel here View Impact of Palestinian Violence and Threats Against London Jews here View senior Hamas leader at 4:30 to 5:30 saying he is "not sure" if Hamas had offices in al-Jalal tower housing AP and al-Jazeera here -
Barnes & Noble Launch Event for IBM and the Holocaust Hardcover Re-issue
Purchase the Hardcover Edition at Barnes & Noble here. In the years since its publication, a few reviewers have falsely accused IBM and the Holocaust of being factually inaccurate. Here are some of their retractions, many of which were accompanied by donations to USHMM or Yad Vashem. -
The Uyghur Genocide—The World Is Not Watching
Raphael Lemkin coined and began the process of defining the term “genocide” in 1944, while the outcome of WWII was not yet certain. -
Is Antisemitism Entrenched in the Democratic Party?
More than two dozens attempts were made to secure a Democratic appearance, response, or statement. All failed. This space is reserved for any Democratic response if it ever comes. -
Palestinian Terrorist Salaries Start Again
1 Jul 2023Qadri Abu Bakr was killed in a car crash. Terrorist salaries paid by the Palestinian Authority were first journalistically investigated by Edwin Black in his November 2013 bestselling book Financing the Flames. -
The California Ethnic Studies Danger Goes National
In September 2023, the ADL, the Brandeis Center, the AJC, and others filed suit against the Santa Ana school board, asserting that it had adopted an ethnic studies curriculum that is antisemitic and anti-Israel and had gone against transparency standards in doing so. StandWithUs posted their objections to the current Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) in March 2021. -
Are Campuses Havens for Antisemitism?
This episode mainly addressed issues at UC-Irvine, but there are many instances of antisemitism on many campuses. 7 Nov 2023 We have witnessed widespread antisemitic and anti-Israel speech and acts on many campuses in the aftermath of the October 7 Hamas attack. Alex Sternberg recounts his mother's 1930s experience of being pushed out of university and (ultimately sent to Auschwitz) and reminds us that never again is now. -
Juneteenth
Robin Washington, editor at The Forward, points out that General Granger’s announcement of the Proclamation was less to inform the enslaved, many of whom already knew, but to make sure that slaveholders knew—and that the Federal Government was willing to enforce the order, at bayonet point if necessary.
