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  Israel Moves Further Towards Religious Supremacy and Ultra-nationalism By David Starr Israel is moving more towards a Jewish theocracy based on the myth of religious supremacy and ultra-nationalism. In the Knesset (parliament), a bill was pushed through declaring Israel to be the nation of the Jewish people. This exclusiveness has Jews being citizens with equal rights, but at the expense of non-Jews. It amounts to Arabs being treated like second class citizens where some people are more equal than others. The nation-state law in the bottom line is for Jews only. Israel does not belong to non-Jews. And the bill further promotes the immigration of Jews to Israel. Carolina Landsmann wrote a piece published in Haaretz (January 16, 2022) which asserted that “The bill in fact provides a format conforming conversion with Jewish and Torah law – for the first time in Israeli law.” It sounds like the Israeli right is getting ahead of the United States’ Christian right in the effor...

  John Fetterman vs the ’Wizard’ of Oz By David Starr In the 1939 fantasy film, “The Wizard of Oz,” the wizard calls himself “great and powerful.” But it turns out that the wizard is not what he says he is. The wizard is a mere mortal trying to fool people. There is a similar scenario when looking at the Pennsylvania senate race where Democrat John Fetterman is going up against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz, the latter trying to come across as a “true” Pennsylvanian and is “strong” and “knowledgeable” on the issues. But like the wizard in the movie, Dr. Oz is not what he says he is, turning out to be a phony. Oz has had celebrity status with his own show. He has been called “America’s doctor.” And he’s made Time’s list of the 100 most influential people. But all this sparkle does not make him the ideal candidate. Oddly enough, Oz has lived in New Jersey but is campaigning for the Pennsylvania senate seat. And this may not appeal to Pennsylvanian voters. John Fetterman is from...

  The Crusade on Critical Race Theory is Censorship By David Starr The right is obsessed with Critical Race Theory (CRT). It is hell-bent on censoring it where public schools are deprived of teaching students some inconvenient truths about the dark side of history in the United States. The censoring of CRT will deprive students of a chance to gain knowledge of the U.S.’s racism in the past and the overt and institutional racism of today; and how they connect. After all, present conditions are the results of past events. The past influences the present. It is cause and effect. In turn, censoring CRT will make students, and people in general, ignorant of why and how racism still exists today and thus will put obstacles in the way to finding out how to eliminate racism in the future. There is a group called the Alliance Defending Freedom. This entity published a “fact sheet” on October 4, 2021 and revised it on August 5, 2022 entitled “What is Critical Race Theory?” In its op...