Mark Levine's Inside Scoop

Texas and Ohio – Not Necessarily Bad for the Democrats

March 5, 2008

Israel Back in Gaza: The Right of Self-Defense

March 4, 2008

Audio Only

Mark discusses Israel’s decision, finally, to take decisive action to protect its citizens who have been under bombardment by 7694 missiles.
Here’s why Palestinian Arabs and the world should encourage Israel to reoccupy Gaza. Let’s face it, they had greater economic prosperity and were far more secure under Israeli rule than under the Hamas dictatorship.
A senior Israeli official described the situation bluntly:
This very limited (Gaza) operation was intended to show Hamas what could happen, what you may call a ‘prequel’,” the senior Israeli official said.
“If they decide they’ve seen enough and stop the rockets, if they get the message, then we may get into a period of quiet. If they continue to fire the rockets, then there will be more operations like this one or worse,” the official said.
Those that support a Greater Israel have no greater friend than Hamas, which will eventually force Israel to reoccupy the Gaza Strip. They are lucky that Palestinians have never discovered their secret weapon, the one weapon that would crush support for a Greater Israel worldwide and in Israel proper and that would immediately lead to the creation of a viable Palestinian State.
That secret weapon is…..non-violence. Lucky for Israeli hawks, the Arabs will never think to try it.

Humor on the Campaign Trail

February 29, 2008

Happy leap day! No show today, but I thought I’d devote this once-in-four-year opportunity to humor on the campaign trail. My personal two favorites are here:
The first I dedicate to Dave from California:
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early
Keep away from those goons, Dave!
The second I’ve placed in the comments section. It gives the “bar pick-up lines” of all the Republican and Democratic Nominees for President.
Feel free to add your own!
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Rising Antisemitism

February 28, 2008

Audio
Often disguised as anti-Israel in nature, antisemitism is on the rise everywhere: from typical sources such as Farrakhan, the United Nations, and Europe to new places like the American Methodist Church.
Guest: Ty Brown, founder of the Dreams End Blog who has been investigating the Methodist Church proposal to divest from companies doing business with the Israeli military, but not from Halliburton or companies doing business with Iran or Saudi Arabia.
Is antisemitism the only prejudice stomached by people on the Left?
Do they support another Holocaust?
Assuming not, then what would they do with all the Jews who are inconveniently living in Judaea when they destroy the Jewish State?
How would THEY respond if the Mexican Government were raining 40 missiles a day into Texas?
Condemn the USA for denying Mexico fuel supplies in response?
One thing we do know, American Jews are regularly condemned for lobbying their Government on behalf of Israel or for protesting those who are anti-Israel. Few complain about the gun lobby, the pro-choice lobby, the pro-life lobby, or the pro-Irish lobby (which puts Irish immigrants ahead of every other), the way the “pro-Israel lobby” is condemned with books like Mearsheimer’s and Walt’s. Meanwhile, virtually nothing is written about the extremely influential (but shadowy) Saudi lobby which lobbies in secret, unlike pro-Israel supporters who lobby in public. In the Comment Section is a detailed review in The New Republic of Mearsheimer’s and Walt’s recent antisemitic screed, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. Note how M&W blame both 9/11 and the Iraq War on American Jews.
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