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Jake Sullivan’s Mental Prison (A Sequel)

JL;DR SUMMARY Peter Beinart critically assesses outgoing National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's interview at the 92nd Street Y, highlighting Sullivan's language as Orwellian, filled with euphemisms that obscure the harsh realities faced by Palestinians. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli Palestinian ConflictDemocracyGazaU.S. Foreign PolicyHuman RightsNational SecurityPeter BeinartAntony BlinkenJake SullivanOrwellian Language

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"Jake Sullivans interview at the 92nd St Y."
East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
"And yet, Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza cannot become citizens of the state of Israel. They cant vote for its government. The vast majority of Palestinians in East Jerusalem are not citizens either, right."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy. I have long wanted to ask Gideon what its like to be one of Israels most hated men."
United Kingdom
"One reader suggested In Search of Fatima, by the British-Palestinian writer Ghada Karmi, which The New Statesman has called one of the finest, most eloquent and painfully honest memoirs of the Palestinian exile and displacement."
Ukraine
"By comparison, Ukraine, where the United States has literally imposed sanctions and sent weapons to fight against what Russia is doing, thats more than five times the number of people whove been dying since the escalation of the war in Ukraine in 2022."
Sudan
"Its also about five times as many people dying per day as in Sudan, which the United States has now declared a genocide, right."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"Adalah, which defends the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel."

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