Jonathan Alter

Husband, father; author (of books on FDR, Obama, Carter and Trump); lecturer; documentary filmmaker; columnist; founder,

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

This is pretty great.

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

"Hope built this place...and hope still lives here."
This is a beautiful, impactful message and video from @JamesTalarico.
He is playing against the hateful tenor of our times, and betting on Texans to reject an onslaught of hundreds of millions of dollars in negative ads, paid for by @ElonMusk, @MAGA Inc. and others on behalf of Ken Paxton.

[Larry Coben @LarryCoben]

Friend @jonathanalter states it perfectly and succinctly..not that the antisemites, antizionists and those with Israel Derangement Syndrome will read and reflect

[Jonathan Alter @jonathanalter]

Profiles in Cowardice https://t.co/Lnm1L36F6r

[Yair Rosenberg @Yair_Rosenberg]

This Einstein meme is false but will never die because many sharing it are uninterested in the complicated historical facts but rather in selectively suborning history to serve contemporary political purposes. But for those interested in the facts: https://t.co/COAkiI6YXg

[Charles P. Pierce @CharlesPPierce]

I don't know anything about Rep. Long, but he is a great American.

[King David @KingDavid9y]

Sad but yes…..

[Jonathan Alter @jonathanalter]

Thanks, @tleany !!

[TLea @tleany]

Very nice piece by @jonathanalter about 9/11. He was always a frequent sight in Secaucus… his appearances along with Brian Williams were always “must see tv” - even if I had to stop what I was doing. One of the many great journalists who hail from Chicago

[Kosher @koshercockney]

“It didn’t start on October 7th.”

No.
You’re right.
No it didn’t.

Here is a list of Arab attacks and massacres on the Jews since 622 AD

Educate people.
Bookmark this.

[continued to present day in the thread]

[Jonathan Alter @jonathanalter]

Thanks, Malcolm...

[malcolm beith @mbeith]

Good piece on the tragedy and horror of Oct. 7 and the dangers of contextualizing (in this instance, minimizing) its significance from @jonathanalter https://t.co/uZTdkCb5i6

[Jonathan Alter @jonathanalter]

October 7: How Can So Many People Celebrate a Massacre? https://t.co/HIHXET5e8A

[Jonathan Alter @jonathanalter]

Collins will say in tonight's debate that she didn't vote for Trump and often disagrees with him. But she voted with him 95% of the time. In any school in Maine, a 95 on a test gets you an "A". So whatever she says, Collins gives the president an "A."
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[Lucas Gage @LucasGageX]

Look what Zionists have done to these Gazan kids.

Actually, they're Yemeni kids starving because Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis blocked aid to feed them. Over 85k under 5 have died.

You don't hear about it because Muslim lives only matter when the US or Israel takes them.

[GAZAWOOD - The Pallywood Saga - Official @GAZAWOOD2]

The "Babel" restaurant has reopened in Gaza in recent days.
What is surprising is not the luxury and abundance, as usual, but rather what an Arabic TG channel named Al-Minkhal wrote about it.
I am copying his words:

"I swear, if I were the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I would take these videos and show them to the whole world. Anyone who says there's a famine in Gaza, or that Israel is failing to provide sufficient humanitarian aid, or that Israel isn't allowing enough trucks to enter, is lying."

[Jonathan Alter @jonathanalter]

Please listen to this tape. It's as important as looking at the destruction of buildings in Gaza if you want to take part in the debate.

[Arsen Ostrovsky @Ostrov_A]

“Dad I’m calling you from the phone of a Jew! I just killed her and her husband. With my own hands I killed 10 Jews!”

Chilling conversation from Oct 7th, between a Hamas terrorist from Gaza and his father, who is crying with pride.

Never forget this sick evil!

[Joel Engel @joelengel]

Some numbers tell a dispositive story.

1939: 40 million Arabs in the world.
2026: 450 million Arabs in the world

1939: 17 million Jews in the world.
2026: 16 million Jews in the world

1939: 4 sovereign Arab states
2026: 22 sovereign Arab states

1939: 0 sovereign Jewish states.
2026: 1 sovereign Jewish state

Tell me again what the argument is about.

[space cadet 🇪🇺🌐🇩🇪 @actsmaniac]

bro might genuinely sabotage the peace process by posting this

[Jonathan Alter @jonathanalter]

The Red Undertow in the Midterms ...from Charlie Cook, the gold standard. https://t.co/dJVGLR4AfQ

[Yoni Leviatan @songsofyoni]

Here’s what the media doesn’t tell you about the caricature of Israel you have in your mind.

In less than two hours, over 7 million Jewish Israelis will mark Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Some will go to synagogue. Some will go to the beach. Nobody will drive unless they have to. Many will not eat or drink for 25 hours, religious or not.

Then you have over 2 million Arab Israelis who will go on with their lives as usual. Many will not drive in mixed cities out of respect for their Jewish neighbors. Nobody will drive in Jewish neighborhoods. And the hospitals will only be filled with Arab doctors and nurses to let their Jewish colleagues observe the day at home. (The opposite happens on Ramadan.)

Not long ago I went out to run a few last-minute errands before the holiday begins. Every Arab I interacted with – at the dry cleaners, in the supermarket, in the elevator – wished me an easy fast.

Every one.

It happens every holiday. Any holiday. Their holidays and ours.

This is the real Israel. A country filled with Jews and Arabs that get along better than anywhere else on this planet, that nobody shows you because it’s simply not newsworthy.

It’s everyday life.

To all those who observe – have an easy fast.

גמר חתימה טובה

[Mazelit Airaksinen 🎗🇺🇸 🇮🇱 @Mazelit_]

You can see the Hamas terrorist hesitate at the end of the video before he shoots the young woman.

This is the evil of October 7th.

This is the evil Israel is fighting.