Richard Silverstein on the Jenin massacre, Grant F. Smith on New York Times opinion columnist Thomas Friedman. Parallax views podcast with host J.G. Michael. Thomas Friedman has long been a purveyor of shallow research that doesn’t withstand the test of time. He also pushes major Israel lobby initiatives at key moments. But what about covering up Netanyahu and Milchan’s nuclear espionage ring, Project Pinto? Episode page. IRmep report “Thomas L. Friedman’s Israel: The krytron and the cholent heater.”