Lee Kaplan is a self-described “journalist” who is bent on wiping out the International Solidarity Movement, something he has been about as effective at as the U.S. government has been at finding chemical weapons in Iraq. But just becuase there’s no threat, that doesn’t mean you don’t have to shoot your mouth off about fictional ones.

Kaplan creates little online showcases with his pals with different names and designs to make themselves look much bigger than they are, such as FrontPageMag, Stop the ISM, DAFKA, Campus Watchand so forth. He’s claimed to have infiltrated organizations in the past for his “investigations,” which — if true — seems likes a waste of time and money since he’s churning out fiction anyway. When he’s not doign that outright, he’s just writing goofy, slightly creepy stuff.

In April of this year, Kaplan wrote that “Wahid Taysir, a Bedouin, is a better Israeli than me, a Jew” because Taysir was the guy who shoot unarmed British photographer and peace activist Tom Hurndall who was escorting children home in the Gaza border town of Rafah.. This bizarre screed reads all too similar to those fiery sermons from strident ministers who condemn violence in the same breath that they say that people who shoot abortion doctors willl surely go to heaven.

To be plain: Lee makes stuff up and/or is just plain weird, but has somehow parlayed these to dubious aspects about himself into a career.

But there is hope!

The other day someone forwarded me this funny website dedicated to following the exploits of one of the right-wing’s weirdest of wackos. Take a look at Lee Kaplan Watch! It’s one of this blog’s favorite blogs.

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