Where is the great Anthony Lewis? Here: Ezra Klein at TAP:
There is nothing proportionate in this response. No way to fit it into
a larger strategy that leads towards eventual peace. No way to fool
ourselves into believing that it will reduce bloodshed and stop
terrorist attacks. It is simple vengeance. There's a saying in the
Jewish community: "Israel, right or wrong." But sometimes Israel is
simply wrong.
a larger strategy that leads towards eventual peace. No way to fool
ourselves into believing that it will reduce bloodshed and stop
terrorist attacks. It is simple vengeance. There's a saying in the
Jewish community: "Israel, right or wrong." But sometimes Israel is
simply wrong.
Spencer Ackerman at firedoglake:
The Jewish writers who consider Palestinian life to be worth a fraction
of an Israeli life will start braying about antisemitism, because when
Palestinian bodies are charred in the streets, the real victim is a sensitive Jew's sense of collective guilt.
of an Israeli life will start braying about antisemitism, because when
Palestinian bodies are charred in the streets, the real victim is a sensitive Jew's sense of collective guilt.
Matthew Yglesias at thinkprogress:
The Israeli government, seemingly dissatisfied with the results of
their earlier effort to just make life as miserable as possible for
residents of the Gaza strip went and killed a couple of hundred people in retaliatory airstrikes.
And Adam Horowitz at Mondo!
