Howard Berman, chairman of House Foreign Affairs, has issued the following defiant statement about the fresh news of negotiations between Hamas and Fatah to form a unity government: “The U.S. Congress will find it impossible to work constructively with any…
Earlier today we reported that Israel lobbyist David Makovsky in testimony to Congress had urged Israel’s use of “appropriate biometrics” as a means of screening Palestinians at Israeli border crossings so as to shorten lines. He recommended this as a…
And the Hasbara rejoinder: Also watch Elliot Mathias, the director of the Hasbara Fellowships, prepare students to combat Israel Apartheid week here.
At DailyKos, “Rbguy” is providing excellent coverage of a post-Gaza hearing conducted by the House subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia (under the Foreign Affairs committee). Here’s part of his report on David Makovsky, the cheerful guy from WINEP,…
Frightening. Ben Smith in Politico on Lieberman’s charm offensive: Others argue that he could be a useful foil for Benjamin Netanyahu, allowing the new prime minister to better cast himself as a centrist. Smith also says that even Joe Lieberman…
George Mitchell should really travel to the Middle East more often. Every time he lands in Israel/Palestine there seems to be a blockbuster leak regarding the settlements. Akiva Eldar is reporting in today’s Ha’aretz that the Israeli civil administration in…
Anees writes from Jerusalem: Eyal Weizman is an Israeli architect and scholar of the spatial aspects of Israel’s Occupation and military operations. His many excellent essays/books/interviews are worth checking out. In this recent article on ‘lawfare’ (law+warfare) in Gaza, he…
Yesterday I posted John Mearsheimer’s belief that Palestinians outnumber Jews in historical Palestine right now. Well, here is Ali Abunimah’s estimate from last year, that Jews are 5.15 million and Palestinians 5 million, and both are under 50 percent of…