Today cable news shows trotted out two black commentators, Jonathan Capeheart of the Washington Post and–I’m going to get this wrong–but someone I believe is named Maria Wall of the Washington Times, to say in so many words that Rev….
I criticize the Times too much. Today it has a fabulous piece of reporting, by Andrea Elliott, on how Debbie Almontaser was forced out as principal of the Khalil Gibran school for Arabic in Brooklyn by a gang of anti-Islamic…
This morning students at Columbia put up 1000 posters, each bearing the name of one of 418 villages wiped out in the Nakba. Says Saif Ammous: “It is vital to inform our fellow students of the roots of today’s conflict,…
Today’s Independent in England features an opinion piece on the Nakba that uses the word “sh-t” three times in describing the repulsive practice of Israeli colonies, pumping their raw sewage on to Palestinian land. Then Johann Hari brings the Nakba…
Rev. Wright isn’t crawling under a rock, he’s standing up for himself, good for him, today reminding the media that he served six years in the Marine Corps, somewhat longer than Dick Cheney served. And two nights back, he gave…
I had a few responses to comments on my post about Jewish superiority. I agree Richard that the narrative has happened before, of Jews having court power and being expelled or worse. But I feel like this history is too…
Arab students at Columbia University in New York will be staging a number of Nakba-related events this week, beginning with a faculty panel tomorrow night at 7 p.m. (Details below) “These will really be the biggest Palestine events in Columbia…
I’m still caught up in Ambassador Gillerman’s statement that Israel is a “far better” country than most others because it produces scientific and artistic talent. My friend Richard Witty acknowledges that this attitude is unfortunate when he hears it from…
The world is changing. The Associated Press has a wonderful story on the Nakba. Israel’s joy over independence after two millennia of Jewish exile has been the Palestinians’ “naqba” — their catastrophe. The state they were to have in a…