It’s too bad that Huffington Post runs bellicose articles like this one by Amitai Etzioni, in which he rationalizes the Israeli occupation and dismisses the idea of separation between church and state as high-falutin’ western values. I thought Huffpo was…
Sorry, I meant to post this before the event! The Chicago City Council had an all-star panel today testifying on the dangers of going to war with Iran. John Mearsheimer, Scott Ritter, Stephen Kinzer formerly of the NYT, someone from…
Here’s Bush’s guest list at the 60th birthday party in Israel. I’m still learning my way around the politics of the Israel question, but here are my scores in the free-skating competition: Sheldon Adelson, the biggest Republican donor, a Netanyahu…
A friend is disturbed by Marty Peretz’s renewed endorsement of Obama–“What Obama Said to Me About Israel”, and by Obama’s obeisance to Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic, who my friend points out served in the Israeli army in the 80s…
This morning Michael Oren was on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” speaking of Israel’s achievement, and Renee Montagne asked him what he hoped for in the next 60 years. Oren said, he wants an Israel at peace with its neighbors and at…
I heard my wife on the phone saying, “Loathing is acceptable.” When she hung up, I got the story out of her. Turns out she was talking to a friend who’s been married for 2 years. The friend was complaining…
This week George Bush is to speak at the “President’s Conference” in Israel, which is titled “Facing Tomorrow” and being led by a thinktank called the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute. One of JPPPI’s chief concerns is the “erosion” of…
I’m easily amazed. Maclean’s Magazine has published a huge piece headlined “Why Israel Can’t Survive” as a Jewish state if it wants to be democratic. (Chris Varley , who pointed the piece out to me, notes, that Maclean’s is Time-magazine…
Dude, rub your eyes, it really is happening: the progressive voice re Israel/Palestine is breaking into the MSM. The always great Christian Science Monitor (as a commenter pointed out) gives Steve Walt the last word in a piece debating how…