Uri Avnery comments on the bulldozer attacks in Jerusalem: From the utterances of the commentators this week, one can gather that they cannot even imagine the anger that accumulates in the mind of a young Arab in Jerusalem throughout the…
The Palestinian press reports that a 10-year-old Arab boy was killed by the Israeli Army in Ni’lin, where villagers have been protesting the construction of the “separation wall” on Arab lands. Saif Ammous comments: “Another week, another barbaric Israeli response…
Joe Lieberman praised Rev. John Hagee and read scripture to his Christian Zionist flock, comparing Hagee to biblical heroes, Miriam and Moses. He also referred to J Street’s use of Lieberman as a poster boy for the Israel lobby. “There…
Last night at dinner my sister asked me Why if everyone and his brother is for the two-state solution is there not a real push for a two-state solution? The easy answer is that the Israel lobby in the U.S.,…
One of the reasons I’m visiting my parents in Cape Cod is that there was a lecture last night by an Arab, Rami Khouri, in a series about the middle east at the Church of the Messiah, an Episcopal church….
Today I was driving to my parents’ place on Cape Cod and realized what an idiot I’ve been about what’s happening right now. It’s a really important moment, right down to Barack Obama putting a note into the Western Wall….
Israelis seem to be preparing for an Obama presidency that tries to cut a Clinton-like deal early on, with Dennis Ross supervising. So better make more facts on the ground now! David Horovitz, the editor of the Jerusalem Post, whom…
MJ Rosenberg, in a piece on TPM: “There is no political downside to simply going with the lobby on the Middle East. It’s like what Jackie Kennedy said: you can’t be too rich or too thin. In American politics, you…
One of the surprises of Middle East debate here is how censorious the Jewish community can be. The ADL’s efforts to keep Tony Judt from talking, the shutting down of the Spertus Museum’s exhibit on Israel/Palestine geography last month, the…