Judea Pearl, Daniel Pearl’s father, is extremely upset about the talk of the one-state solution. This piece in Haaretz is so emotional it seems unstrung, he keeps comparing the one-staters to genocide-planners, Nazis: I am concerned because evil plans begin…
Progressive Zionist Ralph Seliger, of Meretz, defends his defense of Joe Biden here. He quotes a JTA article saying that Biden has been critical of Israel: Biden has been especially sharp in criticizing the United States and Israel in their…
Earlier today I posted about “reverse aliyah,” or the desire of Israelis to move to the U.S. A friend points out that many Jews would prefer to live with gentiles: Jews have never been especially interested in moving to Israel….
More on Reverse Aliyah. This is from the Forward in June: A recent survey by the Jerusalem-based Menachem Begin Heritage Center found that 59% of Israelis had approached or intended to approach a foreign embassy to ask for citizenship and…
Politico is reporting that Karl Rove wants Joe Lieberman to get out of the running for McCain VP. Fascinating. It shows that Rove is afraid of the neoconservative movement in the Republican Party, as a threat to the social conservatives…
Last night Chris Matthews choked up talking about Joe Biden’s family, basically saying it was a miracle that the Democrats could field an ordinary Joe like this with a sprawling northeastern Catholic family. Two nights back he repeatedly said “we”…
I saw Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations on MSNBC last night talking about foreign policy with Tom Brokaw and Obama adviser Susan Rice. The Israel/Palestine issue was the subtext of much of the conversation. Rice said that…
Only in England. Daniel Levy, who is on J Street’s advisory board, writes in the Guardian that on the watch of the next president, the two-state solution is either realized or passes its “sell-by date.” The piece reflects disgust with…