I have a friend who’s an American activist who has spent a lot of time in Israel/Palestine. Not Jewish, but a humanist. He reflected lately on the right of Palestinians to return to the land from which their ancestors were…
How often do we get to say this? The Times has a fabulous piece of reporting on the front page today by Ethan Bronner showing that Jenin in the northern West Bank has become a source of Palestinian tranquility and…
Sarah Palin gave a scary answer to Charlie Gibson on Israel, saying she supported Israel’s prerogative to attack Iran, and under his questioning said in a rote way, three times, that the U.S. has no right to “second guess” Israel’s…
Jack Ross has studied Zionist history and now joins the argument between Saif Ammous and Ralph Seliger: The analogy by Saif may have been a bit wacky, but the very existence of the Yishuv betrays the wrongness of Seliger’s argument:…
If you’re a baseball fan, you’re thrilled by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who sadly dropped the Devil from their name this year and have been rewarded by the deity; they’ve shocked baseball by leading the best division, the American…
Ralph Seliger of Meretz-USA writes to me: Saif [Ammous] is an ignoramus. And so are you if you think that his is a serious analogy of Christians coming to the US to make it a more Christian country. It is…
My friend David Bloom knows far more about Israel/Palestine issues than I do. He has made the following smart responses to Israel defenders Steve F. and Richard Witty: I. Steve’s invocation of Nasrallah & moderation reminded me of the following….
The Yale Daily News reports in an ass-backwards way–in a brief–that the Yale Political Union passed by 44-25 on Monday night a resolution that the U.S. should end its special relationship with Israel. In doing so the News characterizes the…
My friend Steve F criticizes my blog: Phil: On your blog, you discuss one side’s distasteful actions without context or its rationale. Israel was not formed to be an ugly aggressor. Its actions have been shaped by its enemies’ actions,…