I have great news tonight: Gaza is exciting the world’s sympathy. Consider the picture above. We never could have imagined such a thing just weeks ago. Consider the heartrending headline and lead of an AP story prominent on Yahoo’s main…
Sallai Meridor, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, talking to reporters: In a conference call Tuesday with reporters, Sallai Meridor said criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza as disproportionate is like “telling a lady who had to push a rapist…
Can you imagine the Times saying that earlier this year when China crushed Tibet? No, you can’t. The first paragraph of the Times editorial on Gaza (who needs to read more): Israel must defend itself. And Hamas must bear responsibility…
Skyredoubt translated portions of a piece in Hebrew by Benny Tziper, in Haaretz, only Haaretz, and posted it on his flickr site. […]A nice man was there at the entrance to the museum, an invalid of IDF from the Yom…
The discourse is changing under our feet. Good piece from Jonathan Wright in Cairo. To wit: “Obama’s position is very precarious. The Jewish lobby warned against his election, so he has chosen to remain silent (on Gaza),” added Hilal Khashan,…
Last summer an Iraq veteran stood up in the balcony during John McCain’s speech at the Republican convention with a sign “You Can’t Win an Occupation.” Steve Walt sent me an email that contained the same truth this afternoon, and…
Spencer Ackerman has a good point, that this is a moment of testing for progressives in the face of the “shtetl police.” He says progressive Jews– I don’t care so much about Jews–Everyone in the U.S. faces the shtetl police:…
This morning I said Israel attacked the “Dignity,” based on Free Gaza’s use of that word. Now Free Gaza is reporting that Israeli boats came out of the darkness and rammed Dignity, severely damaging it. The cable shows are going…
Adam Horowitz writes: Today in the New York Times Benny Morris gets his semi-annual opportunity to try to justify Israeli militarism and expansionism: “Why Israel Feels Threatened”. Presented as an outline of all the threats Israel faces he begins, “Many…