Ben Smith reports that Dennis Ross (who wrote a fat book about the difficult and messy process of making peace after basically prolonging the colonialist project for 12 years) was nowhere near the foreign-policy podium today and has gotten an…
“‘These comparisons are a manipulative distortion of history,’ [said Avner Shalev, head of the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem], adding that the Holocaust would be best left out of the contemporary political discourse.”
Ben Affleck got exercised about Gaza at Inaugural parties. Speak up, Ben. There’s an army out there looking for leadership. (Thanks to Anne Silver)
AC writes: A sampling of racist, invidious messages left by some Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian houses where 48 members of one family were killed: “But most disturbing of all was the graffiti they daubed on the walls of the…
A Palestinian-American friend writes: I hereby officially declare my defeat by hope. I have spent the last week fighting against hope, but I realize I can’t win. I am now resigned to hopefulness. As Darwish said: “We are plagued with…
AC writes: Two videos worth watching: (1) to understand the origin of the infamous “weapons” tunnels and the reasons for their use, and (2) to witness the pain of a mother. Be warned, the second video is heartrending. One more…
In an interview with Politico’s Ben Smith, Anti-Defamation League chief Abe Foxman criticized George Mitchell’s stance of “neutrality.” “The Swiss were neutral [in World War II],” he said. So: Foxman gets to lambaste all Hitler and Holocaust references he doesn’t…
In comments referring to the Gaza conflict Obama added: “I was deeply concerned by the loss of Palestinian and Israeli life in recent days and by the substantial suffering and humanitarian needs in Gaza. Our hearts go out to Palestinian…