A couple friends have taken exception to Obama’s choice of Al Arabiya as his first interview, on the grounds that Al Arabiya is often criticized as being pro-Saudi and pro-American, and he should have gone to Al-Jazeera. The point came…
Ha’aretz has busted open a huge story today: “Secret Israeli database reveals full extent of illegal settlement.” The story outlines a database created by the Israeli defense establishment to gather: credible and accessible information at the ready to contend with…
Susie Kneedler writes: And David Ignatius [moderator of Peres/Erdogan debate at Davos] SUPPORTED the attack on Iraq by parroting Bush-Co, so he is not a fair arbiter: “Get Ready for the American Ninjas [what a barbarous headline, SK] Feb 25,…
Shimon Peres at the World Economic Forum: “Why did they fire at us? What did they want? We didn’t occupy. There was never a day of starvation in Gaza. By the way, Israel is the supplier of water daily to…
AC writes: Peace Now just released a report which found that settlement growth has increased 69% in 2008 as compared to 2007. A similar report was issued by the group in August of 2008. A similar report was issued by…
Here’s a dialogue about the Davos incident between Laurence Zuckerman and Phil Weiss: Zuckerman: I happened to watch the Davos panel on C-Span last night. The portrayal of Erdogan’s actions as a walkout are not exactly correct. He tried to…
Thanks to the great Americans for Peace Now Legislative Round-Up for pointing out that the Israel lobby is currently falling on its face. Today’s update includes a rundown of the lobby’s weak response to the congressional letter to Hillary Clinton…
(Anyone new to this blog should be aware that while it has a Jewish character, it represents an effort, in the new global environment, to cross borders and hear what members of other groups have to say. This is both…
Yesterday we ran an anonymous journalist’s account of how the Israel lobby flexed its muscle to destroy the New Jersey freeholder candidacy of a Lebanese-American politician. The article had never run before. Where could it appear? In exchanges, the journalist…