Earlier today I posted that amazing North Carolina retired Marine’s Gaza analysis in the Times. One thing it says to me is that there is a potential Red-state/Blue-state alliance over Middle East policy: limpwristed blue-state idealists like myself who are…
A great Israeli, former IAF captain Yonotan Shapira, interviewed on BBC: “If Obama will go into the White House and continue to act like a slave and not like a leader, I don’t see any change coming. If he continues…
An astonishing comment to the New York Times. I republish it in full because it is so much better than anything I can say, because it is reflective of American opinion/expertise post-Iraq, and because it puts to utter shame our…
Adam Horowitz writes: The Rasmussen poll said that Democrats by 55 to 31 were opposed to Israel’s assault on Gaza last week, numbers that have surely grown. The following numbers on the Solidarity with Israel bill that passed the House…
a post by Richard Silverstein on why he will not attend tomorrow’s pro-Israel rally in Seattle, in which he points out that there is actual diversity and disagreement, at last, inside the Jewish community. Ditto Brian Klug in England.
Dana Goldstein, whose thoughtful condemnation of the Gaza slaughter after years of reserve I celebrate, is a little uncomfortable with the embrace. She points out that I have identified myself as a non- or anti-Zionist, and says that anti-Zionism is…
A fabulous piece of reporting in the San Francisco Chronicle by Carla Marinucci that underlines everything I’ve said on this blog: Gaza is a crisis of the American Jewish spirit. Just beautiful reporting. Many instances, from Jon Stewart saying that…
More seals bursting. George Bisharat in the Wall Street Journal. As Leon Hadar observes, Next Commentary will be publishing Chomsky. Israel then broke the truce on Nov. 4, raiding the Gaza Strip and killing a Palestinian. Hamas retaliated with rocket…
Seals are being broken all around us. A couple people have told me about startlingly honest statements by Pat Buchanan on MSNBC yesterday re Gaza. Nim Chimpsky offers this report: Pat Buchanan debated neocon Cliff May on Gaza yesterday on…