I need to file this datum before it leaves my gray matter for the shores of Tripoli. The other day on Hardball, they were talking about the biggest general election moments, and Howard Fineman of Newsweek said the biggest moment…
On Thursday at the University of Chicago, Norman Finkelstein, John Mearsheimer, and Ali Abunimah will talk about Gaza. What is remarkable about this is only that a realist, a Chomskyan and an Arab binational-state guy will be offering a range…
Reuters image from Sunday. Reuters does not identify shell as containing white phosphorus. But, from the Times of London: Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday….
Frightening, nervy unequivocal analysis by ex-CIA analyst Michael Scheuer: [Israel’s] main goal is to ensure that Obama is tied as tight as Gulliver to the status quo of U.S. foreign policy in the Muslim world. In addition to hurting Hamas,…
From Israeli reservist and mouthpiece Michael Oren’s article in the New Republic this week: Irrespective of Israel’s goals, my unit’s job will be to afford the IDF the requisite time to achieve them by fostering a sympathetic press and, through…
Dan Drezner is the worst of the fresh-faces-for-a-fresh zeitgeist Foreign Policy bloggers. I believe he supported the Iraq war, and is an apologist for the Bush Administration. But he’s on the wagon when it comes to the good demon alcohol…
Amazing. Israeli human rights groups have started a blog to document the harm to civilians in Gaza and southern Israel. The group includes Rabbis for Human Rights and Adalah, an Arab group. Most of the items are of course about…
The Jewish Community Relations Bureau/American Jewish Committee in Kansas City has organized an emergency meeting tomorrow night.The appeal begins on a defensive note: Due to the escalation of Israelâs efforts to reduce the Hamas rocket fire from Gaza, there will…
Now the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s Ami Eden is attacking J Street for having the temerity to suggest that the Israeli attack on Gaza lacked “sanity and moderation” and other supposed crimes. This is a historical battle. Once again, Jewish leadership…