In addition to visiting Israel: Mitchell, 75, is also likely to visit Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in the West Bank and might make stops in Egypt and Jordan, the adviser said. (Thanks to Murphy McMahon)
Wow, this is from a press conference in Bahrain. Finkelstein couldn’t get arrested in New York. A press conference before his speaking engagements. It’s just amazing how this conversation is going on between Arabs and non-Zionist Jews. Finkelstein also disputed…
Israel is using U.S. loan guarantees to raise money abroad to pay for the costs of the Gaza slaughter and destruction. Foto from ISM’s Flickr photostream, reportedly on January 19, from Jabalia camp, Gaza.
Our mail is pouring in on “60 Minutes.” Viewers have never seen ANYTHING like this on mainstream television before. They are grateful. We are too. We must honor Bob Simon/CBS for a heroic piece of journalism. Myself I loved seeing…
This is Israel Shahak’s point about the ethnocentrism of any strict interpretation of Jewish law. And it’s in Haaretz, thanks to Breaking the Silence: An overview of some of the army rabbinate’s publications made available during the fighting reflects the…
Bob Simon’s 60 Minutes piece on the two-state solution finally aired and it was a doozy. If Abe Foxman was pissed at Bill Moyers he surely had a coronary after watching this. Watch it: Here’s an excerpt if you didn’t…
I don’t always write in joy, but today I’m writing in joy. Below are two very important emails from Arab correspondents, half a world away from one another, but offering the same important message: Modern communications are building bridges between…