Tzipi Livni just said that Israel must give up “half of the land of Israel.” Good for her; and why are you expanding settlements? But she says that Israel must control the planning re two states. “Any plan put on…
It’s widely agreed that the “House Divided” speech that Lincoln gave in June 1858, accepting the Republican nomination for the Senate and warning that the spread of slavery must be stopped or the whole nation would be taken over by…
In Haaretz: “West Bank settlement gets green light for major expansion.” This includes the charming legal declaration that 1700 dunams outside Jerusalem, or 400 acres of land, are now Israeli state land. I wonder whose land that was before. Don’t…
Hampshire College divested from South Africa in 1977. Apartheid began to crumble politically 13 years later. But is this a good analogy? Yes. In the end several hundred schools divested, but they did so within a few months of each…
In his interview with the Jerusalem Post, former Bush aide Elliott Abrams says that former Israeli P.M. Ariel Sharon decided to withdraw from Gaza in 2005 for political/tactical reasons: to take people’s attention away from the Geneva Accord, which would…
Mohammad of Vancouver: The real and material world changes in many ways on a regular basis. Things go up, then they go down, and then they go up again. Every phenomenon, even a solid piece of rock, shows the signs…
People can send words of support to: communications@hampshire.edu And what follows are two emails. One from Hampshire Students for Justice in Palestine and one from a supporter: Dear Supporters, Over the last 24 hours, there has been a huge response…
AC writes: For those wanting compelling, video evidence of Palestinian non-violent resistance and the sin inherent in subjugating humans to live under the boots of others, see the following two videos shot on Friday February 13, at the International Solidarity…
Just now on “60 Minutes” Leslie Stahl was shown walking up to the blade of a Caterpillar earthmover as a Caterpillar executive talked about exporting heavy equipment all over the world. You might think that the Rachel Corrie story had…