Jack Ross writes: Leaving all moral and ethical considerations aside, what Herzl proposed in 1897, that all of the world’s then-20 million Jews settle in a historic Palestine then populated by 1 million Arabs, while practically absurd, was theoretically viable,…
Doesn’t it seem that the American press is asleep at the switch on Tuesday’s election in Israel? I’m not seeing much alarm over Netanyahu/Lieberman. The Independent’s Johann Hari says Netanyahu’s elevation would be as great a mistake as Gaza: The…
This Tuesday Israelis will go to the polls to elect a new government. While the primary focus in the US is the horse race between Livni, Netanyahu and Barak to be the next Prime Minister, the real story of the…
Praise is due to the New York Times. And traffic, too. Alaa Al Aswany on today’s Times Op-Ed page: We saw Mr. Obama as a symbol of this justice. We welcomed him with almost total enthusiasm until he underwent his…
Here’s a nice piece by Jdledell about making a recent “aliyah” visit to Israel–thinking of emigrating there–and getting cold feet. Congrats to TPM for running this. Just when it matters, our press is failing to reflect the bleak/scary reports from…
One of the pleasures of going camping is hanging out with my friend Bill (pseudonym), a writer who’s as critical of Israel as I am. Years ago he told me about his visits to Israel/Palestine and his disgust over the…
Just now on “Meet the Press,” Tom Ricks said that what American commanders had in essence done with the surge was to buy up the Sunni insurgency, thereby achieving a military solution in Iraq (held together with baling wire). I…
From Haaretz’s amazing story on the appeal that rightwing extremist Avigdor Lieberman holds for Israeli youth. Please someone tell me why this is not in the American press, while Haaretz cries out for our help? [One youth says,] “This country…
AC writes: Have you read this article on Netanyahu in the Times of London? You don’t have to read the whole thing; there’s nothing new in it if one has been paying attention. Just read the first and eleventh paragraphs:…