You may remember Abe Foxman’s initial response to the rumor that George Mitchell would be appointed special envoy to the Middle East. He observed that Mitchell is know for being evenhanded and commented, “I’m not sure the situation requires that…
This video refers to the exchange of letters between President Bush and Ariel Sharon in 2004. Sharon went to DC to win concessions from the White House in preparation for the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. More than just getting some…
AC sent us a great post last week on why some are cynical about the two-state solution. Add this story from Ha’aretz to the list: Defense Minister Ehud Barak has agreed to approve the establishment of a new settlement in…
Today – front page, above the fold – the New York Times helped build the case that Israel committed war crimes in Gaza. The article “In Shattered Gaza Town, Roots of Seething Split” includes stories of schools and houses Israel…
This is my annual camping trip to the Adirondacks High Peaks. Heated hut. Though there’s a chance a couple guys will be in a leanto this year. My group came out of print media many years ago, but has broadened…
Leila Abu-Saba writes: The post on this site yesterday that mentioned the destruction of the Palestinian refugee camp at Ain al Hilweh in Lebanon in 1982 hit me personally. That camp is my turf, it is my ancestral soil, it…
Avrum Burg has a colloquium in Haaretz about the spiritual work necessary after the assault on Gaza. Much as I love Burg, and his brilliant, questioning spirit, this colloquium feels to me to be too Talmudic, too Israeli. Too Burgian,…
The “Spiegel settlement database” is already creating waves in Israel. Israeli NGO Yesh Din has announced they will use the database to help Palestinians sue Israel for reparations and the removal of settlements from privately owned land. To help get…
Robert Naiman in Huffpo smartly asks “if Dennis Ross has been serving in a leadership capacity for an organization [Jewish People Policy Planning Institute] that may have received funding from the Israeli government.” More Obama balancing: he will keep on…