The inimitable Morton Klein, in a piece published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency: “Mitchell demands that Israel not allow even “natural growth” within the Jewish communities in the West Bank. This was not part of any agreement ever signed by…
The other day a member of my extended family sent out the email at the bottom of this post to every other member of the family: “It’s our land, by Benjamin Netanyahu.” I was shocked. I sent a note back…
Leon Hadar writes: I’m attaching a link to an interesting piece by an Israeli writer, Ofra Yeshua-Lyth, who raises an issue –religious identity cards–that should concern American-Jewish liberals/libertarians who assume that Israel is “like America.” A few years ago I…
Canadian Bruce Cockburn’s song, “If I had a rocket launcher… (I’d make somebody pay)” came out in 1984 in response to American military action in Central America…On this video, look at the faces of the Central American villagers and who…
A fine column by Eric Alterman in the Nation, echoing David Grossman’s outrage over Gaza (see bottom of excerpt) and saying that the New York Times refused to run intact Bill Moyers’s letter defending himself on Gaza after he was…
One of the goals of the Holocaust Memorial is to “enhance the nation’s moral discourse.” Well Elliott Abrams got a last minute 5-year appointment from George Bush to the council of the Memorial. Abrams pushed the Iraq war as well…
The only problem with people who make aliyah is that they don’t just stay there. They come back here to fill our airwaves. Here is Caroline Glick, a columnist at the Jerusalem Post who says she is also “the senior…
More and more Jews are questioning the program. American Jews for a Just Peace, a Boston-based group that formed last fall, has issued a statement calling for action against Israel’s “war on Palestine.” In the wake of this illegal war,…
The following was sent to us by Raed Jarrar: I sent the following letter in the mail today to the office of “War Crimes Issues” in the State Department. It’s a relatively small office that includes 12-18 staffers, in addition…