Ha’aretz is reporting that Secretary of State Clinton has issued a warning to Israel over delaying and preventing humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. Clinton promises “that the matter will be central to [her] planned visit to Israel next Tuesday,” and…
Below the jump I append an email being circulated by Israel lobbyists to attack the appointment of a good man, and an Arabist, Charles Freeman, as the head of the National Intelligence Council under Obama. The email was sent out…
The great perceiver Jim Lobe says that Elliott Abrams has now declared himself to be the official spokesman for Netanyahu in the U.S., at the Weekly Standard and the CFR. The piece on which Lobe makes this judgment, at the…
Ira Glunts sent along an open letter he wrote to Lara Friedman, Director of Policy and Government Relations of Americans for Peace Now. Glunts wrote the letter in response to that group’s “action alert” praising the pro-Israel Rep. Gary Ackerman….
“Minorities are the biggest problem in the world.” – Avigdor Lieberman in a 2006 interview with The Sunday Telegraph. Also, from the article “Jews and Arabs can never live together, says Israel’s vice PM”: “We established Israel as a Jewish…
Allen Dershowitz has finally called off the dogs and will no longer lead a worldwide divestment campaign against Hampshire College. The JTA reports: “Hampshire has now done the right thing,” [Dershowitz] said in a statement. “It has made it unequivocally…
I’ve been very interested lately in how Avigdor Lieberman’s success in the recent Israeli elections is changing how Americans view and understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Richard Cohen’s column in today’s Washington Post is another sign Lieberman is helping people cut…
Is there an Israel lobby or not? The New York Jewish Week ought to be ashamed of itself for this piece attempting to discipline new Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for her mild comments re Israel that it regards as verboten. Gillibrand…
The drumbeat accusing Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza continues to grow louder. Above is an investigation of war crimes in Gaza that Al Jazeera English is using to launch it’s new weekly show, Focus On Gaza. Yesterday Amnesty…