One thing that the Chas Freeman attacks have tried to erase is Freeman’s professionalism. He served his country for four decades in many countries, through Democratic and Republican administrations, and lost a child and a marriage along the way. The…
More from last week’s monumental event on Capitol Hill when Congressmen Brian Baird, Rush Holt and Keith Ellison spoke about their recent trips to Gaza. It’s an hour long video, you can watch Rep. Ellison’s quote above at about 14:30…
More inspiration. A three-week-long, mile-long convoy of trucks and vans from Britain has entered Gaza with relief goods, clothes, food, you name it. Where governments have dithered and failed to act, this populist solidarity movement succeeded. From Viva Palestina’s website…
Moved by Roger Cohen’s great piece in the Times today to reflect on the horrors of Gaza, Andrew Sullivan has now been utterly converted to the theory of the corruption of our discourse by the Israel lobby. He says, and…
Lately I’ve become a big fan of a journalist who works on Daily Kos called “Rbguy.” He writes a diary tracking what Congress is doing on the Middle East. Rbguy interests me because when I’m at dinner parties with other…
Earlier today I reported New York critic Howard Halle’s comment re Palestinian-American Emily Jacir’s show: “It’s also worth noting that when, for example, Andrew Jackson evicted the Cherokee from Georgia, there was no CNN or BBC to report the fact,…
This is exciting. It’s a video from a jammed event on Gaza at the Capitol last Thursday sponsored by the New America Foundation and featuring Congressmen Brian Baird, Rush Holt (pictured above), and Keith Ellison, all of whom have visited…
The Vermont senator is on the floor of the Senate now, debating the Kyl amendments on the omnibus appropriations bill. One of them bars Palestinian refugees of Gaza from resettling here, because they come from a “terrorist” land, as Leahy…
I think it’s over. The Israel lobby as a monolithic conspiracy dominating the discourse–over. The issue is now captivating the imagination of the left, including Jews; and looking more and more like South Africa redux. Look at these protesters outside…