A friend writes: Have you pondered the fact that we brutalize the Gazans because Hamas refuses to accept the notion that the Jews deserve a state of their own, yet we now have an Israeli government that denies that the…
From the obit of Sir Michael Quinlan, 78, a national-security expert, in the Telegraph: Although his discretion never deserted him, Quinlan was a man of strong moral views, and in retirement he was much in demand both as a writer…
We reported here on Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb’s trip to Iran. Roger Cohen reported on his trip to Iran. And now from AFP: Top US film actress Annette Bening, in Iran as part of a Hollywood delegation, said on Sunday she…
From “Why isn’t Netanyahu backing two-state solution?” in Ha’aretz: Netanyahu believes Israel must insist on retaining 50 percent of the West Bank – the open areas in the Jordan Valley and the Judean Desert that are vital as a security…
More evidence that the Israelis were bent on smashing Gaza. The Guardian is reporting that Hamas attempted to forestall the Israeli assault with numerous overtures, including messages sent via Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s family. The Guardian declines to say which…
“Slumdog Millionaire” is one of those movies I think about the next day, and that’s a high bar. I haven’t read the criticism of the film, but a few impressions: It’s a great merger of western documentary and Bollywood. Bombastic…
An amazing youtube of an American officer berating a group of Iraqi policemen, apparently last month, calling them “women” for the fact that they won’t take on the Mahdi militia. All his rage must be translated into Arabic by a…
A stunner in the Jerusalem Post, of all places, by the great Larry Derfner, denouncing the Gaza assault and saying that Israel’s actions are “responsible” for the surge in the level of the global “reservoirs” of antisemitism. Has a lot…