JTA says that the CQ story on the taping of Congresswoman Jane Harman’s phone call with an “Israeli agent” back in ’06, in which she allegedly offered to do her part to end the Justice Department’s espionage case against former…
That’s the takeaway from the CQ story. Charges of anti-Semitism from influential Jewish speakers dissuaded journalists for a few years. No longer. Andrew Sullivan writes that it’s just “another day at the office” for AIPAC and says, “Take it away,…
Roger Cohen is walking our road. He has another fine piece in the Times today, on Jewish identity, the Holocaust/victimization, and the hateful occupation. A core contradiction inhabits Israeli policy. While talking about a two-state solution — at least until…
Disturbed by reports that Obama wants to impose a two-state solution in Israel/Palestine, rightwing Israeli politician Ya’acov Katz sent Obama c-o-s Rahm Emanuel a letter last week to remind him of his Jewish and Israeli origins. (Emanuel was born here…
Roger Cohen is walking our road. He has another fine piece in the Times today, on Jewish identity, the Holocaust/victimization, and the hateful occupation. A core contradiction inhabits Israeli policy. While talking about a two-state solution — at least until…
Susie Kneedler shares my feeling that David Brooks is influential. Her take on his Israel column: Now that I’ve read David Brooks’s column, I think I see what festers about it. Brooks tries to say something smart about Israel by,…
Amazing report by Jeff Stein at CQ, suggesting once again that Walt and Mearsheimer barely scraped the surface, if only journalists would pick up the ball: Rep. Jane Harman , the California Democrat with a longtime involvement in intelligence issues,…
Two days ago, the New York Times published the following statement by the Israeli army, defending the killing on Friday of Bassam Ibrahim Abu Rahmah during a demonstration in the West Bank: An Israeli military spokeswoman said security forces had…
The following letter is posted on the Seattle Times website: April 19, 2009 Israel rejects two-state plan Segregation not the answer What have we come to? For peace, Israel’s government demands that Palestinians must recognize Israel (population 20 percent Palestinian)…