The New York Times Op-Ed page continues to expand its bandwidth so as to educate its readers about the new mood on campus earth. Wonderful. Let it be a model to the Washington Post. Here is the Sydney Morning Herald’s…
From the Jerusalem Post: While refusing to go into detail about the military option to foil Iran’s nuclear program, Peres did say that Israel couldn’t carry out any strike against the Islamic republic without America. “We certainly cannot go it…
In the last couple of days, many commenters have taken exception to Richard Witty’s views of the Clark University censorship of Norman Finkelstein. Some of them have been abusive and vicious. We’ve eliminated those comments. We’re pleased that Witty spends…
The New York Post is enraged by the the report that Palestinian prof Joseph Massad has gotten tenure at Columbia. So is the Daily News, in a very angry editorial today, which smears a lot of folks and calls the…
The other day I picked up Jerry Haber’s report that Michael Walzer had at last come out against Gaza as an unjust war. He did so in the Hebrew edition of Haaretz, with a co-author, Avishai Margalit. “Nogal” at TNR…
I keep thinking about Clark University’s decision to censor a lecture by Norman Finkelstein scheduled for later this month, an unfortunate decision on any number of levels. 1, Part of the Clark president”s reasoning is that the Finkelstein lecture would…
When will American Christians get more engaged by the occupation? Here is a great piece from Reuters on a new Israeli road in the occupied territories that encircles a small Christian community that is too darn close to the Israeli…
Syrian Ambassdor to Washington Imad Moustapha on Fareed Zakaria’s CNN show today, saying that the U.S. has sustained the criminal occupation. He’s cautiously optimistic with Obama, but: Moustapha warned that Mitchell will be more limited in peacemaking efforts between Arabs…
This photo (by Mamoun Wazwaz, for the Maan News agency) depicts Palestinian leader Mustafa Bargouti at a graveyard in Hebron, where several Palestinian gravestones were desecrated by settlers. The accompanying article describes more settler violence in Hebron: an ambulance stoned…