Susie Kneedler writes: NPR finally reported from Gaza yesterday morning: It was better than recent silence; sympathy for Palestinians, but “report” still got lost in Israeli defense of refusing to allow in cement for re-building and the question of smuggling….
Michael J. Jordan has a great article over at the JTA talking about the contortions people are going through to avoid stating the obvious: Jewish and pro-Israel groups worked to undermine the Durban II conference. Although “it’s no secret who…
Jon Stewart did the Jane Harman story last night and blew it. Didn’t mention Israel for over a minute. Doesn’t say Harman’s Jewish. Doesn’t talk about the Israel lobby really. Doesn’t talk about the occupation or Gaza or Iran, the…
Jon Stewart did the Jane Harman story last night and blew it. Didn’t mention Israel for over a minute. Doesn’t say Harman’s Jewish. Doesn’t talk about the Israel lobby really. Doesn’t talk about the occupation or Gaza or Iran, the…
It seems like the issue of Palestinian freedoms in Israel proper has come up a few times already today, and I finally want to publish a note that my friend the Queen of Sheba sent to a few friends a…
It seems like the issue of Palestinian freedoms in Israel proper has come up a few times already today, and I finally want to publish a note that my friend the Queen of Sheba sent to a few friends a…
Every once in a while I do a post about how many Jews there are in American public life, trying to get more comfortable with talking about it. It’s fascinating on any number of levels, and no one talks about…
Last night we had a great anonymous report on Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s appearance at Harvard. Well, Rob Browne (rbguy at dailykos) reports that Ibrahim will be at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Commitee’s national convention in June, participating in a panel with…
Arlen Specter’s switch to the Democratic Party is being treated as another rebuke to the religious right. Huffpo says as much. Specter, a supporter of abortion rights and stem cell research, seemed to suggest as much too, in his press…