Joseph Massad is the Palestinian scholar of Middle East Studies who was the focus of the campaign against criticism of Israel at Columbia that was led by the David Project a few years back. Word has it that his prolonged…
The Times picks up Obama’s pointed reference to “Annapolis” in his Turkey speech, and says it was a direct rebuttal to Avigdor Lieberman’s prevarications about the two state solution. Writes Jeff Blankfort: The press is building up the battle to…
From the crusading Guardian: Medical staff and ambulance drivers who attempted to assist casualties of the Israeli invasion of Gaza have told the Guardian that they were attacked by Israeli forces while trying to carry out their job. The offensive…
Avigdor Lieberman is showing off some of his diplomatic chops. From the JTA: At a meeting of his Yisrael Beiteinu Party, Avigdor Lieberman said Israel’s government will work to “formulate the policy compatible with our world view and as the…
I was clearing brush for my mother this morning when I realized I have had a more intensely Jewish life in the last couple of days than in years. Two nights ago I was up till 2 a.m. at an…
Bruce Wolman writes: This Haaretz author (Tzvia Greenfield) is not very enthralled with the “universalist left”– On the other side stands the universalist left, which is uncomfortable with the Jewish identity of the Israeli state. Too many in that camp…
Yesterday Phil posted a piece I had published in the Philadelphia Daily News. Below is the full unedited version. As Passover begins tonight and the massacre of Deir Yassin is remembered tomorrow, let us all rededicate ourselves to working for…
Ha’aretz is reporting that the Obama administration is taking an “unprecedented move” by preparing Democratic congressional leaders for the upcoming clash with the Netanyahu government over establishing a Palestinian state. As Obama’s recent trip to Turkey has shown he views…
Last night and this morning, a group called Philadelphia Jews for a Just Peace had a vigil outside the Israeli consulate in their city to commemorate the fact that the anniversary of the massacre at Deir Yassin outside Jerusalem in…