I did it this morning, I do it often: slag the New York Times for doing biased coverage of Israel/Palestine. Do I single the Times out? Absolutely. It is still the hymnal of the Establishment, notwithstanding Arianna Huffington. But let…
I did it this morning, I do it often: slag the New York Times for doing biased coverage of Israel/Palestine. Do I single the Times out? Absolutely. It is still the hymnal of the Establishment, notwithstanding Arianna Huffington. But let…
Amid hasbara letters, and a Holocaust reminder from Seymour Reich, the Times finds room today for a progressive-Christian realist, Andy Whitmore of Kansas City, who largely agrees with the Times editorial of yesterday that said Netanyahu’s statements re Palestinian state…
Anees of Jerusalem was upset by reading here about Benny Morris’s new book, One State, Two States, where he says that Palestinians value human life less than Israelis, and are lousier drivers, and so he wrote to the publisher, Yale…
Yesterday Ethan Bronner wrote in the Times that Christians in the Middle East, including those in Palestine, are oppressed by radical Islam and said not a word about the Israeli occupation’s effect on their lives. Well a week ago (I…
Yesterday Ethan Bronner wrote in the Times that Christians in the Middle East, including those in Palestine, are oppressed by radical Islam and said not a word about the Israeli occupation’s effect on their lives. Well a week ago (I…
This New Orleans human rights site is raising money for a delegation going to Gaza in late May. Chip in, huh? On May 29th, a group of New Orleans social justice activists, filmmakers, photographers, and journalists will attempt to cross…
Does the divestment campaign make you uncomfortable? It used to make me uncomfortable. And then Gaza ended all my misgivings. Not to mention the fact that most divestment campaigns are aimed specifically at the Occupation, which I’ve visited and which…
Most of my posts are hard work. I’m sorry. I’ve always tried to be light of heart. Never could get there. Recently my friend Max told me I’m tormented, and it was a gift. I’m tormented! Well here is a…