From the Ha’aretz article, “IDF probing whether troops forced Gaza man to drink urine”: The latest complaint was submitted by Omar al-Qanoa to the IDF military advocate general by the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights. It states that Qanoa,…
The anonymous, telegraphic report is from Col Patrick Lang’s blog (Lang is a highly-decorated retired intelligence officer, who served in the Defense Intelligence Agency): “Sources familiar with the FBI investigation… say that the investigation is continuing even though the charges…
The anonymous, telegraphic report is from Col Patrick Lang’s blog (Lang is a highly-decorated retired intelligence officer, who served in the Defense Intelligence Agency): “Sources familiar with the FBI investigation… say that the investigation is continuing even though the charges…
I heard hardworking Nina Totenberg on NPR’s All Things Considered this afternoon discussing the possible Supreme Court nominees. She went through a bunch of women’s names, a few men. She made gender distinctions, and racial ones too, indicating that Obama…
Robert D. Kaplan at Foreign Policy: And thus began the rehabilitation of realism, and with it another intellectual cycle. “Realist” is now a mark of respect, “neocon” a term of derision. The Vietnam analogy has vanquished that of Munich. Thomas…
Bible Study For Atheists interviewed David Plotz, Slate editor, about Good Book, his book on reading the Old Testament: [Vast Left]: One thing I really wasn’t prepared for was how explicit the OT was about how the Israelites were to…
My minder at the AIPAC policy conference was Jason Rosenberg. I don’t know much about him, except that he’s not a full time AIPAC staff person, he worked as a volunteer for the conference. A quick google search turned up…
Steve Walt, on fire: [T]here is no double-standard at work here, and comparisons with states whose behavior may be worse miss the point. Israel’s actions are not being judged against the conduct of a Sudan or Burma, but by the…
Steve Walt, on fire: [T]here is no double-standard at work here, and comparisons with states whose behavior may be worse miss the point. Israel’s actions are not being judged against the conduct of a Sudan or Burma, but by the…