A few tentative, uninformed comments re the Tehran electoral crisis: –Some of the theorizing about a fraudulent election seems as persuasive to me as, say, the theorizing that Syria knocked off former Lebanese P.M. Rafik Hariri in 2005– and occupies…
The Israeli ambassador to Brazil has filed a protest over fact that Brazilian soccer players, including the great Ronaldo, shown with keffiyeh, are planning to play Ramallah but not to have a companion date in Israel too. “An act of…
Malcolm Hoenlein didn’t like Ron Kessler’s report on his comments about Jews being not crazy about Obama, apparently. And questioning what Obama “believes.” He “backtracked,” Newsmax.com says. Well, Newsmax.com is now releasing the transcript of the original interview. Here’s a…
Thank god after all the dreck written about Walt and Mearsheimer, here is the Hill’s Bridget Johnson, beginning a story about Obama’s Middle East policy in a refreshing manner, by writing about who is really going to affect it. Notice…
Ali Gharib responds to Mohammed of Vancouver’s post Tehran is burning, and who is fueling the fires?: There’s nothing wrong with publishing dissenting opinions. Much of the progressive blogosphere has erupted into green flames of support for Iranian presidential challenger…
James North writes Alex de Waal has decades of experience in Sudan and Darfur, and his point of view is valuable, as is this blog: “Making Sense of Darfur.” His latest post is particularly useful: * He endorses the measured,…
We’ve gotten a ton of comment/exasperation at Mohammad of Vancouver’s post yesterday, blaming Rafsanjani for stirring the pot in Tehran. Mohammad has promised a defense/elaboration of his analysis. Meantime, here is Nader Hashemi, a professor of Middle East and Islamic…
Tonight I went to a book party on the Upper West Side for the posthumous memoir A World I Loved, by Wadad Makdisi Cortas, late mother of Mariam Said, at whose apartment the party was. Cortas was a Lebanese educator…
Earlier I pointed out the article by Harold Meyerson about how support for Israel is declining in the Jewish community. Well, it seems to be catching. From the Jerusalem Post article “Israel is losing the PR war so badly that…