“I think that the democratic process — free speech, the ability of people to peacefully dissent — all those are universal values and need to be respected. And whenever I see violence perpetrated on people who are peacefully dissenting, and…
Two days ago we posted on a shocking new poll which shows that Americans’ support for Israel has dropped over 20 points in the past nine months. The poll itself has not yet been officially released, but the JTA is…
Jeff Blankfort writes: “Being a State Department or White House press spokesperson is no easy job; and this guy at State, Ian Kelly, says he’s worried about getting fired or transfered if he says too much re Dennis Ross. A…
When I was in Gaza, Norman Finkelstein called Netanyahu a “truck driver.” He was referring to Netanyahu’s lack of grace, and absence of literary sensibility. At Huffpo, Daniel Levy echoes the thought in describing Netanyahu’s “baby step”: Even the historical…
David Nather has a smart/dumb piece about the Israel lobby at CQ politics. Nather picked up Harry Reid’s letter to Obama distancing himself from Obama’s policy of pressuring Israel. Reid says it’s the Palestinians’ responsibility to move the peace process…
Mondoweiss reader Deanna Kashani writes: Like a lot of other folks with ancestral ties to Iran, these days I’m glued to my computer screen at all hours, compulsively refreshing news sites, blogs, and my Facebook page. Due to spotty and…
Tonight on Hardball, Chris Matthews said of Netanyahu, “Round one to Obama.” The shrewd Matthews was saying that Obama took Netanyahu to the cleaner’s when he came to D.C. last month. But also suggesting that Netanyahu regained momentum in the…
Kabobfest (from whom I’m stealing most of my material tonight) says that David Gregory revealed himself as a “shameless Zionist” on “Meet the Press Sunday,” cutting off Vice President Joe Biden in order to challenge the administration for putting all…
I wondered what Bill Clinton said at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s annual convention last weekend. Kabobfest has a good report: Most conflict in the world, [Clinton said], is driven by identity, even though divisions are blind to the fact that…