The hard-line group, United Against a Nuclear Iran is pushing for sanctions against Iran with an ad featuring images of nuclear-armed missiles. Check out the group’s leadership. Dennis Ross is pictured on the leadership page. Note that Ross is pictured…
From today’s daily press briefing with State Department spokesperson Ian Kelly: QUESTION: George Mitchell yesterday, using the phrase “Jewish state,” he said, “Palestinian state living in peace side-by-side with Jewish state.” Was that a slip of the tongue, or does…
We’ve been having increasing difficulty with the comments on this site. There are technical problems with the commenting software, but more troubling has been the increasing disregard for the commenting rules of the site, especially commenting under other people’s names….
Tons of people have commented on Max Blumenthal’s video from Jerusalem. It’s about time that Adam Horowitz and I, who run this site, offer our views of the matter. My response is bound to be positive, because it created more…
Bruce Wolman writes: The indefatigable Helena Cobban has an important posting on her ‘Just World News’ web site this morning. She picks up on a report from Ha’aretz’s Bradley Burston yesterday headlined, “Loving Israel by hating Obama” that says that…
Above is a view of an Israeli guard tower (at right) on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip–one of scores of such towers. The rubble in the foreground is the remains of a house the Israelis destroyed before they…
I shot a lot of video in Gaza; these are my two favorites. I shot them ten days ago. The first is from the beach in Gaza City; and you need to give that one 40 seconds to get the…
CBS News is reporting that Israeli officials were “insulted” by the photo to the right. In it, Obama is talking with Benjamin Netanyahu on the phone, with his feet up on his desk. As much as Israel prides itself for…
Scott McConnell writes: I’m just back from spending parts of two days two days at Churches for Middle East Peace annual grassroots advocacy conference in Washington. I’ve always wondered why CMEP, a splendid and wise organization, isn’t larger. Everything about…