Rob Browne responds to a post I did the other day about Trader Joe’s stocking Israel goods to counter the boycott movement: I just read an article from the North Jersey Jewish Standard about local NJ Jewish motorcycle clubs trying…
Washington Post treats Israel’s seizure of the Gaza-bound boat “Spirit of Humanity” as an occasion for snarky review of the career of Cynthia McKinney. No mention of the Gaza boat on the NY Times website, that I could find anyway.
Here’s an invitation (after the jump) from the vice chair of California’s state Board of Equalization (which collects $53 billion in sales tax and other fees), inviting people to an “Investing in Israel” discussion with Israeli consulate officials next week….
Imagine if Hamas tried to set foot in the U.S. Capitol? Here’s a disgraceful interview with NY Congressman Eliot Engel, who went out of his way to meet with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman last month. Reporter Jason Horowitz notes…
The Yes Men are a group of “culture jamming activists” who impersonate heads of corporations to embarrass them in the media. They are increasingly well known and put out a movie in 2003 about their work called, The Yes Men…
Almost all of us at this site who want peace in Israel/Palestine are pulling for Obama. As an Egyptian student said to me last month in Cairo, “He’s our only hope.” She meant: for fairness and dignity. It goes without…
Debra DeLee of Peace Now has a great letter in today’s Washington Post telling Obama to keep up the pressure on the settlements: First, a settlement freeze is absolutely necessary, both to demonstrate that Israel is approaching negotiations in good…
A friend writes: The incident you reported, of the Israelis attacking and boarding the Spirit of Humanity en route to Gaza, carries a strangely powerful resonance against the incident of the ship Exodus 1947–the British refusal of refugees on that…