John Mearsheimer has a strong piece in the latest Atlantic Monthly about Chas Freeman and the Israel lobby. Oh wait, sorry– the piece is in the London Review of Books. Gosh. How can I make such mistakes? Titled, “The Lobby…
Lately I did a post on the question, Why do we single Israel out for indictment in a sea of man’s inhumanity to man? It’s the Dershowitz question, implying that we do so because we’re anti-semitic. Well here is a…
A day after The Times underplayed Obama’s video outreach to the Iranians, the newspaper of record gets the significance of his Nowruz (Zoroastrian new year) statement. Huge. Death knell to the neocons. Obama concluded the statement, “Thank you, and Eid-eh…
Whatever else you could say about Commentary Magazine in the old days under Norman Podhoretz and Neal Kozodoy, it had intellectual rigor. Both editors had literary chops. Podhoretz, it goes without saying– he has a first-rate mind (in the service…
The latest piece to echo this conventional wisdom is in the Washington Post. I like this conventional wisdom. Netanyahu still doesn’t seem to get it. They’re prevaricating about settlements, and insisting on the Permanent War theory of the Islamic world….
Ira Glunts writes: Palestinians have long claimed that their freedom of expression and desire to celebrate their culture has been brutally suppressed by the Israelis. Well, the Israeli police, according to this report in the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, broke up…
Following Phil’s report on Nadia Matar’s call to assassinate Mahmoud Abbas at Safra Synagogue in Manhattan, J Street has taken up the issue. Today they are reporting on their blog that Rabbi Elie Abadie of Safra Synagogue has renounced Matar’s…
What I have urged more than anything else in the Israel lobby discussion is: discussion! Because only with open discussion can the true extent of the Israel lobby be understood. Chas Freeman’s ouster has had a huge effect, of course….
Ha’aretz is continuing to divulge soldier testimonies from Gaza. You can find the fullest report yet here. The messianic fervor that fueled the Israeli policy of collective punishment is laid bare.I’m not going to comment on it yet, just go…