Just caught Andrea Mitchell on “Meet the Press.” She’s good. I don’t hold her Jewishness against her. Because she isn’t a fount of molten Zionism. (Unlike Jeffrey Goldberg, who was talking all about Hamas and holy war as usual, with…
The Israeli invasion of Gaza is turning into a rerun of a show that was horrible the first time. Comparisons to the 2006 Israeli war in Lebanon abound. One of the current story lines is whether the U.S. is working…
The divided Jewish family is one of my big themes here. Divide, divide! is my message. Have it out, or we’re all lost! Well, here is the charming and entertaining writer Daniel Radosh, son of Ron Radosh, a sobersided neocon…
One of the simple truths of the American discourse is that by and large, gentile Americans will not speak out against the Israeli oppression of Palestinians without permission from Jews. Just a fact, having to do with the legacy of…
Here’s yet another attack on J Street, somewhat crudely written, from communist-cum-neoconservative war horse Ron Radosh of Pajamas Media. He denies that there was a blockade of Gaza and says that Jews here must figure out what to do by…
Names unknown, photographer unknown. I assume the man is a Hamas member–green epaulets. And here is a horrifying video of the aftermath of a wanton attack in Gaza on January 1. Countless victims are obviously civilians and children. Notice the…
Will wonders never cease: The Times has done a substantial story on a protest of the Gaza slaughter by hundreds in midtown Manhattan today. Headline is deceptive: “Times Square Rally Protests Fighting in Gaza Strip.”
Interviewed on Channel 4 in England last week–not here of course–John Mearsheimer said “I don’t see Obama being successful [on Israel/Palestine] in the years ahead.” His analysis: George W. Bush and Condi Rice actually tried to do something in the…