Obama rejects a Syrian deal because his team wants F15s (and other stuff I learned at lunch) By Philip Weiss March 14, 2012 20 The last time we had lunch you misquoted me, my friend from the Arabian peninsula…
Obama could only take Netanyahu on when Dennis Ross, Bibi’s backchannel, was incommunicado By Philip Weiss March 14, 2012 23 Peter Beinart is upfront about the centrality of Jewish identity to Obama’s presidency in his…
Gaza scoreboard By Philip Weiss March 14, 2012 47 scoreboard Ami Kaufman at +972 picked this up. Channel 10’s scoreboard on the Gaza hostilities.…
Shadia Mansour, first lady of Arabic hip-hop, featured in Esquire mag contest By Allison Deger March 13, 2012 11 (Photo: Hip Hop Diplomacy) Esquire magazine is hosting a run-off for the “hottest” woman and…
Egypt is looted, and the U.S. press calls it ‘reform’ By James North March 13, 2012 14 Joseph Stiglitz One of the more annoying and dishonest features of the mainstream American media…
Remnick ignores the Nakba’s role in Israeli ‘democracy’ By Omar Barghouti March 13, 2012 27 Editor’s Note: Earlier today Phil posted on a recent New Yorker article by David Remnick…
The spoils of lawfare, or please do not pet the Islamists: Shurat HaDin’s 2012 ‘Ultimate Mission to Israel’ By Paul Mutter March 13, 2012 7 Part of me very much wishes to believe this is all a viral marketing effort…
Muslim activists give NYPD chief Ray Kelly the cold shoulder By Alex Kane March 13, 2012 13 Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD chief Ray Kelly (Photo: AP) Ray Kelly, the current head…
The evolution of Peter Beinart By Adam Horowitz March 13, 2012 28 May, 2010 to Jeffrey Goldberg (emphasis added in both quotes): I’m not asking Israel to…
To my unborn children By Today in Palestine March 13, 2012 2 To my unborn children, by Nader Elkhuzundar a 24 year old blogger in Gaza I…
