Roger Cohen is walking our road. He has another fine piece in the Times today, on Jewish identity, the Holocaust/victimization, and the hateful occupation. A core contradiction inhabits Israeli policy. While talking about a two-state solution — at least until…
Parallel universe. The Zionist Organization of America is threatening to boycott Coca-Cola because it bought land in Egypt for a bottling plant that was once owned by a Jewish family, the Bigios, and that was stolen from them in 1964…
How many American publications are printing blunt statements about Avigdor Lieberman’s extremism? From Haaretz: The Netherlands must impose economic sanctions against Israel if the new government in Jerusalem thwarts the peace process with the Palestinians, the Dutch Labor party said…
The Times picks up Obama’s pointed reference to “Annapolis” in his Turkey speech, and says it was a direct rebuttal to Avigdor Lieberman’s prevarications about the two state solution. Writes Jeff Blankfort: The press is building up the battle to…
Rabbi Brant Rosen is one of the heroes of this site, for his courageous condemnation of Gaza. Today he demonstrates further intellectual leadership by examining the Jewish dismissal of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions as a tool to change Israel’s policies–…
We have already spilled enough pixels on this site talking about the incoming Israeli government. Netanyahu will be the Prime Minster, Avigdor Lieberman will be Foreign Minister, and Ehud Barak has weaseled his way into remaining Defense Minister. This is…
From the Jerusalem Post: “In addition to the problems and difficulties arising from the global economic crisis, 21 percent of [90] local exporters report that they are facing problems in selling Israeli goods because of an anti-Israel boycott, mainly from…
The following report was sent to us by a long time U.S.-based activist for a just peace in Israel/Palestine posting under the name Rie Graham. It is in response to a discussion between Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow on…
I disagree with just about everything Samuel Freedman, a parochialist, writes, but boy is he smart and sensitive. He knows which way the arrow’s pointing, as we say in college basketball. Writing in the Jerusalem Post: The two-state solution, to…