A Mondo reader has alerted us to this appalling use of “jewish values” to promote war mongering with Iran. From the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism’s call to Help End the Iranian Threat: Ask Congress to Allow States to…
Joseph Dana and Mairav Zonszein had a great oped in yesterday’s Ha’aretz about the Israeli government’s complicity in the settlement movement. Both Dana and Zonszein are active in the Israeli organization Ta’ayush and run the Ibn Ezra blog which is…
Earlier we posted that the Israeli Ministry of Tourism had apologized for featuring a map of Israel that included occupied territory as part of Israel. Well, a sharp reader has pointed out that the Ministry is still featuring similar maps…
Ali Abunimah responded to Phil’s post on how the The New Yorker is failing in its Israel/Palestine coverage: This is when I wrote the New Yorker off – when Henrik Hertzberg attacked me for daring to equate the lives of…
The Beeb is reporting that the Israeli Ministry of Tourism has apologized for a map of Israel which they used in an advertisement campaign in the London Underground that included the occupied territories as part of Israel. In response the…
Likud MK Danny Danon in support of the “Alternatives to the Two-State Outlook”conference that will be held this upcoming Tuesday: “We need to come out of the closet and say that we are proud to be anti-Palestinian state.” The event…
One of the many questions coming out the Obama/Netanyahu meeting this week is whether the Obama administration will actually use some of the leverage it holds over the Israeli government to exert pressure. The clearest example would be conditioning or…
NIAC is reporting that Rep. Jane Harman has retracted and apologized for her comments advocating that Iran be divided up by ethnicity. Harman claims she her comments were “taken out of context.” Judge for yourself (begin around 1:25): Seems pretty…
We are continuing to collect responses to the Obama/Netanyahu meeting on Monday. Ali Abunimah says the meeting represented no hope or change for US policy. He is especially critical of Obama’s endorsement of Israel as a Jewish state and raises…