There has been an ongoing discussion on this site about the “Dershofoxmanitz” question – “Why do you single out Israel?” In addition to the other answers already given here’s another – because the US government has already singled Israel out….
As the Obama administration begins its engagement with the Netanyahu/Lieberman government, The Economist states the obvious – the new Israeli government is not an ally in Obama’s vision for the Middle East. The magazine points out that Israel’s ongoing colonization…
Last week Laila El-Haddad’s story of trying to get into Gaza to visit her family made its way across the Internet. El-Haddad was detained at the Egyptian border and eventually forced to return to the US without entering Gaza. Part…
Middle East envoy George Mitchell is returning to Israel this week for the first time since the election of the Netanyahu/Lieberman government. Ynet is reporting the the goal of the trip is for Mitchell to figure out if the Obama…
Ruth Hiller from the Israeli organization New Profile sent along this important petition. As this site has reported multiple times, there is an ongoing effort to push Palestinians out of the city of Jaffa and growing political repression against the…
Avigdor Lieberman is showing off some of his diplomatic chops. From the JTA: At a meeting of his Yisrael Beiteinu Party, Avigdor Lieberman said Israel’s government will work to “formulate the policy compatible with our world view and as the…
Yesterday Phil posted a piece I had published in the Philadelphia Daily News. Below is the full unedited version. As Passover begins tonight and the massacre of Deir Yassin is remembered tomorrow, let us all rededicate ourselves to working for…
Ha’aretz is reporting that the Obama administration is taking an “unprecedented move” by preparing Democratic congressional leaders for the upcoming clash with the Netanyahu government over establishing a Palestinian state. As Obama’s recent trip to Turkey has shown he views…
Two new reports tell more of the horror stories of the war in Gaza and its devastating damage. First, a great report from Anjali Kamat for Democracy Now entitled “Land of Ruins: A Special Report on Gaza’s Economy.” And Jewish…