I have great news tonight: Gaza is exciting the world’s sympathy. Consider the picture above. We never could have imagined such a thing just weeks ago. Consider the heartrending headline and lead of an AP story prominent on Yahoo’s main…
Sallai Meridor, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, talking to reporters: In a conference call Tuesday with reporters, Sallai Meridor said criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza as disproportionate is like “telling a lady who had to push a rapist…
Adam Horowitz writes: Today in the New York Times Benny Morris gets his semi-annual opportunity to try to justify Israeli militarism and expansionism: “Why Israel Feels Threatened”. Presented as an outline of all the threats Israel faces he begins, “Many…
It’s finally time to get that Twitter account. According to the JTA the Israeli Consulate will hold a public press conference via Twitter: In what may be a first for any government the world over, the Consulate General of Israel…
Lynn Pollack is a board member of “Jewish Voice for Peace,” who lives in Obamaland, Chicago. She wrote this piece Latkes and Laments, and kindly shared it with Adam Horowitz: My husband and I offered to host the annual Jewish…
One of the more deeply-disturbed moments of the Vietnam war was when some officer or another said “It became necessary to destroy the village in order to save it.” Here is the exact same logic applied to Gaza, by Michael…
From the Times story, “Israel Reminds Foes That It Has Teeth”– a lesson the countless foes had surely forgotten since the Gaza blockade, the attacks on protesters in the West Bank, the Syrian raid, and the cluster bombs spread over…
Ali Abunimah of Chicago, a friend of Obama’s, is published in the Guardian, in the UK, saying that Palestinians have “no words left” to describe the policy of mass killings– the majority civilians, including women and children. Israel claims most…
Another email from Safa Joudeh in Gaza City: Here’s an update on what’s happening here from where I am, second night of Israeli air (and sea) raids on Gaza. It’s 1.30 am but it feels like the sun should be…