I would like to respond to the more substantive and therefore interesting criticisms of my…
What I have urged more than anything else in the Israel lobby discussion is: discussion! Because only with open discussion can the true extent of the Israel lobby be understood. Chas Freeman’s ouster has had a huge effect, of course….
Jerome Slater, scholar and press critic, writes: The New York Times lives in a kind of permanent Groundhog Day. Whenever it appears to be actually learning something about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, say in its somewhat critical reporting on the recent…
Jerry Slater writes: According to the NYT, Obama has asked V. Gene Robinson, a gay Episcopal bishop, to deliver the invocation at one of the inaugural events. Some see this as Obama’s way of “compensating” for having named Rev. Rick…
Jerry Slater has a unique way of looking at the terrible situation in Israel/Palestine, inspired by Jonathan Swift: What if the Situation Were Reversed? He writes: There has been growing outrage at Israel’s attack on Gaza. It is hard to…
Jerome Slater writes of today’s Times: It’s almost beginning to look like the Times has experienced an ephiphany. Not only is there increasingly skeptical coverage from its news reporters, including some who until now have been largely uncritical of Israel,…