American public opinion is changing. Today at a golf course in Hawaii, five people tried to get Gaza material to Obama, and the Secret Service stopped them. The activists’ statement: This gift of films is offered in hope that ……
Lately I blogged about Jerry Slater’s important piece on Tom Friedman in Tikkun. Well now Ralph Seliger is going after it. Why Slater resuscitates the issue of who was more at fault in the breakdown of the peace process in…
Jerry Slater, author of an important analysis of New York Times vs. Haaretz in coverage of Israel/Palestine, writes: Another in the chronicle of New York Times whitewashes of Israel. In today’s Times, Ethan Bronner reviews Waltz With Bashir, an Israeli…
For a year I’ve thought that the best analysis of the peace process is Henry Siegman’s fabulous piece in LRB last year saying it has been a “scam” aimed at covering Israel’s accession of more territory. Now here is a…
Jerome Slater writes: John Mearsheimer is absolutely right that there is not a chance for a “one state solution.” Despite the rhetoric, the Israelis, by nearly 100%, will never accept it; the Palestinians also won’t accept it; and even if…
The Forward has an irresponsible piece of journalism about McCain’s Jewish supporters. I use that harsh term because while the reporting is interesting and contains some new facts, there is no effort to talk about the goals of McCain’s supporters…