Hannah Arendt’s portrait of Adolph Eichmann is controversial to this day because it sees evil in his actions not in his underlying motivation; and Zionists are especially critical because they insist on the prevalence of anti-Semitism in Europe, as a basis for the necessity of the Jewish state
What Obama outlined in his interview with Jeffrey Goldberg and speech to Adas Israel on Friday is a principled defense of the liberal Zionist two-state-solution that the United States has endorsed and has been advocating for the past 22 years.
Rabbi Daniel Dahan, chief rabbi of Aix-en- Provence, speaking in Berkeley, said that French Jews should not emigrate to Israel out of fear but stand up for their rights in France.
The US and Israel are both settler states in a promised land. That explains the special relationship between the countries. Stop demonizing Sheldon Adelson for corrupting US policy
“What will the nature of Israel be? A religious Jewish state? A state of all its citizens? A secular, democratic and Jewish state? Roland Nikles says Israel’s new proposed Basic Law to define the country as the nation state of the Jews would provide legal cover for a system that privileges Jews over all others in all aspects of life. Anyone who cares about the character of the state that wields power in the name of Judaism should be paying attention.
David Remnick treats Israeli president Reuven Rivlin’s talk of a one-state future as nutty in a piece in the New Yorker, while holding out for a two-state solution that would deny Palestinians any real sovereignty
Many Jewish Israelis want to believe that Palestinians will accept Zionism. They never will, nor should they, Israeli president Reuven Rivlin has said in his latest nod to “equality” for all under Israeli rule
As news orgs sue to get videos of forced-feeding of Guanatamo hunger strikers, some facts: More prisoners have died in Guantanamo than have been convicted (9 to 8). There are now 149 prisoners; 78 have never been charged, 38 are deemed too dangerous to release and unconvictable; and the rest are in limbo. Close the prison now, set those free that the U.S. can’t bring to trial.