Reuters: The International Criminal Court in The Hague has no jurisdiction to investigate in the Gaza Strip, as it is not a state.
Jack Ross writes: Last night my friend Richard and I watched my DVD of Arguing The World, which I had not watched in almost two years. It has been on the basis of my knowledge of neoconservatism, which I was…
Today I put Adam Horowitz’s email next to mine in the About page so readers can contact him too. Adam and I are trying to make a go of this site together. We’re going to professionalize the site: at some…
This blog charts student occupations of several buildings at universities across England, in solidarity with the people of Gaza. At LSE it went on for 7 days and the students claimed victory. Anyone who wants to make a connection between…
Benny Morris kicked off the Gaza war in the New York Times by speaking of the insecurity underlying the assault: Israel’s awareness that it is losing legitimacy in the eyes of the world. So Israel went out and killed hundreds…
Just got a note from a Saudi friend that Norman Finkelstein will be speaking in Bahrain on Monday and Tuesday nights, the 26th and 27th. Monday night at 8 p.m. at the Diplomat Hotel, on “Defeating the Palestinian Peace Offensive:…
Jeff Blankfort stands up for Barbara Lubin’s report of a Sophie’s Choice story in Gaza. My point is, I love Barbara Lubin too, but as to this incident I want more precise information, and some names. Anecdote and journalism are…
In this handwringing piece in the Week in Review section of the New York Times, Ethan Bronner speaks of the agony of being the “despised” Greek chorus in the Gaza battle, when there are two contending narratives, neither of which…