Good news. The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has apparently filed federal complaints against the tax-free status of “charities” raising money for the colonists of the West Bank. An ADC spokesman tells me that they’re not discussing their investigation right now,…
Al Arabiya picks up this report from Haaretz, that Israeli soldiers dressed up as Palestinians to investigate a settler outpost– and were set upon by angry settlers. Six settlers were then arrested. None of them is now imprisoned. That’s the…
Tom Friedman used to say, I know what Arafat’s really thinking cause I don’t read what he says in the English press, I read the Arabic! Well I know what’s really happening in Israel cause I don’t read the American…
Yesterday I posted an important blogpost from a friend of my wife’s who is in Gaza now. I emailed her and asked her a few questions. Her response. I urge all to read to the end: Getting in is incredibly…
One of my new themes is that many Americans hate Israel; it is a kind of groundswell. I don’t say this is good energy, it has a sometimes reactionary component. But it must be dealt with politically. Here are two…
Tikkun Magazine is in a weird spot. They say that their readers came down on both sides of the Gaza assault. That’s Tikkun’s community. Oh my. If half my readers came down in favor of Gaza, I’d have to quit…
A lot of hasbara and “softening” in this Netanyahu piece in the LA Times– two Israel lobbyists quoted, David Makovsky and someone from the American Jewish Committee. Where’s Brian Baird, or John Mearsheimer? While in Israel, the left shouts, It’s…
We have already spilled enough pixels on this site talking about the incoming Israeli government. Netanyahu will be the Prime Minster, Avigdor Lieberman will be Foreign Minister, and Ehud Barak has weaseled his way into remaining Defense Minister. This is…
in this snaky manner an hour ago or so: This article supersedes an article published earlier this week on Norway which contained inaccuracies, and has been withdrawn. David Horovitz, where is the apology? And just what was inaccurate?