The Burris story stopped being a Blagojevich story when it became a race story. Suddenly a nation that had congratulated itself on ending a color bar in the White House watched an all-white Senate turn a black man out in…
Obama is said to have chosen Dennis Ross, Richard Holbrooke and Richard Haass as his envoys re Iran, Afghanistan/Pakistan, and Israel/Palestine respectively. And the Israel lobby is just another lobby. It is not that some Jews can’t be fairminded. And…
In Haaretz. Thanks to Richard Witty for tip. Yes antisemitism is real. So is anti-Zionism. Separate the strands, Jews, don’t recruit me in your holy war, let my people go.
I need to file this datum before it leaves my gray matter for the shores of Tripoli. The other day on Hardball, they were talking about the biggest general election moments, and Howard Fineman of Newsweek said the biggest moment…
One of the simple truths of the American discourse is that by and large, gentile Americans will not speak out against the Israeli oppression of Palestinians without permission from Jews. Just a fact, having to do with the legacy of…
Here’s yet another attack on J Street, somewhat crudely written, from communist-cum-neoconservative war horse Ron Radosh of Pajamas Media. He denies that there was a blockade of Gaza and says that Jews here must figure out what to do by…
Today I got another email from a Jewish friend worrying about the consequences to Jews of Israel’s actions in Gaza. I’ve heard the same concern from non-Jewish friends, including a Muslim. Israel is showing shocking indifference to Arab life; and…
Last night my wife and I were talking about a Jewish couple we know: where do they stand on Gaza? I’d run into this couple during the endless festivities of the new year and looked for some sign of outrage…
Glenn Greenwald has a brilliant piece of analysis of the Rasmussen poll of American attitudes re Gaza. Greenwald points out that while Americans are generally split on sympathy for Israel or Palestine, Democratic voters are lopsidedly critical of Israel over…