In a far-ranging interview, Palestinian author Raja Shehadeh relates how annoyed he is when American media read from the Zionist script and demand that he defend Hamas. He also talks about how difficult it is to maintain human relationships with Israelis when Israelis cannot confront the past of ethnic cleansing. And how the late Amos Oz patronized him…
Ari Shavit, maybe the most influential Israeli journalist in the United States recent years, was shunned by major Jewish institutions in recent days, following his coming forward as the unidentified author who “groped, grabbed and pulled” American journalist Danielle Berrin in 2014.