One of the pleasures of going camping is hanging out with my friend Bill (pseudonym), a writer who’s as critical of Israel as I am. Years ago he told me about his visits to Israel/Palestine and his disgust over the…
From Haaretz’s amazing story on the appeal that rightwing extremist Avigdor Lieberman holds for Israeli youth. Please someone tell me why this is not in the American press, while Haaretz cries out for our help? [One youth says,] “This country…
Here’s a report that the deputy commander of ground troops in Gaza cancelled a tour of England that was to include 20 speaking engagements, apparently at Aish haTorah (the religious revival group associated with the “Obsession” DVD that bedevilled our…
Mohammad of Vancouver writes: I have no illusions about Obama. I began having doubts when the Lieberman mentorship issue surfaced, and these doubts solidified into actual fears when I saw his speech at the annual AIPAC conference in June 2008….
Phil Weiss thinks the Israel lobby has been transformed by recent events, and we are seeing it in decline (even as the damage is done in the Middle East). J Street, a Lebanese-American envoy, Barack Hussein Obama, talking to Iran….
AC writes: Reports are coming in from Gaza that the IDF is firing at civilians and farmers accompanied by international volunteers as human shields. An account [from International Solidarity Movement], with unnerving video: Returning to farm-land… east of Khan Younis,…
As many voices on this site mourn the two-state solution, I picked up Palestinian-American Ali Abunimah’s book, One Country (2006). It tells a long-ago story that seems quaint today: Drawing parallels between Israel-Palestine and apartheid South Africa makes some people…
at the University of Rochester. Initiated by the Students for a Democratic Society. I’m vaguely suspicious on sectarian grounds (new wine in old bottle) but they declare “victory” after a nine hour occupation. And they’re linked to other occupations.
Bernard Avishai describes his blog as being “responses mainly to rash opinions about Israel and its conflicts,” but the sober prof is becoming more and more despairing (and brave) about the future of Israel. His latest piece studies Nazi history…