Susie Kneedler writes: And David Ignatius [moderator of Peres/Erdogan debate at Davos] SUPPORTED the attack on Iraq by parroting Bush-Co, so he is not a fair arbiter: “Get Ready for the American Ninjas [what a barbarous headline, SK] Feb 25,…
Shimon Peres at the World Economic Forum: “Why did they fire at us? What did they want? We didn’t occupy. There was never a day of starvation in Gaza. By the way, Israel is the supplier of water daily to…
Thanks to the great Americans for Peace Now Legislative Round-Up for pointing out that the Israel lobby is currently falling on its face. Today’s update includes a rundown of the lobby’s weak response to the congressional letter to Hillary Clinton…
(Anyone new to this blog should be aware that while it has a Jewish character, it represents an effort, in the new global environment, to cross borders and hear what members of other groups have to say. This is both…
Yakov offers this open letter to Abe Foxman: Abe, It’s time to go. I have been following your updates on the A.D.L. page very closely and I am frightened for you. I’m concerned that you have been too busy doing…
I saw an old friend last night. We had drinks in Grand Central. He’s Jewish too, and he and I completely disagree about Israel but we’ve learned to tiptoe around all that. He’s a very fair minded, intelligent man. But…
I still love the New York Times. A great newspaper; here’s a simply perfect and objective account by Sebnem Arsu (with the help of many other reporters, including Isabel Kershner, whom this site has criticized) of an important incident, the…
On Monday night, Kathy Kelly, a longtime activist who spent a week in Gaza, came to the Bluestockings bookstore, a center for the next wave of activism on the Lower East Side, and said something I hadn’t heard before. As…
Yishai, an Israeli reservist, occupied a Palestinian home in Gaza during the recent assault. The family had fled. He saw that they had a computer and were privileged. He felt he could explain it all to them, and left them…