[A pool in Haifa. Before the Nakba.] My wife has picked up the refrain that I’m a post-Zionist. “You’re a post-Zionist! Let me explain why,” she declares. “Post- means that you’re not engaged in that old energy. Anti- means that…
We got hoaxed last week, a fake announcement from the leading British Jewish org saying it was cancelling a rally for Israel because only a political solution could resolve the problems over there, not violence. Today we got an email…
Steve Walt has a good post on the Friedman piece showing that Tom Friedman is misrepresenting Israeli society as being torn between pragmatic options re the territories, when in fact Israeli government is prey to the radical settler bloc–70,000 settlers…
Since the beginning of its assault, Israel has attempted to justify the destruction of Gaza by comparing the operation to the US decimation of Iraq. The opening aerial bombardment of Gaza brought comparisons to the US “shock & awe” campaign….
Why did Israel do it? To feel good about itself after Lebanon, right? Maybe just kill a lot of Arabs? Or to capture Saddam? We’ll never know, will we? Professor and TV expert on the military, Anthony Cordesman– a former…
Of course Hillary Clinton didn’t talk about it, nor did the Senate, but Haaretz is–the growing awareness throughout the world that Israel has turned a corner, revealing itself in a different and monstrous light. An amazing piece, from a newspaper…
I laughed at Max Blumenthal’s expose of Jewish nuts at the pro-Israel rally. Well Adalah says that this atmosphere is promoting violence in the U.S. Press release: Adam Shapiro, a human rights activist and documentary filmmaker, who is scheduled to…
The fallout would destroy all electronic communication in Israel, Egypt, and possibly Jordan as well (says Mohammad, of Canada).
From the YNet article “Testimony from Gaza: Will take decades to rebuild”- Abu-Dakka said that up until now his 70-year-old father has refused to leave his home, despite its proximity to the border fence with Israel and the IDF troops….