From B’Tselem: Today, Israeli soldiers shot a woman waving a white flag in the Khuza’a area, in the south-eastern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian who is besieged with his family there says. According to his report, the soldiers shot several civilians…
James Howard Kunstler is an important writer. His blog has a huge following for good reason. As Glenn Condell explained to me: I have been reading him for about three years; he has (equipped with the work of Nouriel Roubini,…
Sea change: On Time’s blog, Michael Scherer criticizes Israel’s democracy claim in light of its banning of the Arab parties from the upcoming elections. When’s Joe Klein getting in on this stuff? You can run all the way up the…
Military journalists’ report in Yediot Aharonot picked up by Dan Fleshler. Where is the Times? Where is Hillary Clinton? Where is Obama?
“Catastrophically misguided and incomprehensible policy,” the great Kushner tells Democracy Now, at a JATO demonstration last night in the cold in New York. It has gotten easier to speak out within the Jewish community in the last few years, says…
“US Sees Gaza Rebuilding as Opportunity[for Abbas.” is the headline on this Reuters story. Has there ever been such insanity? Even partial reconstruction will take years. Almost all government buildings and all bridges destroyed. And this goes on, with no…
You have to see this. It is the best journalism yet on the American response to Gaza. Period. An amazing video by Max Blumenthal/Alternet called, “Bomb a Ghetto, Raise a Cheer,” from the demonstration of pro-Israel Jews in New York…
Sir Gerald Kaufman, a Jewish Member of Parliament, from the Labor Party, representing Manchester. In the House of Commons debates for 12 Jan 2009: In congratulating my right honorable Friend on steering resolution 1860 through the United Nations Security Council,…
The lead headline this morning on Haaretz.com – “Livni: Gaza offensive is good for the Palestinians.” (Update: I guess someone from the Foreign Ministry got through to Ha’aretz. The headline for the same article has now been changed to -…