J Street will make no headway without the New York Times. J Street can always count on the Nation and has found the New Yorker sadly awol*. The Times did great work yesterday: “Warnings not enough for Gaza families.” And…
David Remnick doesn’t seem entirely sure how to address the horrifying news from Gaza. He has a long piece about Obama, including an intelligent reverie on the spiritual question of homeland, that sweeps the slaughter under the rug. Blames the…
How long can American leaders hold out? Yahoo’s top story at this hour is an Agence France-Presse story headlined “Gaza civilians bearing brunt of violence…” Another sign that the media are changing: Richard Engel on NBC Nightly News tonight said…
From an analysis in tomorrow’s Haaretz:: From Hamas’ perspective, the Sajaiyeh incident that left 3 IDF troops dead Monday is a significant first achievement. For the first time, Israeli TV broadcasts raised the question of whether it was worthwhile for…
and must be talked to, Tom Ricks reports in his new Foreign Policy blog. This is an Iraq war lesson. Imagine trying to destroy the Sunni militias… And Obama can’t open his mouth.
On Thursday at the University of Chicago, Norman Finkelstein, John Mearsheimer, and Ali Abunimah will talk about Gaza. What is remarkable about this is only that a realist, a Chomskyan and an Arab binational-state guy will be offering a range…
Reuters image from Sunday. Reuters does not identify shell as containing white phosphorus. But, from the Times of London: Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday….
Frightening, nervy unequivocal analysis by ex-CIA analyst Michael Scheuer: [Israel’s] main goal is to ensure that Obama is tied as tight as Gulliver to the status quo of U.S. foreign policy in the Muslim world. In addition to hurting Hamas,…
From Israeli reservist and mouthpiece Michael Oren’s article in the New Republic this week: Irrespective of Israel’s goals, my unit’s job will be to afford the IDF the requisite time to achieve them by fostering a sympathetic press and, through…