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…
Amazing. Israeli human rights groups have started a blog to document the harm to civilians in Gaza and southern Israel. The group includes Rabbis for Human Rights and Adalah, an Arab group. Most of the items are of course about…
The Jewish Community Relations Bureau/American Jewish Committee in Kansas City has organized an emergency meeting tomorrow night.The appeal begins on a defensive note: Due to the escalation of Israelâs efforts to reduce the Hamas rocket fire from Gaza, there will…
Now the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s Ami Eden is attacking J Street for having the temerity to suggest that the Israeli attack on Gaza lacked “sanity and moderation” and other supposed crimes. This is a historical battle. Once again, Jewish leadership…
Continuing our survey of the shameful response of Jewish communal leaders to the crisis in Gaza, reader Michael Levin alerts us to the appalling silence of Rabbis for Human Rights – North America. You would think that an organization with…
Americans for Peace Now is for a cease-fire, good for them, but it is making the wrong call in its Gaza statements. It turns over part of its site to Yossi Alpher, an Israeli security expert, who rationalizes everything Israel…
We have been documenting the moral bankruptcy of the Jewish communal leadership in the face of the Israeli onslaught in Gaza. Its good to see that others are stepping up. Check out this “Open Letter From Anti-Zionist Jewish Youth in…
Mishal Al-Johar writes: A lot of people (and I mean a LOT of people) have been using Facebook, Reddit, Digg, Twitter and their blogs to talk about what’s been going on in Gaza. I have been pleasantly surprised to see…