Adam Horowitz writes: On the day the ratio of Israelis to Palestinians killed has hit 1:100, Alan Dershowitz writes “Israel’s Policy Is Perfectly ‘Proportionate'” in the Wall Street Journal: The claim that Israel has violated the principle of proportionality –…
I gather that the New York Times has run two Op-Eds about Gaza: by Benny Morris and David Grossman. Both Israelis. Why not Americans? Why not the Jews who are leaving the Israel church over this? Why not Andy Whitmore…
Adam Horowitz: I wonder what focus group came up with the gem “roof knocking”. And is it just me or does this make no sense – “In these cases, Channel 10 reported Thursday, the IAF sometimes launches a relatively harmless…
I was in Israel during the Lebanon war and met a guy a lot like me at a bus stop. A smart outsider type, too skinny, he had a beard, intelligent eyes, and wore purple crocs on his feet, under…
Adam Horowitz writes: A protest against the war in Gaza that was planned in Tel Aviv was being prevented by Israeli police not because they were afraid of violence, but because they were afraid that protesters would raise the Palestinian…
Nattering neocons. Commentary is saying that J Street is an anti-Israel organization! Well I love Jeremy Ben-Ami for his courage (even though J Street is backsliding somewhat, inevitably) and Jeremy, we’ve got your back! Who are we? Progressives, realists, the…
Glenn Greenwald has a brilliant piece of analysis of the Rasmussen poll of American attitudes re Gaza. Greenwald points out that while Americans are generally split on sympathy for Israel or Palestine, Democratic voters are lopsidedly critical of Israel over…
Gaza demonstration in Kansas City. 450 people came. They had a mock funeral. Don’t worry, little blond kid’s alright.