Sandy Tolan in the CSM says Gaza is the crossroads for Obama, and he’s right. If Obama says the wrong thing, if he fails to condemn Israel’s disproportionate horrifying violence– as Miliband has condemned, in England– then he loses the…
Leon Hadar: After reading [Benny] Morris today [“Why Israel Feels Threatened,” a headline that will go down in infamy –Weiss] I recalled the advice that the late Israeli PM Levi Eshkol (who headed the Israeli government in 1967) had given…
An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talking to Ha’aretz: “Gaza is not undergoing a humanitarian crisis. We’re constantly supplying it with food and medications, and there’s no need for a humanitarian cease-fire.”
Just got up, just heard Steve Inskeep of Morning Edition on NPR angrily asking the Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor (whom Horowitz dispatched on this site last night) what the goals were, when it was going to be over, aren’t you…
Weird. Here’s an article on Huffpo all about the Palestine protesters in Honolulu with the amazing Margaret Brown, 66, in it– “We just gave them a blank check to oppress the Palestinians, and this is the result,” she said. Margaret,…
I have great news tonight: Gaza is exciting the world’s sympathy. Consider the picture above. We never could have imagined such a thing just weeks ago. Consider the heartrending headline and lead of an AP story prominent on Yahoo’s main…
Sallai Meridor, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, talking to reporters: In a conference call Tuesday with reporters, Sallai Meridor said criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza as disproportionate is like “telling a lady who had to push a rapist…
Can you imagine the Times saying that earlier this year when China crushed Tibet? No, you can’t. The first paragraph of the Times editorial on Gaza (who needs to read more): Israel must defend itself. And Hamas must bear responsibility…