The Union for Reform Judaism, fresh from its support for the Iraq war, is now cheering the Gaza slaughter as a proportional response to rocket fire from the blockaded territory, and celebrating the Bush administration for its support. Rabbi Eric…
It’s just a theory, and yes I’m an optimist. But the grotesque events in Gaza rise above, well, the previous grotesque events in Gaza. And here is the great Glenn Greenwald attacking Marty Peretz for his disgusting rationalization of the…
The discourse is changing under our feet. I keep saying this, people. It’s true. Here is the pioneering Greg Mitchell writing in Editor & Publisher–and vocalizing consonants and vowels that you only usually hear in the European press… And note…
This morning I was thinking that the Gaza slaughter is like Deir Yassin. For Deir Yassin was rationalized and still is as a security operation, eliminating a hostile village near Jerusalemm, and it killed a hecatomb, over 100 people. The…
Richard Silverstein on the religious/literary angle: It is the seventh night of Hanukah, and Sol Salbe tells me that the military operation’s name, Solid Lead (or “Cast Lead”), derives from Chaim Nachman Bialik’s children’s poem, For Hanukah: Teacher bought a…
Do I wish that J Street were more emphatic and angry? Of course. But its statement last night on the massacring of scores of Palestinian civilians must be welcomed. It represents a significant demurral from the feverish support for Israeli…
Nancy Pelosi, who dangled dogtags of abducted Israeli soldiers that she had been given at AIPAC last June, is no surprise on the Gaza massacre. “Hamas and its supporters must understand that Gaza cannot and will not be allowed to…
The International Solidarity Movement reports that Gazan households are getting phone calls from the Israeli Ministry of Defense warning that “any house that has guns or weapons will be targeted next without further warning or any announcement.” From the ISM:…
Dr. Eyad Al Sarraj writing in the Guardian: The bombing went on for about 10 minutes. It was like an earthquake on top of your head. The windows were shaking and squeaking. My 10-year-old was terrified, he was jumping from…