More straws in the wind, and the usual reasons. Gaza. Netanyahu. Antony Lerman in the Guardian: The public positions adopted by the leaderships of diaspora communities around the world demonstrate solidarity with the state and government [of Israel]. American Jewish…
More straws in the wind, and the usual reasons. Gaza. Netanyahu. Antony Lerman in the Guardian: The public positions adopted by the leaderships of diaspora communities around the world demonstrate solidarity with the state and government [of Israel]. American Jewish…
I went to AIPAC two weeks back. The line was: Don’t worry about the two-state solution; it’s all about Iran. And duly the New York Times imbibed this line; it reported that the Obama-Netanyahu meeting on Monday was all about…
David Bromwich writes: One inference is plain from the contrary emphases of Netanyahu and Obama at their news conference. The coming six months will see a continued aggressive insistence by Israel’s most uncritical American supporters, tuned to a single theme:…
On Monday night, following the Obama-Netanyahu meeting, Charlie Rose had an interesting half hour with Rashid Khalidi, Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal, and Lally Weymouth of Newsweek (and Jim Hoagland in Washington, reporting). The best part of the…
I missed this, and I was sitting right there, at AIPAC, two weeks back. But the National Iranian American Council didn’t. Congresswoman Jane Harman was talking sanctions and military action against Iran, when she said: “The Persian population in Iran…
I missed this, and I was sitting right there, at AIPAC, two weeks back. But the National Iranian American Council didn’t. Congresswoman Jane Harman was talking sanctions and military action against Iran, when she said: “The Persian population in Iran…
Speaking of Jewish wealth/success, USA Today reports on the massive speaking fees earned last year by State Department envoys Richard Holbrooke and Dennis Ross, $1.7 million and $420,000 respectively–half of Ross’s speaking income from Jewish groups. Per his disclosure statement,…