Every once in a while I do a great post! And I did one last night, exposing the truly weird religious- nationalist rhetoric of Michael Oren, the new Israeli ambassador to the US, in Commentary this month. James North points…
The Jerusalem Post has published a rightwing attack on Dan Fleshler’s new book by Jonathan Schanzer of the Jewish Policy Forum. Funny–Fleshler’s book attacks AIPAC, and Schanzer just spoke at the AIPAC policy conference, about Palestinian politics. I wonder whether…
Besides three contributions from the Podhoretz family, the latest Commentary includes a faintly-goosesteppish piece by Michael Oren, the new Israeli ambassador to the U.S., on the existential threats to Israel. It’s true I liked Oren’s appearance at AIPAC, but this…
More signs of change in the American Jewish community. A leader of the peace bloc in the pro-Israel community comes down on one of its former heroes, Shimon Peres, after Peres reportedly told Joe Biden that he wasn’t going to…
More signs of change in the American Jewish community. A leader of the peace bloc in the pro-Israel community comes down on one of its former heroes, Shimon Peres, after Peres reportedly told Joe Biden that he wasn’t going to…
Laura Rozen’s report at Foreign Policy on the Obama-Peres meeting suggests that there are stormclouds on the horizon–“severe nervousness” in Israel over Obama’s signals on Iran and settlements–and, more interesting, a shrewd deployment by Obama of Jewish White House aides…
Ron Kampeas at JTA has a report saying that AIPAC’s call for a “viable Palestinian state” probably had the blessing of Netanyahu, but has angered the Zionist Organization of America. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tried to maintain ambiguity…
One of the most interesting speeches given at the AIPAC Policy Conference was one that received the least media attention. AIPAC Executive Director Howard Kohr addressed the capacity crowd Sunday night before Newt Gingrich, and he came with a stern…