The other day I picked up Jerry Haber’s report that Michael Walzer had at last come out against Gaza as an unjust war. He did so in the Hebrew edition of Haaretz, with a co-author, Avishai Margalit. “Nogal” at TNR…
I keep thinking about Clark University’s decision to censor a lecture by Norman Finkelstein scheduled for later this month, an unfortunate decision on any number of levels. 1, Part of the Clark president”s reasoning is that the Finkelstein lecture would…
Syrian Ambassdor to Washington Imad Moustapha on Fareed Zakaria’s CNN show today, saying that the U.S. has sustained the criminal occupation. He’s cautiously optimistic with Obama, but: Moustapha warned that Mitchell will be more limited in peacemaking efforts between Arabs…
I missed a stretcher. Yesterday Clark University President John Bassett wrote a letter seeking to justify his censorship of Norman Finkelstein, who had been scheduled to give a speech on campus, and his letter included this statement: What especially exaggerates…
Bruce Wolman writes: Howard Schneider has at last settled in as the Washington Post’s new Jerusalem Bureau Chief. Hence it was finally time for a trip over to the Occupied Territories to cover the other half of his beat. Setting…
This is the official photo from Obama’s White House seder. He’s reading from the Haggadah, the narrative for the dinner. I found it on Huffpo. I believe the painting over the fireplace is Queen Esther. But here is the question…
Here’s further evidence that Obama will be hawkish on Iran (and pushy about Israeli intransigence on the two-state solution). A piece in the Nation by Robert Dreyfuss on Dennis Ross’s power over Iran policy at the State Department. (This really…
Clark University just disinvited Norm Finkelstein from a speaking engagement later this month. Michigan State University was under pressure from the ADL to rescind its invitation to Israel-critic Desmond Tutu to give its commencement address. MSU is sticking to its…