Marty Peretz is embracing Netanyahu, saying he wants peace without “illusions.” Oh, and George Mitchell is “silly.” So spake the lobby. How interesting that TNR contributor Michael Walzer, who to his great credit has called for heavy pressure on Israel…
My anonymous friend writes: I see Mr Aargh in your comments on my earlier post– in which I said, Lieberman suggested nuking Gaza– is skeptical: “And mister Mondowoshkeiss is a liar. He whose name he dareth not to speak only…
Last night President Obama admitted that it wasn’t going to be easy to work with the new Israeli government. Today they showed why. Ha’aretz is reporting the Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman have cut a “secret deal” to build 3,000…
Stephen Collinson from Agence France-Presse identifies the Israeli government as the greatest obstacle to peace between Israel and the Palestinians and President Obama doesn’t really disagree. From last night’s press conference: PRESIDENT OBAMA: Okay. Stephen Collinson, AFP. QUESTION: Mr. President,…
It hasn’t taken long for the Lieberman ascendancy to pay dividends. Right-wing Jewish activists descended on Umm al-Fahm, the largest Palestinian city inside Israel, today in to carry out a provocative march to “demand loyalty” from the Palestinian citizens of…
The new J Street poll has some fascinating findings re the complexity of Jewish attitudes re Israel. First the good news. 60 percent of American Jews are against expanding the settlements and the same number say the Gaza war didn’t…
After last Monday’s 92d Street Y panel on a liberal Jewish lobby, Justin Elliott of TPM did this wonderful interview with one of the panelists, Michelle Goldberg. Goldberg is a lover of Israel who is agonized about what Avigdor Lieberman…
Yesterday I went on Press TV to discuss the Israel lobby with Elazar Barkan and Dan Fleshler, and after the taping, the three of us hung out in a hallway talking. We all disagreed about what the lobby is. I’d…
I am continually amazed by how the internet has empowered “non-writers” to become equal players in the discourse to “writers.” As someone who loves writing, I love this process (though it’s sure doing a number on the press, and my…