In 1991 President George H.W. Bush tried to stop Israeli settlements by linking American loan guarantees to the Jewish state with a freeze on the settlements. Pro-Israel groups in this country went haywire, and Bush backed down, and famously complained…
Today Israeli P.M. Olmert said that the “outpost” settlements in the West Bank are a “disgrace.” This after our president, George Bush, said the other day that these settlements “ought to go.” It shows 1, how powerful America is. If…
George Bush’s gentle criticism of the Israelis over the settlements today brings closer the moment when a national news show does a report on the Israel lobby and interviews John Mearsheimer and Dan Fleshler and Michael Lerner about what effect…
In the Chicago Tribune, a Brit Tzedek rabbi, Arnold Jacob Wolf, says that the American Jewish community’s failure to speak up for the peace process now is “shocking.” Wolf says that yes, American Jews have been skeptical of the peace…
When Walt and Mearsheimer’s paper appeared in LRB eons ago, one of the controversies surrounded their statement that citizenship in Israel is based on “blood kinship.” Alan Dershowitz said they were reviving the blood libel. Benny Morris said that it…
Walt and Mearsheimer have had a dramatic effect on the American discourse, in a silent way. No, the powers that be don’t want to give the authors credit, but things are changing. Robert Siegel’s Do-they-hate-us-because-of-Israel question in the Dem debate…
Justin Elliott of Mother Jones went over the 11 Democratic debates to see how often Israel came up. His report: In nine of the 11 debates, the terms Israel, Palestinians, and Gaza were either never uttered or were mentioned once…
If onrushing speedboats send a message to an American warship, “you will explode in a few minutes,” isn’t the correct military response to blow the suckers out of the water on the spot? Don’t the rules of engagement justify and…
From the Jerusalem Post: “To boot, the New Hampshire lawmaker [Jason Bedrick, an Orthodox Jew] added, Huckabee is pro-Israel: He has visited the Jewish state nine times, and told the crowd at the Bedrick house party that he favored the…