Obama seems to throw in the towel on the ‘peace process’ By Philip Weiss December 10, 2009 57 As I look over Obama’s Nobel speech, which includes a lot of stentorian talk about…
‘We sought international pressure to stop expulsions of Palestinians. We failed.’ By Philip Weiss December 9, 2009 11 David Shulman’s December 4 report from the Sheikh Jarrah evictions in East Jerusalem ran a…
Now do you feel better about our plans in Afghanistan? By Philip Weiss December 9, 2009 18 A friend sent this along, reportedly a flowchart posted on MSNBC from a consulting group…
What Sergey Brin told Ken Auletta By Philip Weiss December 9, 2009 1 I keep thinking of something that Ken Auletta, author of the new google book, said…
Judt/Sand on the ‘perverse’ identification of Jewishness with Israel By Philip Weiss December 8, 2009 24 I’m reading Shlomo Sand’s book, The Invention of the Jewish People, and am thrilled by…
I naively believed that Obama’s election signalled the end of neoconservative influence By Philip Weiss December 8, 2009 5 Imbibing more and more courage, Andrew Sullivan points out that despite the sea-change election of…
An Arab-American’s comment on Gaza stirs the exploration of Jewish mythology By Philip Weiss December 7, 2009 12 On Thursday night, I went to a Gaza fundraiser at Abdeen Jabara’s place in New…
Realists say EU membership for Israel and Palestine might bring peace By Philip Weiss December 7, 2009 35 Another crack in the wall. The European Union should take over the peace process, argue…
‘intense, methodical, rigorous, earnest’ By Anonymous Contributor December 6, 2009 23 Adjectives applied to Obama’s approach to enlarging the war by Peter Baker, the New York…
Post-post-racial (Jewish identity of state of Israel is ‘very important’ to Obama administration) By Bruce Wolman December 4, 2009 68 How can you keep kidding yourself that this administration is going to do anything to…
