Jerry Slater writes: According to the NYT, Obama has asked V. Gene Robinson, a gay Episcopal bishop, to deliver the invocation at one of the inaugural events. Some see this as Obama’s way of “compensating” for having named Rev. Rick…
I laughed at Max Blumenthal’s expose of Jewish nuts at the pro-Israel rally. Well Adalah says that this atmosphere is promoting violence in the U.S. Press release: Adam Shapiro, a human rights activist and documentary filmmaker, who is scheduled to…
James Howard Kunstler is an important writer. His blog has a huge following for good reason. As Glenn Condell explained to me: I have been reading him for about three years; he has (equipped with the work of Nouriel Roubini,…
Sea change: On Time’s blog, Michael Scherer criticizes Israel’s democracy claim in light of its banning of the Arab parties from the upcoming elections. When’s Joe Klein getting in on this stuff? You can run all the way up the…
“Catastrophically misguided and incomprehensible policy,” the great Kushner tells Democracy Now, at a JATO demonstration last night in the cold in New York. It has gotten easier to speak out within the Jewish community in the last few years, says…
Watching Hill on the Hill, I’m impressed. She’s signalling a brave new mood, and sounding some of the right notes. The usual defense of Israel’s right to defend itself, but no red meat for the carnivores. Talks about “smart power.”…
Laura Rozen over at the Foreign Policy blog The Cable has posted Hillary Clinton’s prepared answers to questions from the Senate Foreign Policy Committee. When it comes to Israel/Palestine it seems Clinton thinks everything is going great. She would seem…
You have to see this. It is the best journalism yet on the American response to Gaza. Period. An amazing video by Max Blumenthal/Alternet called, “Bomb a Ghetto, Raise a Cheer,” from the demonstration of pro-Israel Jews in New York…
Sir Gerald Kaufman, a Jewish Member of Parliament, from the Labor Party, representing Manchester. In the House of Commons debates for 12 Jan 2009: In congratulating my right honorable Friend on steering resolution 1860 through the United Nations Security Council,…