This AP story bears great news, that a ceasefire might be accepted by Israel and Hamas. Notice that the key figures are Sarkozy and Turkey. While Condi Rice attacks Hamas. Also note the horrifying figures: 670 dead, more than 300…
The JTA: President Bush stacked his final selection of appointees to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Council with senior Jewish members of his administration. Among 11 appointees announced Tuesday evening were Josh Bolten, Bush’s chief of staff; Elliott Abrams, a…
I get to cry for great Jews on this site. This morning’s tears are for Jonathan Ben-Artzi, a conscientious-objecting nephew of Benjamin Netanyahu, interviewed here on Al-Jazeera, speaking of an unjust war against 1.5 million people denied the rights of…
I’m hell with Arab names. Sorry, I grew up with the same orientalism that Goldberg of Arabia did. But last night I published an allegation from the ingaza blog of a methodical Dier-Yassin like massacre in Zaytoun, which is evidently…
We are being tested, as Dan Levy said last night. Many great voices are speaking out. J Street and Brit Tzedek have covered themselves with honor. Andrew Sullivan, Dan Fleshler, David Bromwich and Glenn Greenwald have distinguished themselves on the…
I just got off the phone from a conference call with Daniel Levy of the New America Foundation. It was arranged by Brit Tzedek, and it was just a beautiful call. We really have to honor the Jews who are…
Steve Walt poses a thought experiment: philosophy professor Joseph Levine at University of Massachusetts: what if Hamas was hiding out among the civilian population of Tel Aviv, and attacking Israel from within? Would the IDF be using massive force to…
JTA: Dennis Ross said the United States should back a cease-fire in Gaza only if it ensures that Hamas “can’t rebuild.” “We want some stability,” said Ross, a former top Middle East negotiator in the Clinton administration, in a talk…
Here’s the United Jewish Appeal of Toronto urging a rally over the crisis in Southern Israel: Join thousands across Canada in a national show of support for the people of Israel living with constant missile attacks by Hamas terrorists. Yes,…