David Grossman, Salon, February 11: Today, Israel is an intolerably opaque place. The public atmosphere is turbid, sometimes horrifically so. This did not, of course, begin with Ehud Olmert, nor during the last war. For many years we, the Israelis, have been sunk in internal strife, to the point that we have lost our ability…
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An accidental war
My latest New Matilda column is about the recently released Winograd Report in Israel and what it says about the institutional failures within the Jewish state: The release last week of the Israeli Government’s Winograd Report was designed to reveal the failures of the Lebanon adventure and hold military and political leaders to account. Prime…
Talking to the “enemy”
The Western conundrum over Islamism: “So, you spoke to the leaders of Hezbollah?” “Yes” “And you also speak with the leaders of Hamas?” “Yes” “And they told you that they support democracy?” “Yes” “And you believe them?” With this the leader of a Washington think-tank smiled satisfied to her audience and sat down. Clearly the…
Let the corrupt fall
Israel’s Winograd Commission has reported on the 2006 Lebanon war and concluded “we are all guilty.” The fact that the Israeli leadership is likely to survive the report reflects the dysfunctionality of the Jewish state. Clearly launching an immoral and futile war and massacring innocent civilians is all in a good day’s work for Ehud…
Going with Hezbollah
US historian Norman Finkelstein, Lebanon, January 7: After the horror and after the shame and after the anger there still remain a hope, and I know that I can get in a lot of trouble for what I am about to say, but I think that the Hezbollah represents the hope. They are fighting to…