My following article appears in Crikey: Monash University’s Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation has released the preliminary findings of its survey of Australian and New Zealand Jewry in which… 6200 Jewish people answered 144 questions on a variety of subjects, including anti-Semitism, Israel and Zionism, inter-marriage, education and identity. It’s the biggest study of its sort…
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Is Iran soon to be hit without US backing?
Micah Zenko, fellow in the Centre for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations, writes in the Los Angeles Times that the Islamic Republic should get prepared: Iran has until late September to respond to the latest international proposal aimed at stopping the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear weapon. Under the proposal, Iran…
East Jerusalem is key ground
Akiva Eldar in Haaretz: If there is any truth in the reports that came out of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Europe – that the United States agreed Israel can go on building in East Jerusalem – the headlines should have read “Obama has pulled out of the Middle East peace process.” Paraphrasing the…
One more nation may see sense towards Israel
The new, more liberal Japanese government, throwing the country’s political map into a spin, may shift its policies towards the Middle East. Haaretz reports: Withdrawing from American guardianship could also change Japanese policy toward Israel. Until now, Japan limited its support for the Palestinians to aiding economic projects, in keeping with American requests. The Hatoyama…
Perhaps this Zionist is working for the other side
The Jerusalem Post’s Caroline Glick articulates the fundamentalist, Zionist mindset: The main fantasy governing Europe’s attitude towards the Middle East is the belief in Israeli militaristic venality, fundamentalist messianism, and territorial greed. It is this fantasy that protects European leaders from the need to account for their six years of failed appeasement towards Iran during…
Obama is actually a conservative Democrat
In light of various deranged commentators suggesting that Barack Obama is leading the country down the path to fascism (or socialism), here’s a necessary response:
Torture sure makes America feel good
America is a torturing nation that threatens peoples families will be raped. Not to worry, says Dick Cheney, such methods keep the country safe: How to engender hatred of the US in a few easy steps (even John McCain seems to agree).
Uncover, reveal, embarrass and discuss
This New York Times article inadvertently acknowledges the profound failures of the media class since 9/11 to uncover the key decisions made by the Bush administration and now Barack Obama; NGOs, lawyers and activists are now generally far more pro-active and curious than the average corporate journalist: In the spring of 2003, long before Abu…
Washington is incapable of being fair and balanced
The Israel Lobby co-author Steve Walt argues that the US needs to understand that its message is getting confused for many good reasons (killing civilians is always so messy): Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, has reportedly penned a “searing critique” of efforts to improve U.S. relations with the Muslim world via “strategic…
The American Republic can only be saved by one man
I don’t care what anybody says; I’m a huge fan of Glenn Beck on Fox News. This is television magic: