Two peace-loving nations get together to discuss poetry and Shakespeare: Nine soldiers from the Ohio Army National Guard have joined 1,000 U.S. troops and the Israeli Defense Forces in joint military exercises in the Mediterranean Sea that include preparation for an Iranian missile attack on Israel. The major air defense drill, called Juniper Cobra 10,…
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Obama talks about Israel and kisses her deeply
The Palestinians are slighted once more (and people are still unclear whether Barack Obama is pro-Israel?): Dealing a blow to the Obama administration’s efforts to restart Middle East peace talks, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton failed Saturday to persuade the Palestinian leader to accept an Israeli proposal that would slow but not stop the…
Understanding the world from the Palestinian side
One of the world’s finest journalists, Israel’s Amira Hass – somebody who believes you have to live with the occupied to fully understand their lives and plight – appeared recently on al-Jazeera:
Less and less people dislike Jews, deal with it
With these figures on anti-Semitism surely a good sign, how many Jews truly believe that criticising Israel is anti-Semitic? And how many Jews would like to erect boundaries around “acceptable” debate over the Middle East? Anti-Semitic attitudes in the United States are at a historic low, with 12% of Americans prejudiced toward Jews, an Anti-Defamation…
The only moral and Jewish response to Goldstone
One of America’s leading Jewish writers, Tony Judt – who tragically is suffering from a great physical affliction – writes on the importance of the UN Goldstone report: We Jews should be very proud of Richard Goldstone. In an ancient tradition of Jewish self-questioning and uncomfortable truth-telling, the author of the recent report from the…
Does Israel want to be respected or not?
Rami G. Khouri in Lebanon’s Daily Star writes that Israel’s unwillingness to abide by international law causes chaos in the global system: A series of recent reports and statements critical of Israel by respected individuals and institutions reminds us of a vital challenge to coherent national development and safeguarding the rule of law in the…
J Street believes in Israel as a strong Jewish state
The level of delusion in the American community that allows this headline to even exist: J Street holds anti-Zionist conference The organisation itself could not be more conventional in its views on the Middle East.
The commentator that will surprise and challenge
Israel commentator Yair Lapid has an answer to the growing global campaign against the Jewish state. Call yourself a victim, of course: We sat in the small and well-kept backyard at the home of Israel’s ambassador in London, Ron Prosor. Light rain was falling intermittently, leaving behind it fresh English air, yet the expressions around…
The J Street aftermath
Perhaps J Street’s real position is revealed in a statement they released today, seemingly incapable of understanding the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza: J Street supports passage of a resolution by the U.S. Congress calling for the United States to oppose and work actively to defeat one-sided and biased action in the United Nations when…
War with Iran is not inevitable, no matter what Zionists say
Israeli hardliner Yossi Klein Halevi says that his people have accepted war: In tabloid cartoons and dinner conversations, Israelis brace themselves for war with Iran.