Advertisements There is always the question about impact in this work. Is it just reporting and kvetching, or is there some practical impact? B’Tselem’s video project has a real impact. Not only does it break the silence around the abuses that soldiers and settlers perpetrate on Palestinians, but it servesContinue Reading

Advertisements Little has changed in the wake of Bibi’s just-concluded speech. Indeed, the image it conjures from my youth was when Geraldo Rivera built up, for weeks, the opening of Al Capone’s vault, only to find nothing in it. There was nothing new in the speech, which was mostly demagogueryContinue Reading

Advertisements Dan Fleshler is a veteran of the mainstream Jewish community and the pro-Israel, pro-peace world as well. He has written a book that everyone concerned about US Middle East policy and how to change it should read. It’s called Transforming America’s Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power andContinue Reading

Advertisements There is a new book out that is an absolute must-read, and not only because I was interviewed for it. It’s called Transforming America’s Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power and the Potential For Change. It is, in my view, by far the most useful and informative bookContinue Reading