Advertisements Having worked on the issue of Israel and its myriad conflicts for many years, one gets used to tragedy and even to stunningly abhorrent behavior. And indeed, I have seen more than enough of both from all sides in this conflict. But every once in a while, things takeContinue Reading
Advertisements Several readers asked why I left Zeek Magazine. In general, this is the sort of thing I’m loathe to write about. However, since the Tikkun Olam blog posted an article about the goings on at Zeek, I thought I should say just a few words, even though the articleContinue Reading
Advertisements A version of this article appeared in Zeek Magazine. Peter Beinart’s essay in the New York Review of Books about the demise of liberal Zionism has caused quite a stir. But I don’t really want to add to all the commentary surrounding it. Instead, I found interesting one smallContinue Reading
Advertisements I had been wondering only recently when Israel would bar the entry of Noam Chomsky. That time has come today. About two years ago, I recall that the controversial scholar Norman Finkelstein had been detained at Ben Gurion Airport and eventually deported. I got some heat for not wantingContinue Reading
Advertisements My recent piece on UC Berkeley’s divestment vote, Principled Opposition, drew a response from Akiva Tor, the Israeli Consul General for the Pacific Northwest region. Zeek printed it at this link. It was also posted at the consulate’s site. Today, I published my own response to Tor. You can readContinue Reading
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