Congress Overreacts to Lebanon
2010-08-10
Advertisements A short piece at Examiner.com on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s decision to hold aid to Lebanon after last week’s skirmish with Israel.Continue Reading
Abe Foxman: Bad for the Jews
2010-08-07
Advertisements Three cheers for Fareed Zakharia, who yesterday announced he was returning the award and the $10,000 honorarium he got from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) after their abominable support of bigotry and hate in the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy in New York. The ADL and its leader, Abe Foxman,Continue Reading
A New Venue
2010-08-06
Advertisements I have just taken up a new role, very part-time, as DC Foreign Policy correspondent for examiner.com. It’s not exactly a political outlet, which I hope will be more meaningful, getting a message out to people we are not normally reaching with what I hope will be a somewhat more insightfulContinue Reading
Recommended Reading: Yiftachel: The horror show at al-Araqib village: from removal to approval
2010-08-04
Advertisements I wasn’t sure if I was going to blog about this, and now Oren Yiftachel has saved me the trouble. It’s horrifying that apparently Israelis of all backgrounds and ages saw the destruction of a Bedouin village as a cause for glee. Unfortunately, this is only the most starkContinue Reading
A Warning on Israel’s Northern Border
2010-08-04
Advertisements The precise details of the events on the Israel-Lebanon border Tuesday are still unclear. But from what we have now, a picture is starting to develop. UNIFIL has confirmed that the Israelis who were shot at were on their side of the Blue Line, the de facto border betweenContinue Reading