Advertisements So much has been written in the blogosphere about Khader Adnan, the Palestinian hunger striker, that I thought I would just leave it to others. But now that his hunger strike has ended, I feel moved to make a few points. We will probably never know if there everContinue Reading
Advertisements In my latest piece for Souciant, I take on the growing use of Holocaust rhetoric to support an Israeli attack on Iran. In particular, the idea that Jews are more justified in drastic acts of self-defense because of the traumatic effect of the Holocaust that still lingers. Also, Souciant has weatheredContinue Reading
Advertisements In my latest piece for Souciant, I look at Benjamin Netanyahu’s ineffectual “threat” to cut off the negotiations to nowhere with the Palestinian Authority if they reunify with Hamas. Bibi clearly wants a situation where the US will back an Israeli refusal to continue negotiations, and Hamas joining aContinue Reading
Advertisements Dear Readers, I know this week I’ve stepped a bit outside of my usual space, and there is much to say about what is going on right now with Israel, Iran, Palestine, the US, the neoconservatives, and all the other cheery subjects I usually write about. Well, I’ll beContinue Reading
Advertisements A few days ago, I wrote here about an article in the Washington Post that was clearly misleading to its readers. That was an example of one way media distortion happens. Today, we saw another, this time from the left side of the political spectrum. As I’m sure everyoneContinue Reading
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