Advertisements Sometime in the latter part of 1988, I had gotten my first car. I was 22, but since I had grown up in New York City, I was late getting my driver’s license. Now, living in Northern California, a car was more important, so shortly after I got myContinue Reading
Advertisements At Responsible Statecraft, I discuss the letter to Joe Biden from over 100 groups calling for a new policy that addresses Palestinian rights. You can find the press release about the letter at this link. You can find the text of the letter at this one. You can also signContinue Reading
Advertisements CODEPINK organized a joint letter from over 100 diverse organizations to Joe Biden, calling on him to support Palestinian rights. ReThinking Foreign Policy joined If Not Now, Jewish Voice for Peace, the Council on American-Islamic Coordination, American Friends Service Committee, PAX Christi U.S., Demand Progress, Win Without War, PeaceContinue Reading
Advertisements The argument that “friends of Israel” should stand against annexation because it is “bad for Israel” is a loser. Whether or not annexation is bad for Israel, it needs to be stopped because it is unjust, immoral, and illegal and it stands in direct contravention of the most basicContinue Reading
Advertisements While it is conceivable that there could be a two-state solution that treated Palestinians and Israelis equally, the one the Oslo peace process envisioned didn’t come close to being that. Even though that vision is finally behind us, the approach of prioritizing Israeli needs–national, security, even political–over not onlyContinue Reading
