Netanyahu Rejects Obama Proposal on Pre-1967 Borders
2011-05-20
Advertisements My latest piece for IPS News is up. It looks at the meeting today between Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama and the fallout from it.Continue Reading
Bibi Insults Obama Again, Before He Even Gets Here
2011-05-19
Advertisements Today, the day of President Barack Obama’s long-anticipated “Middle East reboot” speech and one day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet with Obama, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office (PMO) took up discussionon two major East Jerusalem settlement expansion projects, in Pisgat Ze’ev and Har Homa.Continue Reading
Correcting the Historical Inaccuracies: Bibi vs Abu Mazen
2011-05-17
Advertisements Once again, history becomes the battlefield in the Israel-Palestine conflict. And as usual, both sides in the debate have their self-serving versions. In 2011, there is a lot less gray area in this history. Most of the history of 1948 is clear as far as the facts are concerned.Continue Reading
Lessons From Nakba Day Disturbances Go Unlearned
2011-05-16
Advertisements Wise leaders in Jerusalem and Washington were given a great deal of very useful information yesterday in Israel when a popular action led to hundreds of Palestinian refugees crossing the border into Israel, leading to the deaths of ten of them. Unfortunately, wisdom in those two cities is inContinue Reading
The Ignominious End of George Mitchell
2011-05-14
Advertisements George Mitchell was appointed, with much fanfare and to the delight of many observers (including this one) on President Barack Obama’s second day in office, to the thankless task of trying to mediate an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. With far less fanfare, and an air of gloomContinue Reading