Israeli Democracy Evaporates While Gaza Burns
2014-08-21
Democracy does not mean tyranny of the majority, it yields to basic principles of justice. At what point do we decide that we must act despite the will of the people?Continue Reading
Why We Hate Them
2012-05-30
Advertisements In this week’s column at Souciant you can see the second entry in my series on the causes and effects of the 1967 war and beginning of the occupation, as we near the 45th anniversary of those events. In this piece, I look as well at the recent raceContinue Reading
Delegitimizing Israeli Democracy
2012-04-18
Advertisements In this week’s entry at Souciant, I examine the implications of Israel’s heavy-handed, stupid and clumsy response to the intention of hundreds of activists to fly into Israel in order to join a Palestinian protest. The ironic thing is that Netanyahu trots out the standard “Israel is the region’sContinue Reading
J14 and American Jewry: Removing the veil of silence
2011-08-17
Advertisements In my latest piece for Babylon Times, hosted by Souciant, I explore the reactions and potential impact of the massive Israeli economic protests, for Israel, the occupation and American Jews.Continue Reading
New Knesset Bill Magnifies the Attack on Democracy in Israel
2011-08-04
Advertisements Here in the United States, we have become only too familiar with the paranoid rantings of those who warn of “creeping sharia.” Sharia, of course, is the body of religious Muslim law. Neo-conservatives and their fellow travelers have had a good deal of impact scaring Americans about this non-existentContinue Reading