Advertisements In my latest piece for Babylon Times, hosted by Souciant, I examine the hysteria in Jerusalem and Washington over next week’s vote, the precise nature of which we still don’t know, on the status of Palestine at the UN.Continue Reading
Advertisements A new international news and views site has opened, Souciant, and it is currently featuring my latest piece, “Peace Means Everybody: J Street and the Arab Spring.” Check it out.Continue Reading
Advertisements In his 1988 book, Israel’s Fateful Hour, the former head of Israeli military intelligence, Yehoshafat Harkabi, regarded up until the day of his death in 1994 as perhaps Israel’s premier expert on the Arab world and Islam, wrote the following: “Given that Israel’s predicament also affects Jews in theContinue Reading
Advertisements In my recent post on the J Street Conference panel on Boycotts/Divestment/Sanctions, I focused mainly on Rebecca Vilkomerson, whose support for BDS in a moderately left/liberal Jewish space was greeted with civility even by most of those who disagreed with her; and on Kenneth Bob of Ameinu who, thoughContinue Reading
Advertisements I asked myself, should I blog first about the J Street conference as a whole, or about the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) panel in particular, since I plan to write both. I decided to start with the BDS panel, because it really was a remarkable event. J StreetContinue Reading
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