Making Bibi Sing
Advertisements In my latest piece for Zeek Magazine, I explore the question of temporary borders for a Palestinian state, and the Obama Administration’s determination to make a peace process work.Continue Reading
Principled Opposition
Advertisements This article was printed in Zeek Magazine. I am not a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. For a number of years, I had direct contact with many of the international peace and solidarity groups that make it up. There’s a lot of diversity in thoseContinue Reading
B’Tselem strongly condemns execution of two Palestinians in Gaza Strip
Advertisements Press release from B’Tselem: B’Tselem strongly condemns execution of two Palestinians in Gaza Strip B’Tselem strongly condemns the execution today of two Palestinians convicted of collaboration with Israel, by the Hamas government in Gaza. The death penalty is immoral and violates the basic right to life of every humanContinue Reading
Israeli Democracy: Under Attack on Both Sides of the Green Line
Advertisements It’s time to ask the question: what is happening to Israel? While the so-called “mainstream” Jewish-American groups work overtime to deny the frightening direction Israel is taking and screaming to the heavens about the “de-legitimizers,” the Jewish state is losing its democratic identity in large steps. Almost every day,Continue Reading
Forcing Peace
Advertisements (A version of this piece appears in Zeek Magazine) Now, here’s a sequence of events. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu states that Israel would not be bullied into peace. The implication, that peace is something the Netanyahu government is, at best, not enthused about, was lost on most ofContinue Reading