Alan Dershowitz: NO SALE, Part 3–Clearing the Fog
Advertisements Read Part 1 Read Part 2 I begrudge no one, regardless of their views, the right to speak up and passionately defend what they believe is right. In no matter is this more important than in the case of the Israel-Palestine conflict and the US role in it.Continue Reading
Alan Dershowitz: NO SALE, Part 2–Arab Money
Advertisements Read Part 1 Read Part 3 There’s an odd schizophrenia in Dershowitz’s broadside on Carter at Gather.com. On the one hand, he is absolutely brutal in attacking Carter, calling him some horrible things and making some very serious implications. On the other, he fondly reminisces about supporting Carter forContinue Reading
Alan Dershowitz: NO SALE, Part 1
Advertisements Read Part 2 Read Part 3 You really have to give Alan Dershowitz credit. It’s obvious that his success as a lawyer comes from a great talent for building a convincing argument. It is also clear that he understands very well the difference between a convincing argument and aContinue Reading
Why the A-Word Doesn’t Work
Advertisements Jimmy Carter’s latest op-ed in the Washington Post starts off with this: “I am concerned that public discussion of my book “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid” has been diverted from the book’s basic proposals: that peace talks be resumed after six years of delay and that the tragic persecution ofContinue Reading
Peace With Syria: What Would It Mean?
Advertisements The January 16 edition of Ha’aretz revealed that some intrepid Israelis, Syrians and international supporters of peace had come together and cobbled out a document that would serve as the framework for a peace agreement between the two old enemies. It is reminiscent of the early days of theContinue Reading