Advertisements And, not coincidentally, Moshe Yaroni, of the blog I recommended in my last post, linked back to an old piece I wrote for JVP in 2006. It was about Hamas’ electoral victory, and I think it stands up well today. But please check out Yaroni’s article.Continue Reading

Advertisements Some of my readers here, at least those of you gracious enough to have borne with me despite my lack of recent postings, will be aware that I have left B’Tselem and don’t really know where I’m going next. In the meantime, I hope to be posting more inContinue Reading

Advertisements The Gaza Flotilla disaster has shone a light on the siege of Gaza. After three years, the international community has finally stood up and said this must stop. Now the question is how. I’m reminded of a meeting I had about a year ago with several State Department officials.Continue Reading

Advertisements One can never accuse the neo-conservatives of a lack of hubris. Liz Cheney, daughter of Dick and Lynne Cheney, offers a prime example of this in an interview on ABC News. While Cheney was admitting the massive mistake the Bush Administration made in pushing for Palestinian elections in 2006,Continue Reading

Advertisements There’s a lot more information out now about the disastrous Israeli attack on the flotilla that was heading to Gaza last weekend. That doesn’t necessarily mean more clarity about what actually happened, but there’s enough to start assessing at least some of the impact. There aren’t a lot ofContinue Reading