Livni Joining With Labor: Not A Game-Changer
2014-12-13
Tzipi Livni will bring her party to run on joint ticket with Labor. Pardon me while I stifle a yawn.Continue Reading
Israel’s President Is More Complex Than You’d Think
2014-10-27
Reuven Rivlin epitomizes the reality of Israeli politics that sometimes the right is a lot more reasonable than the leftContinue Reading
From 2006: Honest Brokers? US Presidents and the Middle East
2014-09-22
Advertisements I have discovered an article of mine from 2006 still online. It is a review I wrote for the journal Global Understanding of William Quandt’s book, Peace Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab–Israeli Conflict since 1967. Despite being eight years old, it is striking how much of this piece remains relevant. ItContinue Reading
Christie’s Gaffe: Stating the Obvious
2014-04-02
You can say the sky is blue, but don’t say the West Bank is occupied. Continue Reading
The Celebrated Murderer, A Phenomenon on Both Sides of the Israel-Palestine Divide
2014-03-15
Advertisements Yesterday, an old Israeli “war hero” died. His name was Meir Har-Zion. He was a veteran of the Israeli military in its formative years after the creation of the state, and we should look very carefully at the re-telling, upon his death, of an incident that took place inContinue Reading