Advertisements In the early morning hours of January 19, an Israeli military force came into the homes of the Salhiyeh family in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. They evicted the family, arresting some of them and leaving the rest of them to watch as, later in the day, bulldozers demolishedContinue Reading
the Icelandic government has a choice between allowing Reykjavík’s mis-step to make the situation worse, or to capitalize on it and make it a little better. One can only hope they choose the right course.Continue Reading
Advertisements In this week’s piece at Souciant, I look at the lessons Bill Clinton’s mistakes at Camp David II hold for Barack Obama today. Many of the conditions have changed, of course, but Clinton’s mis-steps, as well as what he did right, hold general lessons that Obama must keep in mind ifContinue Reading
Advertisements The Israeli elections ushered in a record number of new Knesset members, yet the prospects for resolving Israel’s 45-year old occupation of Palestinian land are as dim as ever, maybe even more so. Here in the United States, some noises are being made about trying to renew the moribundContinue Reading
Advertisements Did Benjamin Netanyahu overplay his hand? Probably not, but he’s definitely testing the boundaries. That is the only way to explain his going beyond even his own usual hubris and obnoxiousness this week. What looked at first like more of the same old Bibi nonsense – he comes toContinue Reading
