Advertisements Once again, there is discussion of military action against Iran, since virtually everyone acknowledges that the new sanctions, both by the UN and US will not change the status quo. I examine the possibilities of an attack on Iran in a new piece I published at Zeek Magazine.Continue Reading
Advertisements I was reminiscing recently about a very pleasant conversation I had with Stephen Walt, who, along with John Mearsheimer, wrote the explosive book “The Israel Lobby.” Both authors are aware that I disagree with their thesis, and yet Stephen and I were always able to have respectful conversations aboutContinue Reading
Advertisements The political mudslinging between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Tzipi Livni over the failure of Israel’s siege of Gaza would be amusing if it were not so disturbing. The exchange basically comes down to Bibi saying that he inherited the Gaza siege from the previous governmentContinue Reading
Advertisements MJ Rosenberg reprints dozens of Democrats’ statements on the Gaza flotilla fiasco today in his Media Matters piece. He doesn’t bother with the Republicans, which are worse, but also to be expected. And the Democrats he quotes include some supported by J Street. This points to a pretty wideContinue Reading
Advertisements Israel is trying to address the massive criticism it is facing over the flotilla fiasco by empowering not one, but three different investigative panels. It’s not likely to work. The military investigation, which was the first one empaneled, was intended to address internal criticism that the operation was poorly plannedContinue Reading
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