Is Hamas Winning?
2014-07-24
It’s getting pretty clear that the war effort is not going as planned for Israel.Continue Reading
The Lying Game: Failing in Gaza
2014-07-21
Advertisements The fighting in Gaza will continue for some time, as a ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt fell apart. Despite the bellicose language Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has employed over the past week, it was Hamas and not Israel that rejected the proposal. This was, to be sure, the direct result of thatContinue Reading
Was the Palestinian Reconciliation Deal a Mistake?
2014-04-28
Advertisements At +972 Magazine my friend and colleague, Larry Derfner, a former columnist for the Jerusalem Post, says he believes that by deciding to go forward with a third unity agreement with Hamas at this time, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas “has shot the cause of Palestinian independence in the foot.” Put bluntly, IContinue Reading
Kerry’s Last-Ditch Effort As Quixotic As Ever
2013-06-25
Advertisements On the eve of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s fifth trip of the year to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, little has changed. Despite Kerry’s entreaties not only to both parties but also to Jewish-Americans to come into his “Tent of the Peace Process,” every indication on the ground is,Continue Reading
The One-State Solution
2013-04-26
Advertisements As a long-time supporter of a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine, I can only mourn the success the settlers and the Israeli and US governments have found in destroying that path. But reality is reality, and I’ve been saying for some time that the Oslo process is dead. So whatContinue Reading