Netanyahu and Obama: Name-Calling and its Discontents
2014-10-31
Ultimately, the name-calling is amusing and makes for good copy, but it’s irrelevant. What matters, as always, is policy. Continue Reading
Chuck Hagel And Israel: The Wrong Question
2012-12-27
Advertisements Chuck Hagel is not exactly my kind of guy. Hagel is an old-school Conservative Republican and his voting record in the Senate lines up pretty well with that image. He was poor on civil rights, favored the rich in economic matters, generally opposed abortion, voted against campaign finance reform,Continue Reading
Obama Talks Tough, But Sticks To Non-Military Options On Iran
2012-03-02
Advertisements This article originally appeared on LobeLog As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for his trip to Washington, there has been considerable political rhetoric on both sides of the globe directed at the Obama Administration and pushing it to harden its lineon Iran. There’s been comparatively little pushback, whichContinue Reading
The Jeffrey Goldberg Problem
2011-11-23
Advertisements In my latest piece for Babylon Times, hosted by Souciant, I use a recent piece by Jeffrey Goldberg to examine how it is that some ostensible two-state, anti-settlement, so-called “pro-Israel” types seriously distort the daily realities life under Israeli occupation for Palestinians, particularly on the West Bank.Continue Reading
Jeff Goldberg vs Ma’an News: Media Bias Obsession
2011-05-05
Advertisements In the latter part of the 20th century, trying to uncover bias became all the rage. Once it was acknowledged that news, history, academic papers, and all sorts of information sources reflected the inherent bias of the author, de-construction became a full-time job. As with most such things, itContinue Reading