Advertisements Spencer Ackerman has an excellent and succinct post on the hypocrisy abounding now that the American Jewish leadership has decided Turkey is an enemy, so they have stopped lobbying against recognition of the Armenian genocide. He’s nicer about it than I am. This has long been something I’ve found truly disgusting,Continue Reading
Advertisements Helen Thomas made an extremely offensive, off the cuff remark, and has now announced her retirement. I met Thomas some years ago; she is definitely someone who shoots from the hip, and she has, for quite some time, been in a position where she could do so. She hasContinue Reading
Advertisements Having worked on the issue of Israel and its myriad conflicts for many years, one gets used to tragedy and even to stunningly abhorrent behavior. And indeed, I have seen more than enough of both from all sides in this conflict. But every once in a while, things takeContinue Reading
Advertisements A version of this article appeared in Zeek Magazine. Peter Beinart’s essay in the New York Review of Books about the demise of liberal Zionism has caused quite a stir. But I don’t really want to add to all the commentary surrounding it. Instead, I found interesting one smallContinue Reading
Advertisements My recent piece on UC Berkeley’s divestment vote, Principled Opposition, drew a response from Akiva Tor, the Israeli Consul General for the Pacific Northwest region. Zeek printed it at this link. It was also posted at the consulate’s site. Today, I published my own response to Tor. You can readContinue Reading
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