Advertisements This week’s Souciant pieceis up. In it, I look at what was perhaps the high point for me of this year’s J Street conference, the words of new Meretz chairwoman, Zehava Gal- On. Meretz has been reduced to a tiny party in the Knesset, but a voice as powerful and clearContinue Reading
Advertisements In his 1988 book, Israel’s Fateful Hour, the former head of Israeli military intelligence, Yehoshafat Harkabi, regarded up until the day of his death in 1994 as perhaps Israel’s premier expert on the Arab world and Islam, wrote the following: “Given that Israel’s predicament also affects Jews in theContinue 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 In my capacity as the Director of B’Tselem’s US Office, I’ve been asked frequently of late about the Israeli elections that are winding down as I write this. In general, B’Tselem stays away from matters of politics. Our credibility is dependent on our being focused on human rights, noContinue Reading
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