Advertisements My latest piece in Zeek can be read here. Wish I could take credit for the title, but that would have to go to my editor, Joel Schalit. I want to add a bit to the piece here. I made a great effort to debunk the settlement freeze, andContinue Reading
Advertisements My latest piece in Zeek Magazine explores the implications of the threatened unilateral declaration of statehood by the Palestinians and the Israeli decision to expand the settlement of Gilo in East Jerusalem. I explain how it amounts to one of the final challenges and opportunities for the Obama AdministrationContinue Reading
Advertisements Martin Indyk was twice ambassador to Israel. He used to be research director for AIPAC and was the founding Executive Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. When people write about “The Israel Lobby,” whether sensibly or otherwise, the very icon of their subject is Martin Indyk.Continue Reading
Advertisements Benny Morris has a new book out where he examines the rise of the one-state solution in the discourse around the Israel-Palestine conflict. I review it here. The review has much of what i would want to say about Morris. But I think it’s important to emphasize two things.Continue Reading
Advertisements Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu demanded that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state as a precondition for returning to talks. President Obama wasted little time in dismissing that demand. The demand is absurd on its face. No one demands that a country be recognized as anything butContinue Reading
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