Elie Wiesel has betrayed the Jewish people by using the Holocaust to justify Israel’s crimes. Some Holocaust survivors use the memory of that atrocity to work for a better world, for everyone including Palestinians. Continue Reading
Democracy does not mean tyranny of the majority, it yields to basic principles of justice. At what point do we decide that we must act despite the will of the people?Continue Reading
Advertisements In the past, people have speculated about what Israel and the Occupied Territories would look like if the United States stopped trying to broker the mythical kind of solution that the Oslo process envisioned. Well, now we have an example. The most radically right-wing government in Israel’s brief history was simplyContinue Reading
It’s not theocracy but unbridled nationalism that is the threat in Israel.Continue Reading
Advertisements John Kerry’s words at a report-back to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent shock waves all the way to Jerusalem. “Unfortunately, prisoners were not released on the Saturday they were supposed to be released,” he said. “And so day one went by, day two went by, day three went by.Continue Reading
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