Advertisements In the 21st century, Congress has demonstrated both incompetence in handling its limited responsibility in foreign policy, and how disastrous it is when it oversteps its bounds and tries to get more involved in foreign affairs than it should. Outside of those working actively in foreign policy, it stillContinue 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 Few events are as badly misunderstood as the 2006 election that brought a stunning victory for Hamas. The factors that led to that electoral victory were: The perception that Fatah had failed utterly to make any significant gains for the Palestinian people The widespread corruption that was the normContinue Reading
Advertisements Some of my readers here, at least those of you gracious enough to have borne with me despite my lack of recent postings, will be aware that I have left B’Tselem and don’t really know where I’m going next. In the meantime, I hope to be posting more inContinue Reading
Advertisements The Gaza Flotilla disaster has shone a light on the siege of Gaza. After three years, the international community has finally stood up and said this must stop. Now the question is how. I’m reminded of a meeting I had about a year ago with several State Department officials.Continue Reading
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