Advertisements As President Barack Obama’s first trip to Israel approaches, one senses desperation from the Ramallah headquarters of the Palestinian Authority. Obama’s scheduled stop in the West Bank has all the trappings of an empty gesture masking the real goal of creating coordination between the President and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the issues ofContinue Reading
Advertisements Ha’aretz reports that Israel is asking the US to “prod” the Palestinians back to talks. OK, nothing new there, but what I found interesting was this: The Prime Minister’s Office said that the conversation with Clinton lasted 45 minutes, and quoted Netanyahu as saying, “Israel is interested in continuousContinue Reading
Advertisements In my latest post on the Meretz USA blog, I look at Avishai Braverman’s call to fire Avigdor Lieberman for his opposition to the peace process. I conclude that a lot more than that is needed for Israel to deal with this virulent racist in its midst.Continue Reading
Advertisements In my latest piece for examiner.com, I try to find some hope in what still looks like a pretty hopeless new round of direct talks. I’ll be posting later on some statements from the same guy that have the opposite effect.Continue Reading
Advertisements (A version of this piece appears in Zeek Magazine) Now, here’s a sequence of events. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu states that Israel would not be bullied into peace. The implication, that peace is something the Netanyahu government is, at best, not enthused about, was lost on most ofContinue Reading
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