Advertisements After writing my article today, which dealt with the ongoing race riots in Tel Aviv, I saw a couple of things that spurred some further thoughts, perhaps in a different vein from the piece up at Souciant. One was a tweet that pointed to the riots and sarcastically addedContinue Reading
Advertisements Ahmed Tibi is perhaps the Knesset’s most controversial member. Eloquent (in Hebrew), he is an unflinching critic of Israel’s occupation and its treatment of its Arab citizens and has frequently been the target of his fellow Knesset members. In 2010, on the UN Holocaust Remembrance Day, he delivered a speech soContinue Reading
Advertisements In my latest piece for Souciant, I take on the growing use of Holocaust rhetoric to support an Israeli attack on Iran. In particular, the idea that Jews are more justified in drastic acts of self-defense because of the traumatic effect of the Holocaust that still lingers. Also, Souciant has weatheredContinue Reading
Advertisements [UPDATED BELOW] [NOTE: My thanks to Cecilie Surasky, Deputy Director of Jewish Voice for Peace and editor of the blog Muzzlewatch for alerting me to this story] Here are some words from a man who is getting an honorary degree from the City University of New York: “…there are hundreds ofContinue Reading
Advertisements A group of Israeli rabbis issued a religious ruling forbidding Jews to rent homes to Arabs. Even Benjamin Netanyahu could take the high road on this one. “How would we feel if we were told not to sell an apartment to Jews?” asked Netanyahu. “We would protest, and weContinue Reading
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