Advertisements It’s time to ask the question: what is happening to Israel? While the so-called “mainstream” Jewish-American groups work overtime to deny the frightening direction Israel is taking and screaming to the heavens about the “de-legitimizers,” the Jewish state is losing its democratic identity in large steps. Almost every day,Continue Reading
Advertisements Lara Friedman of Americans for Peace Now blogs about how the ongoing protests at Sheikh Jarrah are a “microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” She’s right of course. And she’s right in observing that this relatively small piece of the conflict demonstrates how the occupation is eroding Israeli democracy. I’dContinue Reading
Advertisements For the past several months, I’ve been telling everyone I could here in Washington that Jerusalem is THE issue at the moment. There is a concerted effort, especially in the wake of the “settlement freeze,” by the settlers, with key government support, to change the facts in the groundContinue Reading
Advertisements In his recent speech at the annual conference of the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Vice President Joe Biden reiterated President Barack Obama’s call for a freeze of Israeli settlements and the dismantling of “illegal outposts” set up by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. There are many issuesContinue Reading
Advertisements Last week, B’Tselem caused quite a stir when it released a video showing an attack by four masked men on Palestinian farmers in the South Hebron hills. The attack was recorded by a Palestinian woman who was later injured in the attack herself. The farmers near the settlement ofContinue Reading
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