The Senate Crusader
2013-11-22
Mark Kirk, a US Senator zealously devoted to Israel. Continue Reading
Israeli Lobby Looks to 2008 Law to Justify Request for More U.S. Aid
2013-08-28
Advertisements Israel, AIPAC and their fellow travelers are already hard at work on the next 10-year aid package, which would start in 2017. Aid to Israel is sacrosanct in Washington, but the request for an upgrade faces some new challenges this time. But AIPAC has a powerful tool in aContinue Reading
Mideast Peace Talks Get New Lease on Life
2013-07-30
Advertisements Six months of United States diplomatic efforts have finally restarted talks between Israelis and Palestinians, yet pessimism about their potential for success persists. On Monday, negotiators from both sides met in Washington for the first time since talks broke off three years ago, amid Israel’s refusal to concede toContinue Reading
Mr. and Madame Senator, Have You No Shame?
2013-02-02
Advertisements There have been several very good pieces written about the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing to confirm Chuck Hagel as Secretary of defense. Here’s a partial list: My own early piece on the lunatic right’s opposition to Hagel, a Republican former Senator from Nebraska: http://www.muzzlewatch.com/2012/12/27/chuck-hagel-and-israel-the-wrong-question/ A brief butContinue Reading
What Obama can do in Israel-Palestine
2013-02-01
Advertisements The Israeli elections ushered in a record number of new Knesset members, yet the prospects for resolving Israel’s 45-year old occupation of Palestinian land are as dim as ever, maybe even more so. Here in the United States, some noises are being made about trying to renew the moribundContinue Reading