Netanyahu and Obama: Name-Calling and its Discontents
2014-10-31
Ultimately, the name-calling is amusing and makes for good copy, but it’s irrelevant. What matters, as always, is policy. Continue Reading
At UN, Bibi Completes Trifecta of Hopelessness
2014-10-01
Netanyahu dropped a dud at the UN, but we should pay some attention to his claim of representing “the Jewish people.”Continue Reading
Egypt’s Gaza Truce Proposal: What Does it Mean?
2014-08-18
Egypt’s proposal for a Gaza truce won’t make Israel happy, but it’s primarily a trap for Hamas, ironically because it offers the people of Gaza so much of what they need. Continue Reading
Another AIPAC Miscalculation?
2014-05-20
Advertisements When the history of pro-Israel lobbying in Washington is fully written, it may well be that the push for confrontation with Iran will be seen as a major turning point. On Monday, a consistently hawkish, pro-Israel Democrat, Robert Menendez (D-NJ), withdrew the U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s docket. MenendezContinue Reading
A Tragedy of Errors: U.S. Incompetence in Israel-Palestine Talks, Part II
2014-05-06
Israel was acting as one should expect an occupying power to act. It was the US that failed here, as has long been the case.Continue Reading