History repeats itself, on occasion:
But we are told to have short memories.
History repeats itself, on occasion:
But we are told to have short memories.
Israel will bomb Iran in 4-7 months, says Benny Morris, an Israeli historian.
JStreet has released the results of their poll of the American Jewish community towards foreign policy in the Middle East.
Richard Silverstein of Tikkun Olam looks at the data and concludes that support for the Israel Lobby is shallow amongst American jews - bad news for AIPAC.
What do Gaza Strip entrepreneurs do when gasoline is strictly rationed by Israel? Develop a home-grown electric battery system for cars.
Tiresome: saber-rattling by Iran met with saber-rattling by Israel. And President Bush can’t resist making hollow and vacuous noises of support.
Following news that Israel and Hamas have agreed a truce, Foreign Passport asks whether Hamas is becoming a legitimate partner for peace.
Israeli racism in the terraces and beyond.
Israel wants to downgrade the status of Arabic as an official language.
Footage from a video camera handed out by an Israeli human rights group appears to show Jewish settlers beating up Palestinians in the West Bank.
Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government hosted a lengthy debate between Noam Chomsky & Alan Dershowitz on the topic of Israel and Palestine. It’s online as a 14-part video series at YouTube, here’s the 1st installment:
Obama met with AIPAC yesterday, promising to do “everything” in his power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, unlike McCain, he also reiterated his determination to pursue “tough and principled” diplomacy with Iran. McCain’s camp griped and sniped accordingly.
TIME’s Middle East blog, which unlike RCP is a serious policy analysis outlet, has much more detail on the respective positions of McCain and Obama towards Israel and Iran.
The Israeli Supreme Court calls on the the government to reconsider the ban on Palestinian students leaving the Gaza Strip to study abroad.
The strange case of Mohammad Qatanani, facing deportation from the US after allegations of terrorist ties, because of confessions made while in Israeli custody.
This web startup has two teams of programmers - on either side of the Green Line. http://tinyurl.com/3ls9k7
Hundreds of copies of the New Testament were burnt in Israel last week by orthodox Jews — they were angry at the activities of Christian missionaries.
Messianic Jews are demanding an inquiry into the incident.
Israel arrests and deports Norman Finkelstein. http://tinyurl.com/4pl76p
If he really believes this, he is a silly and stupid man.
The Israeli airstrikes against Syria last September remain shrouded in mystery. None dare call it conspiracy, yet…
Testimonies by Israeli veterans.