Peter Beinart's article bemoaning what has become of Elie Wiesel and his blind defense of right-wing Israeli policy toward the Middle East is right on the money. But the deeper problem with Wiesel’s letter is the one Hertzberg identified three decades ago: Wiesel is acutely,...
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Victor Davis Hanson, for comparing the IDF to William Tecumseh Sherman and the people of Gaza to the Confederate slaveholding class.
Obviously these are not kind of Jews Elie Wiesel or Bibi Netanyahu want speaking out: Hundreds of Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors have signed a letter, published as an.
Andrew Cuomo, fleeing scandal that is torpedoing his presidential ambitions (world's smallest violin playing) decides to visit Israel in a show of support of that nation's racist indiscriminate killing of civilians of Gaza as it seeks to double down on its apartheid policies. Jerks of...
An interesting short essay by Bonnie Honig on how Jewish education in the U.S. erases the Palestinian experience, going far to create the divide in the American Jewish community today.
Andrew Ross' position in this debate at Truthout over Israel and Palestine bothered me because he calls for the American labor movement to support the BDS movement. Although I personally.
Count Jonathan Chait among the long-time supporters of Israel depressed about the nation's dead-end stance toward Gaza: The story further reveals that Netanyahu appeared on several occasions to approach the brink of agreement, but pulled back in the face of right-wing pressure within his coalition....
Where does the fault lie for the problems between Israel and Palestine? As John Judis correctly points out, it lies heavily with Israel. In part: Israel is one of the.
The real tragedy going on in Israel-Palestine is not the hundreds of dead or the kids the Israelis are killing by bombing Gaza's schools, or the fact that Israel is.
Got to give CNN a little credit. Their reporters are actually challenging power for once. First you have Anderson Cooper providing quality reporting from Gaza, along with engaging in some seriously awesome (and I'm guessing stress relieving) pushback against critics who want the American media...
Matt Duss and Aziz Abu Sarah talk about invocations of "providence" in the context of political disputes:
I guess Bryan Caplan isn't the only member of the plutocracy channeling Gilded Age Social Darwinism. See Mitt Romney speaking about the differences between Israelis and Palestinians today. Noting the.