There is always the question about impact in this work. Is it just reporting and kvetching, or is there some practical impact? B’Tselem’s video project has a real impact. Not only does it break the silence around the abuses that soldiers and settlers perpetrate on Palestinians, but it serves as a deterrent. The cameras have [...]
Archive for June, 2009
B’Tselem’s Video Project
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Great Article On the “Natural Growth” Argument
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged human rights, international law, Obama, Occupation, settle, Settlements on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I strongly recommend this article at Zeek magazine on the current debate between Israel and the US on natural growth, what a settlement freeze could mean and what next steps Obama needs to take. The author writes further on the point at his blog here.
Netanyahu’s Speech
Posted in Uncategorized on June 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Little has changed in the wake of Bibi’s just-concluded speech. Indeed, the image it conjures from my youth was when Geraldo Rivera built up, for weeks, the opening of Al Capone’s vault, only to find nothing in it. There was nothing new in the speech, which was mostly demagoguery of Holocaust and Herzl invocation and [...]
Find Me In New Book
Posted in US-Israel Lobby, tagged AIPAC, Christian ZIonism, CUFI, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israel Policy Forum, J Street, Obama, Peace Groups, pro-Israel on June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There is a new book out that is an absolute must-read, and not only because I was interviewed for it. It’s called Transforming America’s Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power and the Potential For Change. It is, in my view, by far the most useful and informative book on the question of how influential [...]
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