In my piece this week at Souciant, I look at the rather ludicrous controversy around the Center for American Progress regarding a blogger’s use of the term “Israel-firster” to describe people whose view of US foreign policy is driven by their (or Netanyahu’s) view of Israel’s strategic interests. It’s a phony argument meant to extend the right-wing [...]
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Israel First Means Israel Last
Posted in Journalism, US-Israel Lobby, tagged AIPAC, Ali Gharib, Anti-Semitism, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Center for American Progress, Eli Clifton, Haim Saban, Isaac Molho, Israel Lobby, Israel Policy Forum, Jerusalem, Matt Duss, MJ Rosenberg, Mossad, Republican National Committee, Separation Barrier, Sheldon Adelson on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
More on the RNC Call for One State
Posted in Christians, Republicans, United States, tagged Anti-Zionism, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish State, Middle east, Obama, One-State Solution, Palestine, Palestinians, pro-Israel, Republicans, RNC, Two-state solution, West Bank on January 19, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Some follow-up points on the RNC resolution I reported on here. First, I think it’s clear that the RNC absolutely has no idea what they actually said. They do not understand the implications of their resolution and that it would mean either the end of Israel as a Jewish state or would necessitate the mass [...]
The Oslo Syndrome
Posted in Peace Plans, US-Israel Lobby, tagged AIPAC, B'Tselem, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jerusalem, Jewish State, Justice, Middle east, Netanyahu, Obama, Occupation, One-State Solution, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, pro-Israel, Refugees, Right of Return, Settlements, Two-state solution, West Bank on January 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
In my latest piece for Souciant, I continue with my recent theme of where to go now that the two-state solution has been rendered moot. Using a recent article by Yossi Alpher as a foil, I examine some of the reasons the Oslo process failed, a process that need not have been the only route [...]
Goodbye to All That
Posted in Israel, Palestine, Peace Plans, United States, tagged Abbas, Anti-Zionism, democracy, Gaza, human rights, international law, Israel, J Street, Jerusalem, Jewish State, Justice, Middle east, Netanyahu, Obama, Occupation, One-State Solution, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, pro-Israel, Settlements, Two-state solution, United Nations, West Bank on June 22, 2011 | 7 Comments »
After Congress sounded the death knell for the two-state solution last month, it’s worth looking at how it might have worked in order to come up with new and practical ideas for the future. Taking off from Jerry Haber’s critique of what he termed “Liberal Zionist” failures in envisioning two states, I offer an view [...]
Bibi Shows Obama That In DC, He’s The Home Team
Posted in Barack Obama, Bibi Netanyahu, US-Israel Lobby, tagged AIPAC, Congress, Hamas, human rights, international law, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jerusalem, Jewish State, Justice, Middle east, Netanyahu, Obama, Occupation, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, pro-Israel, Settlements, Two-state solution, United Nations, West Bank on May 24, 2011 | 24 Comments »
George Lucas (who incidentally should be legally barred from ever writing dialogue) wrote some of his cheesiest lines in the new Star Wars films when he was waxing political. One of the worst actually resonated today as I watched Benjamin Netanyahu’s triumphant speechto a joint meeting of Congress. Lucas had Natalie Portman (who was, coincidentally, [...]
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