Posts Tagged ‘Jimmy Carter’

Hawking in Palestine

Posted in BDS, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 10, 2013 | 1 Comment »


Stephen Hawking unleashed a storm this week by pulling out of an Israeli conference. I explore the response to the boycott movement more broadly at Souciant this week.

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The American Problem

Posted in United States, US-Israel Lobby, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


Israel is acting like any small, but relatively powerful country would act when it feels afraid and has blanket and unqualified protection for any of its acts from the world’s only superpower. It is the United States that is acting abnormally and entrenching this vexing conflict. I elaborate at Souciant today.

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America’s Impotent Left

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »


In Souciant this week, I examine the weakness of the Left in the US despite numbers that should mean it is much stronger. In times of economic stress like these, the left should be able to provide alternatives, and make them actionable. While liberals fight to hold the center and Tea Partiers push the country to a radical and self-destructive right, the left continues to eat itself. It need not be.

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Disciplining Benjamin Netanyahu

Posted in Bibi Netanyahu, Israel, United States, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »


In my latest piece for Souciant, I look again at the shenanigans of Bibi and Barak and how Shimon Peres was so worried they might damage Israel’s “special relationship” with the US, he took unprecedented steps to stop them.

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A Special Relationship

Posted in 1967, US-Israel Lobby, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »


In the final installment of my series marking 45 years since the 1967 War and the beginning of the occupation, I look at the huge role that war played in the development of the “special relationship” between the US and Israel. The relationship has obviously been a disaster for the cause of peace and for the Palestinians, but has it really been good for Israel and the US?

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