Category Archives: Israel-Palestine
Will I save liberal Zionism?
I’ve been working on this blog post ever since I first read Peter Beinart’s excellent piece at the beginning of the week in the New York Review of Books about the relationship between American Jews and Israel, the failure of … Continue reading
Filed under Israel-Palestine, Jews
This year in Egypt
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Exodus 22:21 Last night marked the beginning of Passover, the holiday where Jews around the world celebrate the Jewish liberation from slavery … Continue reading
Filed under Egypt, Holidays, Israel-Palestine, Jews, Life Abroad, Personal Stuff
Israel in Haiti
I don’t agree with everything Bradley Burston says in his recent column about Israeli aid to Haiti, but I think he gets the main point right here: For all the time that [the Israelis in Haiti] have been working, however, … Continue reading
Filed under Diplomacy, Israel-Palestine
New Israeli crackdown
Israel seems to be changing tactics when it comes to the occupation. AP ran a story about the trend yesterday: In the most high-profile case yet, Jerusalem police detained the leader of a leading Israeli human rights group during a … Continue reading
Filed under Democracy, Israel-Palestine
There is no sovereignty, man
When I was sixteen I used to make a really great argument that free will doesn’t exist. I’d be sitting in the car next to my friend and we’d have a conversation that went something like this: Max: “There’s no … Continue reading
Filed under Diplomacy, Egypt, Israel-Palestine
Is the CIA addicted to torture?
The Guardian reported the day before yesterday that the Central Intelligence Agency is “working closely” Palestinian security forces who are known to torture Hamas members. Of course, this isn’t shocking. CIA has a long tradition of supporting regimes that torture, … Continue reading
Filed under American Politics, Human Rights, Intelligence, Israel-Palestine
Obama can’t stand up to pushy Jersey girl
It’s hard to make me not feel proud about being from New Jersey. But this does: That’s Robin Benosf of Teaneck, New Jersey (a mere twenty-five minutes from my hometown) laying the cornerstone for a new settlement in East Jerusalem. … Continue reading
Filed under American Politics, Diplomacy, Israel-Palestine, Jews
Normalization is a four letter word
Actually it’s a thirteen-letter word, but you know what I mean. It’s not, for the most part, something you want to be associated with in the Arab world. So I took note when I read a recent article by Sultan … Continue reading
Filed under Israel-Palestine
