In a post at his home at Z Word Blog, cross posted at Huffington Post, Ben Cohen offers one of the fundamental insights into the Palestinian condition over these many decades: the Palestinians have chosen a cause over a state. In 1948, on what was just a portion of present-day Israel, and even less of […]
Kissinger’s Moment
The monumentally overrated Henry Kissinger had many of them, but this one is the essential moment if we are to believe Martin Peretz. Newly released Nixon Library Tapes reveal this exchange between Kissinger and Nixon. “The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy,” Mr. Kissinger said. “And […]
How We Lived on It (30) – Disaster Preparedness
I have been asked to post a link to Act for Israel, where those interested in donating to assist Israel in its response to the human cost of the ongoing Carmel fire, with 41 dead so far, can do so. The direct link for donating is here. Most immediately, various nations, including Turkey, surprisingly and […]
The Faces of Antisemitism Today
Most bigotries, counter-intuitively, circulate quite brazenly among us, though sometimes dressed as salvation: save a culture, save a race, save a nation. That last these days, in the U.S., takes the form of saving us from the foreign policy error of standing by the lone outpost of democracy and liberal, enlightenment values in what is […]
Israel, Iran, “Social Activists” & the World We Live In
The event occurred in September. The video first hit YouTube in October. Over the past week it has been appearing on various blogs, though generally speaking only blogs with a dedicated or regular focus on Israel and Jewish issues. There is an old lesson in that, right there. My hat tip goes to Z World […]