We approach a more complete understanding of the Hamas definition of a war crime. One wonders if the U.N. will accede to Hamas wishes, and what conclusions one would then have to draw about the U.N. It’s worth wondering too, as many consider the hardships of life in Gaza with purported compassion and complaint, whether […]
Sweden: the Face of Anti-Semitism Today
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, the largest circulation newspaper in Nordic Europe, produces a prima facie instance of anti-Semitic slander – an article by Donald Boström headlined “They plunder the organs of our sons.” Offering no evidence, the article reports the accusation of a Palestinian family that Israeli Defense Forces are engaged in organ harvesting from Palestinians […]
Solomon Bibo – Jewish Indian Chief
If you’re a blogger, you spend an inordinate amount of time carving waves on the internet, encountering, well, all sorts of good stuff. Julia and I reported on the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico back in April. We’re still trying to arrange an interview with the tribal governor. Now, my latest find marries two of […]
Where We’re Coming From, Where We’re Going
Here is the cache of James Kirchick’s post that led to my email exchange with Andrew Sullivan and that was removed from the Contentions site. I’m not posting it here directly because it is, in fact, filled with scatter-shot invective, including, in line with my speculation about the cause of the post’s removal, one gratuitous […]
More Mondoweiss Anti-Semitism
Philip Weiss at Mondoweiss is not only anti-Zionist. As I indicated in my last post, he is deeply troubled by his Jewishness – by Jews. This post from yesterday, in which the pretense of his own inclusion in the consideration is the usual fraud, and the only element that would distinguish it, could easily be […]