by AJDS | Mar 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
[A version of this was also published in New Matilda 31 March 2010] When I first saw Greg Sheridan’s op-ed piece , I burst out laughing, because it reminded me of capucchino froth–he sure must have been raging and frothing when he wrote this in...
by AJDS | Mar 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
This all might seem rather obscure in the scheme of things, but what goes on in the US bunkers is pretty relevant to the future of Israel. Commentators are buzzing because General David Petraues, the US Chief of Staff, offered remarks about Israel as a...
by AJDS | Mar 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Everyday there is a new nuance, and apparently, new facts on the ground. But in fact, a lot of it is an old story, and it’s easy to get jaded and stuck in the rut. Bitter Lemons has issued of the best 800kb of readings that you can get–readings over the...
by AJDS | Mar 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Everyday there is a new nuance, and apparently, new facts on the ground. But in fact, a lot of it is an old story, and it’s easy to get jaded and stuck in the rut. Bitter Lemons has issued of the best 800kb of readings that you can get–readings over the...
by AJDS | Mar 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Israelis have one truth, Palestinians have another. It’s time we get to know what the other side thinks. Gush Shalom have a strong new brochure–read it and pass it on. It takes apart 120 ‘truths’ “The Arabs believed that the Jews had been...
by AJDS | Mar 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Israelis have one truth, Palestinians have another. It’s time we get to know what the other side thinks. Gush Shalom have a strong new brochure–read it and pass it on. It takes apart 120 ‘truths’ “The Arabs believed that the Jews had been...
by AJDS | Mar 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Gershon Baskin, of IPCRI, the Israel-Palestine Centre for Research and Information suggests: “As I read the Israeli political map, Netanyahu, in coordination with his allies in Congress, AIPAC, and other US Jewish organizations have made a decision that...
by AJDS | Mar 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
John Mearsheimer, whose earlier comments with Stephen on the Israel lobby in the US brought forth a torrent of criticism of highly variable quality, now has this observation: “Siding with Israel against the United States was not a great problem a few years ago:...
by AJDS | Mar 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Uri Avnery, as he does so many times, as hit the nail on the head. He blogged this piece, which can be read in its entirety at Counterpunch. There is no more effective means of obstructing peace than building new settlements in East Jerusalem, and as I see the news....
by AJDS | Mar 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Uri Avnery, as he does so many times, as hit the nail on the head. He blogged this piece, which can be read in its entirety at Counterpunch. There is no more effective means of obstructing peace than building new settlements in East Jerusalem, and as I see the news....